Monday, November 16, 2020

Alternative technologies

Parler, Gab, MeWe, and Rumble Are Creating a Massive Right-Wing Echo Chamber

Alt-tech

TwitterGab (Mastodon), ParlerGettrTruth Social

YouTubeBitChuteRumble

FacebookMeWeCloutHubMinds

RedditVoat

WikipediaInfogalactic

4chan 8chan

DiscordTelegramSignal

Chrome browser, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Brave security, Dissenter

Google search engine, Bing, Yahoo!, DuckDuckGo duck.com

Internet Privacy

Prontonmail internet privacy

Privacy heroes
DuckDuckGo private search engine and browsing app
Brave the browser that shields you from trackers
ProntonVPN secure virtual private network
Tresorit encrypted file storage & sharing
Threema encrypted chat app
ProtonMail encrypted email provider, end-to-end encryption


Sunday, November 15, 2020

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Climate Comparison

Comfortable room temperatureThermal comfort myperfectweather Number of Days with Comfortable Weather with Daily High Temperature between 60°F and 80°F, Daily Maximum Dewpoint Temperature <=65°F

Cities of the World Where You Don’t Need AC or Heat, Mapped heater winter mean 55, average low 45; air conditioner summer mean 80 (should be 75), average high 82.5 (should be 80), from Santa Barbara (cooler), Malibu, (Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades) to San Diego, ocean view, need running trails, near but not close to the airport, Bogota, Quito, Mexico City, Guatemala City, Port Elizabeth, San Diego 

* Two residents/homes/houses combination: Cool summer (San Francisco) + warm winter (San Diego/Auckland), Auckland climate mean daily maximum, record high, Comparison 

Compare the Climate and Weather in Malibu, Santa Monica, Palos Verdes, Newport Beach, Cupertino, and Taipei 
Best time in Taiwan: temperature one season (3 month: 12/10-3/10), one month (1/10-2/10), mid-Dec to end of Feb, dryer From early-Dec to end-Jan, best: 12/14-2/10Monsoon 季風 梅雨 5/17-6/17  

*** BEST AREA Redfin searches: Malibu, Pacific Palisades 90272 Los Angeles, North of Montana Santa Monica, West Palos Verdes Peninsula Estates 90274, Rancho 90275, Newport Coast 92657, Laguna Beach 92651 
Fire Hazard Severity Zones 
*** Trail Run Hiking ProjectUSNews Best Hospitals Eye Ophthalmology UCLA USC UCI 

2024 Forbes Home 50 Most Expensive Zip Codes Across The Country 

2023 10 Most Expensive ZIP Codes in the United StatesAthertonBeverly Hills, Sagaponack NY, Los Altos Hills, Medina WA, North of Montana Santa Monica, Montecito, Rancho Santa Fe, Water Mill NY, Newport Coast Newport Beach

2023 PropertyShark Most Expensive U.S. Zip CodesAtherton, Sagaponack, Miami Beach, Montecito Santa Barbara, Beverly HillsStinson Beach, Water Mill, NY, Balboa Pesuninla Newport BeachNorth of Montana Santa Monica, MedinaRancho Santa FeLos Altos HillsNewport CoastPortola ValleyLos AltosBalboa IslandPacific PalisadesRoss

2022 The 10 Richest Zip Code in CaliforniaAtherton, Beverly Hills, Ross, North of Montana (Santa Monica), 94304 Palo Alto, Corona Del Mar (Newport Beach), Pacific Palisades, Stinson Beach, Malibu, Manhattan Beach 

2009 Forbes Full List: America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes 

compare average high and low temperature, hot warm comfortable cool cold, chance of clearer skies, daily chance of precipitation, average monthly rainfall, hours of daylight, chance of muggy conditions, average wind speed, tourism score, beach/pool score, growing season, growing degree days, average water temperature, average daily incident shortwave solar energy 

Taipei Taoyuan Hsinchu Keelung 

Comparison of the Average Weather in Kaohsiung and Miami

Comparison of the Average Weather in Taipei and Orlando

Comparison of the Average Weather in Santa Barbara and San Jose

Comparison of the Average Weather in Santa Monica, New port Beach, and San Diego

Compare the Climate and Weather in San Jose, Newport Beach, Seattle, and Denver

Saturday, November 07, 2020

Topographic map

Topographic map topo topography topographical

Caltopo TF Outdoors Thunderforest shaded, trails, contour line

ACME Mapper Map layer has no contours, needs to zoom-in a lot; Hile/Bike layer has no elevation shades; Topo has no details

Natural Atlas no details