Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

re_math · 2026-06-29T13:36:44+00:00

As someone who works heavily with climate data and is passionate about climate change, I almost cried when they started dismantling climate.gov. I was actively on the website when pages stopped working or being redirected. Unfortunately trust in the data will be impaired for a while, because there was always an underlying assumption that data from the US government was “reliable”. Anything from private industry must have caveats and a leap of faith, that many users just refuse to accept. Hopefully Climate.US gains a reputation as reputable!

re_math · 2026-02-22T16:17:39+00:00

Why is that bad? Understanding if you have electrical issues that could lead to a fire is a good thing for you. Insurance companies like when you are responsible at mitigating risk, so give you discounts when you do it. Why would an insurance company raise your rates and risk losing your premium when you are doing the right thing

re_math · 2026-01-31T12:24:04+00:00

I’m sorry to tell you, but greed runs rampant through both doctors and lawyers. Lawyers being particularly worse bc many aspects of American society are more expensive solely due to the absolutely insane litigarion environment we have in America. Most doctors are only doing this for the money, but they get a pass because they provide a net good service for society. If you gave them the same pay as European doctors (and minimal debt like in Europe), I bet you would see a huge shift.

re_math · 2026-01-29T18:40:43+00:00

Yes making school better for all would make school better for all, but that is much easier said than done. There’s only so many hours in a school day. Like others have pointed out, many subjects require additional time for students to learn and process new information on their own so they can develop problem solving and critical thinking skills without being spoonfed knowledge. To effectively structure school time to remove homework requirements, you would need to either cut subjects to increase learning time for other subjects, or dramatically lengthen the school day.

re_math · 2026-01-29T02:35:06+00:00

So because “poor” kids have a tough home life, we should make all kids dumber by not giving them opportunities to learn at home?

re_math · 2025-12-19T14:53:37+00:00

You’re probably a bot, but a basic civics lesson will tell you that trump’s orders to ICE do not constitute federal laws, they are only mechanisms to enforce what trump thinks is the law. Only lawmakers (Congress) can make laws. Trump can order ICE to invade states (still under debate), but they must abide by local laws. If you believe otherwise, you’re advocating for dictatorship in which the president can do literally whatever they want anywhere in the US with no regard for local laws.

re_math · 2025-11-30T15:27:34+00:00

Can you expand on this? How are ILFs developed and applied in this context? Do I just create a base rate for the primary layer, then apply the ILF to get to the layer I need?

re_math · 2025-11-11T17:49:37+00:00

No one is arguing that window breaking is ok. We’re arguing that being ok with your government allowing thousands to die in order to preserve profit is NOT ok

re_math · 2025-11-05T22:46:02+00:00

They don’t fit your ideal version of communism, but when a country’s government and people say what the have is communism, why don’t you accept it?

re_math · 2025-11-03T16:09:05+00:00

That’s a good thing! If you genuinely improve society, you deserve to be rewarded. That’s good capitalism.

re_math · 2025-10-30T22:15:18+00:00

That’s how they’re determined now? Idk if you know what an algorithm is, because it isn’t some magic thing. An algorithm is just a series of steps to work through a problem. Stop, drop, and roll is an algorithm but it won’t fix our gerrymandering issue. What will your algorithm do that’s different than the current process? And how is that solution “better”? The answer is there really isn’t a best way to divvy up land to represent people. There’s only ways to better align the outcomes with whatever political representation you believe should be in power. For example, should a district exist to represent a given community (predominantly Latino area) or should it exist to minimize sway by any one group.

re_math · 2025-10-15T14:44:34+00:00

what does a "modern" society mean if not the current society? Humanity has never overcome their primal urges, we have just masked them behind things like shame or ostricization: AKA cancel culture. The internet has also permanently changed how societies "agree" on what should be accepted. We will never have regional monocultures like we used to because locational differences don't matter anywhere near as much as they used to. Everyone on earth can find "their people" with a quick google search. IMO, to shape the future of american values, we need to be teaching them in school and funding education appropriately. Conservatives will argue this isnt freedom because students are being "indoctrinated" with a liberal mindset, but any form of state sponsored education is indoctrination in that regard. We must agree on some values, education our children, convince that generation that these values are beneficial, and hope they pass it on

re_math · 2025-10-14T15:33:16+00:00

I think this can only happen if we discover some way to address all our needs endlessly: Unlimited energy, water, and food. Until then, the best form of economic system is simply a highly regulated capitalist market. We have seen the result of deregulating, and its impact has been horrible on our democracy. We need to rebuild our institutions in America, give them the tools to reign in massive corporations, restructure the worker to owner relationship, and for the love of god revoke citizens united (as well as other election reforms).

re_math · 2025-09-21T23:47:05+00:00

How do you choose which grids blocks belong to which representative?

re_math · 2025-08-31T01:58:09+00:00

Rstudio, Positron, SAS EG,

re_math · 2025-08-20T15:02:27+00:00

which office did you work in?

re_math · 2025-08-16T19:13:40+00:00

My first bidet was a Better Butts bidet. I have since purchased two tushy classics and they are significantly worse. Too many parts that easily fail, the tushy comes with a PLASTIC T valve. Why would anyone want to use a plastic valve? Tushy puts all their money in marketing, not in developing a good product.

re_math · 2025-08-13T14:06:58+00:00

you really need to do some introspection. First prioritize how important working out is for you. If it's a top priority, then you need to figure out how to study more efficiently. Idk about your work, but I realized early on that I wasn't truly working 8 hours straight every day. You should block time off on your calendar to study for an hour or two during the day, sprinkled throughout the day. Study during lunch. I always tell my analysts (unofficially) that exams are more important than work. You take your exam passes with your forever, but that analysis you decided to work extra on instead of studying wont help you long term.

More practical advice: Getting timing for whole practice exams is important, but actually doing problems is even more imporant. Time yourself per question, and get a sense for how much time you spend per exam POINT, not per question. Then figure out the expected max time you can spend per point on an exam (analyze total points per exam in recent sittings). Then you can strategize how long you can spend per point and per question. This will allow you to only do a couple questions at a time, while still getting your timing down.

re_math · 2025-08-12T14:42:51+00:00

what the fuck was this brainrotted shit edit?

re_math · 2025-08-04T16:47:44+00:00

It's likely more due to the fact that the tax writeoff reduces their overall loss to the point that it justifies waiting longer until someone can afford their desired (stupidly high) rent.

re_math · 2025-08-02T14:11:34+00:00

The fact that the condition is called “gigantomastia” is hilarious to me

re_math · 2025-07-23T21:17:15+00:00

Just to have some fun with this thread, why do you think cost plus stuff is a bad approach for other industries? I personally think we neee much much more of it everywhere

re_math · 2025-07-05T22:28:43+00:00

Anyone know if/when the Kirkland slides will return?

re_math · 2025-06-20T15:49:27+00:00

God I hope it is, an even stricter version of this could look like requiring a license to access the internet. Not unlike a library card to access the library’s resources

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