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ChairMaster posted:Well I mostly meant that as a response to the idea that flying planes is fun, even though the only time you do any flying is when poo poo goes really wrong and you have to fix it, which doesn't sound that fun. The only really exciting and thrilling parts of the flight are takeoff and landing, which they do themselves anyway. No point in just holding the stick like a moron for 10 hours straight when you've got tons of other stuff to worry about in the cockpit (fuel calculations, navigations, communications with ATC etc).
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OhYeah posted:The only really exciting and thrilling parts of the flight are takeoff and landing, which they do themselves anyway. No point in just holding the stick like a moron for 10 hours straight when you've got tons of other stuff to worry about in the cockpit (fuel calculations, navigations, communications with ATC etc). Exactly. Just because you aren't physically controlling the plane doesn't mean you aren't doing anything. There's a reason why minimum flight crew on jets has gone down from 3 to 2 (and 1 for some business jets now).
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Ate you guys talking Air France 447, where two pilots managed to stall an Airbus and divot it into the ocean from FL300? Thing about that flight was that in normal conditions its impossible to induce a stall. The stick is basically an up/down control and the AP keeps to from stalling and killing everyone. What killed all those people is the fact that the same thing that caused the AP disconnect was a speed sensor (most likely pitot tube icing) failure that also forced the AP into an alternate logic mode where stalling the plane would be possible. So these two pilots who should have had more training recognising and dealing with system failures forgot that in certain circumstances yes you can stall an Airbus and as a result hundreds died. EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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HookShot posted:Yes, lie to an agency that will then be judging whether or not she gets to stay in the country permanently (and remember that you're going to have to submit your marriage certificate with the date on it when you do that!), that sounds like a great idea. I filled out some forms for someone applying for a tourist visa once and don't recall a question about whether you were secretly married to a Canadian. If that's actually a thing they ask then yeah I wasn't going to lie about it but I thought maybe if I didn't volunteer the information it wouldn't come up.
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Throatwarbler posted:I filled out some forms for someone applying for a tourist visa once and don't recall a question about whether you were secretly married to a Canadian. If that's actually a thing they ask then yeah I wasn't going to lie about it but I thought maybe if I didn't volunteer the information it wouldn't come up. Generally speaking, it is frowned upon to withhold information that would have caused someone to make a different decision. I don't know about Canada, but a friend of mine (not American) is married to a woman who illegally stayed in the US for a few months years before they were married and nobody thought anything of it until he got a job here in the US. Now, when ever they come back in to the country it takes 24-48 hours to clear customs because she has been flagged as someone who has violated her visa before. She is a permanent resident now.
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Throatwarbler posted:I filled out some forms for someone applying for a tourist visa once and don't recall a question about whether you were secretly married to a Canadian. If that's actually a thing they ask then yeah I wasn't going to lie about it but I thought maybe if I didn't volunteer the information it wouldn't come up. The main thing they look for is making sure people aren't going to be overstaying their visas, and having strong family ties to Canadians (ie being married to one) is the number one thing they look for. It will come up.
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HookShot posted:The main thing they look for is making sure people aren't going to be overstaying their visas, and having strong family ties to Canadians (ie being married to one) is the number one thing they look for. It will come up. When bringing my wife up from the us while the external application was ongoing the thing they were interested in was having her prove that she had ties back home that would cause her not to over extend her visitor visa. Like family, a job, a house or a car or things like that. Given that they usually don't even stamp your passport when going between the us and Canada if you are a citizen of either country makes it easier to do the 6 month visitor visa then extend it repeatedly game. I do imagine that stuff would all be trickier, riskier and way more of a pain if being done from a country other than the US.
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MickeyFinn posted:Generally speaking, it is frowned upon to withhold information that would have caused someone to make a different decision. I don't know about Canada, but a friend of mine (not American) is married to a woman who illegally stayed in the US for a few months years before they were married and nobody thought anything of it until he got a job here in the US. Now, when ever they come back in to the country it takes 24-48 hours to clear customs because she has been flagged as someone who has violated her visa before. She is a permanent resident now. Yeah don't do ANYTHING to even maybe sort of get immigration upset at you, it will gently caress you over for life.
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Squibbles posted:When bringing my wife up from the us while the external application was ongoing the thing they were interested in was having her prove that she had ties back home that would cause her not to over extend her visitor visa. Like family, a job, a house or a car or things like that. Given that they usually don't even stamp your passport when going between the us and Canada if you are a citizen of either country makes it easier to do the 6 month visitor visa then extend it repeatedly game. I do imagine that stuff would all be trickier, riskier and way more of a pain if being done from a country other than the US. Yeah, they generally don't worry too much about it with people from other first world countries because they figure they're going back to a life that's basically the same as what they'd have in Canada. But with China she has to fully apply for a visa before they'll even allow her to visit for six months. And it's not an easy process. People from first world countries have no idea what kind of annoyance it is to travel when you have a passport from somewhere that isn't basically the US/Canada/Western Europe/Australia/NZ.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/building-with-containers-has-few-advantages-architect-says-1.3231377quote:Building with containers has few advantages, architect says lol
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Yeah that's legit, container housing is like solar panel bike paths. It's all optics and green washing or what ever but the idea it self is impractical and useless. I got really excited about container buildings when they first were being mentioned but then I looked into them beyond the people trying to sell them and realized they're way more trouble than they're worth. The fact that they haven't exploded as a form of housing is blamed by "regulations" by their mindless boosters. "If only the city would allow container homes!". They do, no one's building them in mass because they are not actually cheaper and actually make lovely buildings. I mean I guess cities could remove regulations for basic insulation and utilities and people could just roast/freeze inside a cramped steel box. I'm sure people in Vancouver would be ok with that so long as they could start building container equity. Much like 6 story wood frame construction, once you look at the details and actually cost it all out and take into account the quality of the structures it's not a "game changer". The problem isn't in construction or building codes.
