N-gated Hacker NewsJan 15
Ah yes, another groundbreaking #AI model πŸ€– designed to predict when to interrupt your conversation with the precision of a toddler who's had too much sugar. 🍼 Don't worry, Sparrow-1 will ensure your chats are as smooth as a porcupine in a balloon shop. 🎈
https://www.tavus.io/post/sparrow-1-human-level-conversational-timing-in-real-time-voice #Innovation #ConversationTech #PredictiveModel #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
Sparrow-1: Human-Level Conversational Timing in Real-Time Voice

Sparrow-1 is a specialized, multilingual audio model for real-time conversational flow and floor transfer. It predicts when a system should listen, wait, or speak, enabling response timing that mirrors human conversation rather than simply responding as fast as possible.

πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksApr 25, 2025
A Predictive Model For Household Displacement Duration After Disasters
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https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.17710 <-- shared paper
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https://nicolepaul.eu.pythonanywhere.com/ <-- interactive web interface
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #HouseholdPulseSurvey #risk #hazard #damage #loss #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #disaster #naturaldisaster #storm #hurricane #flood #fire #cost #economics #community #publicsafety #effects #predictivemodel #AI #machinelearning #riskanalysis #classifactiontree #socioeconomics #casestudy #mitigation #preparedness #displacement #population
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksFeb 15, 2025
Restoring Predators, Restoring Ecosystems: Yellowstone Wolves And Other Carnivores Drive Strong Trophic Cascade
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https://phys.org/news/2025-02-predators-ecosystems-yellowstone-wolves-carnivores.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03428 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #YellowstoneNationalPark #Largecarnivores #Willows #Crownvolume #Chronosequencephotographs #Trophiccascade #strength #ecosystem #ecology #biology #biodiversity #vegetation #wolf #elk #willows #riparian #stream #water #hydrology #tree #health #foresthealth #herbivore #carnivore #reintroduction #plants #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #biomass #foodweb #predictivemodel #model #modeling #response #predators #yellowstone
Restoring predators, restoring ecosystems: Yellowstone wolves and other carnivores drive strong trophic cascade

A new study reveals the profound ecological effects of wolves and other large carnivores in Yellowstone National Park, showcasing the cascading effects predators can have on ecosystems. In Yellowstone, this involves wolves and other large carnivores, elk, and willows.

Phys.org
Show threadAnneTheWriterJul 31, 2024

@caal

When you are NOT "guessing" and are making actual predictions, based on a scientific formula, then that is not "chance."

When your scientific model can be retroactively applied (intact) for over 150 years into the past without error, then that is not "chance," it is SCIENCE.

Listen to the man speak, and do not judge him based on clickbait headlines.

Contrary to what the media tells you, he is NOT promising #Kamala will win. He is simply saying that "A lot would have to go wrong for the Democrats to lose at this point." There are still Keys which could be flipped.

He does say that there are factors still in play for this election (as he has said all along!), and explains them clearly. The polls have often been wrong. #ProfLichtmann never has.

#AllanLichtmann #13KeysToTheWhiteHouse
#13Keys #PredictiveModel #2024Elections

https://www.youtube.com/live/IuS98AcKDZQ?si=sVTPolVHWE1pmHu5

13 KEYS TO THE WHITE HOUSE (JULY 2024 UPDATE) | Lichtman Live #61

YouTube
πŸ’§πŸŒ Greg CocksJul 29, 2024
A Hidden Landscape - Interpreting Buried Archaeological Site Potential in the White River Valley, Indiana
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https://doi.org/10.5406/23274271.48.3.02 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geoarchaeology #buriedsitepotential #inceptisols #mollisols #predictivemodel #soils #WhiteRiverValley #Indiana #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #sampling #FirstNation #indigeneous #settlements #geochronology #dating #age #construction #infrastructure #freeway #I69
A Hidden Landscape: Interpreting Buried Archaeological Site Potential in the White River Valley, Indiana

Abstract. A model for buried site potential has been developed and presented here following extensive geoarchaeological investigations conducted along the White River valley in Indiana. Backhoe-trenching efforts identified 35 buried archaeological sites dating from the Late Archaic through postcontact periods. Buried archaeological sites were found primarily in soils classified as inceptisols, with fewer found in soils classified as mollisols and entisols. Geochronological dating and artifact analysis suggest that after 3000 BP the White River valley transitioned from lateral to vertical accretion, providing landforms suitable for precontact occupation.

Scholarly Publishing Collective
AdaliddaMay 6, 2022
Call for Applications: Breakthrough Crop Challenge: Seed Funding #PredictiveModel that can screen underutilized #Crops to determine a crop’s usefulness as a source of functional #Ingredients or #Nutrients, for worldwide https://adalidda.com/posts/ufvCtHsFbHSiBXKAf/breakthrough-crop-challenge-seed-funding-predictive-model/call