Growing up in Upstate NY in the early 70’s had that feeling that something great had happened, but had since passed. Icons like Kodak and IBM were technology giants that afforded the region prosperity. These businesses grew through the events that shaped the last century and provided many advances to the nation and the world at large. However, the same events that brought wealth also led to the decline of the region. This site has covered the topic of the…
AI’s “Help” Is an Illusion — And a 1991 Film Exposed Its Myth That video captures the true essence of human endeavor, that all efforts have costs and that no lunch is free. The trouble that isn’t in plain view, hidden in the shadows, is the devil in the details. It’s often missed and forgotten as time passes. The following video highlights the chain link of technology that modern society has become dependent on and how one weak link could…
These are a collection of data sources that I wanted to dedicate a post to. The scale is truly global. OpenTopography facilitates efficient access to topography data, tools, and resources to advance our understanding of the Earth’s surface, vegetation, and built environment. https://opentopography.org/ Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is a world-leading ocean observing facility hosted and owned by the University of Victoria (UVic), and managed and operated by the ONC Society, a not-for-profit established in 2007. ONC delivers ocean data from…