Is it worth trying to become a pilot, or will everything be AI by the time you have your license?
>>2064226no, why would u ever have a pilot when u can just use AI to generate a Better Reality
Statistically speaking, fully automated systems are safer since they can eliminate human error, and with unmanned aircraft already in use, it's technically feasible.However, it will likely take many years for the FAA and passengers to accept it. Even 30 years from now, single-pilot operations might not be permitted.
FAA cannot properly staff a safe number of air traffic controllers. Unless major changes made, I cannot see it implementing something like that in the near future. Even still, I think you would want at least one pilot
>>2064226old news
Been working on my private pilot in my free time since last February. It's going super slow and I don't get consistent seat time so every time I'm able to get back in a plane, I'm spending one or two classes refamiliarizing myself. My instructor says I'm gonna be good to solo soon, sitting at about ~35 hrs atm. I'm very happy with my progress, even if it is very slow, but I don't care about flying commercial. Just a hobby for me, maybe I'll fly my family around if I ever buy a plane (lol, what a money pit). I've worked with airlines in the past, writing maintenance software, and based on my experience, there's very little risk of an imminent AI takeover. Airlines move very slowly when it comes to adopting new tech. That, coupled with the strong pilots unions and the FAA weighing the scales, I wouldn't be super concerned about AI. But real pilots, please tell me how I'm retarded.
Although I set out some preferences for the last one I ended up settling for literally anything to do with Britain. Those preferences about foreign exports and rare diversions remain in place but otherwise post what you like as long as it fits the broader requirement
>>2064229It wouldn't be able to run in the UK. It's Cape Gauge, and it would cost a small fortune to build a railway for it or convert it to Standard Gauge. Plus it has a huge grate and is probably equivalent to 2x UK 4-6-0s or Pacifics in terms of coal burn.
missed opportunity?this is probably more fascinating than the pacifics Bulleid built, perhaps chain driver valve gear wasn't a bad idea
>>2064923>Chain driven valve gearHorrendous>CaprottiSexo
>>2064966>caprottiabsolute nothing burger of a valve gear, hardly used
>>2064229
I was thinking of picking up one of those cheapo Aliexpress carbon forks, but my buddy probably rightfully talked me out of it due to safety concerns.Where should I buy an affordable carbon fork in 26" for rim brakes (in Yurop)?
>>2064895it's funny how you unracers accuse normies of being brainwashed by GCN when you seem to be the only regular viewers of that channel
>>2064897what makes you think I'm unracer though? Get your head checked you have some "rent-free" bogey mans in your skull.
>>2064899sorry I've lost track of what you identify as. if you've transitioned and you've got a new name, I'm happy to call you by your name. this doesn't need to be a heated rivalry.
As an ali express and ebay special enthusiast just wanna pop in and give some insight. In my experience I've yet to have an aluminium ebay special or aliexpress part break on me. I've heard of people having issues with cheap chinese carbon constantly. If you're going to go cheap aluminium may be ok but understand the risk you're potentially taking. I've had no catastrophic failures and I ride my bike everyday.
>>2065026but speaking personally you've bought china carbon and nothing broke?
I am 37 and got fired from my tech job of 16 years over something stupid. My product manager was mad about it and promises to be a great reference in looking for a new job and I have a security clearance which is very valuable. All that plus my experience I think I can get another similar job pretty easily. However I am tired of tech. I own ~$700k of company stock that I will receive in a year and a half. Tell me how stupid of a plan this is.>sell house for ~$300k profit>use house profit to rent an apartment and pay for flight school>in 1.5 years be probably making peanuts as CFI but can buy a house cash>in a few years be making big bucks again as commercial pilotI also have about $100k of crypto that can be leveraged if need be. Why the hell not?
>>2065716I know exactly who >>2065731>>2065698isno one wants to hire him because hes a shit head that hates teaching hes been canned by two other schools and acts like a complete ass. I know a freshly minted CFII that got scooped up by FEDex imediately. In this industry you have to have people skills too since they want a CAPTAIN
I am in instrument training right now, also to do it as a profession eventually. I pretty much have nothing else in my life and no other skills, so this is necessary for me. If I had 700k and other actual skills, Im not sure I would have the resilience to get through what being a student is like. Id probably say fuck this and go back to my previous life. With that said, in my short time so far in aviation world, complaining is the favorite thing of a pilot and yet there is literally nothing else you want to do once you get good at it. 37 years old is getting up there in terms of...if you have yet another day of shitty day of pattern work in 100 degree weather, you have to really determine if you have the kind of personality who is going to stubbornly show up the next day and be able to handle your CFI putting you under the microscope. I dont regret it, but like I said its all I have in life.
