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I use this a lot and it works well.

I use the same dataset frequently but get more value out of the individual turbine locations with basic theming by year, turbine size, and so on than things like heat maps.

Also of use is planning information from the FAA, as all wind turbines are tall enough to require obstruction filing in the US.

https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/federal-aviation-adm...

Google isn't "planning" shit. Why the fuck do these assholes always repeat whatever bullshit baseless garbage marketing press release fluff the companies ruining our lives put out without even critical thought?

This is just marketing.

I'm done with this. Open source only from here on out. You can't trust anyone in this day and age to turn not their products into AI pushing garbage.

Meteors fall through the atmosphere, burning the whole time. If they are big enough they may leave a meteorite, and a crater.

The FAA document says "sensor-based" but every installation I have seen in the US uses radar.

Definitely GPS. Other methods have been used in the past--I remember reading operating reports from a wind farm nearly 20 years ago that slowly brought all its lights in line with each other over several months--but these days you can buy mainstream lighting with the GNSS receiver built in from a number of suppliers. They make it easy.

For wind farm use most also have an external input for ADLS triggers, though that usually also requires a separate controller and communications connection to manage the ADLS signals.

The flashing red lights are L-864 type. The requirements are 20 to 40 flashes per minute (FPM), and typically 30 FPM is used.

Radar, called Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems (ADLS). The requirements are summarized in the FAA Advisory Circular covering aviation marking and lighting.

It's so pilots see the entire wind farm as a single entity and can interpret what they see and understand the extent of the wind farm easily. There is a pretty good study you can read on this:

https://www.airporttech.tc.faa.gov/DesktopModules/EasyDNNNew...

As to community impact, radar-activated lighting is an approach that is being used in places this is a concern. It allows the lights to remain off unless there is a plane within the envelope that requires the lights to activate. It's expensive though.

GNSS (GPS) is the typical standard used.

When it's on purpose it's typically done through GPS driven clocks. This is how wind farms manage it, where all towers are required to blink together.

Incorrect. And hilarious that every fake marketing photo they use looks like your stereotypical movie prison visitor scene.

FAA details the marking and lighting requirements here: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/...

In my experience systemd is good, actually.

But to each their own.

DNG is well supported by the typical raw libraries in my experience. My Ricoh records DNG natively, and I work with the results in rawtherapee and darktable. I am less sure about ffmpeg or imagemagick as I don't really automate raw processing.

Jumping on the "everything will be AI" and "AI will change everything" and "AI will replace all your workers" bandwagon? Absolutely. And it's ruining everything.

I believe KDE did something similar. I don't mind this kind of thing, if its done well. We should support the tools we use if we can, particularly when they are truly open source.

No, they don't. No future timeline or cost prediction like this from Musk has ever been correct.

Why is this written as an advertisement?

Also it's just another MVNO, big deal. "Disrupting telecom" by using T-mobile's network. Good one.

Wind is extremely reliable. And it is relatively predictable, particularly on a short time scale. What it is is intermittent, which is a very different thing.

"Xbox"

The brand is so devalued now. What does Xbox even mean any more?

That is the dumbest side profile I have ever seen. The camera bump and camera together are thicker than the rest of this thing. By its design it now demands a massive case or just won't ever sit even reasonably flat on a table. Ridiculous.

You assume! Such due diligence!

That's unfortunate. Good luck.

September 30 is a pretty small window to migrate. Hopefully it's enough.

Zero people enjoy QR codes to get menus.

If you own a restaurant just print the menu. If you have a rotating tap list or daily menu just get a laser printer and print on plain paper or send someone to a copy store to print them out. Your customers will be quite happy have it in front of them instead of on their phones.

Doesn't matter how quick or "easy" or "responsive" your stupid online menu is.

Sorry buddy.

Energy storage yes, electricity storage no. Very limited utility and questionable use of solar PV, which has about a 20% conversion efficiency of solar energy to electricity. Seems like a lot of extra steps to make heat.

How dare some shitty AI bro assume what she would have thought?

Garmin is my typical recommendation for decent fitness watches with good battery life. The venue and vivoactive have bright high res screens with raise to wake or always on (with a big battery life hit). There are also things like the lily or the vivomove.

The straps are usually standard watch straps and easily changed.