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jeffmc··on Every .gov Domain
Interesting list. I geocoded the data and created an interactive searchable map of the sites - https://ramadda.org/repository/a/dotgov
jeffmc··on Ted Cruz "Woke" NSF DEI Grants
OP here. There are clearly a number of DEI related awards in the list. But lots and lots of non-DEI related awards that show up solely based on a stupid text search. e.g.

CHEMISTS HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF THE REACTIVITY OF SMALL MOLECULES IN SOLUTION IN A HOMOGENOUS ENVIRONMENT

jeffmc··on Ted Cruz "Woke" NSF DEI Grants
Ted Cruz recently released a database of "woke" DEI NSF awards. Exploring the data it is clear they just did a search with terms "homo" and "hetero" and "race". Some of their "woke" DEI awards include-

CRII: NETS: RUI: FUNDAMENTALS OF WIRELESS NETWORKING USING BATTERY-FREE DEVICES IN INHOMOGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

HETEROMOLECULAR INTERFACE DESIGN FOR BETTER MULTIFERROIC MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS

BUT ARE IMPORTANT PROBES FOR ASTRONOMY SINCE THEY CAN BE TRACED DIRECTLY BACK TO THEIR ORIGIN

Explore the data at- https://ramadda.org/repository/a/ted_cruz_woke_nsf_awards

jeffmc··on Ask HN: How Do You Clean and Structure Data at Work?
I use (and also develop) RAMADDA's SeeSV package- https://ramadda.org/repository/a/seesv

A Java based package for data wrangling that reads in all sorts of formats, over 300+ commands for transmogrifying the data and a number of output formats. There is an interactive interface provided by RAMADDA and a stand-alone command line release.

jeffmc··on Ask HN: What are your favourite websites that display a lot of data / tables?
Hundreds of examples of data, maps, etc on RAMADDA- https://ramadda.org/repository/alias/examples
jeffmc··on Amazon plans to charge for Alexa in June–unless internal conflict delays revamp
And more enshittifaction
jeffmc··on Eating Fossils
Interesting data. I grabbed the CSV, cleaned it up and created an interactive searchable map with RAMADDA - https://ramadda.org/repository/a/fossil_locations
jeffmc··on Optimizing images with the HTML <picture> tag
For me the biggest win in pages with lots of images is the img loading=lazy flag- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Performance/Laz...

This only loads the image when it scrolls into view

jeffmc··on Rush on I bonds paying 9.62% is crashing TreasuryDirect website
IBonds are a no brainer. A great rate, no risk and few constraints. I've got them for myself, my wife, my kids and my LLC
jeffmc··on The Degradation Drug
Yeah, with the possible connection to the Spanish Flu epidemic this gives one pause when considering long covid and covid's neurological effects in general
jeffmc··on Show HN: Earn 9.62% on US Treasury I Bonds on Yotta
I too had a problem (maybe same email with multiple accounts). You have to get the form stamped with a "medallion stamp", not just a notary. So check your bank if they have someone that can do this
jeffmc··on Ask HN: What wiki software do you use?
I build and use my own - RAMADDA - https://ramadda.org
jeffmc··on U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado River's Lake Powell
Domestic use (lawns, showers, toilets, etc) is a small percent of the overall water use in the west. For example, in Colorado 89% of the water usage is for agriculture and only 7% is municipal and industrial (https://waterknowledge.colostate.edu/water-management-admini...). So, we can rip up as many lawns and install as many low flow toilets and it is barely a drop in the proverbial bucket.
jeffmc··on The bottom is dropping out of Netflix
Here is a web page I put together a while ago that has categorized links to the Netflix category pages - https://ramadda.org/repository/a/browse_netflix

I forgot where I got the original list of links

jeffmc··on TCL: The Tool Command Language – Lisp for the Masses [video]
I worked for a startup in the late 1990s that had a reseller agreement with Vignette. If I recall Vignette was going for something like a million dollars a site license. I took one look at it and ended up rolling our own TCL-based CMS in case the Vignette deal went south. Well I left, Vignette went south and the company ended up using my CMS.