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Devil's Lake didn't populate, not sure why, maybe too difficult to disambiguate? It's a city in North Dakota, but state parks in Oregon and Wisconsin.

Can you elaborate on how you parse the PDF? Are you simply converting it to text using a python library or something more robust like GROBID[1]? 1: https://github.com/kermitt2/grob…

I can remember a decade ago having to clean my car’s windshield each time I filled up at the gas station. Now-a-days in both the US and Germany I find it a rarity - my wipers can g…

I've been trying to get my organization to use ODM, but finding it difficult. The problem is analogous to the issues that Gimp has to Photoshop or Linux to Windows -- ease of use. …

There are moments a pilot has seconds to react and disengage autopilot. Example: Traffic Resolution advisories require a 5 second reaction time and 2.5 seconds for any follow-on re…

Here is Harold Abelson discussing the topic in ~1986. His introduction to “Computer Science” has stuck with me for years. Interesting to see the lineage of the statement, it must h…

You are correct in your common sense test, the article is not correct. Check out the Concorde wiki[1] It states ~4.4K lbs for taxi which passes the common sense test. Taxi time is …

Boeing rudder issues in the 1990s? How about the 2010s? A KC-135R(Boeing 707 variant) in 2013 crashed of the same issues as the article.[1] The KC-135R is essentially a modified 70…

Apple has started to implement service workers in the latest Safari, but it still lacks behind the other browsers - I suspect they are worried it will provide a disincentive for ap…

> the result will be having to live with regulation and oversight like every other industry. The only other industry I think could be comparable to this, from a privacy standpoint,…

I was blown away by the accuracy of Microsoft's https://how-old.net/ This just kicked it up a notch.

A consideration not listed on the OP is that Air Force pilots are required to conduct partial-flap landings on a continuing basis to maintain qualification. This could explain why …

The "hygiene hypothesis" as you described would then prescribe that by getting "dirty" we'd improve our immune health. An interesting article was posted on HN a few months ago, a g…

More on application: Historically, KFs are used extensively for sensor fusion in the aviation industry. Aircraft (and missiles) use internal gyroscopes(INUs) for navigation in asso…

Exactly. I'm failing to see why this story is generating so much interest. Here's one of the 50 websites where you can see every American citizen registered to vote... includes the…

The linked chart dated 2012 lists cetrizine and loratadine as "possible" anticholinergics. It appears they will equally put you at risk. So what are allergy sufferers alternatives?…

There's really no driving force or threat for the military to innovate in these small counterinsurgency wars. The military has established a status quo and is very comfortable with…

>Once war becomes safe and clean for Americans, there will probably be less objections against war. Definitely already there in terms of counterinsurgency wars. The biggest objecti…

Author is responsible for a majority of the Air Force software programs, but this experience is his first trial-by-fire. That said, not surprised that his first approach to the pro…

Supposedly the PLA started scaling back cyber ops after the indictments of May 2014. >“From what we see, the majority of the intrusions today are coming from sets that we believe a…

What is your definition of destroying long term company value? Every action has an element of risk - companies can be riskier than others and in effect artificially inflate value, …

I'm glad the co-op is able to bring the community together, however, I am disturbed by the fact that like the title implies, residents were "stuck." Grocery stores were 2.5 miles a…

Mulling on this a bit more - the profitability is further impacted from the inability to mine customer data on a secure app. Anecdotally, when presented with a free unsecure app vi…