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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • This reminds me of a funny story from the USA education system. There was this day in class and we were covering European geography and the teacher asked me “where is Norway?” And I didn’t know so I said so. Well the teacher got really upset and told me to stand in the hallway. I’m out in the hallway and the principal walks by and asks me why I’m there. I tell him what happened and he got really upset, took me to his office and called my parents. When my mom shows up he sends me home with her. I’m sitting in the car riding home and my mom asks why I got in trouble so I tell her. Well when I say I didn’t know where Norway was she stopped the car and told me to walk home. I get out and start walking towards my house when a police officer pulls up. He starts asking why I’m not in school so I try to explain. I tell him about Norway and my teacher and he tells me to get into the back of the police car. I think he’s taking me home or to school but instead he drives me to the port. He tells me to get on a boat or I’d be arrested so I got on the closest boat I could. The boat sets sail and it isn’t long before one of the sailors finds me. He asks why I’m there and I start from the beginning, but when I say I don’t know where Norway is he gets real upset and throws me overboard. I’m treading water for what felt like hours until I see a helicopter overhead. They saw me and lowered a rope for me to climb out of the water. I get into the helicopter and dry off. We’re flying along and the pilot asks why I was in the middle of the ocean, the moment I mentioned not knowing where Norway was he handed me a parachute and kicked me out of the helicopter. Well I land beside a highway, and I take a few minutes to look around. I don’t recognize anything but I see a sign up ahead so I start walking towards it. And to my astonishment the sign says “Welcome to Norway”. You can imagine my excitement, I now knew where Norway was and they would have to let me come back to school. I see a car stopped on the other side of the road so I walk to ask for help. And as I make it halfway across the street I get hit by a bus and die.



  • The article says the current plan is to use line power…so not perfect. But if it’s more efficient then charging dc batteries it could be worth it, plus the grid could always change. Waste wise you wouldn’t have to throw out any lead acid or lithium ion batteries when they finally die, which is an environmental win. Not sure if this is for only new facilities or not but if you do have to buy all new equipment and scrap all your old stuff that is an environmental loss.


  • Yes and no. Airplanes are complex, the 737 max especially so. To check every bolt after every flight would be impossible, that would require every plane to be taken to a certified shop taken apart and inspected and put back together after every flight. There are inspection intervals and lots of scheduled maintenance that regular airline passengers aren’t aware of. We only see the planes we fly on not all the ones temporary out of service for maintenance. These bolts would likely be checked during some scheduled maintenance but it seems that the bolts may be failing prior to the scheduled check, or they were never installed correctly. It’s not likely a concern to passengers, the FAA (and most other global air regulators) requires all airlines to follow all manufacturer guidelines and recommendations within a certain amount of flights after an announcement like this. Also modern airplanes are very safe one missing bolt probably won’t cause and immediate problem during flight.