Cody K. @codykirkp@qoto.org
Home: Bloomington, Indiana. Work: Atmospheric scientist and educator. Enjoy: Sports, computer ratings, and rain. Goals: Peace, quiet, and a T1 line.
Joined Nov 2022
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Point: the machines will take over
Counterpoint: the algorithm thinks that I would like to buy a denim cape
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#Lightning can happen anywhere around the world, and I mean anywhere!
It is important to monitor lightning in the high #Arctic, because it can be an indicator of our changing #climate.
In 2021, nearly twice as much lightning was detected north of 80°N than the previous 9 years combined. In 2019, lightning was detected just 52 km from the North Pole!
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This will save me some points on my Calc assignment. I was unsure if I could have a normal line if I couldn’t have a defined slope but I guess that’s just what a vertical line is?
And like the perfect stack exchange answer it is perfectly seasoned with a bitter, salty reply 
Every now and then, friends & colleagues give me the side-eye about still using #perl... "Why don't you switch to #python?"
Well: "If the language does what you need it to do, and you're not waiting around for it to do its part, that's all that ultimately matters." — Dave Plummer (Retired MS engineer; Dave’s Garage on YT)
Tonight I'm busy writing an exam for my Extreme #Weather class tomorrow afternoon, and I decided to use Friday's (11/11) forecast weather map for a couple of questions. With a tropical system & heavy rainfall in FL, and a big cyclone and a strong cold front in the Midwest, there's lots to choose from!
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Kids are in bed, wife is out for the night. You know what that means.... Recreational programming!
I've added an hourly rain predictor to the flight-tracker I made for the fridge.
Will follow up my introduction with more over the next couple days. Here, a photo I took on holiday in May 2019, along the #PennineWay (somewhere between Marsden and Standedge). Didn't see anyone else for about two hours -- so wonderfully peaceful!
@chattwjonathan Thanks! All of my work was in thunderstorm modeling (and then a postdoc in Boulder, developing COMET modules), but teaching has taken priority over research since I got to Bloomington.
There's a really strong weather & scicomm community over at 'the other place'... am hoping some of them will consider migrating over.
#Introduction Hi everyone! #Meteorology and #climate faculty member at IU. Originally from #Alabama. Spend a lot of time watching the weather. Recently gotten more into #retrocomputing (just bought a 486, first time since a teenager). Try to vacation in Ireland & UK every summer (header photo is the Antrim Coast), love country walks there. I remember the BCS era of college football, and run my own computer ratings.
Home: Bloomington, Indiana. Work: Atmospheric scientist and educator. Enjoy: Sports, computer ratings, and rain. Goals: Peace, quiet, and a T1 line.
Joined Nov 2022
