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PyFormat: Using % and .format() for great good!

Python string formatting guide.
(tags: python programming format)

MIT Private Pilot Ground School 2019, F-22 Flight Controls – YouTube

Fascinating talk from an F-22 pilot.
(tags: aircraft physics F-22 flying aviation military)

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The Sad Futility of Trying to Stop Planes Crashing | VICE | United Kingdom

“There’s a rule of thumb when you’re designing a complicated system, which says that when you get to a point where you’re applying fixes to fixes it may be time to step back and reconsider the whole thing.”
(tags: flight 911 aviation terrorism crash cfit security)

Doing Mathematics Differently | Articles | Inference: International Review of Science

“Explanation is a form of compression. If a theory is smaller than the data, then in that case, as in so many others, less is more. A successful explanation is a matter of covering a large debt with a much smaller one.”
(tags: mathematics philosophy science computation)

Apple vs the FBI: Whoever wins, it’s a mess – Franklin Veaux’s Journal

A good look at the technical detail of what the FBI are asking Apple to do.
(tags: apple FBI security encryption)

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