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by ynniv 203 days ago
pretty weird...

  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFEN'BOAFID
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1 comments
maxbond 203 days ago
These all seem like OCR errors...? Why would there be OCR in this workflow? Did they print this out and then generate a PDF from a scan instead of the original source? To maintain an air gap maybe?
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ynniv 203 days ago
it would seem so. so the question is why they would maintain an air gap for a safety report
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toast0 203 days ago
It's a good policy. Document formats like to include lots of random junk, better to be safe.
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pixl97 203 days ago
Also it prevents redactions from being disclosed.
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