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Happy to field any questions about the project.

Related project I did in 2014 tried to do this. I was a web developer so used the web audio APIs to trigger a recording when the decibel level exceeded a certain value. I was livin…

Maybe we need a journal completely dedicated to replication studies? It would attract a lot of attention I think.

> This is a huge leap from the previous global dataset, which contained about 1.7 billion buildings I use the monthly release of Overture Maps building dataset and the last one had…

I remember thinking there's a small arbitrage opportunity in countries that don't have pennies and nickels. In NZ I believe stores round to the nearest decimal (.02, .01 => .00 and…

I think what Claude generated code is still missing is the feeling of "I learned something from reading this code. Reading this code made me a better programmer". We're not there y…

My experience using Claude code is that it's excellent at React/React Native and because apps are mostly a View layer the consequences of bad "vibes" are less far reaching.

Protomaps does this already. They do a planet build each day and offer a download for free: https://docs.protomaps.com/basemaps/downloads

I think mbtiles are being phased out for pmtiles because no DB required and can be served from static storage like R2/S3 (with a worker but hopefully the worker part goes away and …

Fair. I used Phoenix because it's the only published city shading plan I've come across. It could just be that arid/hot climates are the places trees are needed. The study linked w…

Planting trees is hard. Phoenix AZ has a tree planting program called the Shade Phoenix Plan and they publish public reports. Watering and maintenance are a big cost. Iirc it's abo…

There are a few other reasons that aren't baffling: roots destroy water pipes and heave sidewalks and pavement. They can interfere with power lines as well. :(

Counterexample: https://x.com/levelsio/status/1730659933232730443

The YC crowd seems to think the only worthwhile businesses are worth $1 billion+ otherwise why bother

> He was told it would take $10,000 to fix, and the representative also let slip that all Tesla repairs are covered by warranty for A YEAR - meaning he could have got his suspensio…

I agree with this. Any law that's not universally enforced: speeding, jaywalking, tax audit, etc is a tool for political persecution.

Sorry about the burnout. Sounds like you've got skills and I'd encourage you to explore something smaller. There is a path as a solopreneur. I do sun and shadow modeling using publ…

Why does this mostly affect the US? I've been abroad most of the year and eggs don't seem overly expensive.

Another one: No "Sign in with your Google account" popup covering the upper right corner of the page

You can train ML to recognize vegetation in satellite photos and further train it to estimate its height +/-3 meters https://github.com/facebookresearch/HighResCanopyHeight

The fact that it's self reported makes me wonder how close to the actual number it is. Also, how did they choose their sample. Edit: Link to original paper https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.c…

True. Argentina doesn't have DST and I just realized living in the northern hemisphere made me miss the fact that the sunlight hours chart is concave in the south https://shademap.…

I generate these type of charts [1] focused on the daylight hours so it was a surprise to see a concave shape instead of a convex one. Awesome way to validate these computer genera…

Yes. There are planet wide DEM (Digital Elevation Model) datasets which record ground level elevations but no planet wide set for DSM which includes built structures and vegetation…