I was instructed to use my common sense and experience to interpret the evidence provided in court, and told not to seek out external references.

Yes, both are implementing Garmin's new emergency autoland feature.

The FAA has a lot to say about how software gets onto planes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DO-178C

Establishing, maintaining, and handling the inevitable connection issues of the data connection necessary to remote pilot an aircraft is a lot more work than integrating a "best route" algorithm with existing autopilot features, automated radio communication, and calming cockpit UI.

I was assuming that this was a solved problem, given how prevalent drone warfare is now.

The military can easily afford other aircraft to serve as relays and satellite data connections that a general aviation pilot probably can't.

Even then, it's problematic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93U.S._RQ-170_incid...

Until StarLink has proper coverage.

Even then, would you really want to rely on that?

Similar, but also kind of the opposite. Xavion is for when you have a functioning pilot, but a malfunctioning plane. Emergency Autoland is for when you have a functioning plane, but not a functioning pilot.

Austin Meyer did help on an actual autoland device that was based on the same concept: the VP-400 by Vertical Power. But I'm not sure it ever went anywhere. In theory with that system, you could push the "oh-shit" button if you lose your engine, and it would take over the autopilot to try to automatically fly the calculated path.

Of course I don't think it was as fully integrated, so no automatic radio callouts or anything.

I'm not sure if the product actually ever became available.

HOWEVER: If you have a TruTrak autopilot, and an an iLevil ADS-B receiver, then Xavion has a super experimental "auto" button that will actually control the autopilot, to attempt to automatically fly the calculated course.

Cirrus Airframe Parachute System - a whole aircraft emergency parachute

Aircraft still have to certify the feature, now that it exists. The title is accurate in that the m600 will be the first to certify with Autoland. Other aircraft will follow.

I would really appreciate if my county actually did random re-tabulation or integrity checks on my electronic/paper record ballot.

I'm a fan of "Risk Limiting Audits" which is a type of post-election integrity check. It's required by law in a few states.

Washington state does this. Random precincts are post-election audited by matching the electronic count with hand counted ballots, this is done before the counts can be certified.

Holocene and Anthropocene refer to the epoch, not the extinction event occurring during that epoch. An epoch is a measure of geological time.

What do you consider the more relevant biology for who a person is? The genitals or the brain?

It depends. If we're talking about someone's "sex" then I'd say their gentials. If we're talking about their gender then I think it could quite easily mean to be how they personally identify.

>I think it could quite easily mean to be how they personally identify.

From this statement, I think you'd agree that gender is a far more important aspect of personal identity than sex is.

Sure!

If I'm completely honest I am quite happy for people to identify however they like. I have no preference or agenda whatsoever. It's not something I give a huge amount of thought to really.