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"That’s one reason I don’t miss IT, because programmers are very unlikable people… In aviation, for example, people who greatly overestimate their level of skill are all dead."

-Philip Greenspun, co-founder of ArsDigita, excerpted from Founders at Work

I am software engineer by profession.

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Why is the time of useful consciousness only seconds at high altitudes, when I can hold my breath much longer at ground level?
Sep 27, 2019
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Why was Concorde never sold as a private business jet?
Nov 13, 2018
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Why is the 787 tail cone made out of titanium?
Dec 29, 2017
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Why is paragliding not an old invention?
Mar 23, 2020
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Was the miracle on the Hudson saved exclusively by the APU?
Jun 30, 2017
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What is the rationale behind very short distance flights?
Dec 28, 2015
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Why is rotating engines in opposite directions more important for a propeller-driven plane than a jet?
Jan 7, 2016
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Can gliding your plane save fuel?
Jul 28, 2020
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Could anyone (non-military) in the present day "exceed mach 1 over a regulated area"?
Dec 28, 2018
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Why are the cockpit controls of airplanes so complicated?
Apr 19, 2014
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