Drop-down menus on online forms: They could be the death of us.
On Thursday, journalist and programmer Dan Nguyen pointed out a darkly comic incident report connected to a flight over the summer. During a pandemic hiatus, an unnamed airline operator upgraded the system that helps ensure an accurate load sheet the document tabulating the estimated weight of the passengers, crew, cargo, etc. The problem: The new system included titles and assumed that anyone listed as “Miss” must be a child. The incident report for the July 21 flight from Birmingham, England, to Mallorca, Spain, says:
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“The system allocated them a child’s standard weight of 35 kg as opposed to the correct female standard weight of 69 kg. Consequently, with 38 females checked in incorrectly and misidentified as children, the G-TAWG takeoff mass from the load sheet was 1,244 kg below the actual mass of the aircraft.”
Therapy? Thereâs an app for that. But should there be? Apr 08, 2021
A therapist in your pocket is possible thanks to therapy apps, but is that a good thing? What you need to know about NFT tokens to understand why it seems like everyone is talking about them. And our weekly conversation with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
As the pandemic continues, many who are feeling the impacts of isolation are turning to therapy apps to help. Derrick J. Hoard is a Seattle-based marriage and family therapist who has previously offered counseling services via one of these apps. Molly Fischer is a features writer for The Cut at New York Magazine whose recent piece âThe Therapy-App Fantasyâ investigates if therapy apps can live up to their promises. They both discuss what theyâve learned with Bill Radke. Also, if youâve heard your friends talking about NFT tokens, but donât have a clue what that means, Lisa Stiffler from GeekWire joins Bill to explain. Lastly, Mayo
Why Arkansas s anti-trans rights law isn t just a trans issue
Cisgender Americans can t ignore the dozens of anti-trans bills in development.
There s nothing isolated about attacks on trans rights.Anjali Nair / MSNBC
April 8, 2021, 9:30 AM UTC
On Wednesday morning, an old friend messaged me: So, I realize this is a bit impertinent of me . but am I going to see you put out a piece on all the attacks on trans rights one of these days?
It wasn t impertinent. In fact, I m not sure it s possible for him to
be impertinent with me; we ve known each since I was in high school, over a decade before he d begun to transition. It was, though, a moment that called for reflection.
That Pablo Rochat Meme Made The Cover Of New York Magazine
Likely, at some point this past year, you saw the long phone meme with a text message that would put
War and Peace to shame. My first glimpse came in the form of a
Trashbag Astrology post about a far too long text about what a Virgo like myself anxiously thought about over the course of a day, and I can assure you, my wife
really doesn’t like getting texts from me.
Well, if you caught a glimpse of the March 29th issue of
New York Magazine, you’d find that same meme gracing the cover. It comes from San Francisco-based creative director, viral
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