To anticipate and prevent
California has been in something of a dry spell for the last few years. 85% of the state is in Severe Drought, thanks to climate change. Unfortunately the flip side is sometimes we just get absolutely hammered with rain. Back in October of 2021 my local rain gauge registered 7 inches of precipitation. Since then…
matrix Almost everyone has heard the term “machine learning” thrown around. It’s used in some vague context about how computers and/or technology are suddenly and magically going to make the world a better place. That sounds cool, but what exactly does “Machine Learning” mean? From 1959: Machine Learning — a “Field of study that gives…
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IMG_5098 Dateline: 2016-01-10 The holidays have come and gone, but the urban garden is not forgotten. While we were gone for Christmas and New Years, the plants have survived. Fortunately for the green things it’s continued to be a wet winter in San Francisco. Unfortunately for said plants, it’s also been quite cold. We’ve had…
200px-Umbrella_Corporation_logo We started evaluating OpenDNS Umbrella at the office while back. While I’ve always been a big fan of OpenDNS (and even applied to work there once), I was reluctant to get into this “Umbrella” service. Not because I fear Umbrella Corp, but because it just didn’t seem useful. What little info I skimmed on…
