TyBTime

Half of the ads I get on X these days are just random schizophrenia.

Some random thoughts on the new era: As AI steadily creeps into our work in the fields of meteorology and programming, there is an inevitable uneasiness associated with "losing control" and "becoming obsolete" as human developers and scientists. It's a fear I've occasionally felt, anyway, and I know I'm not alone. I used quotes because, while these are valid feelings, I don't think they must be reality. The process of performing work is evolving as agents do more of it, but the impetus for that work is unchanged. We are the driving force of inspiration and curiosity that births our work in the first place. Taking ownership is the way to preserve autonomy and hard skills, and we're entering an era where that must be a personal, conscious choice. If you're a student, you must pursue knowledge and stay hungry, lest silicon crutches leave you with passing grades but no ability. Harness AI to enhance your learning process, but never yield your understanding to it. Only you can ensure that. If you're a programmer, AI is a dramatic accelerant - use it! It is the future of software. But insist on retaining ownership of your projects. Be a nosy manager, a steering influence on design decisions, and an intentional critic. The dopamine hit of pressing will eventually wrest authorship from you otherwise. If you're a scientist, AI is either expert-level in your field or will be someday. But science is still advanced by PIs, not AIs. Curiosity about the universe is a defining human trait - keep your curious hands on the rudder. Find the cutting edge and ride it; chances are you will advance the boundary with AI assistance far more than AI will alone. Much about this new era is intimidating, but also exciting. I say grab it all by the horns and harness these capabilities for doing good in the world and your own life. Just choose continuously to protect your own sovereignty and humanity. Life is ours to live. #NotWrittenByABot

🌀Active weather may spread across the Gulf region later this week and weekend as an upper-level trough over Texas gets stretched out and amplified as it moves eastward over the Gulf. 🌀This trough will dig up tropical moisture and hoist it northward toward the southern states. 🌀The GFS model, perfectly in-character, is making its first noises of the hurricane season by developing weak cyclones along the moisture transport corridor. This model has a long-documented vorticity generation bias in such situations, which is likely deforming its forecast. 🌀Formation of a significant cyclone seems unlikely at this time, but models agree on heavy rains potentially spreading into the Gulf states from west to east beginning mid-week, potentially extending into next week.

@NancyMace Hwy 17 from Hardeeville to Savannah is a nightmare, especially the last section where it splits from 170.

Based on your replies on worst roads in South Carolina, I tallied the responses. Here is a running list so far. 

TOP 10: I-95 Hwy 501 I-26 I-526 I-85 Woodruff Rd, Greenville Hwy 278, Bluffton/Hilton Head Bushy Park Rd, Goose Creek Dorchester Rd, Charleston Hwy 278 MORE THAN ONE MENTION: Nexton Pkwy / Hwy 176, Summerville White Horse Rd, Greenville Dreher Island Rd, Lexington County Hwy 17, Grand Strand Hwy 521 Log Shoals Rd, Greenville area SC-601 Ashley Phosphate Rd, N. Charleston Hwy 176, Summerville area Hwy 21, Richland/Fairfield Hwy 25, Greenwood area Hwy 321 Hwy 378, Lexington area Hwy 52, Goose Creek/Moncks Corner Hwy 544, Horry County Hwy 72, Upstate Hwy 76, Pee Dee region Hwy 9, Horry/Cherokee County Oconee County roads Rivers Ave, N. Charleston SC-31 / Carolina Bays Pkwy SC-61, Charleston area US-25 HONORABLE MENTION: Allen Bridge Rd, Spartanburg Argent Rd Bee Street, Columbia Bennett's Point Rd Easley Bridge Rd / Academy St, Greenville Goose Creek Blvd / Hwy 52 Harrisburg Rd, Lancaster County Hwy 15, Pee Dee Hwy 162, Hollywood/Ravenel Hwy 170, Beaufort County Hwy 17A, Summerville Hwy 19, Aiken area Hwy 21, Ridgeway–Great Falls Hwy 261, Sumter area Hwy 276, Greenville to NC line Hwy 28, Aiken area Hwy 301, Orangeburg area Hwy 41 Hwy 441, Pee Dee Hwy 501 Business, Conway Hwy 57, Horry County Hwy 6, Columbia to Santee Hwy 61, Aiken area Hwy 61, Dorchester/Charleston Hwy 707, Horry County Hwy 905, Horry County I-20 Laurens Rd, Greenville MLK Hwy Miller Rd, Hilton Head Pinetucky Rd, Aynor Rogers Rd, Pelzer Springfield Pkwy / Hwy 460, Fort Mill Stolls Alley, Charleston US-1 US-1, Midlands Washington Ave, Greenville

@AlanAdkins @PurpyNFL The Chrysler AMC 4.0L’s all have ECMs/PCMs and sensor packages. So yes, it has computer.

@PurpyNFL Nope. No computer required.

I promise you want your car to be a little bit percent computer

@RonBlaxton My personal favorite from Fran’s series: youtu.be/34-BcYTnTyc?si…

Children of the South need to return this language to our home land. This is how you’re supposed to sound when you open your mouth.

@jhallwood As a non-rhotic Southern American I pronounce it “may-ah”, but most Southerners these days pronounce it “mare.” The “may-or” thing is pretty much a Mid-Atlantic/Midwest American pronunciation.

The American pronunciation of ‘mayor’ is really creeping into British English. It has to stop.

Regionalism reigns in the GA Senate primary right now, wowzers.

@tostones4ever @alexL_E_I Exactly, the part of Texas that’s in the Deep South.

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I Baby this is Texas lmao

no idea what i thought the Deep South would look like, but i did not expect “mountainous rainforest”

@BruvRoy21806 @alexL_E_I The whole point of “Deliverance” (especially the book) was that the mountains of Southern Appalachia, and its people, are vastly different from the Deep South.

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I Anywhere in Georgia is the Deep South, ya bum

@CarrMcKay @alexL_E_I That’s the South, Blue Ridge, Southern Appalachia. Not the Deep South.

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I That's one part of the deep south. A lot of it looks like this.

@FatJohnon @CindySeckel @alexL_E_I James Dickey disagrees.

@TyBTime @CindySeckel @alexL_E_I yes we are nigga

@BruvRoy21806 @alexL_E_I I’m not. You’re proving my point. Rabun County may be Georgia but it’s not the Deep South.

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I Yes and the point is is that places are capable of having multiple biomes, dummy! How are you from GA and acting like everything there looks like your pictures?

@bnkrptarstocrat @alexL_E_I Ah, yes - the many palmetto and sawgrass flats of Virginia. 🙄

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I Any of those pictures save the mangrove trees could represent Virginia, which is part of the “South” but not the Deep South.

@CindySeckel @alexL_E_I That part of SC is not the Deep South, though. The state isn’t a monolith.

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I You forgot: South Carolina's "rainforest" refers to the Jocassee Gorges located in the northwestern Upstate region. It is one of the only temperate rainforests east of the Rocky Mountains, featuring unique ecological conditions and a highly diverse ecosystem.

@BruvRoy21806 @alexL_E_I Two of these pictures are from Georgia, dummy.

@TyBTime @alexL_E_I The AT starts in Georgia, dummy. Ever heard of Warm Springs?

Pretty rapid warming of the SE waters is expected from the land temps of 90s to even 100s expected in the next 4 days. The gulf stream is at one of its warmest years ever, although El Nino increases shear in Carribean, the U.S. coast isnt effected much, never let your guard down.

@ChrisJacksonSC When you get a chance you need to try these. They are next-level. huntercattle.com/product/vidali…

Now I just need a slice of bread and a lil dab of yellow mustard. SC is the only place on earth where you’ll find old timey onion sausage. I smoked these very low and very slow for around 90 mins bc the slightest bit of direct heat will bust your casings in half. Throw this in the cultural hat with SC’s mustard base BBQ & Rice and Hash.

@ATLAreaWx I still remember the crazy smoke covering Savannah from this one. Looked like fog it was so thick at times.

They just be naming fires anything. What’s next? Butt booty naked fire?

Radar rainfall estimates of 10” northwest of Valdosta. We need rain, but not this much over 3-5 hours! #gawx