tony_cannistra

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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
in this particular case, most of the important/needle-moving work being done in climate modeling is done with a hell of a lot of context about prior work. PhDs have that, by necessity. They're also good at prioritizing outcomes, r
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
I'm not sure. NVIDIA is also working on it (with, interestingly, some of the original AI2 folks). Similar to the DeepMind effort, the ACE ML model that AI2+others developed is really just looking for parity with physical models at this
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Similar methodologies are being applied to climate modeling, too. The Allen Institute has worked on it for a while, and has hired quite a few PhDs ( https://allenai.org/climate-modeling ).
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
As with many real-world modeling exercises, it's perhaps a fool's errand to attempt to capture the entire space of possibility, unless the pure notion of capturing the domain is what's interesting. In reality there are a numb
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
That's actually only partially true; there's quite a bit of work that attempts to capture this idea, particularly in taxa that have relatively well-understood adaptive dynamics. Here's a good general example: https:/&#x
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Good article. One of the chapters of my dissertation focused on a small portion of this – I used remotely-sensed measurements of ocean surface temperature to drive mechanistic models of phytoplankton physiology to get a bit more detail on t
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
> it is human nature to chase fortune where you can alright, it's Friday - I'll bite. Really? Human nature to chase fortune?
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Well, I can't read this because of the academic publishing hegemony. But it reminds me of something interesting I learned recently which is probably related – the concept of saltwater intrusion into aquifers as a result of groundwater
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
seems like you're suggesting that recycling lead has some kind of impact on battery longevity? Can you provide more detail there?
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
I feared this was related to the RAV4 Prime (the PHEV version), but thankfully this appears to be a (highly consequential, but–) fairly run-of-the-mill ICE vehicle recall. Has to hurt, though.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Not OP, but almost anything where "a map" is the output will be a hugely big learning opportunity for you. Static maps, print-quality maps, interactive web maps -- the experience of building any of those will bring lots of learnin
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
This is a cool idea. It reminds me of an idea I had on a road trip once – a Google Maps-like driving directions app that would occasionally announce interesting facts about the places you're driving through. Things like pieces of natur
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Great projects, amazing work. I'm mostly here though to say thanks for the reminder about `.horse`, which I haven't seen since my friends and I would go on domain-buying blitzes and host static pages with repeating backgrounds of
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
made an app to get avalanche forecasts in your e-mail when they update. it's half-baked in that it scales horribly and slams a free API, which I feel bad about. But it works? http://avy.email
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Certainly there are plenty of folks under the age of 62 to whom this applies, and might save them the money.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Interesting! I work on a very similar product. I don't know Julia well, but I definitely would suggest exploring whether PostGIS can help improve the speed of your DB queries. I'd also consider how you deliver your geospatial data
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Some friends I know who work in earthquakes maintain that this article caused a measurable increase in the amount of funding available for earthquake research.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
A particularly crazy thing I learned from some friends who I know who work in this field is that they use underwater hydraulic chainsaws (!) to sample some of these trees. https://www.stanleyinfrastructure.com/products/
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
my partner has taken to using Daniel Coe's methods [0] to make her own maps like these, we have a few on the wall in our house! They are very cool. [0]: https://dancoecarto.com/tutorials
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
I'm still on my iPhone 11 too. I only recently started getting annoyed at how sluggish apps have felt compared to using my friends' newer phones.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Regarding Github, you're right -- that is what I was trying to say. There's nothing wrong with linking work you've done - much to the contrary. But I think a Github portfolio from a relatively inexperienced developer says &qu
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
This is good advice.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Good luck, you can do it. One piece of advice I'd offer that I read somewhere recently and liked is: at your stage, I would avoid "linking to your GitHub." Instead, if you want to show your coding prowess, pick one or two rep
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Maybe you're referring to the personal backup product. Until now B2 prices haven't increased since launch, in 2015.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
The FAQ on OP's page says this is the first price increase they've ever had.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
It looks like they've included slog in their performance benchmarks, which show zap as considerably more performant (though I don't really understand the benchmark).
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Christian's "Ravine Palace" album from a few years ago is an awesome piece of work. Jerry plays on it, alongside some other modern greats like Andrew Marlin and Eli West.
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
I hope you go see more bluegrass music. You can get this experience just about as often as you like nowadays - lots of great bands have amazing improvisational skills, and they use them!
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
I am not a freelancer, so you can stop reading if you want. But I'd like to validate your burnout, which is very real. It's also incredibly refreshing to do something totally different. I would choose wisely, though. Not really th
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by tony_cannistra 3y ago
Sorry, that's not the correct link. Although that link describes the methodology and data sources, that is the version from 2022. The 2023 source is https://www.andersoneconomicgroup.com/many-gas-powered-cars-... .

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