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Human running performance from real-world big data is a super cool paper from 2020 that analyzes 14,000 people’s running activities. They propose a formula that can predict race times from different distances based on two parameters : top-end speed and endurance. Left: distribution of v m , or VO2max velocity in km/s. Right: E 1 , their index for endurance. Comparison to Daniels' VDOT This…
Over the last three months, I’ve dedicated my time to building a QGIS plugin for vectorizing maps . Because it was my first time writing PyQGIS code, I learned some tactics along the way to ensure my plugin: Adheres to the UX a QGIS user expects, and Safely uses the C++ API QGIS exposes I wanted to share these five tactics I learned so new QGIS plugin developers could avoid the same traps I…
Every building in the US is zoned like its neighborhood: single-family residential, highrise apartments, or maybe industrial. Zoning maintains neighborhood character and uniformity. But zoning’s dirtiest secret is that it’s optional . If you play the system, you can bend the rules through a variance , a pen-and-paper application that excludes your property from the law applying to your…