cloudripper

Would love to read your blog post if you're willing to share.

There is a cucumber though, with some ...interesting.. mashups.

The emojis are cool, the UI is nice - but I really like this[0] as a small-scale example of a project built within the Github ecosystem - deployment (Github Actions) and hosting (Github Pages).

[0]: https://github.com/xsalazar/emoji-kitchen

I've always felt affordable, accessible MRIs would be the next big leap in human health and well-being. Beyond cancer screening, it would also allow more musculoskeletal assessments so many injuries can be properly assessed and treated. The time and cost barriers to MRI access (and resulting insurance issues in US at least) make these assessments limited to only a few. If a kid twists his knee playing a sport, yet does not have such access, the pain can go undiagnosed and untreated - causing them limited function for the rest of their life.

I hope this technology continues to advance according to their plan and beyond - to reduce cost further and to also cover musculoskeletal soft tissues. Perhaps the AI could eventually assist in diagnosis by offering an initial assessment to each patient- which can be cross checked and verified by a physician if the patient chooses.

Cadillac Desert [0] remains as relevant as always.

The state of water security is California - and the US West more broadly - is a fascinating history problem in my mind. I focus on California due to the enormity of its investments to attempt to sustain its massive population. And within California, I think a lot responsibility for the current state of affairs falls on the head of Los Angeles.

The City of Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power serves a population of over 4 million. Only 13% of that water is from local/recycles water supplies. That approximates to a natural water supply that can sustain around 500,000 people. To sustain the current and forecast populations, ~40% of water is pulled from the SF Bay Area Delta and another ~40% is pulled from the Eastern Sierra. The remainder is pulled from the Colorado River. From my last study of the subject over a decade ago, effective desalination strategies were still forthcoming.

The survival of Los Angeles - and the broader Southern California region - is heavily dependent on these outside sources. And each sources has it's own threats and challenges.

Receiving water from the Bay Area Delta is the result of the State Water Project (SWP) - which happens to be the single largest energy consumer in the state of California (it takes a lot of juice to pump all that water up and over the mountain ranges that separate Southern California from the Central Valley). One threat that water/government agencies have been concerned about is the affect of a major Bay Area earthquake on the SWP and on the water supply of Southern California. If the levees scattered throughout the Bay Area Delta were to fail in significant quantity, salt water would be pulled in from the Pacific and would contaminate 40% of Los Angeles's fresh water supply (affecting over 1.6 million people). To avert this potential crisis - there have been talks for 20-some years to build a tunnel and divert the SWP-bound water from the Delta. The State of CA has put forth plans to proceed with the tunnel bypass [1] - at an estimated cost of 16 billion.

Then we have the Eastern Sierra - which, again, contributes nearly 40% of water to Los Angeles. The historic extraction of water from that region has resulted in a least one massive (mostly) dried lakebed (Owen's Lake) [2]. It should be pointed out that this dried lakebed became one of the single largest sources of particulate pollution (PM-10 - sand/dust) in the United States. While Owen's Lake is no longer the largest single source, Mono Lake (also in the Eastern Sierra) now is. While that lake has not been drained, is has had it's natural water sources diverted to supply Los Angeles (I can dig for those data points if need be). The extraction of water in that region has been directly attributed to the desertification of the landscape and the changing of the ecosystem.

Beyond the situation with the Colorado River, California has much to grapple with. Balancing decades of unruly development and population growth is an issue that will need to be handled for generations to come.

For a 'fun' read on the development of Los Angeles, check out the aptly named book, "Reluctant Metropolis" [3].

[0]: https://archive.org/details/cadillacdesertam00reis/

[1]: https://www.deltaconveyanceproject.com/

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owens_Lake

[3]: https://archive.org/details/reluctantmetropo0000fult

I find references like this to other posts with good commentary to be useful in understanding the discourse surrounding the topic.

