CBC British Columbia4d ago
Average B.C. snowpack of 92% masks 'strong regional divide,' says provincial bulletin
B.C.'s latest snow survey and water supply bulletin says the provincial average snowpack is sitting at about 92 per cent of what's considered normal, an improvement over the 79 per cent average at the same time last year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/average-bc-snowpack-april-2026-9.7158220?cmp=rss
CBC TorontoApr 7
Hospitals turn to staff for ideas to improve healthcare using AI
One of the GTA's hospital networks recently held its first AI contest, with the goal of finding ways to improve healthcare. Trillium Health Partners said it received more than 60 submissions from doctors and researchers. The winner of the "AI for Better Health Catalyst Challenge" came from the emergency department.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ai-health-challenge-trillium-health-partners-9.7154175?cmp=rss
Hanna-Karin GrensmanApr 6

You are not a project that always needs improving. Period.

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#selfhelp #continouslyimproving #health #predatorywellness #improvement #upskill #reskill #therapy #routines #healthfascists #newcompetence #better #upwards

Hacker NewsApr 4

Herbie: Automatically improve imprecise floating point formulas

https://herbie.uwplse.org/doc/latest/tutorial.html

#HackerNews #Herbie #FloatingPoint #Improvement #Precision #Algorithms #Tutorial

Herbie Tutorial

Hacker NewsApr 2

We sped up bun by 100x

https://vers.sh/blog/git-zig-bun-100x

#HackerNews #We #sped #up #bun #by #100x #bun #speed #optimization #performance #improvement #tech #news #developer #tools

How we sped up bun by 100x

A deep dive into rewriting git in Zig and integrating it into Bun for a 100x speedup

WIST QuotationsApr 1

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

And it is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, “progress” would become mechanical and trivial.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 1 “Postulates of Modern Educational Theory” (1926)

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/831…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #aspiration #conceptualization #creativity #imagination #improvement #inspiration #possibility #progress

Russell, Bertrand - Education and the Good Life, Part 1, ch. 1 "Postulates of Modern Educational Theory" (1926) | WIST Quotations

And it is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, “progress” would become mechanical and trivial.

WIST Quotations
Adrian SegarApr 1

Why you need to make sure event evaluations don't disappear into the hands of the organizers, never to see the light of day again

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2015/04/do-you-review-event-evaluations-like-a-chinese-censor

#meetings #EventDesign #events #evaluations #surveys #CommunityBuilding #improvement #eventprofs

CBC British ColumbiaMar 30
Abbotsford sports groups call for more, improved facilities as city creates new strategy
Multiple sports groups in Abbotsford, B.C., are calling for more and improved facilities as the city seeks public feedback on its latest draft of the sport fields and courts strategy. The City of Abbotsford says engagement is key to address demands as the city grows.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/abbotsford-sports-groups-call-for-better-facilities-9.7142428?cmp=rss
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 29
🚀 Ohm's #PEG-to-WASM Compiler: because everyone needs a #parsing #tool that's 50x #faster to parse things nobody asked for! 😂 Forget about improving your life—just make #parsing 0.02 seconds quicker. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's an #unnecessary #compiler update! 🙄
https://ohmjs.org/blog/2026/03/12/peg-to-wasm #update #speed #improvement #tool #coding #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Inside Ohm's PEG-to-Wasm compiler | Ohm

Ohm is a user-friendly parsing toolkit for JavaScript and TypeScript. You can use it to parse custom file formats or quickly build parsers, interpreters, and compilers for programming languages. Learn more

Adrian SegarMar 28

We need to re-envisage event technology to significantly improve our events

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/technology/2013/08/re-envisage-event-technology-to-significantly-improve-your-events

#meetings #EventTech #improvement #technology #events #eventprofs