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Weather is a complex system, and small variations at any moment can lead to significant and sometimes unpredictable changes over time. But, cracking this chaotic system is no easy feat. Over centuries, we have been doing multiple things to predict the weather, such as listening to the cricket chirps or looking to the stars for the answers. Is it practical or not? Don’t bother. What if I tell you technology can predict when to pack the umbrella or prepare for a hurricane 10-15 days in advance? Sounds great, right? GenCast by Google Deepmind is DOING it all. Technology has given…
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind since the last post but I made my course website and “published” it. Rutgers has basically forced all courses into their preferred “Learning Management System” (LMS) Canvas. Even the term LMS has some weird connotations: is it a management system for learning or a system for managing learning? A system for students to (barely) manage to learn? Canvas in particular seems terrible for things math-related (one semester the entire LaTeX rendering engine crashed with no notice) or engineering-related, and in general the whole question management system is garbage. So if Canvas is so…