[–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

The more important forces in aviation have to do with the air masses aircraft fly through. Coriolis force does deflect winds to the right in the northern hemisphere and left in the southern hemisphere, but that is more relevant to how cyclonic vs anti-cyclonic flow works for weather systems, and is insignificant at the speeds aircraft operating in.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    From doing geometry in 12 year old classes in 2002, to algebra in 14 yr classes, our experience never called for offloading the math onto the calculator. Whenever I'm helping my son with math homework I try to ensure pencil on paper is the first step we exhaust before any magical math steps.

    It sounds like obvious old man get-off-my-lawn energy, but when I was growing up the kids running games on TI calculators were the ones who were curious and also tutored sufficiently to not have any problems with math.

    That was never me, of course. I was too broke and ignorant to have a TI-84 until college, and only used it in one math class.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Add "cause and effect" to the list of things he does not grasp or pretends not to. There wasn't some time lord showing people the parade would be too festive. It's a decision made by birthday party attendees in advance which reflects poorly on his ego so it needs to be blamed on anybody but him.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    It seems like a weird one to lie about because the Commercial is not terribly difficult compared to the Instrument rating, just a few extra maneuvers and tighter tolerances. That said, most people don't know what it means if you say "I'm a private pilot and have my instrument rating" so I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't fly enough to care so lies about this in everyday life.

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