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by knz 9y ago
If the X37 is public they probably have something bigger and better tucked away in a hanger somewhere remote. Think about how long the F-117, SR-71, U-2, B-2, or RQ-170 were kept secret. There is no way they haven't thought about how t
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by knz 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorbing People pay for a similar experience! ;)
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by knz 9y ago
Schengen residents returning to the area from trips outside of it surely pass through border control and immigration screening? My most recent travel to Europe took me through Madrid and Copenhagen on the way to London - I recall seeing eve
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by knz 9y ago
Don't let it stop you. Despite the anecdotes most people pass through the border with no issues at all, certainly no more than the grilling you'll get flying into parts of Europe (UK and Denmark come to mind from my personal exper
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by knz 9y ago
Absolutely. I didn't mean to imply that Governor Pawlenty was responsible for the collapse - it was a combination of engineering, not funding inspections/repairs/replacement adequately, and bad luck.
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by knz 9y ago
IIRC for 35W there were lawsuits against the engineering company and department of transportation. http://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/11/14/law/i35w-bridge-sett... "After the structure fell into
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by knz 9y ago
The biggest threat is politicians (and voters) who don't understand that "structurally deficient" means we need to invest in inspections, repairs, and replacement. The I-35W collapse was near my house at the time and the fact
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by knz 9y ago
Quick access safes are common - usually with either a keypad or biometric access. If you want warning invest in other measures like alarm systems and dogs. Good call on the training if you're not familiar with firearms.
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by knz 9y ago
Personally I think we are way past prevention and rapidly approaching the last hope for mitigation of climate change. The answer doesn't have to be a massive population decline - measures like reducing our emissions from power generati
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by knz 9y ago
> funny that sometimes I am a bit jealous of people when their houses burn to the ground. They get to start over... I always hope they keep offsite backups of what really matters. As someone who has had a house destroyed by water damage
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by knz 9y ago
> I prefer no refunds for no-show policy myself, that is how it works when I buy a ticket to see a play. What about if you are flying long haul and linking up to a domestic flight on another airline? "Oh, we can't help you bec
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by knz 9y ago
> I heard that there are some special electrical guns which can shoot down drones. It might be useful to deploy these in no-fly zones. The issue is scale. These guns can likely be deployed for big events etc but how do you effectively pr
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by knz 9y ago
It's still minimal, or at least more tolerated, compared to aviation related noise.
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by knz 9y ago
> He takes a long time to say not much, all the while sounding quite profound. Carlin is definitely verbose but personally I think that is part of the appeal! It's easy to skim through a historical account and only hear a series of
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by knz 9y ago
Check out his series "Ghosts of the Ostfront" if you enjoyed "Blueprint for Armageddon" - it's about the Eastern front during WW2 and does a similar job of immersing you into the violence of the conflict while expla
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by knz 10y ago
Awesome! Thanks for the information.
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by knz 10y ago
They had some drama a few years ago with how staff were treated. http://gizmodo.com/rei-ceo-goes-on-reddit-employees-reveal-h... (first Google link)
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by knz 10y ago
State Park passes are cheap enough in MN. If you enjoy them consider an annual pass to support the DNR and enjoy the parks year round! I wish they would just wrap a state park pass up with the conservation plates...
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by knz 10y ago
Likewise. It's hard to justify moving back when you look at housing costs (especially if you live somewhere with low cost of living and high wages).
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by knz 10y ago
Many OECD nations are barely at or even below replacement levels for fertility. Few people are having 4+ kids. https://data.oecd.org/pop/fertility-rates.htm
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by knz 10y ago
It probably could fund itself and make a profit. But the whole point is that the country is choosing to invest in providing quality media content in the form of high quality detailed reporting and educational content because it's criti
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by knz 10y ago
Great point. That is also a problem with the entire industry.
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by knz 10y ago
Maybe. What State are you in? CVS and Walgreens dominate the market for these clinics in Minnesota.
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by knz 10y ago
The US has many walk in clinics - they are usually attached to a pharmacy/chemist or part of a large retail store (CVS minute clinic etc) and you see a Physician's Assistant (PA) instead of a regular doctor. If it's more seri
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by knz 10y ago
Or more bad news for the Trump administration with evidence of communication etc coming from Russian servers? ;) Further down someone asked: "What would be the advantage to making your exploits appear to come from other countries?&quot
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by knz 10y ago
I don't expect it but I think it's a great illustration of the gap between reality and political belief (something we likely all suffer from to some degree).
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by knz 10y ago
> they reject all scientific evidence for climate change I stumbled across this earlier in the week ( http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizations-data/yco... ) and found it interesting to see the difference in
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by knz 10y ago
> I also remembered that power plants have an expected life span of 50+ years How much of that infrastructure was built in the post WW2 period so is nearing replacement anyway?
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by knz 10y ago
> My guess is that the site uses Leq because highway noise data is generally calculated using peak hour Leq and it was easier to get airport Leq data than to calculate highway Ldn data. Agreed. They should still know better than publishi
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by knz 10y ago
We simplify the tracks as much as possible (and convert to a geometry rather than store as raw data) but once you are in the terminal area there is a lot of value in retaining the full data set - especially when you start analyzing things

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