Post by Wynette: We’ve always been struck how eggs are sold off the shelf here. I.e., not refrigerated. I just found this article that talks about various countries’ approaches to storing eggs.
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I knew about the washing versus non-washing before I read the article you linked too. Having lived in Graz, Austria, on sabbaticals, I was familiar with “eggs on the shelf.”
And now, something totally unrelated, but, maybe, related at a deep level. The reason the new Boeing 737 Max 8 got into trouble in the first place, was back in the ’60s, when the basic design of the 737 was set, it was kept low to the ground. This was because in third world countries and smaller airports, there weren’t “people suckers,” and you had to get on and off the plane with stairs that were rolled up to the plane. And baggage could be loaded without a conveyor belt. Now the new super-engines on the 737 Max just won’t fit under the wing. So they added a few inches to the front nose landing gear and moved the engines forward, which made them fit. But this changed the aerodynamics of the plane somewhat, which they countered by adding the MCAS software that has caused the two crashes (along with a faulty sensor, that fed bad data to the MCAS software). Their really big mistake was relying on only one of the two angle of attack sensors — a single point failure, unheard of in aviation safety!! The plane actually comes equipped with two sensors, but they charged extra to integrate the second sensor into the MCAS software system — DUMB! (Airbus actually has three (maybe more on some planes) angle of attack sensors.) Basically the 737 Max is a long running set of patches and upgrades to a basic 1960s design — the onboard computers are still 1990s vintage. This let Boeing avoid a complete recertification, and airines and pilots liked it because less training was required and the cockpit felt familiar. But, as everyone who has worked on a software system that gets continually patched and upgraded, but never fully rewritten, can tell you… a sure road to disaster.