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casey

Houston, TX, USA

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Top Questions
32 votes

Why does Coriolis determine the rotation direction of a cyclone but not my drain?

meteorology coriolis dynamics fluid-dynamics asked Nov 11 '14 at 15:24
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26 votes

Font rendering issue in urxvt — too much space between characters

fonts urxvt xft asked Mar 7 '14 at 21:00
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26 votes

How are turbine engines started?

jet-engine turbine engine-starting asked Feb 27 '14 at 0:01
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25 votes

How do conventional and T-tails differ?

aerodynamics aircraft-design asked Jan 28 '14 at 21:18
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24 votes

What is a 709 ride?

faa-regulations airman-certification checkride asked Feb 10 '14 at 20:51
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23 votes

What sets systemd apart from other init systems?

systemd init-script asked Feb 10 '14 at 1:09
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21 votes

Are children safe when seated in lap during a flight?

safety airline-operations asked Mar 6 '14 at 21:02
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19 votes

What do the terms 'holding out' and 'common carriage' mean?

faa-regulations airman-certification commercial-operations asked Jan 28 '14 at 21:37
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18 votes

How is global weather model skill measured?

meteorology models nwp validation asked Apr 17 '14 at 18:37
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16 votes

Monitor connected via displayport to DVI adapter won't sleep properly

xorg nvidia power-management monitors displayport asked Jun 23 '14 at 15:54
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Top Answers
98
What are the legitimate uses of the `touch` command?
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98
Why is being a commercial pilot stressful?
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72
Who has the higher authority, the pilot in command or ATC?
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71
Shebang starting with `//`?
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62
Impossible or improbable? Hurricane crossing the equator
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55
How can numpy be so much faster than my Fortran routine?
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53
What does the 's' attribute in file permissions mean?
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51
Why is the pond in my backyard not frozen when it is -15 °C (5 °F) outside?
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48
When are aircraft required to dump fuel for emergency landings?
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46
What happens if a language other than English is used over the radio?
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44
Why is the Cumulonimbus cloud formation so dangerous?
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44
Why doesn't GE replace all 4 engines for on their flying test bed instead of just 1?
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39
How close is X-Plane experience to real flying?
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39
What is the meaning of -999 degrees Celsius?
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37
Shortest infinite loop producing no output
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37
What is ELF Magic?
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36
How are turbine engines started?
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36
Why does this NOTAM make me think GPS is unavailable?
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36
What is the difference between “flight level” and “altitude”?
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35
Why cannot Frankfurt Airport runway 18 accept takeoffs in opposite direction or landings?
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35
Why do snowflakes form into hexagonal structures?
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35
Do planes have keys?
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35
What do the characters y/d/N mean?
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34
Is it considered good or bad practice to raise the flaps right after touchdown?
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33
Why does using `yes` on bash pipelines *not* cause infinite loops?
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32
How to get memory used(RAM used) using Linux command?
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32
Could an aircraft 'hide' in the aircraft shadow of another aircraft without being detected or noticed?
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31
What is common number of flight hours a year for an airline pilot?
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31
Why use diff/patch when it is easier to just use cp
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30
What are .deb and .rpm and how are they different from .msi?
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