Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104
Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.
Month: May 2025
US Congress, courts ‘forfeiting their authority to an imperial presidency’
FRANCE 24’s Yinka Oyetade speaks to Thomas Gift, Director of the Centre on US Politics at UCL, about the dismantling of democratic institutions during the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term. He says that Congress and the courts are forfeitin…
未来を予測する航空機整備革命：JALが切り拓くゼロゼロ100の挑戦
安全・安心を達成するために掲げられた社内目標「ゼロゼロ100」
2018年5月24日、熊本空港（熊本県・益城町）を離陸した直後に日本航空（JAL）機でエンジントラブルが発生、複数の部品が落下するという重大インシデントが発生した。
エンジンの内側に損傷が生じ、タービンのブレード（羽根）が広範囲で破損。そのブレードの破片が地上に落下し、熊本県益城町の病院の窓ガラスや車のフロントガラスが損傷。さらには工事中の建築物が損傷するなどの被害が発生した。
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Raspberry Pi Cuts Product Returns By 50% By Changing Up Its Pin Soldering
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Raspberry Pi boards have a combination of surface-mount devices (SMDs) and through-hole bits. SMDs allow for far more tiny chips, resistors, and other bits to be attached to boards by their tiny pi…