Category: Just For Fun
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Last Frost Date
Last week’s post on false spring had me thinking about when I should actually start planting things in the ground. I was always told “Mother’s Day” is the safest time to plant. Climate data is free, so let’s figure out the earliest planting date in Dayton, Ohio. Feel free to use the NOAA data to…
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False Spring
Spring has finally sprung, and while the veggies might not be in the ground (I’m eying you, Natorps), the weather has certainly turned. Yet every year, I feel like I’m faked-out by a series of days tricking me into thinking it’s spring, way earlier than it should. It’s a known phenomenon called “Fake Spring,” and…
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March Madness Final Update
Results: Not bad! The model ended up in the 99th percentile among all submitted brackets, with an overall rank of 39,059 across all global brackets. It successfully predicted that Michigan would be the ultimate winner and correctly predicted three of the final four (Michigan, Illinois, and Arizona). Overall, the model made 43 correct picks, 11…
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