Am I right in thinking it didn't matter which star it locked onto, and it didn't need to know which star it was? Would it be a problem if it locked onto another celestial body (e.g. Venus)?

No, it needed to lock onto the right star, the one that matched the coordinates. Otherwise, it would be pointing in a random direction. The navigator would check against three different stars to detect an error.

The system could also use planets or even the sun for navigation. A special filter was used with the sun to avoid burning out the photomultiplier tube.

Ah, so it could be used in the daytime. I read the whole article assuming it was only useful at night. (When else would you be flying a bomber and need high accuracy?)

The SR-71’s star tracker was so sensitive it could track stars during the day.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-sr-71-blackbird-astro-na...

being halfway to space probably helped

I started using poetry abiut 4 years ago and definitely hit a lot of bugs around that time, but it seems to have improved considerably. That said, my company has largely moved to uv as it does seem easier to use (particularly for devs coming from other languages).

Out of interest, how are you approaching this? Are you trying to "refactor" in specific areas, or is it somewhat more ad-lib? Do you have something in mind for the next "volume"?

You joke, but there are plenty of companies working on something similar to this, for example: https://www.sw.siemens.com/en-US/technology/generative-desig...

I haven't touched CAD for a couple of years, but I get the impression that (inevitably) the generative design hype significantly exceeds the current capability.

I'm no expert, but I'm fairly sure that UK GDPR applies, which is effectively the same as the EU version https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-and-the...

Yes, it still exists. Most (all?) EU legislation that ended had to be explicitly revoked, since the UK was fairly diligent in transposing it to national legislation.

"Years of abnormally low rainfall" - at what point does "abnormal" become normal?

Never. That might make it sound less like an emergency.

For example, one of the first things you'll read in the wikipedia article on "Drought" is this:

> The longest drought in recorded history started 400 years ago in the Atacama Desert in Chile and still continues.

So long as a settlement’s reason for its location has shifted drastically, never.

Except when it's critical software in an aircraft, nuclear power plant, submarine, financial institution etc etc

Of course, or something as mundane as BIOS.

Wow, a yard AND a driveway?

I think the idea here is that children need to have the opportunity to explore the wider world independently, not just a 50 metre circle around their home.

> - Super smart designs causing the page layout to change after it's loaded.

This seems to happen far too much. Nowadays usually causes me to give up on a site and go somewhere else. Feels like eliminating stuff like this should be low-hanging fruit UX-wise (albeit not especially exciting, I guess)

How is this an intense road? It looks pretty wide and clear of traffic with a few parked cars. If it can't handle this, it's got no chance in an average city in Western Europe.