Imperfect

Imperfect

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Imperfect episodes

  • 79: Diluted My Metric Goodness
    The history of measurements has a few surprises. Casey Liss joins John to discuss once and for all Metric and Imperial measurements.
    With Casey Liss and John Chidgey.

    Miscellaneous Links:

    • Origin of the Metric System
    • Litre
    • Celsius
    • Fahrenheit
    • Mile
    • Furlong
    • Pound (mass)
    • MKS System of Units
    • Metric Time
    • Your Calendrical Fallacy is Thinking
    • Temperature Comparison Chart

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      Episode Gold Producer:
      'r'.
      Episode Silver Producers:
      Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Daniel Dudley.
      1 hr 7 min
    • 12: Better
      How people justify the idea that anything you can do, I can do better is questionable at best.
      With John Chidgey.

      Links of potential interest:

      • Anything You Can Do

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        10 min
      • 16: Tenerife
        In 1977 on the small island of Tenerife two 747 Jumbo Jets collided on the runway in poor visibility. A miscommunication clearly occurred, but even today, the same elements still exist and it could happen again.
        With John Chidgey.

        Links of potential interest:

        • Tenerife-North Airport
        • Teide
        • Surface Movement Radar
        • Air Travels Communications Killer
        • Flight Global
        • Another 737NG PFD Question

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          Episode Gold Producer:
          'r'.
          Episode Silver Producers:
          Chris Stone, Eivind Hjertnes and Daniel Dudley.
          29 min
        • 11: Inspiration
          Are all people, events or places constructively inspirational or are they distractionally inspirational, and how we can tell which to explore.
          With John Chidgey.

          Links of potential interest:

          • Inspiration Meaning
          • Andy Thomas

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            10 min
          • 10: Honesty
            If someone says that they're about to be honest with you, beyond its overuse as an expression, does that actually mean they're being honest?
            With John Chidgey.

            Links of potential interest:

            • Honest Definition

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              11 min
            • 15: Sampoong Department Store
              The Sampoong Department Store in South Korea collapsed in 1995 killing over 500 people. The investigators were shocked to find just how many rules had been broken but the true root cause might have been something more innocuous.
              With John Chidgey.

              Links of potential interest:

              • Failures of the Sampoong Department Store
              • Sampoong Department Store Collapse
              • Sampoong Superstore PDF

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                Episode Gold Producer:
                'r'.
                Episode Silver Producer:
                Chris Stone.
                28 min
              • 78: Full Term Surface Pro
                For 9 months now John has been using a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 for work purposes, and Vic's son uses a Pro 3 at College. We go back and forth on the device as both a laptop and a tablet.
                With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.

                Miscellaneous Links:

                • Pragmatic Episode 29: You Can’t Fight Physics
                • Pragmatic Episode 73: Everything Is Cyclic

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                  Episode Gold Producer:
                  'r'.
                  Episode Silver Producer:
                  Chris Stone.
                  43 min
                • 9: Focus
                  When you're trying to get something done, John's Hierarchy of Focus is how I shut out the noise and get things done.
                  With John Chidgey.

                  Links of potential interest:

                  • Focusing Means Saying No
                  • John’s Hierarchy of Focus

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                    26 min
                  • 14: Concorde
                    The Concorde was the first commercially successful supersonic aeroplane that flew for nearly 25 years without a fatality and was considered the safest aeroplane in the world at the time until it crashed. The incident ended the lives of 113 people and it ultimately ended the Concorde itself.
                    With John Chidgey.

                    Links of potential interest:

                    • Tupolev Tu-144
                    • Concorde
                    • 40 Fascinating Facts About The Concorde
                    • The Concorde SST Accident Report
                    • The Untold Story of the Concorde Disaster
                    • Aircraft Runway Requirements
                    • V-Speeds
                    • Air France Flight 4590

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                      Episode Gold Producer:
                      'r'.
                      Episode Silver Producer:
                      Chris Stone.
                      26 min
                    • 8: Authority
                      When asked at a self improvement course what Authority meant, the answer they got wasn't what they bargained for.
                      With John Chidgey.

                      Links of potential interest:

                      • Authority

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                        11 min

                      About Imperfect

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                      Most people can look past the imperfections of everyday things in the world. For those that are unable to, this is for you.