Silhouette of a two-mast boat passing over the calm waters of Oslofjord against a clear sky at sunset. The colour of the sky is a gradient from deep orange, through yellow, teal, to deep blue.
Sailing through the shortest day of the year in Oslo.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
theyβve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesnβt actually save them time.
Screenshot of the title and abstract of a paper called "On Finding the Source of a Signal" by Russell V. Lenth (1981).
Satisfying to find a short paper discussing the exact problem with which you've been (hopelessly) wrangling for a day.
Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until itβs done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
Our work at Askja volcano, Iceland, is supported by the team at EPIC (both through the instrument loan and their expertise!) and the NSF. Here's to hoping there is a little less snow this year when we go back to recover the magnetometers they loaned us...
Another dynamic I see with noxious techbro eugenicists and rationalists: they tend to have such pissant little jobs making such boring and trivial products - shopping buttons! banking software!
and I do think theyβre aware of this on some level, which fuels their batshit lofty rhetoric.
Tomorrow, our union (UAW 4100) will be out, alongside fellow unionised workers at Columbia University, taking a stand for our members and our university.
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US volcanoes pose a very real threat to communities and aircraft. Cutting funds will significantly compromise our ability monitor them and mitigate disaster. Why this administration wants us flying blind in volcano territory is an utter mystery. This is not a FAFO situation.
Our new instruments supplement the existing network at PoΓ‘s and comprise the platform for our February field workshop. Our aim is to capture a multi-parameter snapshot of the system.
For more information about our project, see our website: avert.ldeo.columbia.edu
Increased seismic tremor was seen in the run up to the eruption last Wednesday, suggesting there may be some precursory processes that we can detect as the system primes for an eruption. Over time, we hope to capture and catalogue these signals to learn more about PoΓ‘s.
View down to the Laguna Caliente at PoΓ‘s volcano. The water is a milky blue, with patches of darker ash indicating a recent eruption.
Last week, in collaboration with OVSICORI, the AVERT team from LDEO deployed 4 seismometers, 3 magnetometers, a GNSS station, and a soil probe measuring CO2 flux at PoΓ‘s volcano. There were even 2 small eruptions from the central vent!
Interested in novel instrumentation of volcanic systems? Got some kit you want to test or just want to collect data somewhere new? The AVERT project are running an all-in-country-expenses paid field workshop at PoΓ‘s volcano, Costa Rica, in February, 2024. avert.ldeo.columbia.edu/news/cov-12-...
Just finished The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. An immediate recommendation and something I think Iβll need to revisit a number of times to fully comprehend.
The tall, brutalist concrete home of the Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department at MIT, seen against a blue sky.
Great time visiting MIT yesterday to give a seminar on modern tooling in geophysics! In love with the department building. π
We've released a new version of the CSDMS Ivy course material, v2023.1, that includes updates to the Landlab and Python lessons. Check it out at github.com/csdms/ivy.
