Maybe I was super lucky or somehow immune.. but as a Kid I got zapped by flyback transformers quite a bit of times.. (5 or 6 times?) It hurts,and it leaves a burn point where it touched.. but did not killed me.
Eventually I learned to ground the whole thing with a cooper cable and a resistor.
To me, Unit Tests are live documentation for your code.
You definitely do not need 100% coverage, but if you can exercise a good percentage of your code, you are making your future "you" live easier.
Just consider that in many cases code lifespan is 20% dev , 80% maintenance.
In my experience, At large companies that hire a lot of contractors, it is not that hard to pull this off. I've seen where the contractors A team do all the interviewing, then you get a C or C- team assigned to work in your project. By the time you "give them a chance", complain up the management chain, go sideways to HR and actually change the team, the contracting firm already got 6 months worth of salary from the team.
In short, they do it because it is profitable.
PS.. To add insult to injury, the "engineers" on the team will update ther CV's to show that they worked for "large company X".
Our minds are wired to wonder, recall previous similar situations , associate and predict what is coming.. some minds are more active at this than others.
If you want to get some control over this, try practicing meditation. It will strengthen your ability to focus.
I recently found out that "unfinished" structures in Peruvian emerging towns is by design, as you don't start paying property taxes on a building until is "finished" , leaving it on an eternal state of construction, avoids you those taxes..
"His buildings are nicknamed cholets, a portmaneau of chalet (a Swiss mountain house) and cholo (derogatory slang for indigenous person)."
Just a small comment on the above paragraph from the article:
While in mexico the word "cholo" is used on a derogatory manner, in the andes (Peru and Bolivia) the word Cholo is used also as a pride term (like the N word can be used in the US) So people often claim "Cholo Power" for amazing endurance or Cholo Pink for a vivacious color on clothing or "100% Cholo" as a term of proud heritage.
In this particular case, I believe "Cholets" is used as a proud "originality" term.. but it certainly could be used as a demeaning term by the local equivalents of the infamous USA "Karen" type :)
1. This in Peru, far away from FAA's reach ;)
2. No,It must be a camera sync issue.. I was giving it just enough power to keep altitude
3. This was done just for fun.. To prove it could be done, if you wish. The engine (cheap chineese model) crapped out within 10 hours.. Sometime I'll put a newer/better and use it as a sustainer for when thermals are not available
And one more niche area.. Electric engines do not care about low oxygen, going up and down from coastal areas to high altitude Andes is economically achievable. Going from a place like Lima to Jauja in Peru can take 12 hours on a road, but barely 45 minutes by plane.
An early attempt with a Pipistrel sinus motorglider
* going back down to the coast requires very little engine time :)
Agree with the big benefits for training, specially if you can swap batteries like you do with industrial drones.
Other niche area where there would be a great benefit:
Remote regions like the amazon jungle where a regular trip between villages (no roads what-so-ever) takes hours or days on small powered canoes vs 15 minutes when flying. Electric seaplanes would not only deliver basic modern services (Medical, Police, Business, etc) to these areas but it could do it without the need of shipping expensive fuel from far away.. Solar chargers would take care of that. ( maintenance would be easier too.. )
Eventually I learned to ground the whole thing with a cooper cable and a resistor.