Eric Ness
@eric.ness.net
Dad, husband, programmer, popcorn enthusiast.
Computer Science PhD candidate @AngliaRuskin (Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Env. Data). Day job: prog. tools to analyze environmental data. Website: https://eric.ness.net/ Posting stuff l am looking at.
Computer Science PhD candidate @AngliaRuskin (Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Env. Data). Day job: prog. tools to analyze environmental data. Website: https://eric.ness.net/ Posting stuff l am looking at.
With a $600 satellite dish and open-source software, UCSD & UMD researchers intercepted cleartext IP traffic from 50% of GEO satellite links — voice calls, grid data, in-flight WiFi, retail systems, even military assets. - satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
With a $600 satellite dish and open-source software, UCSD & UMD researchers intercepted cleartext IP traffic from 50% of GEO satellite links — voice calls, grid data, in-flight WiFi, retail systems, even military assets. - satcom.sysnet.ucsd.edu/docs/dontloo...
If you’ve ever wondered where endless scam calls come from… SIM farms. USSS just shut a few down. That’s good news. But no, they weren’t going to knock out every phone in New York. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZj...
Did The Secret Service Really Foil A Plot To Destroy New York's Cellphone Infrastructure?
YouTube video by Marcus Hutchins
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September 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If you’ve ever wondered where endless scam calls come from… SIM farms. USSS just shut a few down. That’s good news. But no, they weren’t going to knock out every phone in New York. - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBZj...
Orbio Earth just open-sourced their full methane detection pipeline—models, tools, synthetic-plume engine & validation notebooks—for Sentinel-2, Landsat 8/9, and EMIT. #Methane #ClimateTech #OpenSource - orbio-earth.github.io/Project-Euca...
August 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Orbio Earth just open-sourced their full methane detection pipeline—models, tools, synthetic-plume engine & validation notebooks—for Sentinel-2, Landsat 8/9, and EMIT. #Methane #ClimateTech #OpenSource - orbio-earth.github.io/Project-Euca...
How do we track water flowing through rivers from space? This major review says: 1–3 day revisit. Resolution down to 30–100 m widths. Must include width, slope, & velocity. Flood forecasting + water management depend on it. #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #WaterResources doi.org/10.1029/2024...
August 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
How do we track water flowing through rivers from space? This major review says: 1–3 day revisit. Resolution down to 30–100 m widths. Must include width, slope, & velocity. Flood forecasting + water management depend on it. #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #WaterResources doi.org/10.1029/2024...
The Trump administration is pushing NASA to kill two critical climate satellites. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories track CO₂ globally — data vital to scientists, farmers, and even oil companies. Cost? Just $15M/year. #ClimateScience #EarthObservation futurism.com/white-house-...
White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.
futurism.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Trump administration is pushing NASA to kill two critical climate satellites. The Orbiting Carbon Observatories track CO₂ globally — data vital to scientists, farmers, and even oil companies. Cost? Just $15M/year. #ClimateScience #EarthObservation futurism.com/white-house-...
"At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. " - futurism.com/the-byte/cyb...
The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis
A new analysis suggests that the Cybertruck might lead to 17 times more fatalities than the infamous Ford Pinto.
futurism.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. " - futurism.com/the-byte/cyb...
Want to overlay a heatmap on a real map using Python? This guide walks through visualizing EF3–EF5 tornado trends across the U.S. with NOAA data, grid-based bins, and Matplotlib. Bonus: how to include tornado endpoints too!
#geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...
#geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...
How to Overlay a Heatmap on a Real Map with Python | Towards Data Science
Visualizing historical tornado trends
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July 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Want to overlay a heatmap on a real map using Python? This guide walks through visualizing EF3–EF5 tornado trends across the U.S. with NOAA data, grid-based bins, and Matplotlib. Bonus: how to include tornado endpoints too!
#geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...
#geospatial #Python towardsdatascience.com/how-to-overl...
Just launched: SMAP salinity data V5.0 + V5.3 with ice/ocean flags — available now via NASA’s SNWG Earthdata Portal. Track salinity near the sea ice edge like never before. #SeaSurfaceSalinity #NASAData www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/sea-sur...
