potentially dumb idea incoming: YouTube auctions ad space on-the-fly, so start a paid subscription service whose job is to win these auctions and not display an ad for its subscribers?

Would a "connection reset by peer" error possibly be caused by me making requests for the same data multiple times in a short period of time? Like, am I getting the attention of the server's bouncer and being thrown out the front door?

seems like CISL/RDA is struggling with requests for ERA5 data, which I can only assume is due to me not being the only one trying to avoid the Copernicus/CDS dumpster fire, only to create a new dumpster fire

I don't even need to be on the Elon app to know that one of America's dumbest legislators is declaring that "they" control the weather. You don't need an account to get this content, it's just out there in the ether.

candy corn is good and I'm tired of pretending it's not

I also have vague memories of this. I remember my elementary school computer lab had Apple II's, which feels like saying we scratched notes onto clay tablets in cuniform

Occasionally I have to relearn that when there's a mysterious error on code that has downloaded the same data 1000 times, just treat it like there's geese on the road. Yes, we all want to get where we're going, but just be patient and those geese will clear out on their own. Or not. They're geese.

Not sure about ops, but the article then goes on to say that the 5-year agreement expires in March, after which NOAA plans to publicly release the forecast. So it's even less of a nothingburger than it first appears. It's like burger antimatter.

The article goes on to say that NOAA doesn't publicly release the forecast because, wait for it, it was a public-private partnership effort and the private entity won't allow it.

Apparently this: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...