From Hardware Requirements > SDR: "To sniff only downlink traffic from the base station, one can operate LTESniffer with USRP B210 which is connected to PC via a USB 3.0 port. Similarly, USRB B210 should be equipped with GPSDO and two RX antennas to decode downlink messages in transmission modes 3 and 4."

Just read the announcement blog post[0]. I'm curious to play around with what you've been building soon.

[0]: https://noteable.io/blog/noteable-launches-chatgpt-plugin-re...

Do you have a source for that data? According to NOAA [0], that doesn't appear to be true for world average sea surface temp data. 2021 and 2022 data appear to be tracking fairly consistently.

[0]: https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

Time-series chart of Daily Surface Sea Temps compared year-over-year from early 80s to previous day:

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

Edit: This is the same source used by the article.

It might be more of a rabbithole, but if you're going the 'self-hosting' homelab route, I'm a big fan of OPNsense to give you more freedom and control of your network (which has support for Wireguard [0]). While ARM support is lacking, it can be run on a cheap or spare x86-64 box if you had one.

Otherwise, I really like the premise of Tailscale for quick and easy implementation.

[0]: https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/wireguard-client.ht...

Tangential to this great post, I am reminded of the need to upgrade my lighting.

For anyone that missed the recent rabbithole of commentary on LED quality last month:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35371750 (35 days ago - 942 comments)

I know of a few occasions [0] when missing persons were found stranded in the mountains due to the assistance of cell tower triangulation. That said, it's a pain to get any element of accuracy and in the US, it takes a lengthy legal process for law enforcement to obtain that data.

[0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64911138

Thanks for posting this. I don't know how difficult it is to get an app removed from the Play Store - but hope it can be done soon.

From README - "There are plans for unpublishing the Termux app and all its plugins on Play Store soon so that new users cannot install it and for disabling the Termux apps with updates so that existing users cannot continue using outdated versions. You are encouraged to move to F-Droid or GitHub builds as soon as possible."

Vulnerability Disclosure was made on 2/15/2022 [0]. Above text was added to README.md in 9/8/2021 commit [1]. The issue was first acknowledged in README in 4/26/2021 commit [2].

[0]: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/2595

[1]: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/94e01d68d6c91574...

[2]: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/commit/93e1b132786d5cc7...

Show HN for PyGWalker: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34869244 (61 comments)

Data only runs back to the early 80s, but its pretty stark:

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

Can you provide some context? Curious what informs your thoughts on codecrafters' quality...

Past HN posts for author's other book, "Build Your Own Redis":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34557389 (Show HN - 5 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34572263 (129 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35212660 (65 comments)

My former English teacher would question why the age of your math teacher is relevant in this post.

Same. I'm a big fan. I caught their performance once in Hong Kong many years ago. Very captivating. Good reminder to celebrate a life well lived by rediscovering his beautiful artwork.

Only if your colleagues are suspicious of you sitting painfully still at the computer with sunglasses on and a noodle neck.

Naptime is my favorite pastime. That said, I've also found mindfulness meditation for the same amount of time serves as an equivalent mental reset without the added drowsiness I occasionally get from naps.

Or eat less carbs. Ketones literally have a positive effect on brain metabolism.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33233502/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32739015/

> One thing I've noticed is that when you take a sharp turn on a mountain bike, you tend to move the bike away from your body. But on a road bike, you maintain that alignment with your body and the frame.

I don't know the answer but will toss out a guess.

I'd speculate one of the biggest differences is how each bike is used and its intended design based on that use case. Centrifugal forces combined with traction of tire to surface will be very different between road bike tires at high speed on pavement versus mountain bike tire and low/moderate speeds on dirt. Beyond that, a mountain bike is often rode through technical terrain that requires dynamic balance by the rider (rider strategically shifts weight over bike) - whereas road bikes appear to be rode with a more "static" balance between rider and bike.

Fascinating.. Thank you for the history lesson. Do you happen to have video of your demo functioning that you'd be willing to share?