>>2065283Didn't read the thread. Sounds like a good plan OP but keep in mind it takes about 10 years on average to make north of $200k in this career.
>>2065348rare analytic post
Wellp, after 3 weeks of being an unemployed NEET I got another corpo swe position so I guess I'll go back to that world after all. Still gonna do the airplane thing but I'll just weekend warrior it for now rather than going through with the crazy plan of selling the house.CFI bro took me up last week to show me the ropes. Did some takeoff and landings (while he also held the controls), extreme low speed maneuvers, stalling, and sharp turns. Lots of fun.
i have like 700 bucks to my name and i gotta get the fuck out of this country (canada) what do i do? how do i get out? how do i make money on the way?
saar this is /n/ where we argue about bicycles, if you want to whinge about indians taking your jerrrb and ask what countries want to suck your cock for being white, /trv/ is that way --->
>pretty whiteKek. YWNBWhite.
>>2066456Italians are white, anon.......barely.
>>2066458https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vonb2Hir7Oo
>>2066439>im pretty white
Why does a graffitied train have to be taken out of circulation immediately? How much does it cost in your country to clean up one graffiti piece? In Finland, the average cleanup cost is 600-700ish.
>>2065122Will destroy the glass, rubber, advertising materials and probably stain the steel over time. Environmental run-off must be considered and obviously additional wages to pay the workers. Lots of money (that the west doesn't have) to cover up art
>>2065321Amen. Consider they have tractor trailer washes too...that fucking train should be GLEAMING like the savor or society it is. Keep my train nice with my taxes. Job one.>>2065347>doesnt know anything about soda blastingI didnt say SAND, sir. Collect pits are standard even for car washes. And like anything the more you do it the cheaper it gets, per unit. And it has to work. The energy crisis is a death pact.
>>2065321>why they dont have drive-thru car washes but for trainsBruh
In Bucharest, Romania, they dont bother to clean the old metros since they will be phased out anway. Its nice going with them while we still have them
they should just paint over the graffiti every few weeks like how they blob more paint onto warships to cover the rust. eventually, the train will be more paint than metal and will thus be impervious to all damage spiritual or physical>>2066466god i wish that were me.
I see you all are intimidated by my obvious superiority
>>2066203>How bad does it reflect on me as a /n/egro that I would absolutely LOVE to ride thatit looks fun as hell but it belongs in silly pumptrack/skate park videos not on the road or mup
>>2066203>>2066203>my issue with e-bike kits is usually retards having poor cable management and motor choices.you would hate my bike; i stole a bunch of those velcro straps to tie everything down properly but the controller is just in a crappy seat bag thingy and the cables go through the zipper instead of the dedicated Cabling Port For You're Headphones + USB's because the fittings for the motor and throttle were too big to fit through said portif you can believe it, when i bought it used off of some boomer in the first place, it was even worse; the cabling was all into a repurposed fanny pack bro cut an X into to slide cables through, and just tied the fanny pack straps together instead of using the toggle-locks and clipping it together. also the battery was attached to the side of the rear rack with no bottom support for some reason
>>2066217Ooooh that's making me mad thinking about it, pics?
>>2066083>no triangle frameanyway here's something that's not for toddlers
>>2066262no because i aint doxxing myself also the most egregious bits from the previous owner have already been rectified
It would probably kill more people than cars do nowadays and any accident results in death. Otherwise would be nifty tho lol
The average retard cant even comply with something as basic as a speed resistriction imagine atc vectors
Elon Musk wishes he was 1/10th as GREAT as this English manlet.
>>2060108>wishing was someone he doesnt know existed
>>2060208 i mean, sorta did, ireland and parts of australia did adopt 5'3"
>>2064926Australia adopted them all.
>>2060319>"overthrowing">preying on people's techno-narssicsm about "flying cars"
>>2064926>Manlet Gauge
It is said that if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. Are you one of the good ones, /n/? Do people say you're not like those other cyclists?
>>2064095>>2062326no need to samefag like that bro
>>2064101no need to be a retard faggot like that bro
>>2028039>all that to get a 16oz coffee......
>>2064123>deep undergrounddwarven coffee...
>>2028001All I is yuppie/hipster. Where is the dirtbag option?
I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.
Cute little shunter
>>2054600I think that is a former automat car.
>>2044578Most schizo melty seen on this site in a while. Ssed.
Post your shitbikesssss
>>2066367Nakamura is a kinda shit brand here in Canada now unfortunately, but I don't know if this is even the same brand. It has a couple Miele stickers on it as well, specifically says Miele Design, so maybe some sort of old collab or sub brand? When I picked it up, it had (nasty) white tape and whiteish cable housings, but I kinda like the contrast with black a bit better. Celeste would be cool though, maybe another iteration will play into the other accent colours.Here's an updated pic, drive side this time.
