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by laen 3y ago
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.
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Turnitin’s AI Writing Detection Capabilities(turnitin.com)
2 points by laen 4y ago|0 comments
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by laen 4y ago
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/grobid
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by laen 4y ago
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 generally get the one or two splats. You’ll notice a bit more
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by laen 4y ago
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. Additionally, even if you properly configure the soft
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by laen 5y ago
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 reactions. This reaction time includes the time to disengage a
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by laen 5y ago
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 have stuck with him as it has for me, when he first heard it
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by laen 6y ago
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 generaly planned as 15 minutes, so ~10K lbs/hr which i
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by laen 8y ago
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 707 retooled with 737 engines and a beefed up vertical stabili
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by laen 8y ago
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 applications to be hosted on the app store. My biggest draw to
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by laen 9y ago
> 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, would be the banking industry. They are largely flying
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by laen 9y ago
I was blown away by the accuracy of Microsoft's https://how-old.net/ This just kicked it up a notch.
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by laen 10y ago
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 flaps do not appear to be in landing configuration. Nor
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by laen 10y ago
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 good read on "if being too cle
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by laen 10y ago
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 association with GPS. The INUs are prone to drifting and correct
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by laen 10y ago
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 their DOB, Address, Voter ID etc... http:/&#x2
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by laen 11y ago
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? I'm dependent on loratadine and a little d
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by laen 11y ago
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 its current operations. When you start utilizing F-2
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by laen 11y ago
>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 objection to war in America is the cost-benefit, not necessaril
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Subway Systems at the Same Scale(fakeisthenewreal.org)
2 points by laen 11y ago|1 comments
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by laen 11y ago
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 problem was to develop his own hardware and software standard.
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by laen 11y ago
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 are MSS or MSS contractors versus the PLA,"...“That’s
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by laen 11y ago
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, but destroy long term value with a bad bet. Good example: F
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by laen 11y ago
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 away, but that was too far to get reasonably p
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by laen 11y ago
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 vice a paid secure app, average Joe will go with the free app
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by laen 11y ago
Why isn't there a tool with iMessage-quality UI? I find it hard to understand why the demand is not being met. Could it be that a core tenet of a secure app is being open source and open source is less profitable, thus removing incent
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by laen 11y ago
Celestial Navigation was a part of USAF navigator training, but was retired about the same time as the USN - and it should remain that way. The USN's reinstatement of CN is a signal that the Navy does not understand it's own techn