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by _djo_ 14y ago
Those aren't for the same purpose, they're for test pilots to use when landing on the lakebed runways that you can see next to the compass. Both the X-1 and X-15, amongst many other experimental planes, landed on the lakebed rather than on
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Yes, vehicle theft and hijacking rates are a lot higher in South Africa than in the US and the recovery rate for a vehicle with a tracker system is massively better than for those without. One of the biggest risks with tracker systems is th
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Discovery Insurance in South Africa has a car insurance policy that lowers your premiums based on the data from a logger they install in your car. Drive below the speed limit, avoid hard acceleration from traffic lights and avoid cornering
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by _djo_ 14y ago
That kind of snarky & sarcastic comment is misdirected though, because the residents of the Vatican need to be able to buy stuff just like the rest of us do, it's hardly a signifier of unwarranted wealth. Nor are all Cardinals wealthy.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
These drones are unarmed.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
It's by Ryan Werber [0] [0] http://www.linkedin.com/in/rwerber
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Yep, that was the passage that Nelson Mandela gave to Francois Pienaar before the final, not Invictus . I'm not sure why Eastwood chose to use the latter poem instead.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
If you choose to air your opinion in a discussion forum like HN, you ought to expect it to be judged. Supporting the introduction of more affordable technology into African countries is not hubris, of the text book type or any other, it's p
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by _djo_ 14y ago
I'm disappointed that we see responses like this at HN of all places. We're supposed to be more educated and less ignorant about the world here. In simple terms, while some parts of Africa are indeed poor and in need of assistance, the majo
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by _djo_ 14y ago
The OP makes it clear that the manuscripts were not destroyed only because of the good work that was done to hide them before and during the Ansar Dine occupation and because most had not yet been moved to the new building. Some manuscrip
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by _djo_ 14y ago
The manuscripts are already being digitised by the Timbouctou Manuscripts Project (the source of this article), hosted at the University of Cape Town and funded by the Ford Foundation. Those already digitised are available in their database
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by _djo_ 14y ago
I agree that app.net is an awkward name, but you're wrong about it not being about apps: It's developed explicitly as a platform on top of which apps can be built. Hence the File API. The Twitter-like interface you see when going to the sit
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by _djo_ 14y ago
I met Aleksey at Yale a few months after the video had gone viral and found him to be a nice enough guy who was intelligent and interesting to talk to, though it was clear that he had serious emotional issues as even then after all the ridi
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by _djo_ 14y ago
This is what a stereotypical vehicle testing and advanced-driving centre looks like: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-25.758426,28.0076...
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Which software did you use for both setups? I presume Raspbmc for the media centre?
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Thanks for that, got my comparison wrong. My apologies.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
While it's an interesting idea, it's not just possible with today's tech. Black rhinos are only one subspecies, white rhinos are just as threatened by poaching and there are around 20 000 of those, so you're looking at around 25 000 rhinos
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Too many rhinos dispersed across too far a distance. Unlike elephants rhinos don't necessarily herd in large groups. Many of the rhinos killed were either alone or in a small group of 2-4. I'm not sure flooding the market with fake rhino ho
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by _djo_ 14y ago
This is welcome from Google, as focused aid of this sort can often have an outsize effect, but we must be careful to avoid believing this can solve the problem. For one, sophisticated UAVs that are much more capable than those the WWF is ge
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SDK launched for Google Maps for iOS(googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com)
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by _djo_ 14y ago
I'm afraid that's an optical illusion, the main landing gear is indeed fixed along the yaw axis. However some aircraft have main landing gear units that can pivot somewhat along the pitch axis.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Thanks for linking to Daveed Vandevoorde's proposal. I had no idea that he had originated this concept, else I would have worded the title differently.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
This looks promising, aside from being long overdue. Header files have always been one of the more annoying parts of C/C++/Obj-C development. The important bit is that the proposal's ideas for making the transition easier are good and make
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Apple's Module proposal to replace headers for C-based languages [pdf](llvm.org)
385 points by _djo_ 14y ago|177 comments
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Now you're being ridiculous. I'm disappointed. The context of those phrases, which you removed, made it clear enough that the first phrase referred to mine rolling as part of a system of complementary techniques while the second referred to
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by _djo_ 14y ago
I find this debate a bit perplexing: You're asking me to answer a straw man argument that nobody here has made, so I'm not entirely sure what your overall point is. Mine rollers can be effective for civilian demining, but only in the right
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by _djo_ 14y ago
I disagree. I said 'solutions like this', i.e. mine rollers as a single technique, were useless. I stand by that statement because the stats are quite clear on this as even in ideal conditions (which are seldom present) a roller can only be
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Correct, that's why in real world scenarios companies like Mechem will use a number of techniques. The link I posted earlier makes it clear that the UN considers a combination of techniques necessary to meet the required standard.
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by _djo_ 14y ago
The actual figure is 99.6%.[0] That's the statistical confidence level for clearance required of contractors and to declare an area safe, because it's impossible to prove beyond any doubt that there is no longer a single mine left in an are
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by _djo_ 14y ago
Unfortunately Aresa Biodetection, the company behind that, stopped all research into their strain of the thale cress plant for landmine detection. I would guess that they hit a dead-end in their research, perhaps they could not make it reli

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