Notices by Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social), page 3

@ill_logic @enzet There are plenty of other geographic features that have different names in different countries. I don’t know what OSM does for those cases. For example Gulf of Eilat vs. Gulf of Aqaba.

@Okanogen @Dave3307 @kevinrothrock Don’t forget all the other agencies that make maps, including NOAA, USGS, NASA, etc.

@jeridansky @avlcharlie I see. Interesting sculpture.

@avlcharlie @jeridansky Is that a rock on top of the microwave?

@sundogplanets Not much wind in downtown Pasadena yet. They are actually giving maybe 50% chance of rain on the weekend.

@Yehuda Some were saying it was like Carmen Sandiego, but I don't know what she looks like.

@tantramar only a cat would think of an egg carton as a nice place to lie down.

@alisterb @tomw LinkedIn seems to be a popular place for many organizations to post now. They are owned by a large company though.

@sundogplanets I assume you saw the videos of the fragments burning up. There was one video that caught the explosion that was likely the flight termination system activated. Scott Manley had it in his video.

This happened a few days ago, when I was not paying attention to national news. Jennifer Rubin, a long-time opinion column writer, has resigned from the Washington Post after the Post owner Bezos donated $1 million to the Trump inaugural fund. She talks about it in this podcast on YouTube. #WashingtonPost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imm_inamylU

@dphiffer I don’t use and never used the other Meta products, but I do use WhatsApp. I don’t plan to delete it because it is essential to stay in contact with family members outside the USA.

@Infoseepage The closest destroyed house was about 400 meters/yards east from the East Gate of JPL, so it was very close with strong winds blowing westward.

Mashable has an article today on the NASA-JPL AVIRIS-3 image of the Eaton Fire extent and how it shows the burned area. The AVIRIS-3 data is available online from the NASA EarthData system #EatonFire #NASA #NASA_JPL
https://mashable.com/article/nasa-shows-los-angeles-eaton-fire-damage

@dangoodin That would be a function of the client you are using.

@arisummerland @PhoenixSerenity What you are saying really hits home to me, Ari. I still go onto Meta products to check in, too--maybe once a month. There will be a time when I delete, but that hasn't come yet. I think if you are not a habitual/addicted user, the interface feels immediately toxic and infiltrated by bots and ads already. The people who have stayed are inured to this.

@AkaSci @TMEubanks @spacegeck The area near the East Gate is the oldest part of JPL and includes Building 11 that was built around 1940, long before there were advanced fire-resistant building designs. I am sure it has been upgraded since it was built but I bet it has a wood frame inside.

@AkaSci @TMEubanks @spacegeck Yes, JPL has been hardened against fire in many ways, but we had previously expected the fire to approach from the north through the mountains. A previous fire, the 2009 Station Fire got within 300 meters of JPL northern edge, but there was no wind that day. The winds last week were unusually strong and damaged several buildings at JPL without the fire reaching the campus.

@TMEubanks @AkaSci @spacegeck Yes, the Arroyo Seco is a good firebreak for slowly moving ground fires, but I am not sure it would have stopped the streams of burning embers that were blowing in the wind, if the fire had reached the last line of houses across from JPL.

@AkaSci @spacegeck Yes, I believe the closest house that was completely destroyed was about 400 meters east of the East Gate of JPL (where the bridge crosses the Arroyo Seco river). The building where I work is another 400 meters further west.

@AkaSci seriously can't get over the resolution of this IR data. you could see if someone's backyard BBQ was going