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  • People who seem passionate about PyLova don’t seem to grasp that blocking/filtering weirdos is the whole point of PieFed. I don’t understand the overall reaction to PieFed doing what it does. PieFed was never meant to be an “anything goes” type of thing.

    On the surface I love that there’s another fediverse project to consider, but everything I’ve read from developers and supporters of PyLova seems like an overreaction. Lots of personal attacks and overall childish behavior. It’s ok to have a different view of how social media should work, but for me I’m going to hang with the adults in the room.

    If I wanted unfiltered social media full of misinformation, conspiracy theories, Russian Propaganda, etc. I’d go to Lemmy or Twitter. I don’t want that, so I use PieFed.











  • ATC could see both of them no problem, but ATC is often overloaded and will pawn off responsibility to the pilots to maintain separation.

    Legally speaking, the controller in that accident did their job correctly. The helicopter pilots assured the controller multiple times that they would pass behind the jet.

    The current hot topic is ADSB IN. Most aircraft are required to have ADSB OUT these days, but very few aircraft (especially airliners) have recievers to display that info.

    It’s direct, line of site communication from aircraft to aircraft. Exact position in relation to each other, right on your nav display.

    My understanding is that it’s an upgrade to the current situational awareness provided by TCAS. TCAS is wonderful but broke down in the DCA crash because [I don’t remember the real reason so I’d just be guessing here]. TCAS should have saved the day, but there was something missing (probably the helicopter transponder wasn’t “participating” in the TCAS conversation that airplanes usually have (the TCAS computers, not the pilots)).

    Would ADSB IN have helped prevent DCA? Yes, assuming the helicopter had it they would have had better situational awareness. If the helicopter had their transponder turned off, though, it’s not clear to me if they would be broadcasting ADSB for the airliner to see.