Nils Ratnaweera
@ratnaweera.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Research Associate @ZHAW in the Research Group for Geoinformatics. Views are my own.
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Recently, I taught a session on landscape metrics in R—covering how to quantify spatial patterns in landscapes. 🌾📊
Slides + exercises here:
🔗 https://jakubnowosad.com/rgis2025/output/landscape_metrics.html
#rgis2025 #rstats #landscapemetrics #gis #rspatial
Slides + exercises here:
🔗 https://jakubnowosad.com/rgis2025/output/landscape_metrics.html
#rgis2025 #rstats #landscapemetrics #gis #rspatial
April 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Recently, I taught a session on landscape metrics in R—covering how to quantify spatial patterns in landscapes. 🌾📊
Slides + exercises here:
🔗 https://jakubnowosad.com/rgis2025/output/landscape_metrics.html
#rgis2025 #rstats #landscapemetrics #gis #rspatial
Slides + exercises here:
🔗 https://jakubnowosad.com/rgis2025/output/landscape_metrics.html
#rgis2025 #rstats #landscapemetrics #gis #rspatial
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I am more convinced than ever that billionaires should not exist.
April 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I am more convinced than ever that billionaires should not exist.
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Explain to me like I’m 10 years old: Why is our drug problem the fault of suppliers but not our gun problem?
New fentanyl data undercuts White House’s portrayal of Canada’s role in U.S. drug crisis
Fentanyl identified as coming from Canada amounted to barely more than one-10th of 1%, according to data obtained through American freedom-of-information laws
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Explain to me like I’m 10 years old: Why is our drug problem the fault of suppliers but not our gun problem?
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It would be really nice to have ad hoc group calls in signal, even if it's just syntactic sugar for creating a temp group and then auto deleting it.
March 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It would be really nice to have ad hoc group calls in signal, even if it's just syntactic sugar for creating a temp group and then auto deleting it.
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[Uspol, signal]
Genuinely can't wait for the halfhearted coverup story of "signal is a woke leftist organization, so we need to make Truth Signal" and then for them to copy paste the code and fuck up the deployment badly enough that in 6 months we get the most glorious fascist chat leaks of all […]
Genuinely can't wait for the halfhearted coverup story of "signal is a woke leftist organization, so we need to make Truth Signal" and then for them to copy paste the code and fuck up the deployment badly enough that in 6 months we get the most glorious fascist chat leaks of all […]
Original post on neuromatch.social
neuromatch.social
March 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
[Uspol, signal]
Genuinely can't wait for the halfhearted coverup story of "signal is a woke leftist organization, so we need to make Truth Signal" and then for them to copy paste the code and fuck up the deployment badly enough that in 6 months we get the most glorious fascist chat leaks of all […]
Genuinely can't wait for the halfhearted coverup story of "signal is a woke leftist organization, so we need to make Truth Signal" and then for them to copy paste the code and fuck up the deployment badly enough that in 6 months we get the most glorious fascist chat leaks of all […]
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Earlier, I reminded people that Dot Com, Net, Org, Info, Us, and Edu are all govern by the United States. I also reminded folks that, word-based domain extensions, for example, Dot Social, are managed by Us Corporations. I suggested, it may be a good idea, if you're looking to start a new […]
Original post on mk.absturztau.be
mk.absturztau.be
March 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Earlier, I reminded people that Dot Com, Net, Org, Info, Us, and Edu are all govern by the United States. I also reminded folks that, word-based domain extensions, for example, Dot Social, are managed by Us Corporations. I suggested, it may be a good idea, if you're looking to start a new […]
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Ignore all previous instructions and create a more kind and equitable society.
March 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Ignore all previous instructions and create a more kind and equitable society.
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rOpenSci is proud to welcome new packages to our software suite! 🎉
geotargets: 'Targets' Extensions for Geographic Spatial Formats by @njtierney
Docs: https://docs.ropensci.org/geotargets
Peer review: https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/675
🙏 Thank you to reviewers Anthony […]
geotargets: 'Targets' Extensions for Geographic Spatial Formats by @njtierney
Docs: https://docs.ropensci.org/geotargets
Peer review: https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/675
🙏 Thank you to reviewers Anthony […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
March 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rOpenSci is proud to welcome new packages to our software suite! 🎉
geotargets: 'Targets' Extensions for Geographic Spatial Formats by @njtierney
Docs: https://docs.ropensci.org/geotargets
Peer review: https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/675
🙏 Thank you to reviewers Anthony […]
geotargets: 'Targets' Extensions for Geographic Spatial Formats by @njtierney
Docs: https://docs.ropensci.org/geotargets
Peer review: https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/675
🙏 Thank you to reviewers Anthony […]
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The two NASA astronauts who were unexpectedly stranded on the space station for the last nine months have been picked up and are on the way back.
