My Musings

  • Super El Nino

    It’s Memorial Day weekend and thus marks the beginning of summer. For people along the Gulf Coast, it’s also time to start watching the Atlantic and the Caribbean for any signs of hurricanes. And lately, there’s talk about the super El Nino What is El Nino? This is one of the two weather cycles, La…

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    AI costs

    Let’s switch gears and talk about AI costs. The impetus for this topic is a quote I heard in a video: “…I saw one person who spent $5,000 worth of API calls on a $39 a month program. I think that this problem is across the industry.” Ed Z Ed Zitron on Prof G Markets…

  • Again?

    Here we go again…last week we had news of a new virus potentially breaking out. It was a cruise ship that carried the virus out of South America (maybe Chile) and already 3 people have died. We are just a few years away from the COVID pandemic so I’m sure we are reacting to what…

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    Gradient Maps in Power BI

    I’m still on a Power BI kick so this post will address gradient maps in Power BI. I’m still using the unemployment data. In situations like this, gradient colors in maps are a very useful way of depicting how events are shaping up throughout the country. Here’s the map I’m addressing today: The source of…