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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..…

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 h…

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.

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 inert…

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 s…

Very much a big deal in the water world!

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 energ…

Nice

Eh there's a lot of nuance within those broad categories: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/05/11/california-water-you-d...

ETL seems just like one of those perennial challenges that resist humanity's efforts to categorize the world into need and tidy boxes

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.or…

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 th…

Utilizing creative assets as collateral is just hilarious on so many levels. But seriously when will this all get NFTed?????

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 opport…

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://effectivegovernme…

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 abou…

I too live for the honor of being a line in someone's spreadsheet

Perhaps also worth reflecting on the age discrimination against the young in many, many other industries