flippmoke

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by flippmoke 7y ago
We will be releasing incremental updates to Tilesets API Beta (MTS) here shortly, reach out to us again and we can talk about having you test it out!
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by flippmoke 7y ago
Author of Mapbox's Vector Tile specification here and also contributor to some of the code that is used by PostGIS and I wanted to add some additional clarity on some topics associated with Vector Tiles and dynamic serving of them that
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by flippmoke 8y ago
If you are interested in learning more about George, you should listen to him talking at Mapbox's Locate conference with the Mapbox CEO, Eric Gundersen [1]. Its another example of George being George. I just happened to be called out d
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by flippmoke 8y ago
Here are some other great tools that is quite useful with protobufs, one in C++ and one in pure javascript. https://github.com/mapbox/protozero https://github.com/mapbox/pbf
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by flippmoke 9y ago
This already exists with Unity via Mapbox - https://www.mapbox.com/unity/
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by flippmoke 9y ago
There are a lot of things being written outside of Node currently [1]. However, a large number of the tools are in node, primarily because lots of people at Mapbox are using Node. However, most of these are backed by C++ libraries so the po
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by flippmoke 9y ago
As an author of the vector tile specification it is really exciting to see how many different things people can do with the format. People are using data in ways that constantly amaze myself and others. There is an ever growing number of to
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by flippmoke 10y ago
If there was ever a game that encouraged me to become a developer during my youth it was definitely Railroad Tycoon. I remember being so curious how everything might have worked within the game with out knowing a thing about programming and
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by flippmoke 10y ago
As a background, I used to work on the FAA - WAAS[0] a system that provides more accurate GPS and more importantly provides realtime integrity reports of GPS for users. A big part of my work was studying ionospheric storms and how they affe
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by flippmoke 10y ago
From a cartographic perspective judging Mapbox is difficult as it is a platform that allows vast customization of your map on a user by user basis.
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by flippmoke 10y ago
There is a very large difference between clinical depression and situational depression. The ideas and suggestions of those who have suffered from situational depression are often not very helpful for those who suffer from clinical depressi
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by flippmoke 11y ago
The American oil producers are actually losing money or just breaking even on many of their drilling operations currently. This might seem like it does not make sense, but for many of these companies, the losses associated with this are dir
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by flippmoke 11y ago
https://www.mapbox.com/map-feedback/ Mapbox does a great job of fixing things with out relying on users to do it for OSM! Just drop a pin and type out the problem and Mapbox's data team will likely fix the problem
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by flippmoke 13y ago
That is likely because CBT attempt to focus on your emotions, but rather on your thoughts that cause your emotion. I have not heard of DBT though honestly, and I am far from an expert on CBT, but will have to read more on both now.
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by flippmoke 13y ago
What if our theoretical person is responsible? Everyone is going to view any event like this with some sort of "self-absorbed" (I disagree with your definition of self absorbed here, but lets continue) response because they had so
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by flippmoke 13y ago
This is one of the most common misconceptions in my opinion of depression. Depression is not caused by self absorption. Depression is not vanity, imagine someone who has been rejected by a loved one. A depressed person might think, "I
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by flippmoke 13y ago
As someone who has read "Feeling Good" and is married to a therapist, I can not suggest this book enough. The general method is called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive