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TIL that the imense amount of snow that we experienced was already predicted back in August and it is due to the interplay between El Niño and the collapse of the polar vortex.

From my understanding this is not a one off this and will be revisited again at a later date. Though these extreme snow storms won't last long, which already this past session can align with.

So although during today's deep snow hike my mantra was "the weather doesn't wait for anyone", I could actually be wrong.

Source:

severe-weather.eu/long-range-2

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This week I have been working daily on the app; from creating a new social media presence, all the way up to creating my first short video clip on .

The initial goal was to go full from development all the way to social media presence. The only place where I lapsed is on the social media part and diverged onto Instagram. The main reason being that most future users live on that platform.

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Since I haven't been outside since Sunday and yesterday it was quite warm causing lots of roof avalanches plus my driveway being quite clear, I thought most of the has melted away. It is true that a lot has melted away, though underneath is a thick layer that isn't leaving anytime soon.

One interesting thing, I noticed while traveling with the bus into the city is how well the snow cover can be used to evaluate various aspects of traffic with the most noticeable being how dirty the road truly is. Further nothing can be hidden, so your favorite spot in the park could just as well be dogs' favorite urination spot. Or one can depict which vehicles are barely ever moved, which can be useful info for thieves or city planers.

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For the first time since 2010, 60% of Europe is covered in snow! Data from 4 days

via Jazzlike-Power-7959/reddit

@admitsWrongIfProven AI als artificial intelligence oder meinst du AGI als artificial general intelligence?

Das einzigste was ich zur Thema sagen kann ist das es ein statistisches Model ist. Ob man dies dann als Intelligenz definieren will, ist jeden selber ueberlassen.

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The one benefit of all this chaos is that a lot of personal daily duties have been permitted as hybrid. Like working from home has been relaxed for many or lectures have been streamed online.

I am wondering how the whole scenario would have been managed if the pandemic never happened. One could argue the silver lining of the pandemic was infrastructure investments to permit users the ability to work/learn from home.

Also wondering if some individuals get anxiety attacks when such a state is called back into action. The horrors that one endured during that dark time and having flashbacks and/or PTSD episodes.

Are we better from it that such a pandemic happened or will we lose all the knowledge left on the table?

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@admitsWrongIfProven aber die Menschheit kann doch ueberleben ohne Menschen. Abhaengig wem man fragt ist KI kurz davor von AGI und solange Strom weiter produziert wird, gibt es kein Grund wieso KI diesen Zustand auch erreichen koennte.

Und wenn man die "wir Leben in eine Simulation" Hypothese glaubt, dann waeren wir schon KI, also eine Bestaetigung das KI so einen Zustand erreichen koennte.

@daswarkeinhuhn

@admitsWrongIfProven Ja, Selbstentdeckung.

Ist halt fraglich wie viel Zeit ist jetzt noch uebrig!? Es kann wirklich dieser Moment sein oder jetzt die naechsen 100a.

Andere Fragen sind, ob es nur ein westliches Phaenomen ist oder ob wir geschichtlich auch schon so ein Zustand erschaffen haben?

Oft wird das Kollaps von Rom genommen als Beispiel, wo argumentiert wird, dass Problemene erstellt wurden die unwichtig waren und diese im Vergleich gesetzt werden mit das ganze Gender Thema. Wenn eine dieser Folgerungen wirklich die Selbstbeschaeftigung bzw Selbstentdeckung ist, dann ist die ganze Premisse auf Unwichtigkeit falsch. Daher solange die Menschheit ueberlebt, wird wieder so ein Zustand kommen.

@daswarkeinhuhn

@admitsWrongIfProven
Diese Begrifflichkeiten bekommen irgendwie jetzt Bedeutung weil unsere taegliche Medien genau das Gegenteil zeigen. Vieles was als alte Schule deklariert wird bzw selbstverstaendlich, hat jetzt ein Hype-Wort. Was das Video am Ende deutet, ist das es eine Selbsterdeckung ist.

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Finally Monday has arrived and infrastructure breakages can slowly be fixed. Due to the heavy mass of snow lots electric cables were caught under fallen trees.

To continue with the fix they had to turn off the electricity for the whole town and it fascinated me how dependent I felt towards .

Without electricity neither WiFi nor mobile data works, one could have gone shopping if one had cash, but with credit card it was not an option. Making anything warm to eat is reliant on electricity unless one has a gas/wooden stove. I could have continued work on my laptop, if I had only updated the repos in time.

Though in the end due to boredom, just decided I might as well get some more hours of sleep. This in return usually clears boredom and starts the new period of time with some extra motivation.

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10 years ago today, I started a pet project with a stupid name. Like all my previous projects, I expected it to scratch an itch and then fail miserably. But @haveibeenpwned didn't do that, not by a long shot. A decade later here we are! 🎂 troyhunt.com/a-decade-of-have-

I've been using Inkscape for over 10 years. If I had been using Illustrator for 10 years I would have paid Adobe over $2,500 in "rental" fees for a subscription that stops as soon as I stop paying.

Instead I started paying $5 a month to Inkscape to help make sure we can all use it for free for as long as we want.

#inkscape #openSource

1) As someone who runs a small instance, I've been contemplating how social media and microbloghing in particular work. It's occurred to me that there are several classes of user and the value of Twitter at its peak was that it managed to accommodate everyone under one tent. Those days are gone, and many are wondering from platform to platform. Let's look at some of those user tribes.

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@mike these 6 items would have been nice if they were threaded, meaning replying from the previous post. This will ease the follow along of the content. Otherwise any reader would first have to navigate to the profile and then scroll to each post separately.

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The main concern when in the cold is hypothermia. Today during my hike, I was welcomed by the following symptoms: dizziness, clumsiness, and low energy. These all align with early onset of .

Though what didn't make sense is that I was burning up from too many layers and had to remove some to avoid sweating. It is -10 °C, 50 cm of , and here I am undressing from being too hot.

Considering all the symptoms it was actually and was quickly cured with a salt tablet.

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Today the newly fallen through havoc on the transport system in with most vehicles not even attempting to move. The southern Bavarian region got ca. 50 cm of snow since Friday at the forecast estimates it to continue to fall up to 80 cm.

It has been reported that the such a snow storm hasn't happened in the last 20 years.

The annoyance of transit halt and cancelations are understandable. Further shoveling snow never really stops. If one plans to move about one should question the load baring capacities of trees, which can make matters much worse in a vehicle hindered system without necessary infrastructure if caught underneath.

The forecast for Sunday is to drop the temperature down to -15 °C before recovering on Monday. Flooding might be the next concern, since the forecast claims 5 °C for the weekend.

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Though this is all good as long as one doesn't get claustrophobic in the sleeping. That can then have the opposite effect.

There are two options to deal with this. The obvious one is to not use a sleeping bag. The other option is to use one that is wider and permits more movement.

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