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Bill Morris

@vtcraghead.bsky.social

Bringer of Entropy, Full-Stack Dilettante, Band Interleaved by Line, He/him. https://billmorris.io/shoals/

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Bill Morris@vtcraghead.bsky.social · 18h ago

I am begging my fellow enthusiastic AI users to dial back the hubris like *half a notch*. From the original post: "You can just do things. I'm not an archaeologist, so I didn't know this was supposed to be hard." 🤦‍♂️

Dr. Sarah Parcak@indyfromspace.bsky.social · 20h ago

This story is going wild on X and elsewhere. The site was already published by Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli of Tulane University ages ago. This is why we have peer review. Mexican gov didn't have it in their database, but that doesn't mean it is unknown/unmapped. pietromiotti.com/latest/maya-...

Dr. Sarah Parcak@indyfromspace.bsky.social · 20h ago

This story is going wild on X and elsewhere. The site was already published by Dr. Francisco Estrada-Belli of Tulane University ages ago. This is why we have peer review. Mexican gov didn't have it in their database, but that doesn't mean it is unknown/unmapped. pietromiotti.com/latest/maya-...

My AI Agents Found an Unmapped Maya Site

AI agents analyzed NASA lidar data overnight and found a Maya site under the jungle that isn't on any map. Less than 72 hours later, Mexico's INAH replied.

pietromiotti.com

Bill Morris@vtcraghead.bsky.social · 2d ago

I definitely like this one! Despite the documented difficulty we have judging circular volumes, some of the insights visible here are great! The USA is more rural than Canada! Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau are like 100% urban!

Cristina Poiata@this-is-cris.bsky.social · 2d ago

Day 9 of #30DayMapChallenge: Urban-rural. For this one @zimrick.bsky.social and I experimented with a circle cartogram where each circle is a country or territory, sized by population, with the filled part showing city dwellers. According to UN's data, about 45% of the world lives in cities.

Circle cartogram of the world. Each country or territory is a circle sized by its 2025 population, with a filled inner circle for the share living in cities.
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 6d ago

every news story since Tuesday has been like "the witch who lives in the mountains and saps the life force out of pets has been defeated by a band of plucky adventurers. All your pets are expected to live a little bit longer now"

Andy Woodruff@awoodruff.bsky.social · 6d ago

It's November, elections are over... time to pivot to selling stuff! My little web shop has maps of the White Mountains & Lakes regions in New Hampshire: some feathery stuff, and most recently a detailed terrain map with thousands of labeled features. I think they're nice. andysmaps.bigcartel.com

Extropian bodily autonomy insurer@rekmarks.com · 2w ago

Two things are true: 1. Claims about AI capabilities are overblown 2. AI has completely revolutionized software development, and will do the same to many other fields I'm a software developer by trade. I'm going to attempt to explain what this revolution feels like "from the inside".

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com · 2w ago

Related: I’m still looking for leads and help on jobs, fellowships, and freelance contracts on drones, GIS, aid, disaster, OSINT, tech ethics, and journalism. I simply will not work for evil people and/or weapons manufacturers, which is also why I haven’t had paying work since Trump 2.0 began.

Andrew@athomashemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago

Drone tech has so many incredible applications for so many industries and if you want to make any sort of living you have to work for an illiterate Nazi pervert dweeb who collects erotic anime figurines.