I'm a CS professor from #Oregon. My research projects involve deep convolutional neural networks applied to photos of (meteorological) #clouds and building video games (using #unity) to teach people about #earthquake preparedness. Hobbies include #fire #dancing, #boardgames (including #go), and #GameDesign (https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/siva-afi:-the-fireknife-dance-of-samoa).
#introduction #introductions #SivaAfi #ComputerScience #DataScience #python #MachineLearning #scifi #ai #pdx #portland #pnw #FlowArts #unity3d #game #games #gamedev
In 2023 we're going to do a #BoardGamesAToZ challenge.
There's a new letter every two weeks, starting with A on Jan 1. During that fortnight, we'll play at least one game that starts with that letter.
(Yes, we have all the letters covered in our collection. Digits are spelled out, so 7 Wonders is filed under S.)
Who's with us?
#BoardGames #games #gaming #AspirationalGaming #challenge #alphabet
I couldn't find a good reference diagram of the relationships between #Python types, so a while ago I made one.
First known symbolic gesture observed in birds; scientists recorded the Japanese tit using repetitive wing movements to signal "after you" to others.
Today's platelet donation viewing:
Damsel: A solid dragon movie, with the gravitasty Shohreh Aghdashloo as the voice of the dragon. Millie Bobby Brown is imperiled and plucky.
3 Body Problem S1E1: Well-done, but extremely grim. Also, why did they need 16 executive producers?
Note that each has one moment of mass bird death.
A colleague asked me about labeling points in a scatter plot in #Python. A quick web search found this handy module:
Oregon Governor Signs Nation's First Right-To-Repair Bill That Bans Parts Pairing https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/03/27/2311200/oregon-governor-signs-nations-first-right-to-repair-bill-that-bans-parts-pairing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
THUNDER! Just as AC⚡ DC predicted.
Here's an example where, when I click on it to find the context, I don't see the preceding toot, even though one of the people mention is a mutual follower with me.
Is this just a #qoto problem? @freemo
QT: https://mastodon.social/@Sevoris/112168806000560840
#GunVolence🔫 DECREASED, this program worked, funds were allocated to a community-based violence intervention to mediate conflict. LE didn't need additional funding -it's likely why it's not well known *saved lives & money in the LT.
Richmond, homicides:
2007: 47
2023: 8
Implemented Advance Peace in 2007, a program that treats urban gun violence as a PH crisis.
For every$ spent on the program -public received $47-$123 in return in Stockton & $18-$41 in Sacramento.
Does anyone know #KnotTheory by any chance?
I tried my hand at the recognition problem and had some insight as to how to trivially solve it, as well as generate all knots. But being such an old and hard problem im skeptical if i might be missing something.
CS professor, game designer, and fire dancer ordinaire.