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Sad to see NOAA continue to be gutted. Michael Lewis's book the Fifth Risk provides a good look at the individuals behind services like Accuweather and how they
by mi100hael 7y ago
Sad to see NOAA continue to be gutted. Michael Lewis's book the Fifth Risk provides a good look at the individuals behind services like Accuweather and how they're trying to monopolize public, tax-funded data for private profit.
- masonic 7y agoHow does one "monopolize" public data that remains public?
- mi100hael 7y agoBy making it technically available but realistically inaccessible (like bad, buggy web services) due to budget cuts and willful malice. Then with special treatment/access, re-sell it through your private for-profit company in the formats that NOAA should've presented it in (and has in the past). The book is worth a read if you're curious about specifics.