Proof (I think) that machine learning algorithms can be fun: they can be used to sort ice-wedge polygons into clusters
⚒️🧪 Do tides trigger earthquakes? In our first post in this series, we explored the theory. In this second post, we describe, compare, and discuss global studies looking for correlations. Do they hold up to critical analysis? earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/the-great-...
Let's review global studies comparing earthquakes to tidal forcing
I’m not against encouraging young people to consider science as a career but I think we ought to be honest with them about how much time they’ll spend managing python environments
Because models like these have not been trained on text; they only know about pixels and they generate pixels that vaguely look like text
Exactly
Students do not owe us their attention! FFS.
I stole this image from a LinkedIn post that is supposedly about geological maps. I’m reading the comments and I cannot believe how many people do not realize that these kinds of images are AI generated and do not know that it takes zero talent, zero creativity, and zero effort to generate them
Dating these beautiful sediments has helped show us when Thwaites Glacier unpinned and, since it was at the same time as its neighbor, a bit about how it might have retreated. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
Great interview with Fran Lebowitz, who is, as always, entertaining and not mincing words
American author Fran Lebowitz is known for her acerbic wit, her distinctive style and her observations on modern society. The New Yorker - who had her litera...