Boeing management seems to be the real crushing blow for Boeing.

I used to go on motorcycle rides and would go to the one closer to Shilshole/Golden Gates. One of the places I miss since moving to the East Coast the year this article was written. Great burgers.

> Large bollide collides with earth and deepens the ice age

Feeling vindicated in having gotten rid of my windows comps and gmail. I used to have a dedicated linux box but lately have been preferring the ease of macs. Maybe one day I'll get another linux desktop up, or just run it on the m2.

I don't think I have had a Windows machine in my home for over 15 years now. I also have an air gapped Haiku OS Machine for when I just want to get some work done.

I did also have a 2011 Macbook Pro until last year, it was used daily until the entire thing just packed it in one day in a spectacular fashion. Plugged a tablet in and the entire power system just failed. It was already on its death bed before that.

Probably depends greatly on the expanded configuration and what equipment is inside.

The AC75 class is now going very fast as well with foils, over 50kts.

Just recently the 40kt barrier was broken by hydrofoil windsurfers. Fins still have a higher top end but the gap has been closing. I'm not sure what design change will enable foils to be just as fast or if they hit a wall.

I've personally done about 24kts on foil and similar on fin and in some cases it's a bit terrifying in more chop. Others are much faster than that.

Krita has gotten really great over the years, and it started out pretty good to begin with

The upper stage re entering was the craziest thing I've seen live. Can't believe it was burning thru the flap and still had a gentle splash down.

Yea, when I saw the flap melt I had wrote it off and was waiting for the explosion. The explosion never came and I was awestruck.

In my brief stint working on spacecraft in the private sector I worked with guys like you that did beautiful things with wiring that I loved to see.

I hear you on scheduling too. I've given best estimates and they then get chopped up and halved (or worse) by management types, then things start to slip and we end up being closer to what was originally estimated, but somehow everyone then gets surprised.

As you say, things shift around, promises get made, everything gets delayed and all of a sudden there is no margin left. Unfortunately AIT has to do all of the hardware work with no margin so much of the time.

Secretly I love the power that can give us. You can shout at me all you like in the meetings Mr. ESA engineer, but if the holes don't line up, I cant put a bolt through them. Nothing quite like drilling holes in spacecraft on the launch pad.

Nowhere near as extreme but I broke my leg and there was a weird sensation if I touched my leg near the break, my toes would tingle even though they were quite a ways away. Years later, it no longer does that and feels normal in that area.