Clojurians Log v2

morning all

Morning

mogge

morning y'all

Winter is truly coming, 4 degrees currently up here

My favourite time of year though

yesss

Wife said it's going to be a cold and snowy one this year.

She was unimpressed with my excitement

(She's from Northern Australia, they don't do cold)

lol

Aye apparently it will be the worst one for a few years .. but they say that every year 😕

I never understand that... they can't really forecast the weather for next week, but somehow they know what is going to happen in a few months time.

:simple_smile:

Good morning.

@thomas: any forecast much past 5 days (10 tops) is so low in confidence statistically as to be almost useless.

I once heard that if you say the weather today is the same as yesterday you are correct 60% of the time.... quite a good hit rate IMHO

(better then playing the lottery)

@thomas: does that work the other way round, saying the weather tomorrow will be the same as today? I wonder what the deviation is

@gjnoonan: that should work as well is my understanding. and an accurate forecast can be off by 2 degrees as well.

so the margin is quite big.

I’d guess that changes drastically depending on the location.

@thomas: @gjnoonan bias will tend to give you that effect. You should read ‘Clojure For Data Science’ by my mate @henrygarner for a much more scientific explanation of bias!

there are too many Clojure books out there now.... I can't keep up with it....

It’s almost like the language is going mainstream!

My magic trackpad is disconnecting itself every other minute.

This is driving me crazy.

hmm Clojure going mainstream? time to find something else....

You hipster!

@agile_geek: It’s on my to-read pile, maybe I’ll give it a look sooner than later

surely real Hipster use Cobol... so retro!!!!

and use punch cards of course

I’m from Southern Australia - don’t find the cold here to be particularly bad, to be honest. The lack of sunlight is more of a hassle!

ObClojure - anyone got suggestions for showing simple 3d visualizations in clojure? Quil was my first thought, but are there others?

korny: are you aware of SAD, sunlamps and if you are into experimental stuff, EnChroma?

might get a SAD lamp this winter

I am very lucky in that weather has almost no effect on my mood. Then again, maybe I’m just moody all the time.

I think the entire of london gets somewhat grumpier in winter

I’m a yorkshireman, I’ll keep my thoughts of londoners to myself 😄

I jest

It's ok, we wouldn't ask you to part with anything. We know how hard it is for you guys :P

ha

@pupeno: You know Daniel Magliola?

I do.

hah

xlevus: how do you know him?

I do

I was shocked to see you pop up on Facebook

hahaha.

london social club?

yer

k

pupeno: I’ve seen SAD lights, I had a cheap one when working in Glasgow. But really, it’s not a big thing, just an annoyance; it’s been very very grey the last few weeks. Melbourne in winter is pretty cold, but there’s usually a fair bit of sun still (and the nights aren’t nearly as long!)

"I need a lamp to make me slightly happy. Oh god this is the worst, I hate my life"

:simple_smile:

Life. Don’t talk to me about life.