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- Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous “You wouldn’t steal<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- omfg the font used in this famous anti-piracy campaign was itself, a pirated commercial font. source: https://fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqityngfubsz0f Apr 23
- Anyway, that’s the thread. Find this one an interesting topic? Want me to do another dive? Commission one<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- They gave complaints about aggressive outdoor lighting a wide-scale advocate. And yes, they’re still very active today. (Side<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- Hate aggressive lighting? You should get to know DarkSky International. Formed as the International Dark Sky Association, it<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- Recently, wind turbine farms, such as those at Martha’s Vineyard, have begun to implement aircraft detection lighting systems<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- And yes, wind turbines are taking them up. https://hackaday.com/2020/03/24/wind-farms-in-the-night-on-demand-warning-lights-are-coming/ Apr 23
- But all is not lost: In 2023, a report from the Bureau of Land Management suggested that aircraft<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- Lighting is still very much an issue, especially in cases like wind turbines. Often, modern-day complaints about aircraft<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- That practice ended after 9/11. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5261492 Apr 23
- Meanwhile, the Empire State Building, noted for its far-reaching beacon light, constantly ran into issues with birds. That<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- A 1969 Life piece on the John Hancock Tower put it like this: “At night, when the six<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- So yes, these lights are for planes. Problem is, everyone else can see them, too. I will admit<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- FAA regulations, dating to 1941, put the rules for such lights like this: https://books.google.com/books?id=LFuKYQtxIiYC&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover&dq=Obstruction+Lights&source=entity_page&newbks=0&hl=en&ovdme=1&ved=2ahUKEwiW4dm9lu2MAxUNFVkFHdLSGVQQ4KgFegQIAhAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Apr 23
- Starting in the 1930s and 1940s, interest in building standards for obstruction lighting—i.e. bright lights that make it<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- Odds are, if you’ve ever been on a plane at night, you’ve seen these lights. They are off-in-the-distance<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- OK, it’s been a few days since I posted a commissioned search, and I wanted to start with<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 23
- I'm utterly fed up with the vast quantity of dangerous phishing emails that are sent from #Gmail (yes,<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 22
- “I think the domain verification system has too many flaws to be a singular verification solution, but instead<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 21
- Some folks may not love the added centralization, but the case for Bluesky embracing blue checks is pretty<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 21
- Over on LinkedIn, I shared my “I blew an interview on the day the pope died” story. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/smithern_its-not-always-that-i-have-a-the-pope-just-activity-7320102827823927297-Hf3c Apr 21
- There are around two people on the planet who'll get the joke. I'm one of them. The other<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 21
- Here’s a picture of a sous vide. Apr 20
- thank you @ernie for this great writeup on #shareware I had no idea that the file_id.diz standard was<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 20
- “Beyond devices that just work without an internet connection, what I personally would like to see is a<a class="yuki-entry-excerpt-more yuki-entry-excerpt-more-link mx-1" href="https://earnestpettie.com/friends/">…</a> Apr 19