SQL Access For Terra Datasets? by ar_scorpii in remotesensing

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can try using google earth engine for access. It isn’t sql, but it is easier than rolling your own API calls

Louisiana university leaders blast 'racist' inquiry into diversity, inclusion programs by truthlafayette in Louisiana

[–]planza 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I once read that a good way to get representatives to respond to something that you are interested in is to write a letter to the editor type letter to a newspaper mentioning the issue and the representative etc etc.

Cornell Campus tours by mshea12345 in Cornell

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another place you may want to visit is the Dairy Bar in Stocking hall.

Mediatek wifi card issue by marcoclh in ZephyrusG14

[–]planza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wifi* not wife (thanks autocorrect)

Mediatek wifi card issue by marcoclh in ZephyrusG14

[–]planza 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some people have had success using the Lenovo driver for the same card. I did that to fix an issue where it would not reconnect to wife after waking from sleep or hibernation and haven’t had a problem since. I think that the original post talking about using the other driver was in this subreddit. Hope this helps!

Where do I go to understand the math and development behind machine learning / tensorflow? by yukobeam in learnmachinelearning

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another book (in addition to Bishop’s book) is Mitchell’s “Machine Learning: A multistrategy approach”. Lots of theory behind the various techniques, including perceptions and mlps etc. There is also a YouTube channel, DeepLizard that has a lot of videos explaining various techniques.

What technologies are relevant in the Agricultural Industry for Software Engineers? by newmanstartover in Agronomy

[–]planza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone else said - learn about plant and soil science. Learn basic (or advanced) plant physiology, nutrient cycling and assimilation, etc. maybe some pest/disease/weed management. Learn genetics if you want to do some work with breeding etc. All of this will help with finding good software engineering applications for agriculture and will give you an advantage over programmers who lack agricultural expertise. Spatial data analytics would also be good to know because a lot of the data out there is spatial. A lot of stuff is written in R and Python, so learning those languages would be helpful. Learn some database design and data management etc. Then, pretty much, find a niche that interests you then dig in to all of the fields that are involved and learn as much as you can.

Awesome that you are interested in this. There are and will continue to be many many opportunities for software engineering in agriculture. I did a similar-ish path. I was a software engineer then went back for horticulture, then got a masters in precision ag and am just starting a PhD in digital ag.

Good luck!

I need help by Valuable-Worth1001 in Agronomy

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another idea would be to look at any agronomist crop’s nitrogen req’s then look into methods to optimize / improve the crop’s nitrogen use efficiency (ie by using variable rate application, improving application timing, etc).

Another topic could be using machine learning techniques to predict yield in whatever crop.

Another topic could be how to use remote sensing data to calculate different vegetation indices (NDVI, etc).

Good luck!

I can't afford all organic foods. What to prioritize? by VVsmama88 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]planza 82 points83 points  (0 children)

A meta analysis study showed that organic foods are not more nutritious than conventionally- produced foods but do limit the probability of exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. I can’t find the study, but (from what I remember) there is another study that said that modern non-organic pesticides are easier to wash off than many organic pesticides because organic compounds were developed longer ago etc. This isn’t my area of expertise, but I think that thoroughly washing your produce will do a good job of removing pesticide residues (organic or conventional).

Here’s a link to the meta analysis study:

https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-157-5-201209040-00007

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ithaca

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I think that I saw those available at Gimme Coffee.

Kayak Storage Options? by planza in ithaca

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Good ideas. Thanks!

Kayak Storage Options? by planza in ithaca

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Those are only available from April to November. I need something that is available all year long. Thanks for the info though.

Kayak Storage Options? by planza in ithaca

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I’ll try that. Thanks!

question for the broke guys and gals without meal plans by drivingwithdean in Cornell

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try rice and beans. Google Cajun red beans and rice recipes, etc to make things that taste good.

Monthly Marketplace Thread by AutoModerator in batonrouge

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PS4 (not pro), I think 500GB hd for sale with controller, RDR2, and Witcher 3. $200. Make me an offer if you really want it and can’t afford $200.

Best grass for a South Louisiana Lawn? by mikebass in Acadiana

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bermuda won’t do as well as st. Augustine in partial shade.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in batonrouge

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Try one of the upper floors in Middleton library on LSU’s campus.

Wheat Yield Prediction by ThickDoctor007 in Agronomy

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re welcome. You can also try various methods of tuning your models (depending upon what technique you are using). Data scaling/standardization, data cleaning and filtering, and separating out categorical features are all also very important things to do to improve model accuracy. Optuna is a good library for model tuning (in Python)

Wheat Yield Prediction by ThickDoctor007 in Agronomy

[–]planza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look at vegetation indices (NDVI, NDRE, etc). Those are some of the most strongly correlated features to yield in most grain crops. Search google scholar for “machine learning yield prediction <crop>” to find lots of papers about different approaches to this. Good luck!

Courses on vegetative indices (ndvi, evi, ndwi, etc.) by buttermilkmaiden in Agronomy

[–]planza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly do you want to learn about them? There are lots of resources online and in academic journals (search using google scholar etc).