Gregory Power
@gregorywpower.bsky.social
My opinions are my own and not of my employer.
ISO-8601, Apache Arrow, and neovim enjoyer.
they/them
ISO-8601, Apache Arrow, and neovim enjoyer.
they/them
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BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies.
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
bliki: Frequency Reduces Difficulty
"If it hurts - do it more often". Good advice if the amount of pain raises exponentially with the time between actions, such as for integrating software.
martinfowler.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
BTW this "Frequency Reduces Difficulty" post from @martinfowler.com is the origin of the mantra "if it hurts, do it more often" (at least, it's where I learned it). It's amazing how broadly this applies.
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
martinfowler.com/bliki/Freque...
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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Someone finally wrote the data-center/electricity inflation story.
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
August 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Someone finally wrote the data-center/electricity inflation story.
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
@nytimes.com #CPI
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
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None of this is official, but there have been NWS bots setup to get weather info, alerts and warnings.
nws-bot.us
nws-bot.us
NWS Bots for Bluesky
nws-bot.us
November 14, 2024 at 1:41 PM
None of this is official, but there have been NWS bots setup to get weather info, alerts and warnings.
nws-bot.us
nws-bot.us
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
March 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The administration got rid of 18F under the cover of night. People who own skyscrapers are afraid of 100 people who make websites.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
Not because of the latest tech fad, but because we proved the government can be fixed, the government can be made better and the government can work for the people.
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OSM US voting members: make sure to submit your votes for the board by midnight on March 2nd!
Check your inbox for more info
Check your inbox for more info
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
OSM US voting members: make sure to submit your votes for the board by midnight on March 2nd!
Check your inbox for more info
Check your inbox for more info
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We're seeking funding to take @source.coop to the next level.
February 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We're seeking funding to take @source.coop to the next level.
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This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.
Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate
www.scientificamerican.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.
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Tell me you're redlining without telling me you're redlining
The US DOT says it's planning to prioritize areas with high marriage & high birth rates for funding.
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas
Our new analysis @urbaninstitute.bsky.social shows this would disproportionately fund:
—Communities with a higher white resident share
—Low-density areas
—High-income areas
—Car-dependent areas
DOT’s Plan to Distribute Funding by Birth and Marriage Rates Would Leave Communities Most In Need Behind
If enacted, the new US Department of Transportation memo would prioritize funding to whiter, higher-income, more car-dependent areas over communities of color and people who walk, bike, or take public...
www.urban.org
February 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Tell me you're redlining without telling me you're redlining
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the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account
February 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
the first good post i think i've ever seen from a democratic committee account
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🔥🔭🌲 What is something you want to try that connects your professional and personal worlds?
I would love to stay in a fire lookout tower.
firelookout.org
I would love to stay in a fire lookout tower.
firelookout.org
Preserving the Legacy of Fire Lookouts - Forest Fire Lookout Association
Founded in 1990, the Forest Fire Lookout Association is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of wildland fire lookouts and their legacy. Through its chapters and members, F...
firelookout.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🔥🔭🌲 What is something you want to try that connects your professional and personal worlds?
I would love to stay in a fire lookout tower.
firelookout.org
I would love to stay in a fire lookout tower.
firelookout.org
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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And so it begins.
#GISChat If you're using and rely on Federal Data sources for your work, do you have any alternate sources if the data you rely on is suddenly unavailable?
@deepseadawn.bsky.social - will Esri keep Federal data in Living Atlas?
www.eenews.net/articles/gro...
#GISChat If you're using and rely on Federal Data sources for your work, do you have any alternate sources if the data you rely on is suddenly unavailable?
@deepseadawn.bsky.social - will Esri keep Federal data in Living Atlas?
www.eenews.net/articles/gro...
Groups archive environmental justice data scrapped by Trump
The organizations starting by building a public tool based on the White House's former Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool.
www.eenews.net
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And so it begins.
#GISChat If you're using and rely on Federal Data sources for your work, do you have any alternate sources if the data you rely on is suddenly unavailable?
@deepseadawn.bsky.social - will Esri keep Federal data in Living Atlas?
www.eenews.net/articles/gro...
#GISChat If you're using and rely on Federal Data sources for your work, do you have any alternate sources if the data you rely on is suddenly unavailable?
@deepseadawn.bsky.social - will Esri keep Federal data in Living Atlas?
www.eenews.net/articles/gro...
Anybody know of any open source tooling that can help me with evaluating/planning radio coverage? I can only find is GRASS-RaPlaT: e6.ijs.si/RaPlaT/GRASS...
#gischat
#gischat
RaPlaT has been originally developed for mobile phone network
(cellular network) coverage computation and therefore supports
multi-transmitter systems, but can also be used for a single
transmitter/antenna.
e6.ijs.si
January 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Anybody know of any open source tooling that can help me with evaluating/planning radio coverage? I can only find is GRASS-RaPlaT: e6.ijs.si/RaPlaT/GRASS...
#gischat
#gischat
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A pretty solid read if you want to learn about CRS’s and the difference between a foot and a survey foot.
Get ready, datums are changing!
Great storymap showing how the effect of the changes!
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a8e9...
#GISChat
Great storymap showing how the effect of the changes!
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a8e9...
#GISChat
Surveyors Prepare: Datums are Changing!
Better Data Quality Coming to a Location Near You
storymaps.arcgis.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
A pretty solid read if you want to learn about CRS’s and the difference between a foot and a survey foot.
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I think most of my #GISChat friends have heard of and used colorbrewer2.org tools for their maps - but have any of you checked out mapcolpal.org yet?
MapColPal - your pal for cartographic color palettes
MapColPal is a tool to help in working with color palettes for thematic maps.
mapcolpal.org
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I think most of my #GISChat friends have heard of and used colorbrewer2.org tools for their maps - but have any of you checked out mapcolpal.org yet?
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I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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...it would probably be helpful if we actually had the right links 🤦🏻♀️
Here's the link to the survey: survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Here's the link to the survey: survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Richmond Water Crisis Survey
This is an unofficial survey by Richmond community members who want to better understand the extent of the January 2025 water crisis.
survey123.arcgis.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
...it would probably be helpful if we actually had the right links 🤦🏻♀️
Here's the link to the survey: survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
Here's the link to the survey: survey123.arcgis.com/share/79b3f9...
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TIL that @qgis has been recognized as a #DigitalPublicGood :blobcatcool:
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/qgis
#qgis #gischat #osgeo #opensource #gis
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/qgis
#qgis #gischat #osgeo #opensource #gis
January 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
TIL that @qgis has been recognized as a #DigitalPublicGood :blobcatcool:
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/qgis
#qgis #gischat #osgeo #opensource #gis
https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/qgis
#qgis #gischat #osgeo #opensource #gis
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses