derf82 @ derf82 @lemmy.world

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Bought my house just before the crash in 2007. Felt screwed over as I went underwater and was stuck with my 6.5% loan while interest rates and home values plummeted (and because my mortgage was privately held, no HARP refi option.

Finally after nearly 15 years not only go out from under water but built enough equity for a no cost refinance. Got into a 2.25% loan.

Sad part is, despite the lower rate, due to skyrocketing insurance and taxes, my payment is no cheaper

It’s a Boeing that has been flying for years. Maintenance staff forgot to latch the engine cowling. That is all.

Airbus used to have a way larger problem with this, so bad they had to redesign it to make it more obvious it wasn’t latched.

https://safetyfirst.airbus.com/preventing-fan-cowl-door-loss/

They may be added at a defined time stamp, but if the ad length varies, then the timing would just be thrown off.

I know they get pretty local. I listen to a podcast from Canada that inserts ads for concerts in my home city in Ohio.

It’s not even really a maintenance issue. This kind of thing happens all the time.

If it were not a Boeing and United thing, it would have never made the news.

Emergency landings for mechanical issues are also very common. Check out VASAviation sometime.

Or, check out https://avherald.com/

You clearly don’t know what a good faith discussion is.

But Chief Justice John Roberts assured us racism was over when he gutted the voting rights act. /s

To start, as you say. Certainly there need to be strict rules for pre- and in-competition testing.

And do you have a citation for stating the advantages wear off pretty quick? A science group was established by World Aquatics that determined that some advantages of going through male puberty are permanent.

By all means, if male puberty is blocked, compete.

The variations between biological men and women are larger and more significant than those between women.

And it isn’t that insignificant. Lia Thomas won an NCAA title, beating an Olympic silver medalist. Laurel Hubbard went to the Olympics. She lived as male 35 years before transitioning. She had given up weightlifting decades earlier. But at that age with little training, she suddenly qualified for the Olympics.

Not agree, but willing to at least engage in a good faith discussion of issues rather than resorting to accusations of transphobia.

The effects of increased testosterone last a long time, even if it’s being blocked. And how exactly are testosterone levels being monitored? When? When, if ever, do the athletic advantages of male puberty and testosterone wear off?

People have reasonable and legitimate concerns beyond accusations of transphobia. Sweeping those concerns under the rug and acting like they are unfounded will earn the trans community little support.

They make you weaker, perhaps, but are you at the same level as a cis woman who was never exposed to that level of testosterone?

And trans men are just competing against men that naturally produce those same hormones.

It is simply a complex issue that defies a simple answer.

The 787 entered service in 2011. I would not call that a very long time.

They absolutely should have produced a clean sheet 737 replacement. But cost overruns from the 787 program, competition from the much faster to develop A320neo, and worries about existing operators going A320 if they developed a new type rating stupidity scared them off.

Not just Baltimore. This is also a major cargo port. That harbor will be blocked for a long time. Get ready for supply chain disruptions and more rising prices.

At least it happened in the very early AM hours when traffic was low and there were no visibility problems, unlike the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.

Even the largest ferry can’t come close to matching the capacity of a 4 lane highway bridge.

I despise any corporate apologists and fanboys. The fact that people complain about interoperability issues tells you many reject your idea.

The way Apple is going, my next phone will probably be a FairPhone that operates Android.

You can get a new android under $200. And google has their own feature to locate their phones.

There are a lot more cheap Android options. I wouldn’t want to get a kid a pricey iPhone for their first smartphone.