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by vavooom 5y ago
Found this interesting deck[1] on El Salvador's digital climate while looking for smart phone adoption statistics. It would appear that there are more than enough smart devices to allow for such a transition successfully. Already on Tw
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by vavooom 5y ago
Hiked for 6 weeks straight across Europe mostly in a pair of tree runner Allbirds. Incredible shoe and company.
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by vavooom 5y ago
Very impressive. Considerable competitor to some of the mapping programs available in GGPlot.
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First-ever water cuts declared for Colorado River in historic drought(lite.cnn.com)
3 points by vavooom 5y ago|2 comments
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by vavooom 5y ago
Source?
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by vavooom 5y ago
Visual map of the wildfire can be found here: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=4bfb0... Using the Klamath lakes as a visual guide really gives reference as to just how large an area of forest
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by vavooom 5y ago
A health recipe book for diabetes immediately stood out. Would be interesting to see the changes in certain “health” foods/ recipes across time. More importantly, which have stood the test of time?
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by vavooom 5y ago
Is there a service that helps identify property in northern climates (Canada/Russia/Alaska/etc.) that will be significantly more 'livable' in say 10-30 years time as the climate continues to warm? Would be a lucrati
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by vavooom 5y ago
https://www.otherhand.org/ - An interesting blog by a Southern Californian native who recount's search and rescue missions as well as other historical and scientific research. The best read it the The Hunt for the Deat
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by vavooom 5y ago
Do you have any documentation / Github repos where you build those Go implementations? I am a huge fan of the game and would be curious to see how you built it, specifically in Python / Julia.
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by vavooom 5y ago
First time seeing .nim code in the wild! Seems like a fun/ fast language to use.
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by vavooom 6y ago
I agree with the concept that many industries still rely on old technology that with a 10% improvement could already surpass current "advanced" implementations. A good example being the Besides Tool Import Wizard that can scrape
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by vavooom 6y ago
Was also confused how banking and tablespoon measurements related!
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by vavooom 6y ago
An interesting revisit on the making (and omissions) of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". An incredible book that I've been meaning to read again since I first read it in my teens.
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by vavooom 6y ago
Would recommend checking out Guns, Germs, And Steel if you liked Sapiens. More grounded in research and less hypothetical story-telling on what drove human development in history.
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by vavooom 6y ago
I would encourage those interested in the intersection of STEM and the Humanities to check out the Digital Humanities Minor/ Major being offered at a growing number of universities. I earned the minor at UCLA, and found the application
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by vavooom 7y ago
One of two books I plan to read as well! Starting with a re-read of Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics" as a refresher on the field.
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by vavooom 7y ago
"Strategic forecasts drive high stakes decisions at longer horizons, so they should not be approached simply as a black box forecasting service, divorced from decision-making." In summary, the author seems to argue that there is s
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by vavooom 7y ago
Does anyone have any resources for 'Build it Yourself' form of OCR software. I am aware of Python packages like pytesseract that are somewhat customizable, and am curious if other, pre-built platforms are available.
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by vavooom 7y ago
What is the expected timeline for desalination technology? Even with continued investment all efforts have seemed to plateau at some point when costs and feasibility reaches a critical point.
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by vavooom 7y ago
Incredible art. Can imagine this sort of 'art-tech' becoming popular in museums and such in the future.