>>2066362you started some shit here claiming altus is better quality when it's same plastic garbage with only difference being more cassette range and cancerous jockey wheel, arguing that low tier groups are better than the other is retarded and I must correct you since those low groups are made for different purposes and sometimes some tourney models will cost more than altus due to being very specifically made for older bikes.
>>2066361who said we're talking about cool vintage bikes with woefully undergeared drivetrains? this is a shitbike thread, we are talking turn of the century beat up aludiddlium gt with the only original part being the hopelessly seized seatpost that's conveniently right for your heightit's got a triple up front, it's got a seven on the back that you toss out and slap on a nine once it wears out, the old stick tourney won't shift shit
>>2066376what's your stem (25.4 or 31.8 clamp) and dropbar?
>>2066411Stem is the 80mm VO riser quill stem, with a 26mm clamp. The bars are Nitto noodles, 42cm if I remember correctly.
All Canadian made aircraft have been decertified in the US.
>>2064532Not that anon.What he said isn't wrong, it is a government owned corporation and famously biased. So the fact that they left out details likely to spin the story in a way that is anti trump isn't surprising and the anon he was replying to should have known better than to trust CBC as his source.
>>2064681>the anon he was replying to should have known better than to trust CBC as his sourceEvery media outlet has it's biases. I can bitch about the CBC/Radio Canada's biases and failures on individual stories, but it's still about 2x better than the other shitty fucking news outlets in Canada, other than a few individual journalists or specialized publications who do better inside their narrow domains.If we're comparing against American journalism, then the CBC is at least 5x better than their national media, but that's a very low bar.What national media outlet in Canada are you seriously suggesting is better? I need a good fucking laugh.
>>2064681Daily reminder the CBC actually staged a hospital room with dummies (the fake, not alive kind) on ventilators as performance for cuckdeau's coronavirus propaganda.These are absolutely evil people who will all hang on the day of the rope.>>2064729None. All cucknadian media is paid for by the government (by law), and anyone not on the payroll is shut down as "misinformation". But somehow, I think you actually like it that way.As a former Canadian federal worker wrongfully dismissed for not wanting to take a experimental drug for trendy pretense, I finally escaped to the US (now green card holder) and has never looked back.
>>2064499>why cant have all good, instead of all badIm just so astonished to be agreeing with the canadian government on anything today......
>>2064644How is saying everyone is corrupt "sucking boot"? Its almost like actual boot suckers deflecting have made this term a badge of honor from them....
>going uphill>switch gears to that crazy "1" number on my bike I never use>uphill becomes extremely easyWHAT THE FUCK IT WAS THAT EASY ALL ALONG?
>>2065009mate you are not making enough torque with your legs alone to care about that. cyclists need to stop pretending that their 9999$ memedale is actually precisely the same as a dirtbike and has to be driven the same waysee also: the countersteering meme
>>2062183
Is this true? Or is it all about carrying speed and pushing hard during climbs?
>>2066409spinning the legs on an easier gear will always make it easier than pushing hard. Particularly on longer bike rides, all that pushing down the pedals compounds as fatigue much faster than spinning the pedals
I personally have always preferred stair mastering it to crazy legs.
Keep in mind this is for bikes meant to be loaded up. I guess a marketing exec at some point decided kickstands are for poors so no expensive bike can have them now, just like MTBs got stuck with Presta valves. They will literally drill 15+ holes just in case your bike bags use bottle bosses instead of straps, but outright refuse drilling 2 for a kickstand
I have a kickstand, frame bag, and a hitch for a trailer. Seems decent for commuting 70+ km. Might get a rack for carrying backpacks as I only use the trailer for shorter grocery trips. Riding with a backpack is sweaty/uncomfortable.
>>2055609Well in my case, there's been a guy re-posting my photos from elsewhere and posing as me, trying to gin up hatred toward me. He sets up scenarios and plays both sides, starting arguments in other people's threads. It's been going on for years... close to 15 now, but he really ramped it up over the past 10. I can't even remember why he's so upset but it has something to do with insecurity and jealousy because he has no skills. It began on /p/.What he doesn't realize though, is nobody else knows I exist or cares in the slightest. You have to admire his dedication though. I could just trip to put a stop to his antics but it's the only entertainment I get around here anymore.
>go downtown>Lock bike on rack>forget to put kickstand down>hours later>remove lock from bike rack >forgot kickstand wasn't down>bike falls over onto the hard concrete >now paranoid of potential scruffs in the frame and a bent derailleur hanger>mfwhow do people without kickstands deal with the constant risk of their bikes falling over?
kickstands are pointless
>>2065528meds
