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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to their dig... on Thursday July 02, 2020 @02:25PM (#23716369)

Why does that even matter? Are you implying that murdering him was in any way justified?

Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to their dig... on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:45PM (#23715913)

A politician who told Nazis to leave the country was murdered by a Nazi. Suddenly this sounds a lot different.

Humble Data Science and Machine Learning Bundle (Books)

Posted by joe_blank on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @04:17PM
from the humblebundle.com dept.

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/data-science-and-machine-learning-software

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City-roads: Render every single road in any city

Posted by joe_blank on Monday January 20, 2020 @02:34PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/anvaka/city-roads

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Re:Peak map: Visualize the elevation of any area using a ridgeline chart on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @12:18PM (#21982022)

If memory serves me right, the mountains are a result of the last big ice age. Everything north was completely covered in a glacier. So the river beeing older does not seem unlikely.

Re:Peak map: Visualize the elevation of any area using a ridgeline chart on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @09:25AM (#21980134)

https://anvaka.github.io/peak-map/#11.19/52.2305/8.9095

This is one of my favorite spots on the map. The mountainrange is dividing a big part of the north from southern region called Westphalia. Only one river breaks through it allowing for an easy way across the mountains. The citys name at that spot is Porta Westfalica which is Latin and means "gate to Westphalia". I think this visualization illustrates the reason behind the name very well.

Peak map: Visualize the elevation of any area using a ridgeline chart

Posted by joe_blank on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:18AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/anvaka/peak-map

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Re:Yes, Estimate Software Projects on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:59PM (#21306269)

Being pretty young and just getting used to making estimates, this was a wonderful read!

Having to guess how long a project will take is still very scary for me. Is there any way to get over the fear of others disagreing? I always feel like I'm about to embarrass myself by either estimating to high or to low...