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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • As long as having the windows open and the AC running has the same effect, it makes sense to do both. As soon as the AC has to work against the air coming in from outside, it probably makes sense to either close the windows or turn off the AC.

    Even then it might make sense to keep doing both though. For example, if the AC only changes air temperature and moisture, but does not reduce volatile organic compounds, and it’s hot and humid outside. You keep the window open to keep VOC low, while keeping the AC on to keep temperature and moisture pleasant.





  • FCAS is a multinational project with pillars, or work packages, distributed among the three partners France, Germany and Spain. This division among national lines takes precedence over the division among company lines, as the project deals with national classified data which may only be handled by citizens of the corresponding nation.

    So while Airbus is an international company, it has German and Spanish work packages that only German and Spanish nationals are allowed to see/work on.

    French Dassault was responsible for Pillar one, the core of the project, which was the development of the “New Generation Fighter”.

    Dassault/France decided to pull out of FCAS and develop their “New Generation Fighter” entirely on their own.

    Now German and Spanish partners are left with an FCAS project without its centerpiece, and they are mad.

    Anger is mostly directed at Dassault, which is refusing to work with its supposed partners, turning a tri-national project into a national with no regard for the effect this has on German and Spanish counterparts.

    But the French Government also has a part in this. Dassault is their contractor, but they allow this to happen.



  • It’s really more of a contract, “I promise to carry and raise your children, you promise to provide the money” That’s why throughout much of history, you couldn’t get divorced, it wasn’t about love, it was about security.

    Nowadays marriage isn’t really as important as before, but still relevant. For women, having a child usually still means making career sacrifices.