Avid learner. Data geek. Founder/curator of @dataelixir. Ex-NASA. Lately, I'm at https://nitter.gq/t.co/W0D91u7rOK
Boulder, CO
Joined January 2009
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Bicycle – ciechanow.ski/bicycle/
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I present to you, some images that Midjourney created from some scientific paper titles. I think maybe this should be required with every paper submission to a journal. Let's see some of your favorites!
Tyrolabs annual Top #Python Libraries just dropped: tryolabs.com/blog/2022/12/26…
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A composite image from this morning's eclipse showing the moon in various stages throughout the night. The size and shape of Earth's shadow is clearly visible here. These events are absolutely magical to witness and quite surreal.
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The Tripitaka Koreana - carved on 81258 woodblocks in the 13th century - is the most successful large data transfer over time yet achieved by humankind. 52 million characters of information, transmitted over nearly 8 centuries with zero data loss - an unequalled achievement. 1/
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What a cool interactive map! Type in an English word and the website translates into all European languages. Hours of fun. It knows swear words too - just sayin'... Source: buff.ly/2QIxFjd
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Part of a series of thoughtful reflections from an experienced developer, @jeremydmiller provides a worthwhile perspective on SOLID
jeremydmiller.com/2022/08/10…
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NEW: our big story as trailed on Friday is a detailed analysis of the critical importance of vaccination in beating Covid
Top-line: if US had matched vaccination coverage of leading European countries, it would have *halved* its Covid hospitalisations
ft.com/content/03aa46e2-ac3a…
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All Pre-1923 Recorded Music enters Public Domain (in the US)
all at once, and
for the first time for any recorded sound, and
it happens tonight!
38,000 recordings available from @internetarchive ! 🎶
blog.archive.org/2022/01/01/…
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Helpful graphics explaining Omicron's constellation of mutations.
Left: From the FT's mastermind @jburnmurdoch
Right: From the brilliant team @_nference
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Explore Pollinator Pathmaker, a new online experiment by @alexandradaisy, and design your own garden based on the flight paths of your local pollinators. pollinator.art
@edenproject #togetherfortheplanet #COP26
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I spy with my little eye, something blue in the darkness of space. Hi @NASAEarth!
On Saturday, we observed the Moon from Earth. Now, let's observe Earth from the Moon! This data visualization shows the view if you were standing at the Moon's South Pole. go.nasa.gov/3AQofWQ
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How green is your electric vehicle? on.ft.com/3iA0sEh
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Thinking about grad school next year? Interested in visualization, human/AI interaction, computational art?
Consider Harvard! @wattenberg and I are building up our lab and will be looking for students.
Our DMs are open.
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colorized math equations makes it easier to understand. Great idea!! #ux #math betterexplained.com/articles…
Awesome post! A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python by @karpathy karpathy.github.io/2021/06/2… #Python #blockchain #bitcoin
