patwater10

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by patwater10 7mo ago
AI is also a useful tool that offers a lot of potential to untangle the permitting thickets that make it difficult to build the infrastructure necessary for the energy transition...
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by patwater10 7mo ago
Look at the Colorado River situation to see how it's affected the US already. Now that hasn't really impacted consumers per say other than through indirect water conservation and higher consumer grocery prices (slightly not a prim
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California Public Technology Principles(argo-marketplace.github.io)
1 points by patwater10 7mo ago|1 comments
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by patwater10 7mo ago
I developed these in collaboration with some civic minded tech and government data folks back in 2018. Open for updates based on ODI, DOGE, Tech Force etc etc.
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by patwater10 7mo ago
Reading through this discussion and speaking from professional experience I have to say that the real challenge isn’t just specific bans, it’s the administrative cost and the inertia of a permitting paradigm designed in the 1960s and 70s. W
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by patwater10 8mo ago
Note that these indicators are looking at the drought monitor which just tracks soil moisture. There are active efforts underway to develop more comprehensive looks at precip and storage (snow, ground, reservoir etc)
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by patwater10 2y ago
Very much a big deal in the water world!
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by patwater10 3y ago
File under big if true though perhaps an area where the hype has outrunned reality. "Their prototype battery uses a novel combination of lithium and sodium, generating enough energy to power a lightbulb, as an initial proof of concept.
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by patwater10 4y ago
Nice
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by patwater10 4y ago
Eh there's a lot of nuance within those broad categories: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/11/california-water-you-d...
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California state capacity as an EA concern(forum.effectivealtruism.org)
1 points by patwater10 4y ago|1 comments
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by patwater10 4y ago
<shrug> ETL seems just like one of those perennial challenges that resist humanity's efforts to categorize the world into need and tidy boxes
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by patwater10 4y ago
There's a lot of need for classifying aerial and satellite imagery. Those uses range from crop optimization to decarbonization. See Descartes Labs, Planet, etc. Also see theCaDC.org for water data needs though I believe they're st
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by patwater10 4y ago
Spending a few minutes coming back to FB after this article, the chronological feed and news feed seem pretty similar in terms of content. Maybe that's just who I'm friends with though.
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by patwater10 4y ago
Utilizing creative assets as collateral is just hilarious on so many levels. But seriously when will this all get NFTed?????
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by patwater10 4y ago
Yeah I hear you though note that given how backwards, arcane, obsolete and convoluted the way we plan for and agree upon future urban development is, there's really a TON of opportunity to BOTH better listen to residents and actually g
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by patwater10 4y ago
The costs of growing complexity cannot be exaggerated. Note there's a new effort to help create more effective government in CA that's worth checking out: https://effectivegovernmentca.org/
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by patwater10 4y ago
Is the use of daggers for processing animal carcasses exclusive to their use as ceremonial items? Why not both? Anyway articles like this are humbling about how little we know about our in the scheme of things not too distant ancestors.
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by patwater10 5y ago
I too live for the honor of being a line in someone's spreadsheet
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by patwater10 5y ago
Perhaps also worth reflecting on the age discrimination against the young in many, many other industries