Sea Surface Salinity Datasets Now Available on the SNWG Earthdata Search Portal | NASA Earthdata
Access Sea Surface Salinity with Sea Ice Mask, a NASA Satellite Needs Working Group solution, to discern salinity values close to the sea ice edge.
www.earthdata.nasa.gov
July 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just launched: SMAP salinity data V5.0 + V5.3 with ice/ocean flags — available now via NASA’s SNWG Earthdata Portal. Track salinity near the sea ice edge like never before. #SeaSurfaceSalinity #NASAData www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/sea-sur...
A record-breaking heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe and North Africa. Copernicus Sentinel-3 reveals land surface temps far above normal – and the Mediterranean Sea isn't spared either. #ClimateCrisis #EarthObservation www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Southern Europe’s land and sea sizzles
A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals t...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A record-breaking heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe and North Africa. Copernicus Sentinel-3 reveals land surface temps far above normal – and the Mediterranean Sea isn't spared either. #ClimateCrisis #EarthObservation www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
NASA’s PACE satellite just dropped a year of stunning hyperspectral data—mapping chlorophyll, carotenoids & anthocyanins globally, every 1–2 days. It's the first time we’re seeing land plants in full spectral color from space. #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5548/
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio | Global Views of PACE Land Vegetation Data
Global view of three major classes of plant pigments observed by the PACE satellite: chlorophylls, carotenoids, and anthocyanins.
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
July 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NASA’s PACE satellite just dropped a year of stunning hyperspectral data—mapping chlorophyll, carotenoids & anthocyanins globally, every 1–2 days. It's the first time we’re seeing land plants in full spectral color from space. #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation - svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5548/
It appears that MethaneSAT is gone. Launched in March 2024 to track powerful methane leaks, the Bezos-backed satellite veered off course over Norway and lost power. #MethaneLeaks #ClimateChange #MethaneSAT www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in space
An $88 million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry's emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates it told Reuters on Tuesday.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It appears that MethaneSAT is gone. Launched in March 2024 to track powerful methane leaks, the Bezos-backed satellite veered off course over Norway and lost power. #MethaneLeaks #ClimateChange #MethaneSAT www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Microsoft just launched Planetary Computer Pro (Public Preview) — a cloud-native geospatial platform built for AI, ML, and massive-scale analysis. 50PB+ of data, now enterprise-ready via Azure. #Geospatial #AI techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iotblog...
Introducing Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro — Now in Public Preview | Microsoft Community Hub
Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview of Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro — a turnkey platform that makes it dramatically easier for...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Microsoft just launched Planetary Computer Pro (Public Preview) — a cloud-native geospatial platform built for AI, ML, and massive-scale analysis. 50PB+ of data, now enterprise-ready via Azure. #Geospatial #AI techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/iotblog...
A great read on automating your ML workflow in just 10 lines of Python. With LazyPredict + pycaret, you can test over 20 models instantly and compare their performance. #MachineLearning #Python #AutoML towardsdatascience.com/how-i-automa...
How I Automated My Machine Learning Workflow with Just 10 Lines of Python | Towards Data Science
Use LazyPredict and PyCaret to skip the grunt work and jump straight to performance.
towardsdatascience.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A great read on automating your ML workflow in just 10 lines of Python. With LazyPredict + pycaret, you can test over 20 models instantly and compare their performance. #MachineLearning #Python #AutoML towardsdatascience.com/how-i-automa...
This is even worse - Brian Wilson just passed away. The Beach Boys are probably my all-time favorite band, and Brian Wilson was an absolute treasure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNX...
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys, a cappella
YouTube video by Stuckinthe6Ts
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June 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is even worse - Brian Wilson just passed away. The Beach Boys are probably my all-time favorite band, and Brian Wilson was an absolute treasure. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNX...
So sad to hear of Sly Stone's passing. Absolutely loved him and the Family Stone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_x...
Sly And The Family Stone "I Want To Take You Higher" on The Ed Sullivan Show
YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show
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June 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So sad to hear of Sly Stone's passing. Absolutely loved him and the Family Stone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG_x...
