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geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

We don't mention it on-the-air, but it's not hidden. You don't want to lie about something like this (or anything, actually). When you're caught you'll pay.

It's difficult to explain but what I do is designed for me. There's a lot I do because I understand both sides of the equation which means my studio isn't a turnkey solution anyone could walk into. You need to be able to understand 'why' when something doesn't work.

That being said, IMHO Sinclair did it the wrong way. The weather unit should be an autonomous production, not dependent on the regular studio being free. My all-in studio cost is around Hyundai money. It removes complexity and allows live production where needed and closer to air always.

I had a trip from SoCal to Milwaukee cancelled because a few guys who robbed a gas station decided to drive the getaway car to Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix -- where my first flight was headed. Random shit happens.

In three years of doing this what you describe hasn't ever happened.

We use the Internet for data. I have fiber to the wall.

geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

The fact that we need GoFundMe campaigns for people who get sick or that veterans beg for charity through Wounded Warriors upsets me to no end. A modern, successful democracy should take care of its people.

geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

OK. I can put on coffee.

Seriously, I was on TV in Connecticut for nearly 30 years. Where I lived was common knowledge. I'd often meet someone whose friend had told them I lived in their neighborhood.

Only once did someone knock on my door just to say hello. Most people are respectful and there are dozens of other clues to where I live since I run a business there.

I appreciate your concern, really.

geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

In response to Lane -- Pancreatic cancer is the worst. It is incurable in 2018! I was very lucky that it was found before it spread.

It was removed in a six hour, two surgeon operation called a Whipple. It was pioneered in the 1930s. Back then they lost about 1/3 on the table. Only about 1/3 of pancreatic patients can receive a Whipple and only about a third of those have my result. Only 9% live beyond five years.

The Whipple is considered the most difficult operation a surgeon can perform. The docs who do this are hospital all-stars.

On day one I told my doctors (with cancer you get an army of doctors) I wanted to aggressively go at it.

I had a catheter port inserted in my chest for IVs (like chemo or with my CTscans). It's been used over thirty times. When I take a blood test it's commonly a dozen vials or more.

My treatment ended around a year and a half ago. I am certifiably cancer free, though my body knows how to make pancreatic cancer and could do it again.

I am missing a few internal parts. Whipple surgery reconnects some parts of the digestive system differently than original factory specs. With half a pancreas I shoot insulin 4-5 times a day (no big deal). My right pinkie will be tapped for blood drops around 1,500 times this year.

I am the luckiest person you will meet today. And, it's a kickass diet. I lost 35 pounds.

Because I am old I am on Medicare. I subscribe to a Medicare Advantage program, which means I limit myself to an HMO's doctors in return for paying less for services. I would think my medical care had to cost over $500,000. I paid ZERO. I do pay for some drugs -- thousands a year -- but my army of doctors were paid by the government.

People shouldn't go broke or need GoFundMe because they get sick. The US needs Medicare for all. Insurance just means we all share the risk for the few that need it.

geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

I am very unusual in that I'm comfortable on both sides of the camera. What I learned is building a studio is an IT project!

Maybe the most unusual part is, none of this would work unless I could run the show by myself. My TriCaster is programmable with macros which is what I've done. I am my own director while on the air.

Oh -- with a friend I created a map making system which runs on an i5 and produces ~ 40,000 maps a day. Here are some samples I threw together a few months ago. These are 100% produced using FOSS including the map databases and fonts! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/172O4Xl35np8RnbRi07PD...

My last computer class was as a senior in high school, 1967-68 semester. This was BEFORE computers had screens.

geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

I've been doing this over 35 years and have seven Emmys. They got someone they shouldn't be able to afford and working from home I could afford to accept it. I'm a pancreatic cancer survivor (Whipple) and this flexibility helps.

I am a professional. My job is to forecast their weather and I am diligent in that pursuit. Windows are overrated.

geofffox | 7 years ago | on: Making rain simulation as real as possible

I am a meteorologist on TV. I work in front of a chroma key wall. I would love to have a simulator like this where I could swap in the background image... well, you get the idea.

This would especially be good for me as I do the weather in Nebraska from a studio I built at home in SoCal. As far as I know I'm the only regularly scheduled TV news anchor to work from home in the US and possibly the world.

geofffox | 10 years ago | on: Show HN: Movie-dialog-summarizer

I found it very interesting too.

I am very familiar with this classic movie. Nearly everyone in this film went on to have a substantial career. Your method gives the essence of the story, but robs us of the beauty of this movie. You've removed Sidney Lumet's direction and most of Reginald Rose's dialog.

Please tell me a practical application for this.

By the way -- I don't want to diminish what you seem to have accomplished from a technology standpoint. That's impressive. But what is the itch being scratched?

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