The reverberations from TRANSFORM 2021 have started to dampen, so we’re back with our weekly round-ups.
Badges of honour — Did you know that you can slap a Software Underground badge on your projects and webpages? These badges aren’t just for showing off either. They can links to other places, for instance to your project’s channel in the Swung Slack, if it has one.
Geothermal Hackathon 2021 — is taking place at the end of next week with much activity to be going on in the #geothermal-hack-2021 channel. Here are some of the proposed projects. Even if you aren’t registered in the hackathon you can still follow the action.
Superstar with LiDAR — Are you dealing with .las files, but not of the wireline kind? Then this discussion will serve you up a platter of resources and advice for working with point-cloud data sets.
Feature combo pipelines — If, like Brendon, you’re doing some machine learning and you find yourself building a boatload of models all with different combinations of inputs and pre-processing steps, you’re life is going to be much easier if you have a way to keep track of these different permutations so you can apply it all again on other data.
Need a license for work — Pythonistas using Anaconda might be shocked to find out that it’s no longer free to use. Sort of. It depends on who you work for and the kind of work you are doing. This thread discusses the issues and reveals a shared frustration in comprehending the terms and conditions. There are also some thoughtful perspectives on supporting the free (or nearly free) software that many organizations become increasingly dependant on.
Tools for seeing — Geoscience very often relies on making graphics and visualization. This post pointing to the Python-only compilation called PyViz.org, shows you the collection of tools that are out there. It looks to be a comprehensive resource, particularly because the number of tools in the tool shed can seem so daunting.