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What we learned from IT expert at Post Office inquiry

bbc.co.uk
3 points·by daedalus_f·2 года назад·0 comments

Britain’s Network of Nuclear Bunkers [video]

youtube.com
1 points·by daedalus_f·2 года назад·0 comments

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daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
I wouldn't be suprised if this attitude is indeed prevalent at Amazon and across studio executives as a whole. But the lack of respect for the process of crafting a good story seems to me to be why all these studios keep churning out rubbish that is eating away their bottom lines and destroying the very expensive franchises they keep buying then end up winding down.
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
The UK has also now passed laws that criminalise hogging the middle or fast lanes on motorways (UK highways). Unfortunately it's not strongly enforced. It feels like a significant cause of congestion during peak hours.
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
It’s surprising how many people get them mixed up even in the UK.

England is one country of the United Kingdom. Scotland, England and Wales make up the island of Great Britain, the largest of the British Isles. The UK also includes Northern Ireland. Hence: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.

I was confused too, thought that Great Britain referred to the archipelago as a whole (excluding Ireland) rather than the largest island.
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
I’d agree nationalism played a big role, but I’d also argue that was being driven by a right wing press that had used Europe as a scapegoat for decades to explain away economic disparity. Meanwhile there are legitimate complaints about the EU, its opaque democracy and extensive bureaucracy.
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
The British empire reached its territorial peak in about 1921. This article is more about its domestic economic decline during the late 19th century.
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
Interesting, is your model still based on radiographs alone, or can it look at cross-sectional imaging as well?
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
The FRCR 2b examination consists of three parts, a rapid reporting component (the candidate assess around 35 x-rays in 30 minutes where the candidate is simply expected to mark the film as normal or abnormal, this is a perceptual test and is largely limited to simple fracture vs normal) alongside a viva and long cases component where the candidate reviews more complex examinations and is expected to provide a report, differential diagnosis and management plan.

A quick look at the paper in the BMJ shows that the model did not sit the FRCR 2b examination as claimed, but was given a cut down mock up of the rapid reporting part of the examination invented by one of the authors.

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/379/bmj-2022-072826.full.pdf
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
Even without the US guarantee, I strongly doubt the UK would have entered an actual shooting war with Iceland over fish.
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
When you say the UK, what you mean is a group of corrupt private companies that find it more convenient and cost friendly to dump raw sewage rather than correctly process it. I'm fairly sure the majority of people in the UK would be in favour of nationalising such companies and instead dumping their executives into the river instead [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V-Nwk9E1bs
daedalus_f
·2 года назад·discuss
I’ve heard that distinction used in the UK.

The other down side of buoyancy aids I was told about is that many (most?) will not turn you face up if you are unconscious. Gives useful extra mobility for sports but can be fatal if the wearer is unconscious.
daedalus_f
·3 года назад·discuss
Like in the youtube video's comments section, I suspect everyone on HN is going to assume that the ATC was simply being petty, and perhaps that was the case. But...

We don't know what the approach into SFO looked like that night, but you can bet it was busy. VASAviation videos are often highly misleading in this regard. Most of the talk on the ATC frequency is cut (sometimes explicitly, sometimes not) leaving just that relevant to the videos content, the time is compressed and they only plot a few of the planes involved, making the airspace look clear.

My understanding is that SFO often has two closely spaced parallel runways taking arrivals. The visual approach is preferred because then the pilots on parallel approaches keep visual separation from each other, allowing more frequent landings. An ILS approach requires more space between planes (because ATC remains responsible for separation). Hence, the Lufthansa had to wait for a gap big enough to fit that ILS approach in, or the whole stack of planes lined up for the approach would have to be juggled - how feasible that would be I don't know.