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GPS Log: Tracking wood movement down the McKenzie River

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I'd like to think that this whole project came about from the pun "GPS Log".

As in, it's not just a GPS tracklog, it's a literal wooden log.

Brilliant!

And the website name is based on log driving!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log_driving

Cue the Canadian classic, "The Log Driver's Waltz":

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Log_Driver%27s_Waltz

* https://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/

Seems like a blue-collar/white-collar distinction. What do you think when you hear the word "log". Is it a piece of wood, or a computer file?

> What do you think when you hear the word "log".

It totally depends on context. I write software and manage trees in my garden and never get confused.

Well I think the "I am going to go drop a log." leaves a third option

I think that almost nobody in the year 2023 would assume "a piece of wood" given the phrase "GPS Log", blue collar or white collar.

That's what makes it a good pun.

I can only assume that they're using floating point arithmetic in their calculations.

I like projects like this.

I grew up on a spot on a river where in the 1800s people would float rafts of logs down to the Chesapeake Bay, sell them, and then walk back up. A somewhat related project I never seriously attempted was to try rafting down the river. Very different way to experience distance.

The reboot of Paddle To The Sea (1966) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0060810/

Somebody poke it with a stick to get it going.

seems like it's stuck?

just wait for the GPS Log 2.0 release. that thing will probably only get about 30 snags

That'll the Jamcracker release.

https://poststar.com/lifestyles/log-jams-create-history/arti...

Appears to be unstuck now, but it seems from the graph like it was actually moving, but the GPS wasn't updating.

Block the server

Damn I was here stumped thinking why wasn't there any mention or discussion of AI only to realize this was NOT about "GPT" log!

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