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bujak300··on Windy.com
The business model is that the founder is co-owner of seznam.cz ("czech google/yandex")
bujak300··on Windy.com
The highest resolution model Arome could help but at that level your intuition and experience is essential. BTW The most notable kitesurfer would be the founder and CEO of windy.
bujak300··on Windy.com
The weather models themselves are evolving - there was a big upgrade of GFS last year for example
bujak300··on Windy.com
Convective ("heat") thunderstorms are pretty much impossible to forecast precisely. On the day of, I'd recommend to use the radar, satellite and wind measurement, to get a picture what's happening, not the forecast anymore.
bujak300··on Windy.com
The forecast that worked best for me (at least in summer in Europe) was local sailplane text forecast from the respective national service. It was an interpretation of the model by a very experienced human with a big picture introduction ("this front" or that "high pressure area") and also expressed uncertainties. They are sometimes behind soft paywalls, though (need to register, but its free. There are some weird rules of the EU about some weather data - cannot be freely available. I don't get it)
bujak300··on Windy.com
Windy has multiple models which is great to check how reliable the forecast is - if they diverge then its a clue. In general, the forecasts are great where there is a lot of good input data, like in western Europe and around the Alps. In eastern europe and on the ocean the forecasts can be way off. This is a risk because the pretty graphics and high time resolution somehow associate with precise forecasts.
bujak300··on The Dresden Job
About them getting the social security money in a lamborghini, lets not forget the other side of the coin: many of the original clan members never got a legal status in germany after immigrating. They were just "tolerated" and never could legally work (except when in prison). This is what created the clan economy in the 80s.
bujak300··on The Dresden Job
There is probably a deeper connection between the clans and the german law enforcement and (counter) intelligence agencies. That would explain the sometimes absurd leniency.
bujak300··on Making The World's Most Detailed Print Maps
Amazing. I miss the Alps, would buy them in a heartbeat
bujak300··on Coinbase Is a $100B Crypto Cult
Also, it's an ecological disaster
bujak300··on Gigerenzer’s simple rules of thumb often outperform complex models
I can recommend the "Simple heuristics that make us smart" book by Gigerenzer, it's an insightful and entertainig read: for this book he and his co-authors put their money where their mouth is and invested on the stock market based on the most simple heuristics imaginable.
bujak300··on Scientists break through the wall of sleep to the untapped world of dreams
Apparently while lucid dreaming the brain doesn't renegerate the same like during normal sleep, so it's like less sleep / interrupted sleep.
bujak300··on Launch HN: Zaraz (YC W20) – Use third-party tools without slowing your website
funny name "zaraz" I love it, it means "instantly" in Polish
bujak300··on Messenger Comparisons – Threema, Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp
The Threema app was not breached. The "messages" themselves were not "extracted", it was a zip backup and password was most probably known. BTW the accomplice who handed it over had it in his custody for months, so it's weird it was even admitted as evidence.
bujak300··on Singapore rears moquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria to combat dengue
It's a parasite that lives inside the cells of the host (if you can call it a parasite)
bujak300··on Singapore rears moquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria to combat dengue
Wolbachia is one of the most fascinating and scariest life forms on earth
bujak300··on U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people
Oh you can get a fine in Europe for a loud vehicle. It can even be seized by the cops.
bujak300··on Ask HN: How to overcome fear of flying?
If you sit right over the wings the effects of turbulence will be less pronounced
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