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Microsoft Will Be Carbon Negative by 2030(blogs.microsoft.com)
20 points by scottcha 7y ago|2 comments
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by scottcha 7y ago
There is a companion guide which I think is really important if you actually want to read it without needing to study it.
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Ambition is good; action is better: Making progress on our climate commitments(blogs.microsoft.com)
18 points by scottcha 7y ago|1 comments
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by scottcha 7y ago
Late 90's here. There are two things I miss: 1. Going to the book store and looking through the (mostly) O'Reilly books to see what there is to learn or what new technologies are coming out. 2. Having a huge pile of 3.5"
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The Neighborhood Is Mostly Black. The Home Buyers Are Mostly White(nytimes.com)
1 points by scottcha 7y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 8y ago
See this for an overview of the design guidelines--part of which is to break out app functionality: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/de...
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by scottcha 9y ago
The surface-level forecast data is the NAM model which I pull from NOAA. Eventually I want to try the GFS (with a resolution tradeoff) or the EU models (with a cost tradeoff).
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by scottcha 9y ago
The current model captures data from three separate inputs: The NAM weather forecast model--primarily wind, air temperature and precipitation values SNOTEL data--on the ground snow values include snowpack depth and SWE SNODAS-which has thin
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by scottcha 9y ago
Hi, this is a side project I've been working on for the better part of the last year. Unfortunately we've also had 5 avalanche deaths in Washington (my home state) in the last week alone. Preventing these deaths is my primary go
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Show HN: Open Avalanche Project – Using ML to Improve Avalanche Forecasting(openavalancheproject.org)
42 points by scottcha 9y ago|10 comments
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by scottcha 9y ago
I think the main thing you need to realize is that is climbing with ropes there is a lot of overhead involved to do it safely. I'd say about 1/8th of the time is climbing the other 7/8 is spent with the logistics of the rope
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by scottcha 9y ago
Looks like a daisy chain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75XNCMKW7XE
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by scottcha 10y ago
At least in Washington there is a 1:1 mapping between your registered address and the envelope send your ballot in (I don't believe its to the ballot itself but I could be wrong). Once you send in your ballot you can verify on the cou
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by scottcha 10y ago
I've been gradually teaching my daughter (7 years old) to code. I've primarily focused on slow, self directed pace (when she has an idea I help tune it to something she is capable of and we do it together). So far the best resou
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Sustainability Through Energy Load Shaping for Buildings Using R(blog.revolutionanalytics.com)
1 points by scottcha 10y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 10y ago
In my experience in using this with my Daughter (age 7) I think the main efficacy of blocks comes from making it easier for kids who don't know how to type to use the basic programming concepts we are used to (nesting, loops, condition
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This Is the Drone You're Looking For(adventure-journal.com)
1 points by scottcha 11y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 11y ago
I don't remember exactly the name of it but my local gym (Stone Gardens Bellevue) has an Android enabled climbing marker game in the kids area. You can pick from an elimination game or vary the routes and it times you. It uses some l
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Steinway’s New Piano Can Play a Perfect Concerto by Itself(wired.com)
19 points by scottcha 11y ago|14 comments
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Steinway's 600,000th piano, the Fibonacci(steinway.com)
104 points by scottcha 11y ago|49 comments
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Seattle Company Copes with Backlash Over $70,000 Minimum Wage(seattletimes.com)
2 points by scottcha 11y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 11y ago
Yes, this is my understanding.
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by scottcha 11y ago
National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) is the initiative within the DOE.
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by scottcha 11y ago
More likely its for modeling nuclear weapons which I believe is the primary purpose of NSCI.
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Non-green plants(washingtontrailruns.com)
1 points by scottcha 11y ago|1 comments
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Some Statistics About Nutrition Statistics(junkcharts.typepad.com)
1 points by scottcha 11y ago|0 comments
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The Night Sky You've Never Seen [video](theatlantic.com)
5 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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Thoughts on Working Without Suffering(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments
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by scottcha 12y ago
Personally I find it less about the techniques and more about framing the problem correctly. For example everything you mention are just subjects (means to an end) but you haven't told us what the end you are most passionate about is.
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Programming While Staying in Touch with Your Body(hackerhmb.tumblr.com)
1 points by scottcha 12y ago|0 comments

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