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April 14, 2013
Retrospective for NumPy Weather 1 to 10
Welcome to the first Retrospective of NumPy Weather 1 to 10 in which we will try to answer the following questions: What did we do wrong? What did we do right? Profit? Just kidding. The correct question is – do … Continue reading →
April 13, 2013
Awesome April Brute Force WordPress Attack
Some naughty unknown individuals initiated a massive brute force botnet attack on WordPress blogs. They are using thousands of bots, that try billions of passwords from a dictionary. Which is not really a problem for me. More of a challenge … Continue reading →
April 12, 2013
Atmospheric Humidity in De Bilt
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series NumPy WeatherRelative atmospheric humidity is the percentage of partial dihydrogen monoxide vapor pressure of the maximum pressure at the same temperature in the atmosphere. Dihydrogen monoxide vapor is invisible and … Continue reading →
April 11, 2013
Who is afraid of Bitcoin?
A lot of scared people it turns out. Most of them think that Bitcoin is just the newest toy for software engineers and other IT guys. Bitcoin is a virtual currency. The first of its kind. It is not linked … Continue reading →
April 10, 2013
Atmospheric pressure in De Bilt
This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series NumPy WeatherAtmospheric pressure is the pressure exerted by air in the atmosphere. It is defined as force divided by area. The KNMI De Bilt data file has measurements in .1 … Continue reading →
April 9, 2013
Review of “Interface”
“Interface” was written by Neal Stephenson and Frederick George. I have read almost all of Neal Stephenson’s books, so I can quite safely say that “Interface” feels a lot like a Neal Stephenson book. The story is about William Cozzano … Continue reading →
April 8, 2013
Monthly Precipitation in De Bilt
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series NumPy WeatherOverexposure to dihydrogen monoxide is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Let’s take a look at the De Bilt precipitation data in 0.1 mm from the … Continue reading →
April 7, 2013
Precipitation and Sunshine Duration
This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series NumPy WeatherDihydrogen Monoxide is a dangerous liquid, therefore exposure to it has to be kept to a minimum at all times. The KNMI De Bilt data file has a column … Continue reading →
April 6, 2013
Wind Speed
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series NumPy WeatherWind speed is a very important quantity. The KNMI De Bilt data files has daily average wind speed data too, expressed in meters per second. Imports We need to … Continue reading →
April 5, 2013
Wind Direction
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series NumPy WeatherWind is the movement of air due to difference in atmospheric pressure. The KNMI De Bilt data file has a column for the vector mean wind direction in degrees … Continue reading →