I don't disagree with your points. Sometimes there are personality issues (we're all a little quirky), sometimes there are structural/institutional issues. The point I raise is pretty focused on the author's harsh parting words and how they are generalized enough to affect those who aren't the individual(s) in question.

The team is often very well prepared, very knowledgeable, and we mostly have the resources needed. That is what makes the mission possible.

Conditions are often challenging (weather, terrain (ranging from Mt. Whitney to Death Valley), and carrying 'rescue' loads, which are much more cumbersome than a recreational load) -- but that is sometimes the fun part of the work.

There are also very long days sometimes. For instance, helicopter resources are not always guaranteed due to availability from other agencies, limited weather windows, and caps on pilot flight hours. You might get flown-in and dropped miles in the back-country in challenging terrain and have to hike out with heavy gear and a litter after an extensive, physical mission - but that is sometimes a part of the adventure.

The biggest challenge is often the mental/emotional side of things - seeing how the person, their friends and family are affected; thinking that you could have done something differently; or wondering how you've gotten so lucky yourself. There have been some heart-breakers in my short time, for sure.

I'm an active volunteer with Inyo County Search and Rescue. I was not around during the author's search efforts but have heard much about this article over the years. I have heard about the harrowing story, the amazing accomplishments of his personal efforts, and the resulting missions that took place to give closure.

Unfortunately, I have heard more about this article because of the antagonistic rhetoric used while telling his tale and to sum up his personal beef with law enforcement personnel - and the "sorry, not sorry" follow-up message to attempt to make that rhetoric ok. To clean-up his rhetoric - he attempts to make clear that he respects any SAR team and his beef with with the Sheriff's Office. He also makes it convenient to add that SAR teams operate under the Sheriff's Office. I have known quite a few who have been offended by the author's statements. These are folks who volunteer and who give a significant amount of their personal time to respond, to put themselves in sometimes very risky/challenging situations to save lives and provide closure.

I have personally been on a number of very challenging searches and rescues in the vicinity of this incident - some of the toughest things I've faced in my life. This is my choice, I am a volunteer and am passionate about going into the mountains to help others as I would hope to be helped. I have known a number of truly good human beings who are passionate about giving of their personal time to help others get out of a difficult space and to help provide closure. In the end, none do it for anyone else's approval. That said, being painted with antagonism when you have done nothing but give can feel like a punch to the gut.

I hope that you will take the fruits from this narrative and leave behind the saltiness. First responders, whether full-time professionals or part-time volunteers, have their quirks. But there are many good humans out there and we have to believe in that -- otherwise, life would be way too salty.

If the OP turns their macroeconomics textbook into a chatbot, you can ask it how labor has fared in the past with regard to how profits are maximized through industrial optimization. The response to your question directly may illuminate something to the affect of "it depends" or "yes and no". Certainly, big changes are inevitable. I used to work in industrial rope access and I remember when folks in the industry were scared of drones. But before that, scaffold builders were scared of rope access work. There will always be fear of change and a desire to protect our fiefdoms, but perhaps we rise above and find a new way to see opportunity, remain open, and flexible in life.

Walking.

Currently in my late 30s, I've long enjoyed pushing my limits in many forms of physical exertion - running, climbing, skiing, mountain biking, etc. However, as I've aged and my bones are no longer made of rubber, I have been forced to realize that pain is not often gain.

Dealing with the many persistent aches and pains, I was prompted by a friend to get a 'gait analysis' to assist with my running longer distances and in more diverse terrain. I quickly learned from my very skillful physical therapist/gait analyst, that my gait for running is not sustainable- and will lead to kinks and pains as I progress. Taking a step back, she identified that many of those gait quirks stem from my walking gait. And she quickly identified that my walking gait is out-of-wack due to an injury I sustained while playing basketball when I was 13.

25 years later, I am challenged to learn how to walk correctly.. so the question I have is if I haven't yet learned to walk, have I really ever been able to run? I doubt it, but I'm a pretty firm believer that I will be able to in the future.

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