|
Back when I was a teenager, I would mentor other people on how to code. I still do some of that online, but it's not the same as living with your buddy and coding together. That kind of collaboration spurs inspiration and can make both parties better coders. It did in my case.
Contributing to a very active project, especially one that gets as much play as LVGL is similarly satisfying despite being all online. GitHub is nice in that it's an all in one collaboration tool if you use it properly and it kind of removes the typical barriers one might face trying to code together. Not quite the same as AnyDesk and a phone, or an in person collab, but close.
I kinda wish my projects got more play. My graphics library is somewhat popular, but I have only one contributor, and he works on the website exclusively.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
|
|
|
|
|
Quote: I kinda wish my projects got more play. My graphics library is somewhat popular, but I have only one contributor, and he works on the website exclusively.
I agree with the satisfying aspect you mention, having written several Arduino libraries, I also recognize the contributor effect. The number of contributors is not high, still I find them very valuable as they add functionality. Most important imho are the people who take the time to report bugs or unexpected effects that I have missed (or skipped). Their fixes and insights are very much appreciated as they save a lot of time in investigating.
In short, people who open issues are imho also contributors.
How do you look at them?
|
|
|
|
|
That's a good point. I hadn't thought of it that way. At one point I had a guy furiously working with my graphics lib and submitting issues, and it was extremely helpful, not only because of the bug finding, but because it gave me a good idea of how it was being used.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
modified 16hrs ago.
|
|
|
|
|
I haven’t contributed code to open-source projects, but I try to alway donate or pay for free or shareware apps. I’ll also send ‘notes’ on bugs or usability issues if the developer has made it easy to send comments.
And, yes, I’m the guy that paid for my copy of WinRAR.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
|
|
|
|
|
I find it really satisfying to use Open Source projects 
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 1,082 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 1,082 2/6*
🟨🟩🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 1,082 4/6
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩
🟨🟩🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
|
|
|
|
|
⬜🟩🟨🟨⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟨🟩
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 1,082 6/6*
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
|
|
|
|
|
(5. Juni 2024) 4/6
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
MessageBox.Show(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_signature)
? $"This is my signature:{Environment.NewLine}{_signature}": "404-Signature not found");
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 1,082 3/6
⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛
🟨🟩🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
If you can't explain something to a six year old, you really don't understand it yourself. (Albert Einstein)
|
|
|
|
|
Wordle 1,082 5/6
🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟩
⬛🟨🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!
|
|
|
|
|
Recently was reported an air miss at Reagan Airport and one of the factors is Intersecting Runways at that airport. A number of airports across the world have intersecting runways, while a number of them have parallel runways.
As a passenger I am blissfully unaware, or not bothered about my flights taking off or landing on such an intersecting runway, and whether my flight would experience such an near miss.
Any thoughts on the alertness of air traffic controllers in airports having intersecting runways against those with parallel runways? Any other important aspects?
modified yesterday.
|
|
|
|
|
Picked the wrong day to leave my glasses at home...
|
|
|
|
|
Runways are designed taking into account prevailing wind directions.
Wind doesn’t always blow in the same direction, so the two most common directions are chosen for alignment of the runways.
Hence you get intersecting runways.
It is the job of the air traffic and ground traffic controllers at the airport to ensure that planes don’t come close to each other on the taxiways and runways.
They do an excellent job and that is why you rarely hear of planes running into each other.
The possibility exists that communication between the controller and the pilots in planes are distorted by static or external factors such as pilots being too busy and not paying sufficient attention to the radio. This is why both pilots and controllers are required to repeat what they hear and not just reply ‘ok’ or ‘Roger’ or ‘understood’. Pilots also need to identify their aircraft by the airline and flight number each time they have a conversation with the controller so that the controller can be sure that his instructions have been heard by the pilot to whom they are addressed.
But in case the pilots are battling a sudden unforeseen emergency, such as a bird strike or loss of engine power or unexpected wind shear, it is entirely possible their attention to radio communication is reduced and then incidents/accidents happen.
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks very much for the detailed answer.
|
|
|
|
|
To add to Vivi's detailed answer, when there are parallel runways, one is usually being used for take-offs and the other for landings. Intersecting runways usually mean a lack of space. When there are two (or even three) runways serving different directions, they usually meet close to their apexes, forming either a V or a triangle.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The animation is scary. Lucky escape for all passengers.
The Delta speed was such that brakes were really effective in stopping it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Tenerife disaster, from the info I get, was on a single runway, where the one which landed was just about to turn into the taxiway, whereas the other was taking off, and it was a dense fog scenario.
|
|
|
|
|
But it was all down to human error, one pilot thinking he had been cleared for take-off. There was also 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision - Wikipedia[^] when an air traffic controller forgot about one aircraft's postion.
|
|
|
|
|
Yes. That's the WORST air disaster ever (the Tenerife one). Let's hope nothing surpasses it in future.
|
|
|
|
|
Tenerife was a complete fluster cluck, and one pilot should have known better. Single runway, and the KLM pilot was in a hurry due to max hours flight rules. That said, it is always the person in command who is responsible. If you cannot see, if you are not absolutely sure about safety, you stop. Period.
The ATC crew were also completely overwhelmed, and went ahead because everyone wanted to get moving, etc. Look at how the US lost the Challenger... I have not read any of the reports yet, but I will gamble and say this is why the container ship took out the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore...
Years ago, I obtained my bareboat captain license. It was pounded into me that *I* as the captain am the only person responsible for the safety of everyone on board. End of discussion. So, a few weeks later, I'm out sailing with my wife, and we get caught in a thunderstorm. We had our life jackets on and what not, so there was no danger of drowning. But, things got interesting due to my inexperience. Scared the living #$%^%^ out of me.
Safety procedures are everything. They form habit and muscle memory. When you start to try altering them, usually something like "this is going to hurt" comes up in your brain. Guard rails exist for a reason.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
