Correction to the above. The mass and energy of black holes decrease by means the emission of Hawking Radiation.

Same. We have a group to trade work shifts, and I pretty much have to be on that because the employer-provided bulletin board sucks duckfarts...

Apple so far has not acknowledged this issue. Some people think it might not be linked to iOS 12 or the iPhone XS series at all, but rather to updated security settings in iOS 11.4.1. This change meant that an iPhone’s Lightning port might not recognize a USB accessory, including a charging cable if the locked phone…

Caveat: I’m not an expert but this is my understanding.

I’m getting PTSD just from reading your infodump about a DW infodump.... ;)

Don’t forget the endless meetings and pages and pages of sequential introductions.

The Amazon page for Thin Air by Richard K. Morgan was fun.

For the passengers, yes they are. For the holding tank, not as much. :)

Having been to Newark rather too many times, I totally get it. :)

The standard one is fine. The A350 already routinely flies 16 hour sectors.

Singapore and NYC are two of the perhaps top 5 financial centers in the world. Lots of traffic.

From my above post:

Don’t forget the incessant drone of the radial engines...

Helpful taxi drivers in HK? What sorcery is this? ;)

We carry a body bag on all our aircraft. It’s a regulatory requirement.

Airliners are pretty efficient. :)

Heh... Thankfully lavatory air is not recycled like the rest of the cabin air. On a modern plane it’s quite hard to get a whiff unless someone has gone full Jackson Pollock in the lav.

I hear you...

I’ve operated all of one trip with 16-hour block time each way. Even with four crew, the crew bunk, the comfy seats at the pointy end, and the northern lights on the way back, I was cooked at the end. Bored to tears. For about 6 hours over the pole there isn’t even the occasional radio call to stave off…

When I was in my early 20s I’d fly Europe to LAX a few times a year in economy. No big deal. 20+ years on, my body seems... changed into one that is no longer quite as tolerant... :)

Fair dinkum.