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by knz 9y ago
Many of these systems have a management UI available through mobile devices because of the need for staff to manage them while in the field or out of the office. As I said, some of the most critical systems are air gapped but there are cr
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> airport Airports have everything from huge IoT systems managing the climate of the terminals, thousands of monitors for public information, controls for automated baggage handling, traffic/parking management sensors, vast sewer sy
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> This is an unusual situation; many people need geospatial databases, and contributing their local data is useful to them. The value here is in the data, not the code. I disagree. Every organisation with geospatial data needs these type
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> for the average user who just wants their computer to be a tool to get work done, the choices are Windows or Mac And yet Chromebook and iPad sales are booming at the expense of the PC. My sample size is ~20 family members. Those with
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by knz 9y ago
> The belief that the U.S. needs to be involved in the international stage It's in the financial interests of the US to be involved on the international stage. I listened to Trump's speech today and heard nothing but "Booh
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by knz 9y ago
Likewise in New zealand. I've always heard the argument that the US is bigger so it's harder to change (for everything - POS, the metric system, any kind of regulation etc). Even after a decade in the US it amuses me that NASA can
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by knz 9y ago
Fair enough - as you indicate, nuance is important and sadly it's often lacking from many media articles and debate these days.
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> United States foreign policy Western foreign policy. And in many ways extending back well into the time of European Colonial powers carving out territory and promoting the interests of more friendly tribes/ethnicities to maintain
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> Also the pipeline/Syke-Picot people will interject themselves into any conversation about the middle east because "this one simple event explains everything" is appealing to a ton of folks. Do the "Sykes-Picot peopl
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Ha. Thanks! It's a bit basic but has proven sufficient.
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I assume searching for [employer] could direct someone here vs searching for knz/me specifically would take you to my HN profile page. I'm not ashamed of anything I've said on HN but would rather not have people just searchin
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It was for my day job and I'd prefer not to have that publicly linked in a searchable format to my HN profile. My profile has a link to my personal website though and it's the current employer listed on the associated LinkedIn pro
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> first scale vertically (buy better machine) With tools like message queues and Docker making it so easy to scale horizontally you don't even have to go vertically. We just won an industry award at work for a multi billion data po
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> From his perspective, the 737 is underpowered, has too-high takeoff and landing speeds, and doesn't fly as well as the more modern aircraft. "Right sizing" and fuel economy are massive factors in aviation. The 737 clearl
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by knz 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_Uni... It goes both ways. Geopolitical peers and adversaries always spy on each other.
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> Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely not condoning the US foreign policy. But I don't see the US involvement in the mass killings conducted by Suharto as something racially motivated against Asians. It was a case of "
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> Or just help Suharto get rid of some millions and let him do the footwork? That logic completely ignores historical events like the mass starvation under Mao during the Great Leap Forward, the crimes of the Japanese during WW2 (the Rap
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Most people assume that's just a precaution to make it easier to move around the cabin and not a choking hazard!
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> Or maybe with age you just lose the ability to handle that kind of stress. Or as you age death becomes increasingly less abstract, especially for those fortune enough to have not experienced a situation that clearly illustrates mortali
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You're missing the fact that one political party believes that government spending is inherently wrong and that any government debt is unacceptable (until they are in power). There were endless political debates over this after the Gre
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> It's nuclear weapons that nobody wants in space I should have been more specific - isn't the fear that nuclear power generation in space could be utilized as part of a weapons program.
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> I'm really sort of surprised that nobody is seriously discussing how to build a nuclear reactor in space yet. Isn't the fear that this would start another nuclear arms race? I'm not sure if the threat is that much worse
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> The Air France flight More information for those interested. It's a long read. http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a3115/what-really-hap...
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> You could practically buy a new car for the price of a used car since there was no used inventory to speak of. Leasing was also hit very hard That was probably the Great Recession and not Cash for Clunkers! People were buying used inst
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by knz 9y ago
It's almost always just a geocoding/data format issue. It's machine readable but you can get quirks when an address is something like "1 1/2 Hacker Street" - is that "1.5 Hacker Street", "Unit 1
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> But just like their cars, this roof is for the wealthy people who want to look cool and earn some liberal points. What does political affiliation have to do with this? People being excited about new and innovative technologies like ele
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I used to be GIS Coordinator for a medium size municipality. The Census Bureau sent out DVD's of address points for the 2010 count for cities to validate. There was some collaboration between cities, USPS, and Census on it but as you l
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> I don't want to download a parking meter app, I just want to pay for parking. I don't want to download LiveNation's app. I just want to order concert tickets. All of these use cases should be easily solved by a decent
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For sure. I've read that the RQ-170 was seen quite quickly by plane spotters - likewise with the planes used for extraordinary rendition. Never underestimate passionate nerds and their ability to notice unusual things!
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Dog_(bomb) Something similar has already been used here since WW1.

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