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Wow you sound like a bitter renter who's brainwashed by tommunism
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A lot of these silly trends are only slightly better thought out than when a kid finds a few sheets of plywood and a bucket of old nails and goes 'hey lets build a fort!'
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You know what we should all do? Build a tiny house the size of a shed! Buy a house with two other couples and co-share! Live in a van down by the river! (sorry Rime)
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Will it have a granite rope ladder?
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Tiny homes are why we need a leader to implement the final solution to the hipster problem.
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CI, you have to watch this: http://magnasearchgroup.tv/2015/09/16/big-game-hunters-014/
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Say whatever you want I still want to live in a tiny house built on a old lady's driveway
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blah_blah posted:CI, you have to watch this: I don't know what these people do, but their inability to place their microphones properly has me not caring either.
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Say whatever you want I still want to live in a tiny house built on a old lady's driveway If it weren't for Rime's inability to find an affordable van in Vancouver to move into I would suggest going that route. Unfortunately he's going to have to build up his cardboard equity first until he can get a broker to even look at buying a fixer upper work van at the salvage auctions (Chinese scrap prices are buying up all of our vans!) On the plus side his building materials are 100% recyclable and sustainable so he should have some home improvement grants coming his way. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 14:21
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blah_blah posted:CI, you have to watch this: dubstep The lebron James of Java We've got the mountains we've got the ocean we've got women Hootsuite is a big tech beast unlike any other OK I'm done.
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blah_blah posted:CI, you have to watch this: Did he loving say "the Sidney Crosby of iOS"? I hate working in tech so, so much.
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It's fed day motherfuckers. 2:30pm est for rate decision.
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Preparing for the apocalypse / UP UP UP (regardless of what the fed decides). Van/boat living seems like an attractive option right up until you remember that winter is a thing. Also parking and utilities. And garbage. And vehicle theft.
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HookShot posted:Hadn't autopilot been disengaged for ages before they started trying to make the plane climb forever? I thought as soon as they hit the hail the autopilot disengaged. They should have listened to the loudly beeping stall warnings though. They could have sat there in the cockpit giving each other handies and the plane would have been perfectly fine, if a little offcourse. That's why everyone was speculating it was something crazy like positive lightning or something that brought it down at first because no one imagined the pilots would be that dumb. It wouldn't be too difficult to automate them better than a lovely pilot but they certainly wouldn't be doing a Sullenburger landing. Let's just say the vast improvement in safety certainly hasn't been because of the pilot, who is on average younger, less trained, under-paid, and over-worked, compared to years ago. quote:So here is the picture at that moment: the airplane was in steady-state cruise, pointing straight ahead without pitching up or down, and with the power set perfectly to deliver a tranquil .80 Mach. The turbulence was so light that one could have walked the aisles—though perhaps a bit unsteadily. Aside from a minor blip in altitude indication, the only significant failure was the indication of airspeed—but the airspeed itself was unaffected. No crisis existed. The episode should have been a non-event, and one that would not last long. The airplane was in the control of the pilots, and if they had done nothing, they would have done all they needed to do. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash TROIKA CURES GREEK fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:It's fed day motherfuckers. 2:30pm est for rate decision. Is there any chance they'll do anything other than hold it at 0.5%?
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milkrun posted:Is there any chance they'll do anything other than hold it at 0.5%? The Fed Rate is 0.25, the BoC rate is 0.5.
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blah_blah posted:CI, you have to watch this: This is why you should never use an external recruiter.
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milkrun posted:Is there any chance they'll do anything other than hold it at 0.5%? Roughly 30% chance. Much more likely in October, 100% chance by Dec.
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wanna see the 0.125% interest rate
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Dreylad posted:wanna see the 0.125% interest rate wanna see the 12.5% interest rate, bring back the 80's.
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Baronjutter posted:wanna see the 12.5% interest rate, bring back the 80's. Yeah, no kidding. My mom managed to get a 15% GIC when I was born which became my university fund.
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20 minutes to the rate hike  quote:http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ei-benefits-july-statistics-canada-1.3231759?cmp=rss Risky Bisquick fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Sep 17, 2015 |
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Sep 17, 2015 18:38
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No hike.
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Ex housing, I'm a dove. gently caress YOU JANET
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Nearly a decade of sinking borrowing costs will eventually give way.
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I'm an economic dummy, what would a rake hike have meant for Canada?
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HookShot posted:I'm an economic dummy, what would a rake hike have meant for Canada? Interest rate hikes all over the place, most likely. \/\/\/ That too.
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HookShot posted:I'm an economic dummy, what would a rake hike have meant for Canada? Lower Canadian dollar
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