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Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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lanewinfield wrote: post #26
geofffox wrote: post #13

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I've been doing this over 35 years and have seven Emmys. They got someone they shouldn't be able to afford and working from home I could afford to accept it. I'm a pancreatic cancer survivor (Whipple) and this flexibility helps. I am a professional. My job is to forecast their weather and I am diligent in that pursuit. Windows are overrated.

Wow, this is such a fascinating story. I'd totally subscribe to an AMA. Glad to hear you've kicked cancer's ass.

Point me in the right direction. I'd love to do an AMA -- except I'd take questions on the site and answer via YouTube live or something similar. That way I could demo any studio questions live.

Where can I get info on doing one?

Also, sneakily, I have other ideas for where my studio can be used beside traditional outlets, especially since I make a full suite of weather maps. This would give me a chance to explain.

Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by [deleted] »

geofffox wrote: post #7

I am a meteorologist on TV. I work in front of a chroma key wall. I would love to have a simulator like this where I could swap in the background image... well, you get the idea. This would especially be good for me as I do the weather in Nebraska from a studio I built at home in SoCal. As far as I know I'm the only regularly scheduled TV news anchor to work from home in the US and possibly the world.

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Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by sizzle »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #69
geofffox wrote: post #56

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The fact that we need GoFundMe campaigns for people who get sick or that veterans beg for charity through Wounded Warriors upsets me to no end. A modern, successful democracy should take care of its people.

Wounded Warriors and DAV are not about veterans begging for money. They are parasites stretching the definition of a charity to its limit to rake in as much money for the admin staff as possible (60% overhead). Please don't donate to these crooks.

Did not know this, can you share some more info to expose how they are crooks?

Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by spike021 »

geofffox wrote: post #71
lanewinfield wrote: post #26

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Wow, this is such a fascinating story. I'd totally subscribe to an AMA. Glad to hear you've kicked cancer's ass.

Point me in the right direction. I'd love to do an AMA -- except I'd take questions on the site and answer via YouTube live or something similar. That way I could demo any studio questions live. Where can I get info on doing one? Also, sneakily, I have other ideas for where my studio can be used beside traditional outlets, especially since I make a full suite of weather maps. This would give me a chance to explain.

I think typically they're done on Reddit these days, but I bet you could do this kind of questions post you refer to on HN and then follow up with a link to a video or stream.

Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by voltagex_ »

geofffox wrote: post #18
Insanity wrote: post #10

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That sounds really cool actually! How did you end up building such a studio at home etc? Sounds like a lot of work to me! (Always cool to see what kind of people hang around here on HN as well!)

I am very unusual in that I'm comfortable on both sides of the camera. What I learned is building a studio is an IT project! Maybe the most unusual part is, none of this would work unless I could run the show by myself. My TriCaster is programmable with macros which is what I've done. I am my own director while on the air. Oh -- with a friend I created a map making system which runs on an i5 and produces ~ 40,000 map…

This doesn't look like any map system I've seen - can you share details on your renderer?

There's a lot of untapped potential in geospatial (even with Google taking most of the mindshare)

Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by geofffox »

spike021 wrote: post #74
geofffox wrote: post #71

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Point me in the right direction. I'd love to do an AMA -- except I'd take questions on the site and answer via YouTube live or something similar. That way I could demo any studio questions live. Where can I get info on doing one? Also, sneakily, I have other ideas for where my studio can be used beside traditional outlets, especially since I make a full suite of weather maps. This would give me a chance to explain.

I think typically they're done on Reddit these days, but I bet you could do this kind of questions post you refer to on HN and then follow up with a link to a video or stream.

Already found a great article on 'how-to.' I will.

It's second nature to me, but most people are sort of stunned when they see a broadcast quality studio in my (former) garage.

Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by voltagex_ »

geofffox wrote: post #71
lanewinfield wrote: post #26

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Wow, this is such a fascinating story. I'd totally subscribe to an AMA. Glad to hear you've kicked cancer's ass.

Point me in the right direction. I'd love to do an AMA -- except I'd take questions on the site and answer via YouTube live or something similar. That way I could demo any studio questions live. Where can I get info on doing one? Also, sneakily, I have other ideas for where my studio can be used beside traditional outlets, especially since I make a full suite of weather maps. This would give me a chance to explain.

With your setup, Twitch or YouTube Live would work. Take the questions on Reddit or similar beforehand (with an established channel you've got other ways of taking questions, but for a new set up it's a bit trickier).

Re: Making rain simulation as real as possible

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Post by voltagex_ »

CyberShadow wrote: post #4
sazers wrote: post #3

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Attention about high CPU usage on smartphones

Probably a pre-rendered video would do better. Since seeking is not required, it could do away with keyframes entirely.

I'm interested - what difference does keyframes vs no keyframes make?
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