Daniel J. Dufour

@DanielJDufour
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GeoSpatial Algorithmagician, working for my new hometown.

#foss4g #civictech #opendata

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We learned that navigating the Section 8 #Housing Choice Voucher process is riddled with information gaps.

So, we reported a crowdsourced (and deeply-vetted) guide on how to get through the system, and also made it available in Spanish: https://propub.li/4eYODSE

#News #Government #Poverty #Law #Rent #Guide #Journalism

What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works

Based on our reporting, we created a guide to the Section 8 program. You’ll learn how to apply, how to qualify for a voucher and what it’s like to live in Section 8 housing.

ProPublica

#Cigna tracks every minute that its staff #doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care.

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers,” Day said.

#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #Patients

https://propub.li/4fMv9lg

A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.

Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.

ProPublica
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Know what type of #snake this is? Saw this in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

#herpetology

Has anyone made a #geoparquet file of the American Community Survey data?

#foss4gna

There are deep sea isopods with legs like sea spiders.

This is Paropsurus. IDK man. No idea WHAT is going on down there.

Isopod literally means "same leg" like the legs are supposed to be "the same" Not... not "crazy out of control legs"

Feels wrong to call it an isopod. More like a spindly-productus-sopod

They are just making creatures up now to see if I'll buy in to it.

I'll be in #sandiego next week. Let me know if you work in #civictech or #foss4g and want to meet up! Looking to learn from others and share some exciting open-source projects we are building in Chattanooga.

Is there a geospatial format that stores multipolygon coordinates as 4-byte floats?

#foss4g #geospatial #gis

Who's going to #foss4gna ? Looking forward to hearing about all the innovation going on! I'm especially looking forward to learning how #wasm is helping shift computation to the browser and driving down cost.

iFixit says new Arm Surface hardware “puts repair front and center”

Both devices make it relatively easy to get at the battery and SSD.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/ifixit-says-new-arm-surface-hardware-puts-repair-front-and-center/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

iFixit says new Arm Surface hardware “puts repair front and center”

Both devices make it relatively easy to get at the battery and SSD.

Ars Technica