• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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            I’m sorry, but you obviously don’t understand wildfires. You should really try reading Tropical Dingdongs, Esq.

          • nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works
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            Cool! I have no idea what any of that means, but cool! I get the feeling that you really enjoy what you do, and if that’s the case I’m glad for you :3

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            2 years ago

            When you refer to that diagram, is it a way of gauging fire spread risk? Like this grill could start a medium sized fire, and it’s close to a shed which could become big fire, and that could spread to house, etc, etc?

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                Well that’s pretty cool, thanks for sharing! :D To repeat to check my understanding, you’re looking at where structures are relative to other structures, their shape and orientation, and how that goes together in a big system to influence general structure survival in a wildfire situation.

                Do you foresee the outcome being something where you could “tune” a neighborhood to be more survivable, or would it end up with too many combinations to be viable?

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            No no no, I’m an et al, just no any of those particular et al.

            I’m going to steal cite this. I guess it’ll be ‘et al et al.’

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        …such as the suppression of fire, or the psychical thinning of fuels in forests, or prescribed burns.

        I’m definitely picturing Jedi clearing debris from the forest floors using the Force, now.

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        Take for example, here is a map of active fires around the globe, right now:

        By “fires” do they mean fores fires? Controlled fires to burn crops, or burn land to clear it for crops? House fires? Bonfires? Campfires? Fires in fireplaces?

        Ignition is a fundamental for fire to happen, and humans cause WAY more ignition events than nature does.

        A car causes hundreds of ignition effects per minute. But, I’m guessing you mean a certain kind of ignition?

        The timing and frequency of these events directly influence the frequency of fires.

        The timing and frequency of things like lighting a fire directly influence the frequency of fires? Do you mean the frequency of out-of-control fires? Because otherwise that seems like a pretty obvious conclusion.

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        2 years ago

        Thank you so much for sharing something that you are passionate about. It was awesome to hear about, and I hope you continue to share the knowledge you have with others like myself. 😁

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      I use geospatial science and data to document, analyze, and predict complexities of wildland and human-caused fire, from individual to global scales. I have a particular interest in fire emissions and modeling, regional food security, land-cover/land-use change, and the Arctic. As a mom, I am concerned with helping children and future generations have better lives.

      https://jmccartygeo.org/

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          I think it’s a great use, but not only.

          Resume building, cover letters, aggregating open text responses, summarizing complex texts, and so on.

          While the AI can’t be left alone to do these things and if you do it’ll be clear it’s AI but it can reduce the time to do them significantly.

          I firmly believe this is like the age of the computer before it. Those who fail to become AI natives in knowledge work will become under employed or unemployed in 10-15 years.

          So I encourage you to make an excuse to learn it and get good at it.

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      Probably just the totality of human influences on wildfires. This can include a wide range of activities and factors including climate change, forest preservation or cutting, changes in wild or domestic mammal herbivory, accidental ignition events, controlled burns, irrigation or diversion of streams, damming rivers, invasive species introductions, etc.