Water resources engineer & MTB trail advocate (via @NWTrailAlliance) in Portland, OR. Scientific computing, bikes, mountains, critters, and drums. Atlanta born.
Portland, OR
Joined November 2011
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Here are my #SciPy2017 slides on generating curvilinear-orthogonal grids and the community that makes it possible:
speakerdeck.com/phobson/pygr…
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Trail Sisters x Metropolis Adventure Team Guided Falls Creek Ride Recap
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Falls Creek never disappoints! It was a beautiful fall day, and the trail was bursting with fall mushrooms.
Read more: nw-trail.org/trail-sisters-x…
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SHIFT is this weekend! What is SHIFT? It’s a weekend campout on Mt St Helens around a work party on Saturday, August 17th. The campout dates are Friday, August 16th through Sunday, August 18th.
Sign up: nw-trail.org/event/st-helens…
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Looking for bike clinics and classes this summer? Look no further! NWTA is excited to announce our summer lineup of mountain bike skills classes for all ages. Offered in partnership with @PDXParksandRec, you'll find classes for all ages.
Explore classes: bit.ly/44z6cVJ
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Data is important. Every day, we make data-driven decisions. We also use it more than we realize in trail building. Collecting and analyzing data has been critically important here at Trail Builder Magazine. I believe that is one characteristic that separates us from other mountain biking magazines. Yes, we love and want to share stories about bikes and trails. At the same time, trail building is a maturing industry.
It’s time for more data collection. This time, it’s about perceptions and attitudes about being a woman in trail building.
Read more and take the survey: bit.ly/3Sr26sY
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cruz now interrogating Shou Chew, CEO of TicTac, over the taylor swift controversy, which is certainly a matter of state
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We hope everyone is doing well after last week's weather disruptions and positive vibes for everyone who is in clean-up mode. We are happy to announce that tonight's member meeting is ON!
We'll be meeting at Chris King Precision Components, 2801 NW Nela St., from 6:30-8:00pm.
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Hate to say it, but AI art and entertainment has me excited for several reasons:
1. I don't understand what makes things good
2. Startled and confused by human expressions and hands
3. I type how to kiss into quora before dates
4. My personality is one time I googled stoicism
Welp -- People with audiences are uncritically off-loading their thinking to ChatCPT without any diligence or fact checking.
So we’re going full Westworld then. Cool. Coolcool cool.
Relationships matter. Sincerity matters. For somethings in life, there aren’t shortcuts. Maybe this isn’t such an instance. But in any case, this future seems so bleak.
The hype leaching and coattail riding around this stuff is starting to remind me of the early crypto hype.
”This brand new thing will change everything and no one knows how to use it yet! Get in touch to pay me, an anonymous expert, to guide you”
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Here’s my question about LLMs, GPTs, etc:
Can we just…not?
Is that an option? I want that option.
I don’t want a capitalist’s dream arms race where the real stakeholders don’t get a say in how we upend their lives so a few people can get even richer.
We have to figure out how to slow drivers down. Looking further down this thread, the photo of the car makes it pretty clear that this high-sized road + early morning low volume allowed this drivers to travel way too fast.
BREAKING: a crash along TV Hwy at SW 178th has the road CLOSED in both directions. A driver hit a pedestrian and power pole here. @WCSOOregon says the pedestrian is deceased, road will remain closed for several hours. Stay with @KATUNews for info #LiveOnK2 #pdxtraffic
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The Gateway Green skills area has been closed for almost a month as it undergoes a complete redesign!
Currently the project is still in the rough stages of shaping, and things are going quite well.
Read more: bit.ly/3xV93sg
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We’re excited to share with you the digital version of our first pre-release issue of @trailbuildermag. To receive a free digital download, all you need to do is subscribe to our newsletter. If you're already a subscriber, check your inbox.
Read more: bit.ly/3JUzGoE
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Head's up! The NWTA trailer was stolen from the Portland metro area. It had been parked with a wheel lock on the tire. Please keep your eyes out. If you spot this trailer anywhere, please DM us to let us know. Feel free to share the post and spread the word. Thanks so much!
Thanks, buddy. We couldn’t have gotten where we are without you!
Owen Rodabaugh, long-time NWTA member who joined our Board of Directors in August 2018, marked the end of his Board service this month. Owen’s contributions to the leadership of NWTA are numerous!
Read more: bit.ly/3wJZxYB
