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Posted on 08/30/2024 5.00 AM

vxbush 8/30/2024 5:35:09 AM


Posted by: JCM

vxbush 8/30/2024 5:35:48 AM
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You can't tell by looking, but those recipes have espresso in them. Just in case you need a jolt to start your day. 
vxbush 8/30/2024 5:49:28 AM
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So the fear mongers in climate science are confused about why ocean temperatures are suddenly down. If you want to see the chart against other years, you can see it here. In my mind, it looks like crappy data analysis, because the standard deviation lines aren't evenly mirrored across the mean, despite my (I think reasonable) assumption that the temperatures would be normally distributed. Honestly, it looks like cherry picking--the mean was chosen based on the years 1982-2011, which only covers 29 years. So that only covers just over 1 solar sunspot cycle and an unknown (to me) number of sea oscillation cycles (ENSO, NIÑO). 
vxbush 8/30/2024 5:51:03 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 2:

I will say this--move your mouse over the lines, and you'll be told what year that line represents (as well as the actual date of the data point under the mouse cursor). It's not just the most recent years that are the highest ones on the graph. 

vxbush 8/30/2024 5:56:38 AM
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Did anyone watch Harris and Walz on CNN? I understand values were mentioned a few times....
vxbush 8/30/2024 6:04:40 AM
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I truly pray that none of you work in a company where something like this could happen: A Woman Dies at Her Desk and Is Found 4 Days Later; It Says Volumes About Our Lack of Connection.
vxbush 8/30/2024 6:06:31 AM
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Once is chance; twice is happenstance: three times, it's intentional. We now have our third person accused of plagiarism within the Critical Race Theory movement: ‘White Fragility’ Author Outed for Alleged Academic Plagiarism
JCM 8/30/2024 7:32:14 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 5:

And that she had no one that missed her for 4 days.... so sad.

JCM 8/30/2024 9:31:52 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 2:

Opps they forgot to "hide the decline".

vxbush 8/30/2024 9:35:48 AM
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In #7 JCM said: And that she had no one that missed her for 4 days.... so sad.

This happens in cities periodically, so I know it's easy to get lost in the shuffle, but it truly is awful to be so isolated that no one checks in on you periodically.

vxbush 8/30/2024 9:59:39 AM
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Interesting data tool: 

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2021/geo/demographicmapviewer.html

It lets you view the nation or just a locality and see who lives where. 

JCM 8/30/2024 12:01:01 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 10:

One of my favorite classes was a Geographical Information Services class.

We had full access to all the various datasets and tools for looking at an mapping data. Fascinating stuff.

vxbush 8/30/2024 1:44:52 PM
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In #11 JCM said: One of my favorite classes was a Geographical Information Services class. We had full access to all the various datasets and tools for looking at an mapping data. Fascinating stuff.

If I ever get bored of work (or retire) and decide to go back to school but don't want to do a Ph.D. in my chosen field, I might go back into GIS. Maybe. Mostly because there are more jobs out there now asking for a GIS background and it might not be too hard for me to learn. 


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