ChatGPT just released Codex. You can connect to a GitHub repository, and it will explain the codebase to newcomers, suggest codebase improvements, and identify and fix critical bugs. Then do a pull/merge request! Kind of awesome. chatgpt.com/codex/ #vibecoding #chatgpt #codex
June 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
ChatGPT just released Codex. You can connect to a GitHub repository, and it will explain the codebase to newcomers, suggest codebase improvements, and identify and fix critical bugs. Then do a pull/merge request! Kind of awesome. chatgpt.com/codex/ #vibecoding #chatgpt #codex
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Satellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulfur dioxide & ash. ESA's Sentinel-5P & Sentinel-2 missions captured the event. #MountEtna #News
New Satellite Images Capture Mount Etna’s Massive Eruption
Satellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulf...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Satellite images show Mount Etna's major eruption on June 2nd, 2025, releasing a large plume of sulfur dioxide & ash. ESA's Sentinel-5P & Sentinel-2 missions captured the event. #MountEtna #News
NASA’s “Power of 10” for safety-critical code is awesome. No recursion. No dynamic memory after init. No function > 60 lines. Every return value is checked. Brutal but beautiful. Great video review. #CleanCode www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKa...
NASAs Coding Requirements Are Insane
YouTube video by ThePrimeTime
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June 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
NASA’s “Power of 10” for safety-critical code is awesome. No recursion. No dynamic memory after init. No function > 60 lines. Every return value is checked. Brutal but beautiful. Great video review. #CleanCode www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKa...
Is America facing a literacy crisis? Not exactly. But 40% of 4th graders can't read at a basic level. And 28% of adults are functionally illiterate. The real problem? It's been bad for a long time—and it's getting worse. But Mississippi shows it's fixable. #reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCT...
The American Literacy Crisis, Explained
YouTube video by Jared Henderson
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May 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Is America facing a literacy crisis? Not exactly. But 40% of 4th graders can't read at a basic level. And 28% of adults are functionally illiterate. The real problem? It's been bad for a long time—and it's getting worse. But Mississippi shows it's fixable. #reading www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCT...
Reposted by Eric Ness
Trump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 students. The action follows accusations of harboring anti-American agitators & CCP ties. Harvard disputes claims. #HigherEducation #News
Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students
Trump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 stud...
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May 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Trump admin. revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students, impacting nearly 6,800 students. The action follows accusations of harboring anti-American agitators & CCP ties. Harvard disputes claims. #HigherEducation #News
Flannery O’Connor’s once-hidden artworks are on view at her Georgia farm, offering new insight into her creative process. #FlanneryOConnor #ArtExhibition www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
See Flannery O'Connor's Little-Known Visual Artworks That Had Been Collecting Dust in Storage
From childhood cartoons to thoughtful self-portraits, the acclaimed Southern writer was always a keen observer of her surroundings
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May 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Flannery O’Connor’s once-hidden artworks are on view at her Georgia farm, offering new insight into her creative process. #FlanneryOConnor #ArtExhibition www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
Based on the article I came across yesterday, I put this together. It's an 'LLM-Assisted Project Development Template'. I am unsure if it works entirely, but I will test it out. Not sure if anyone else is playing with this type of development. github.com/Eric-Ness/my...
GitHub - Eric-Ness/my-ai-project
Contribute to Eric-Ness/my-ai-project development by creating an account on GitHub.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Based on the article I came across yesterday, I put this together. It's an 'LLM-Assisted Project Development Template'. I am unsure if it works entirely, but I will test it out. Not sure if anyone else is playing with this type of development. github.com/Eric-Ness/my...
I really like this tutorial – defining .cursor/rules as your AI’s “operating manual” keeps context consistent and cuts down on misfires. #AICoding #PairProgramming - www.aitidbits.ai/p/sahar-ai-c...
Sahar’s Coding with AI guide
How to treat your AI coding agent (Cursor/Windsurf/Cline) as a human pair programmer and yield the best results
www.aitidbits.ai
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I really like this tutorial – defining .cursor/rules as your AI’s “operating manual” keeps context consistent and cuts down on misfires. #AICoding #PairProgramming - www.aitidbits.ai/p/sahar-ai-c...
Check out creative ways to export your maps from QGIS to Illustrator — then bring them to life with animations in Premiere!
#QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th...
#QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th...
May 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Check out creative ways to export your maps from QGIS to Illustrator — then bring them to life with animations in Premiere!
#QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th...
#QGIS #Illustrator #PremierePro #MapDesign - www.chiaraphillips.com/post/make-th...