Nick Edgar

Software for climate. Previously @ OTI (ENVY/Developer), IBM (VisualAge/Smalltalk, VA/Java, Eclipse RCP, RTC, Cloud DevOps Tools), Shopify (SFN, Offset app).

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario | @rtmcswee Cecilia Keating @hausfath

Read here: https://t.co/3ccYxh3CE9

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Global temperatures in 2026 are on track to be the second warmest on record, at around 1.47C above preindustrial levels across the five different records assessed by Carbon Brief. Read more in our latest State of the Climate update for Q1 2026 here: https://t.co/Firo3rDHzR

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

March 2026 was the 4th warmest March on record for the planet's surface in the ERA5 dataset, coming in at 1.48C above preindustrial levels.

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

"There is greater acceptance now that there is a detectable acceleration of warming". Great article by John Muyskens and Shannon Osaka in today's Washington Post: https://t.co/pelN5niKio

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

With cold outbreaks sweeping parts of the US, some have argued that climate change is to blame. But the proposed mechanism remains quite controversial in the scientific community, and the number of extreme cold events have been decreasing almost everywhere.

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Recent assessments have found the last glacial maximum implies a climate sensitivity of 2.4C (1.4C to 5.0C): https://t.co/3b43E7sSw4

And the Pliocene implies a sensitivity of 3.1C (2.3C to 4.7C): https://t.co/V3LGLOWxcY

Paleoclimate evidence generally provides the strongest constraint on high ECS.

[Terry McGurrin @standupmonkey]

If, instead of her own dog, Kristi Noem had shot John Wick's dog, she'd already be gone and forgotten.

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@seeteegee Or let a page fulfill its destiny as a page for one view. :)

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@seeteegee This is where so many SPAs fall down — they may remember the view state by updating the URL but don’t remember the UI state, so things like scroll position, selection, and focus get lost e.g. on back-navigation.

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@seeteegee Oh man, and I thought the dog strangling vine was out of control. Wild parsnip is nasty stuff.

[Jordan Mechner @jmechner]

Who remembers this moment in Prince of Persia (1989) where a magic mirror suddenly blocks the hero's path (and what happens afterward)?

This moment was actually never planned to be in the game. My original vision was a game with lots of traps, but NO enemies... (1/10)

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@seeteegee Perhaps it should both replace the OS level and raise the bar? Check out what the Spin folks are trying to do. https://t.co/y6dRiREDKC

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@JBezivin I seem to recall someone speaking on stage, at one of the OO conferences of old, about their experience with breakfast pancakes and real maple syrup: “15:00 l’après midi — toujours pas faim!” 😂

[JB @JBezivin]

The ultimate existential question : How much maple syrup do they put in the poutine?

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

Ok, clear as gravy.

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@GinnyGhezzo 🧐 Isn’t a letter / numeric grade (not just pass/fail) a kind of “graduated” signal, though, providing input for next assignment? Hopefully more feedback given than just the grade too. But I agree more could and should be done to make learning more exploratory, w. lower stress.

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@the_aiju Consider Eclipse CDT? @dougschaefer

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

👀 @deonandan is presenting @Carleton_U Health Sciences (Zoom):
> A rehabilitated approach to pandemic communication is needed, … that is also hardened against the now likely presentation of targeted and well-resourced disinformation.
https://t.co/CXAfQMBNiA

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

@Segway Do you have any updates on your Cube Series power stations? I'm surprised not to see any content about them in your timeline, from either the crowdfunding campaign or e.g. unboxing / test videos now that units have (apparently) started shipping out over the last month.

[Nick Edgar @nedgar]

Oh, FFS, I’m out. #ttfn