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by xingyzt 2y ago
Maybe because FIRMS uses data from satellites in polar orbits, which only pass over the area once every few hours? With choosing near-Earth polar vs. farther geostationary orbits there's a tradeoff between space and time resolution.
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by xingyzt 2y ago
No, just a student on winter break who got curious why CA Fire's map wasn't showing the up-to-date extent of the Eaton fire. Do they have this kind of heat data?
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by xingyzt 2y ago
No, looks like they're doing a way better job! Thanks for sharing. I was only aware of the GOES sats. Seems like VIIRS is more intended to do this kind of monitoring.
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Show HN: LA Wildfire Satellite Analysis(github.com)
117 points by xingyzt 2y ago|60 comments
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Snowflake Growth Simulation(pmerka.github.io)
2 points by xingyzt 2y ago|0 comments
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A cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a flash(theregister.com)
66 points by xingyzt 2y ago|17 comments
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The two cultures of mathematics and biology (2014)(liorpachter.wordpress.com)
61 points by xingyzt 3y ago|31 comments
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Ask HN: Examples of good technical UI designs
11 points by xingyzt 3y ago|3 comments
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The Pantheon of Derivatives (2017)(physicsforums.com)
1 points by xingyzt 3y ago|0 comments
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The Fandomization of News(theverge.com)
53 points by xingyzt 3y ago|65 comments
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by xingyzt 3y ago
It's accurate. Stellar winds are the primary driver of mass loss for stars near the end of their lives. Asymptotic red giants have extremely voluminous and sparse atmospheres very loosely bound by gravity; any excess radiation pressure
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UK MoD accidentally sends classified emails meant for US (.mil) to Mali (.ml)(theguardian.com)
18 points by xingyzt 3y ago|12 comments
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by xingyzt 3y ago
I swear submitted this post last night but now it shows I did it two hours ago? Spooky
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Einstein's Philosophy of Science (2019)(plato.stanford.edu)
104 points by xingyzt 3y ago|14 comments
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Show HN: How Stars Evolve(x-ing.space)
2 points by xingyzt 3y ago|0 comments
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Recreating Apple’s “Magical” VR UI on a Quest Pro [video](youtube.com)
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by xingyzt 3y ago
radius vs diameter
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by xingyzt 3y ago
According to the description of this NASA image [1], they flew a 7-million-cubic-feet super-pressure balloon in 2009. Approximating as a perfect sphere, that's around 120 feet in radius / 80 yards in diameter. And "When devel
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by xingyzt 4y ago
AI couldn't have started any of the artistic and literary movements, which don't just blend between traditional styles but reject some aspect to forge something new. You can't get AI to generate cubism from training on Victor
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Show HN: A Very Niche Formula Calculator(x-ing.space)
2 points by xingyzt 4y ago|0 comments
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Jerk Systems and Chaotic Circuits(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by xingyzt 4y ago|0 comments
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by xingyzt 4y ago
Welp. It worked on the school-issued Chromebooks and my friend's Macbook Air but not on iPads or iPhones, so guess I have to test it on more Apple stuff :/
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Show HN: Voxel map of my school, made with WebGL and SDF raymarching(x-ing.space)
4 points by xingyzt 4y ago|2 comments
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by xingyzt 4y ago
Newer studies have put doubt to olivine's effectiveness: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/03/30/1048434/why-usin...
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Luvoir Space Observatory(asd.gsfc.nasa.gov)
2 points by xingyzt 5y ago|0 comments
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Constructing Integers in Set Theory(mathmatique.com)
2 points by xingyzt 5y ago|0 comments
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by xingyzt 5y ago
Can be pulled off with enough context https://i.imgur.com/pXA69Xw.png
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by xingyzt 5y ago
Floating bar numbers are an interesting way of giving terminating representations to more commonly used decimals. Each number is essentially a numerator and denominator pair, with some bits to indicate the position of the division bar separ
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It takes two neurons to ride a bicycle (2004) [pdf](paradise.caltech.edu)
2 points by xingyzt 5y ago|0 comments
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AllRGB(allrgb.com)
72 points by xingyzt 5y ago|2 comments

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