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Captainant

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  1. Not as insane as paying Bitcoin miners millions in public funds to turn off during peak times
  2. Idk if you've been reading, but it's been more of a regression than revolution. Turns out BTC isn't a great currency for small transactions, and it's really hard to get security right
  3. In Texas, more than most states thanks to taxes than can be raised simply by goosing your property value! And we are blessed with further fee payments into the Almighty Free Market to cover the cost of their failure to maintain and steward public critical infrastructure. Thank God we have the Free Market to protect us in these extreme times
  4. C'mon now it could be an all-Texas Superbowl!
  5. That letter to Boeing is pretty monumental as well - surprised it's flow under the radar. The FAA is alleging noncompliance with Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) and their FAA approved quality system https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/EIR2024NM420001_737MAX9.pdf
  6. Pretty big news - the FAA has extended the MAX 9 grounding for an overall audit and further round of inspections https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-boost-oversight-boeing-audit-737-max-9-production-line-2024-01-12/ https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-increasing-oversight-boeing-production-and-manufacturing WASHINGTON, D.C. — After taking decisive and immediate action to ground approximately 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX planes, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced new and significant actions to immediately increase its oversight of Boeing production and manufacturing. These actions come one day after the FAA formally notified Boeing that the FAA has launched an investigation into the company as a result of last Friday’s incident on a Boeing Model 737-9 MAX in which the aircraft lost a passenger door plug while in flight. The actions announced today include the FAA conducting: An audit involving the Boeing 737-9 MAX production line and its suppliers to evaluate Boeing’s compliance with its approved quality procedures. The results of the FAA’s audit analysis will determine whether additional audits are necessary. Increased monitoring of Boeing 737-9 MAX in-service events. Assessment of safety risks around delegated authority and quality oversight, and examination of options to move these functions under independent, third-party entities. "It is time to re-examine the delegation of authority and assess any associated safety risks," FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said. "The grounding of the 737-9 and the multiple production-related issues identified in recent years require us to look at every option to reduce risk. The FAA is exploring the use of an independent third party to oversee Boeing’s inspections and its quality system." Yesterday, the FAA announced an investigation to determine if Boeing failed to ensure completed products conformed to its approved design and were in a condition for safe operation in compliance with FAA regulations. The letter to Boeing is available here. The safety of the flying public, not speed, will determine the timeline for returning the Boeing 737-9 MAX to service. See the FAA's statements on the grounding of certain Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft here.
  7. Trumps ability to indefinitely delay justice does make me question the how realistic it is that he will face any meaning consequence.
  8. What a completely unforeseeable series of events
  9. Those options are at least still for an actual asset in the real world, and not just a ledger value recorded in a distributed digital blockchain. I don't entirely disagree with your "whatabout", but they're still pretty distinctly different in my mind.
  10. IMO an A-10 is out of its element in a modern conflict. See: SU-25s in Ukraine getting swatted by all sorts of MANPADs
  11. Lulz maybe they don't want to give the air of credibility to what is purely speculative FOMO "line go up" instruments
  12. we'll just file that under "shit that isn't allowed to be mentioned in DT"
  13. ftfy. This ain't trumps first time doing shit like this in the courts. He's been playing fuck fuck games for literal decades and his developed behavior of "laws don't apply to me" wouldn't exist if we stopped bending over backwards to take his LIES seriously. He is someone who is not bound by the legal system, and yet is protected by it.
  14. Your ability to handwave and justify the kids glove treatment of trump, jones, and every other fascist in our justice system is breathtaking. Bravo. Yes if we didn't cut the fascists a break, then we'd have to bring back debtor prisons, or something.
  15. Because our government kowtows to fascists regularly. Look motherfucker, do consequences exist for fucking around in a courtroom or not? Literally anybody else NOT named "Donald Trump" would be getting contempt rulings and the fucking book thrown at them FOR INSTIGATING FUCKING BOMB THREATS AGAINST THEIR JUDGE!!! Failure to punish these out outbursts like they would with ANY other citizen is just another instance of using kid gloves with trump and the fascists.
  16. Yes, but it wasn't assembled by the current generation of Boeing that cares more about profitability than safety
  17. From everything I've read so far, there's remarkably little to zero damage to the airframe or door frame. It just needs a new plug door and connecting hardware - perhaps it's first ever complete set of hardware lol. However, the FAA still has a emergency AD out for the MAX9 airframe in general so I don't think it could come back into service yet. The NTSB is going to evaluate the found door and determine if the bolts WERE installed and failed, or if they weren't installed at all. If it's the former, then this is an even bigger scandal and failure. If the bolts just weren't installed at all, then this is fixable with simple inspections and maintenance.
  18. The fuckin constitution has a thing called the "emoluments clause", I would like to think that's in play to enforce some accountability, and that the constitution just a weapon for the far right supreme court to take away more civil rights. But this is the 2020s who am I kidding? The worst and most corruption friendly thing possible will continue to happen.
  19. Pretty good technical breakdown of what NTSB has found and told the public so far, delivered by an aircraft mechanic. Some harrowing details that were new to me: the cockpit door blew open when the door came off, the pilots headsets got sucked off their heads and blown out of the plane along with their fuckin emergency checklists, and that the (now found) door is missing one of its guides. It's very possible that the plug door was missing lock bolts AND structural bolts. Oh yeah and the cockpit door blowing open is officially a feature and not a bug - they just forgot to include that detail in the manual. I wonder what else Boeing omitted from the manual. I'm very glad I flew a 90s era 737-900er home today and not a Boeing plane made within the last decade
  20. Depending on the court the argument is heard in, it certainly might be enough.
  21. JFC if he's just quoting libzoftiktok then buckle the fuck up it's about to get hella racist and xenophobic
  22. Hey look! The GOP strategy of flooding the zone with bullshit is working on the useful idiots
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