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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 '19
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Why was Concorde never sold as a private business jet?
Nov 13 '18
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Why is the 787 tail cone made out of titanium?
Dec 29 '17
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Why is paragliding not an old invention?
Mar 23 '20
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What is the rationale behind very short distance flights?
Dec 28 '15
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Why is rotating engines in opposite directions more important for a propeller-driven plane than a jet?
Jan 7 '16
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Can gliding your plane save fuel?
Jul 28 '20
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Was the miracle on the Hudson saved exclusively by the APU?
Jun 30 '17
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Why are the cockpit controls of airplanes so complicated?
Apr 19 '14
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Could anyone (non-military) in the present day "exceed mach 1 over a regulated area"?
Dec 28 '18
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