Neil Gordon :verified: 🇳🇿 / is on Nostr

Happily retired meteorologist, photographer, Apple fanboy, explorer of AI. he/him   #Photography #NZTwits  #Weather  #Meteorology  #Apple #AI

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2025-01-02 19:24:36

Drone warfare has entered a new phase as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. How long before terrorists use these methods?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/magazine/drones-weapons-ukraine-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE4.vqeX.3XF9PsbZej4y&smid=url-share

2025-01-01 19:50:25

There’s lots of ways of getting the New Year of 2025, such as 45^2 (squared).
Here’s a new one I haven’t seen elsewhere, using the first 5 digits:
1 * 3^4 * 5^2 = 2025

2024-08-13 21:26:02

Is it just me, or are people failing basic math? From Nov 2024 Apple will take a 30% cut of subs to Patreon through their app. Patreon say “you will see a price in the app that is 30% higher than what it is in a web browser or on an Android phone.”
Um, no - surely you will need to see an increase in price by about 43%? Something that used to cost $1 would need to go up to $1.43, so that Apple can then take their 30% cut of that and bring the net back to $1 again.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/110038466

2024-08-04 02:53:07

Hmm …
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/901/482/898/808/134/original/c354c8169dfd5502.jpeg

2024-04-09 06:53:19

Remember that map of AirBnB bookings and the track of the eclipse? Sadly, the track also matches Google Search trends for “My eyes hurt”.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en-GB&tz=-720&date=now+1-d&geo=US&hl=en-GB&q=My+eyes+hurt&sni=3
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/239/939/314/604/595/original/a52f7e4c3c0c62dd.jpeg

2024-03-13 04:19:10

Oh, this is perfect. I was having a look at the web site of the Royal Photographic Society, and happened to notice who the patron is. 😀
https://rps.org/about/
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/086/450/680/045/923/original/66fb6744a7b264eb.png

2024-02-06 00:48:06

#ClimateChange #Unprecedented. The global (60N-60S) sea surface temperature is now higher than the warmest value recorded last year, which was already ridiculously higher than all the previous values since 1981. 🙄
Source: https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/111/881/776/823/358/522/original/47a11b11d742cf6d.jpeg

2024-01-11 03:46:10

OPENAI's GPT Store went live today. It includes my "Global Weather Forecaster" custom GPT. Hasn't exactly gone viral yet. 😊
There are only nine other GPTs that come up from this search, and ALL of them appear to simply browse the web to find a weather forecast. I think mine is the only one that calls a custom API endpoint to retrieve and format detailed weather forecast information.
Here is the link for those who subscribe to ChatGPT Plus:
https://chat.openai.com/g/g-ydDNVGsoT-global-weather-forecaster
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2024-01-10 04:10:20

I think OPENAI is about to make some kind of significant change to *personalise* ChatGPT. I saw something briefly but it has now gone away.
It is a new "Memory" feature (at least in ChatGPT Plus)
Until now, each new Chat started from scratch and it remembered nothing about what had been discussed in previous chats. Seems like they are moving to a new "personalised" ChatGPT that does remember everything you have talked about before.
And you can always "Reset Memory".
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/111/729/686/356/412/113/original/e6cfc99a6868b23d.jpg

2023-09-20 04:17:16

I knew crypto was bad news.
https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2023/09/20/cryptosporidium-outbreak-in-queenstown-expert-reaction/

2023-08-24 06:26:24

Clever #NZ licence plate, seen in #Ōtaki.
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/110/943/159/912/514/753/original/cd9328e3add94129.jpeg

2023-08-03 22:31:44

#Bernie was there. #Oppenheimer
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/110/828/046/882/199/470/original/05d97e4868443983.jpeg

2023-07-20 06:59:20

#HealthAndSafety in #Malaysia
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/110/745/104/977/416/173/original/87200f0c5d77fc40.jpeg

2023-07-13 14:31:49

Fisherman throwing net at Batu Ferringhi, #Penang, #Malaysia today. #photography
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/110/707/252/296/919/883/original/66ed8204cd89a7e7.jpeg

2023-07-11 23:43:51

Petronas Towers, #KL #Malaysia #photography
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/110/698/094/424/322/431/original/70155b662f5d322e.jpeg