tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post3108622510639847082..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-12-05Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-90698919761126155772018-12-08T06:09:28.542-06:002018-12-08T06:09:28.542-06:00DOH!DOH!Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-41479340965994720842018-12-08T05:39:22.454-06:002018-12-08T05:39:22.454-06:00Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you poste...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you posted a few comments on the 2018-12-04 update that you had intended for the 2018-12-05 update. If that's the case, it took, it just took on the wrong date. Heh.Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-14310482070475894702018-12-08T05:09:16.800-06:002018-12-08T05:09:16.800-06:00So my last comment (selections from Rice Farmer fr...So my last comment (selections from Rice Farmer from yesterday) didn't take I guess. Oh well.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-24581896642061989642018-12-08T03:35:42.431-06:002018-12-08T03:35:42.431-06:00We're piling them upWe're piling them upMike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-75871094378835985632018-12-07T22:15:53.024-06:002018-12-07T22:15:53.024-06:00Another watery corpse in Austin, Mike:
https://cb...Another watery corpse in Austin, Mike:<br /><br />https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/possible-body-found-in-shoal-creek<br />Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-41970318831235985332018-12-07T17:17:54.677-06:002018-12-07T17:17:54.677-06:00DeepMind's AlphaZero now showing human-like in...DeepMind's AlphaZero now showing human-like intuition in historical 'turning point' for AI<br />https://news.yahoo.com/deepmind-apos-alphazero-now-showing-190000147.html<br /><br />DeepMind’s artificial intelligence programme AlphaZero is now showing signs of human-like intuition and creativity, in what developers have hailed as ‘turning point’ in history.<br />The computer system amazed the world last year when it mastered the game of chess from scratch within just four hours, despite not being programmed how to win.<br />But now, after a year of testing and analysis by chess grandmasters, the machine has developed a new style of play unlike anything ever seen before, suggesting the programme is now improvising like a human. [uh-oh . .]<br /><br />Unlike the world’s best chess machine - Stockfish - which calculates millions of possible outcomes as it plays, AlphaZero learns from its past successes and failures, making its moves based on, a ‘nebulous sense that it is all going to work out in the long run,’ according to experts at DeepMind.<br />When AlphaZero was pitted against Stockfish in 1,000 games, it lost just six, winning convincingly 155 times, and drawing the remaining bouts. [more; parallels plot in Terminator movies]<br /><br />Strong winter storm brings snow, floods and mudslides to California<br />https://watchers.news/2018/12/07/strong-winter-storm-brings-snow-floods-and-mudslides-to-california/<br /><br /><br />A potent winter storm brought heavy rain, floods, mudslides and mountain snow to southern California on December 6 and 7, 2018. The storm will track across the Southern Plains to the Southeast Coast from Friday through Sunday, December 9. Ice and snow will overspread eastern New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and western Oklahoma by late Friday into Saturday, while heavy rain develops across southeast Texas, western Louisiana and southern Arkansas. [more]<br /><br />[from our ICYMI file]<br />EPA announces plan to ease carbon emissions rule for new coal plants <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/epa-announces-plan-to-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-for-new-coal-plants/ar-BBQB6zA<br /><br />The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it plans to reverse a rule that would have forced new U.S. coal plants to install technology to capture their carbon dioxide emissions, marking the latest effort by the Trump administration to repeal Obama-era climate regulations. [more]<br /><br />Eiffel Tower, Louvre to close amid fears of weekend protests <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/eiffel-tower-louvre-to-close-amid-fears-of-weekend-protests/ar-BBQCM1t<br /><br />France is bracing for yet another weekend of protests that could rock Paris and other parts of the country.<br /><br />Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government was deploying 89,000 security force members across France -- including 8,000 in the capital -- in case the demonstrations turn violent again. <br />Many of the capital's famed sites -- including the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, the Musée Delacroix and the Paris Opera -- will close over the weekend in advance of the protests, organized by the "gilets jaunes," or "yellow vest" movement. Their name comes from the high-visibility yellow vests that drivers are required to keep in their vehicles for safety reasons. [more; gay Paris!?]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-58798556042498709822018-12-07T17:17:49.845-06:002018-12-07T17:17:49.845-06:00Dow closes 550 points lower, wiping out gains for ...Dow closes 550 points lower, wiping out gains for the year<br />https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBQCAEq<br /><br />Coast-to-coast cold, then a weekend snowstorm possible for South, East <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/coast-to-coast-cold-then-a-weekend-snowstorm-possible-for-south-east/ar-BBQrAUg<br /><br />Cramer: The Fed is fighting four inflationary trends it can't control<br />https://a.msn.com/r/2/BBQBrYt<br /><br />The story behind the incredible optical phenomenon photographed in New Hampshire <br />https://www.sott.net/article/402354-The-story-behind-the-incredible-optical-phenomenon-photographed-in-New-Hampshire<br /><br />a superlateral arc and a circumzenithal arc. The former curves downwards, while the latter opens up like a bowl. Circumzenithal arcs look like upside-down rainbows wrapping around an imaginary point straight above. [more; impressive]<br /><br />North America just had its most extensive November snow cover in at least a half-century <br />https://www.sott.net/article/402307-North-America-just-had-its-most-extensive-November-snow-cover-in-at-least-a-half-century<br /><br />[yep, further evidence of the warming predictions indicating climate change effect of more precipitation (and less in other areas)]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-3652897358279779742018-12-07T12:36:41.052-06:002018-12-07T12:36:41.052-06:00Not pessimistic enough! He said something about &#...Not pessimistic enough! He said something about 'later this century' we MIGHT have to go negative in our emissions. Yeah, by 'later this century', we're gonna be too busy pushing daisies and being fertilizer to do anything. That'll certainly bring our emissions way down though!Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-21909848652310267742018-12-07T11:56:14.029-06:002018-12-07T11:56:14.029-06:00No idea on ether. I do note that it's got a sw...No idea on ether. I do note that it's got a sweet smell. Hydrogen sulfide in higher concentrations can have a sweet smell too. But I've smelled ether and I've smelled hydrogen sulfide at higher concentrations too, and I wouldn't equate them. Soooo...back to, I dunno!Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-58818213511359649492018-12-07T11:16:52.916-06:002018-12-07T11:16:52.916-06:00I am experiencing ether smells indoors now and pre...I am experiencing ether smells indoors now and previously (off and on past several years) outdoors. Do you have any idea what could cause the smell of ether 'at large'? And, do you think it is cause for concern? Thanks. I can't find anything online that speaks to this strangeness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-88728906415166705582018-12-07T10:09:49.153-06:002018-12-07T10:09:49.153-06:00Michael Mann is sounding more pessimistic these da...Michael Mann is sounding more pessimistic these days, even for him. Thom Hartmann interviewed him yesterday. Just over 9 minutes long...<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF5Z7sgk-IIMike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-33718887385070657822018-12-07T07:32:03.019-06:002018-12-07T07:32:03.019-06:00Yeah, anywhere that the gubment is the primary sou...Yeah, anywhere that the gubment is the primary source of info (satellite stuff, USGS, etc), and the information would be panic-inducing, then I fully expect that they are manipulating the data - downplaying methane releases in the north, downgrading earthquakes, all that kinda stuff. I take all information that comes solely or primarily from gubment sources with a grain of salt nowadays. Jonny Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-84886357178945660842018-12-07T07:14:02.915-06:002018-12-07T07:14:02.915-06:00Already cooked holiday turkeys and lots of pre-coo...Already cooked holiday turkeys and lots of pre-cooked meat being produced on this day!<br /><br />Hey Jonny! Looks like that snow storm will stay west of you. It'll still be cold, but you won't be digging out of a big snowstorm.<br /><br />I wish I had kept track of all the college students who die each year at school. That's an interesting stat. Of course I could still go back and do that, but I don't have the time. There's probably a way to do it with a computer, if you know how to write code or sort data with key words (i'm woefully inadequate at that kind of approach).<br /><br />2 classes left - both to administer final exams. So i'll be back later with a more detailed comment.<br /><br /><br />Friday, 7 December 2018<br />More data from CAMS shows extremely high methane emissions in the Arctic <br /><br /><br />I don't apologise for bringing more on methane. It's fast moving.<br /><br />Extreme Methane Levels Update with Margo (Dec. 6, 2018)<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/more-data-from-cams-shows-extremely.html [17.75 min.]<br /><br />Margo shows the continued high levels of methane being released throughout the Northern Hemisphere and gathering over the Arctic. [more]<br /><br />4.2 earthquake in Arctic NE of Greenland<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/42-earthquake-in-arctic.html<br /><br />China Outraged At Arrest Of Huawei CFO, Warns It Will “Take All Measures”<br /><br />Huawei CFO’s arrest will be regarded back home as an attack on China’s foremost corporate champions.<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/china-outraged-at-arrest-of-huawei-cfo.html<br /><br />So much for a trade war truce between China and the US, or a stock market Christmas rally for that matter.<br /><br />Meng’s arrest will immediately heighten tensions between Washington and Beijing just days after the world’s two largest economies agreed on a truce in their growing trade conflict. It will, or at least should, also prompt any US execs currently in China to think long and hard if that’s where they want to be, say, tomorrow when Xi decides to retaliate in kind. [more]<br /><br />Stocks battered by Wall Street, fears of US slowdown<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-stock-market-rises-after-plunge.html<br /><br />[contains this long Zero Hedge article]<br />Plunge Protection Team Saves Stocks But Credit, Crude, Cryptos Collapse<br /><br />Is the data from Copernicus (CAMS) accurate? <br /><br />A futher discussion of methane emissions data for the Arctic<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/is-data-from-copernicus-cams-accurate.html<br /><br /><br />This were comments made by Joe Neubarth on Facebook in response to the revelation of high levels of methane:<br /><br />"OK, now, I am not so worried. CAMS threw a scare into us over the past few days, but they have corrected their scale to give us readings that are actually lower then Met Op 1 and 2.<br /><br />"Now, if I go to CAMS lower readings I feel prone not to promise a collapse of civilization before 2032. Otherwise, I will go with 2031. In both cases, I do not expect to be alive to see it; but, it will be a most interesting time in Earth's remaining history<br /><br />"Here is CAMS with their updated methane chart. [more]<br /><br />[I think it's CLEAR that the data is being manipulated to keep people from panicking.]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com