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@HelmanDaniel This is a web api, so start with the base url: api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/datag…? and add <key word>=<value> pairs after the '?'. Take a look at the Sample URL (#requestResponse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/#requ…)

#DataHelpDesk I've never written an API call before, but I want to get some large datasets using one from tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov How do I do it? Thanks! #egu21

@HelmanDaniel An API a collection of functions that work together so solve some problem. An API call is nothing more than using one of those functions. 1. Skim the API's documentation; 2. look for examples; 3. try it

App security issues abound: zdnet.com/article/12k-an…

Open Source Is Coming to the Chip Business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A robot equipped with real pigeon feathers flies like a living bird newscientist.com/article/223040…

Optical crypto: telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/1…

Python in the top slot... spectrum.ieee.org/computing/soft…

Using Wall Street secrets to reduce the cost of cloud infrastructure – “Risk-aware” traffic engineering could help service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google better utilize network infrastructure. news.mit.edu/2019/reduce-co…

Ahh... #ESIPFed now down in the weeds with bit.ly/iIcGLs and data services - bit.ly/2JCO9Go thanks Adam and Doug

Global temperature trends showyourstripes.info #showyourstripes

Vaccinate software from #CSIRO: csiro.au/en/News/News-r…

Driverless (mostly) truck: washingtonpost.com/technology/201…

Quantum computing advances: scientificamerican.com/article/a-new-…

Programming languages ranked by how much electricity they use: bit.ly/ProgEnergy (v/@DavidCasselTNS @thenewstack) #C #C++ #Java #SwiftLang #WednesdayWisdom

One of the best articles on 'Normal Accidents' and software. Certainly timely. spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/avia…