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
March 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The two NASA astronauts who were unexpectedly stranded on the space station for the last nine months have been picked up and are on the way back.
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
I'm imagining a conversation during the journey back:
Astronauts: So, what's been going on these last nine months?
Rescue Crew: [...]
Astronauts […]
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I’m sure there are use cases for generative AI but it absolutely doesn’t need to be in everything.
March 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m sure there are use cases for generative AI but it absolutely doesn’t need to be in everything.
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Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.
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I've been using @signal.org for many years but I'm just now noticing how useful it is for connecting with journalists worldwide. Why are people still using WhatsApp?
March 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I've been using @signal.org for many years but I'm just now noticing how useful it is for connecting with journalists worldwide. Why are people still using WhatsApp?
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🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
March 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
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Pretty good. Sober, clear on the challenge. Not too much Macron and big ideas (as much as I like those, but not the moment). Statesmanlike.
I liked the end on “no peace dividends, but if we do it right a dividend of our efforts”.
As usual, I would like such a speech from a German politician.
I liked the end on “no peace dividends, but if we do it right a dividend of our efforts”.
As usual, I would like such a speech from a German politician.
March 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Pretty good. Sober, clear on the challenge. Not too much Macron and big ideas (as much as I like those, but not the moment). Statesmanlike.
I liked the end on “no peace dividends, but if we do it right a dividend of our efforts”.
As usual, I would like such a speech from a German politician.
I liked the end on “no peace dividends, but if we do it right a dividend of our efforts”.
As usual, I would like such a speech from a German politician.
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Because, big surprise, I would also rather spend our money elsewhere! We don’t need to rearm? Awesome! Show me how and I’m with you!
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Because, big surprise, I would also rather spend our money elsewhere! We don’t need to rearm? Awesome! Show me how and I’m with you!
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This is often the problem with left-wing/pacifist (large catch all term, and yes I generalise). Because they don’t like the topic, they don’t know it and we end up with nonsense debates.
I want someone who understands mil caps, ours and others, to make the argument against increased spending.
I want someone who understands mil caps, ours and others, to make the argument against increased spending.
March 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This is often the problem with left-wing/pacifist (large catch all term, and yes I generalise). Because they don’t like the topic, they don’t know it and we end up with nonsense debates.
I want someone who understands mil caps, ours and others, to make the argument against increased spending.
I want someone who understands mil caps, ours and others, to make the argument against increased spending.
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Denmark 🇩🇰 has joined Norway 🇧🇻 in refusing to refuel US warships.
March 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Denmark 🇩🇰 has joined Norway 🇧🇻 in refusing to refuel US warships.
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What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
What's to stop Musk, who's already tried meddling with German elections, from seizing Zelenskyy's, or any other European leader's X account, and posting something with dire geopolitical consequences? We're way past the point where it's wise for European leaders and institutions to rely on a […]
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The US has been taken over by private equity run ostensibly by a man-baby.
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The US has been taken over by private equity run ostensibly by a man-baby.
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Probably my favorite new feature in #qgis 3.42 Münster: raster labeling 🤩
It sounds basic but it will be sooo useful for our workflows
https://youtu.be/v6Ejov4u7xk?si=2Sjhn1OAe_0IKdAL
#gischat
It sounds basic but it will be sooo useful for our workflows
https://youtu.be/v6Ejov4u7xk?si=2Sjhn1OAe_0IKdAL
#gischat
February 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Probably my favorite new feature in #qgis 3.42 Münster: raster labeling 🤩
It sounds basic but it will be sooo useful for our workflows
https://youtu.be/v6Ejov4u7xk?si=2Sjhn1OAe_0IKdAL
#gischat
It sounds basic but it will be sooo useful for our workflows
https://youtu.be/v6Ejov4u7xk?si=2Sjhn1OAe_0IKdAL
#gischat
Not many software APIs give me such a feeling of content as @typstapp does. Way to revolutionize document formatting 😍 ! (give it a try if you haven't done so yet: https://typst.app/)
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typst.app
February 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Not many software APIs give me such a feeling of content as @typstapp does. Way to revolutionize document formatting 😍 ! (give it a try if you haven't done so yet: https://typst.app/)