Paul Hobson

Water resources engineer & MTB trail advocate (via @NWTrailAlliance) in Portland, OR. Scientific computing, bikes, mountains, critters, and drums. Atlanta born.

[Paul Hobson @pmhobson]

Here are my #SciPy2017 slides on generating curvilinear-orthogonal grids and the community that makes it possible:
https://t.co/v2zExfPx4y

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@TheFunVampire_L @pilotbob @shanselman Ok. But you‘re not “most people”. The fact that that we’ve turned the EV market into a battery range arms race has maximized lithium mining while minimizing the number of batteries produced for EVs.

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@ryan_x_charles @aphysicist Regulatory agencies don't want markdown. Scientists don't write in markdown.

[NW Trail Alliance @NWTrailAlliance]

Trail Sisters x Metropolis Adventure Team Guided Falls Creek Ride Recap

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Falls Creek never disappoints! It was a beautiful fall day, and the trail was bursting with fall mushrooms.

Read more: https://t.co/jU45kld4o4

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@Paul_Bowers I know this isn’t the point, but people do not go to Georgia Tech to have fun.

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@shanselman @anthonypjshaw I'm very excited by this. I'm mostly a python guy. Some R. Laughable C#. But I often have to interact with old EPA-maintained numeric fortran model EXEs. This could help me glue pre- and post-processing workflows with execution workflows for my Windows-only org.

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@m_adduci @vivekbernard @shanselman @anthonypjshaw If you're primarily a python person who can sort of hack around in C#, this seems way easier than trying to learn how to mess around with C++ as well

[NW Trail Alliance @NWTrailAlliance]

SHIFT is this weekend! What is SHIFT? It’s a weekend campout on Mt St Helens around a work party on Saturday, August 17th. The campout dates are Friday, August 16th through Sunday, August 18th.

Sign up: https://t.co/8EOOeGfKqb

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@dphotomeister @NOAA @NOAANCEI yes. that's why they included a map.

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@FanNicol @NOAA @Ginger_Zee @NOAANCEI In fact, if you read the article linked in the tweet and the article it references, you'd see that they did adjust monetary figures according to the consumer price index for each year.

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@FanNicol @NOAA @Ginger_Zee @NOAANCEI When dealing with orders of magnitude like billions of dollars and discrete counts ("numbers of storms"), it's good enough. E.g., 6 storms causing >$1B in damage in 2024 is roughly comparable to 3 storms causing >$1B in damages a few years prior. Inflation can be considered also

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@aaron_renn Interesting article. One thing that stood out to me, and I know that is isn’t the point of the article, is that “They love fast cars, tobacco products, and … Jesus” is a strange combination.

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@eriktweets Now this is in my head, but it’s Mr Train
https://t.co/gaOj531Elv

[Paul Hobson @pmhobson]

@ResQLife1 @PointNemo61 @ClackCoSheriff Search and rescues are excuted by volunteers and military pilots who need the training hours. In other words, the flights (and associated costs) would happen one way or another, with or without some to actually rescue

[NW Trail Alliance @NWTrailAlliance]

Looking for bike clinics and classes this summer? Look no further! NWTA is excited to announce our summer lineup of mountain bike skills classes for all ages. Offered in partnership with @PDXParksandRec, you'll find classes for all ages.

Explore classes: https://t.co/0adSckkr8B

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@eriktweets outside of genocide and climate catastrophe, this is the bleakest thing I’ll read all day.

[Trail Builder Magazine @trailbuildermag]

Data is important. Every day, we make data-driven decisions. We also use it more than we realize in trail building. Collecting and analyzing data has been critically important here at Trail Builder Magazine. I believe that is one characteristic that separates us from other mountain biking magazines. Yes, we love and want to share stories about bikes and trails. At the same time, trail building is a maturing industry.

It’s time for more data collection. This time, it’s about perceptions and attitudes about being a woman in trail building.

Read more and take the survey: https://t.co/VVs1EEzNeN

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@rebeccawatson Huh. I grew up in GA and lived there until I was 26 and never heard of this charlatan.

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@pwang …_final_v2-FIXED.ipynb

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@hugobowne Focusing in on the scientific python ecosystem, the e.g., numpy, scipy, matplotlib docs all have a wealth of examples and gallery with little descriptions about what the code in the example does.