Certification is expensive. But updated dbs are pretty huge and seem to only get bigger over time. Stuff like radio firmware tends to be in the hundreds of KBs though, so for that it really wouldn't be a big deal either way.
Interestingly, my whole life libertarian has had a right wing connotation to it. So even though I do recognize that there's a significant difference between right and left libertarianism, it's hard to shake the visceral reaction I have to the word.
Libertarians (of all nationalities) and trying to legalize child trafficking, name a better combo.
These should be USB sticks, but otherwise this is preferable to something like wifi.
You do not want to stop requiring physical access to avionics for updates and reprogramming.
The fewer surfaces for entry into the avionics systems the better and if that means an engineer schlepping a database update on a thumb drive to the cockpit that's what you want.
I spent the better part of a decade on avionics, and while this as a headline sounds bad it's one of the few things Boeing shouldn't be mocked for right now.
You're an air squid, your exposure is limited.
Feel like the real underdog here is seafood.
Like, we know toxins concentrate in water creatures. That's why you'll see way more warnings about fish you harvest on any DNR page than you will deer.
If you live in the states espousing option 2 gets you a free visit with the lovely chaps who have been successfully killing leftists and leftist groups for decades.
Something something frozen peaches.
I would say Jackson and Jefferson are great comps for our "Goldwater Girl."
They ended up being celebrated despite being (literally) historically evil.
I daresay if more of the populace were hung there'd be a lot fewer angry opinions like this.
To be fair, it applied in feudalism too, depending on how important you were.
Worse.
"Vulgar sense of entitlement" - you think you deserve more than I think you do and it is viscerally disgusting to me.
In context - "You think we shouldn't be able to coup your government/group because we don't know better what you need than you do and that viscerally disgusts me."
ETA: the "woke" bit is fun too because it adds a layer of racism to this seven layer shit salad.
Just wanted to share a little success, after some wrangling I've finally got an M600 macro working on Klipper. I've been trying to print some ornaments for my holiday tree (a Christmas tree that I'm never taking down). These turned out pretty great!
(Ignore the wago connectors, they're "temporary")
ETA:
I used all Voxel PLA and found the model on printables. Sliced with Prusaslicer and just added the color changes at the appropriate layers.
It doesn't, that's just a very common reaction to these types of articles. I recall having some very intense discussions around stuff like iPads in cockpits. I'm on the "not a fan" side, but I'm also not making avionics software anymore either.