is it a good sign when the national weather service runs out of pre-assigned colors to depict temperature?

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@dirkhh How hot is that…

[iwillyeah@mastodon.ie]

@dirkhh that makes some more sense than an actual heat map

[murteza@edmontonian.social]

@dirkhh@social.afront.org

Did you guys decide to keep the water out by boiling it?

[mahryekuh@hachyderm.io]

@dirkhh It's OK because all the reply-people in the social media comments of news outlets say it's just an ordinary summer (fun fact, it's not summer yet) and stop complaining because it's an ordinary workday for them tomorrow.

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And other reasons why democracy sometimes frightens me (even if it's still better than the alternatives).

[thornoroni@retro.pizza]

@afeinman @dirkhh
high effort joke

[dirkhh@social.afront.org]

@thornoroni

That is incredibly well done.
Can I ask about the toolchain used? It looks amazing.

[baloouriza@social.tulsa.ok.us]

@dirkhh It means you're in Oklahoma. Sorry.

[julien@cosocial.ca]

@dirkhh there's a color map specifically designed for that use case in Matplotlib. It's called inferno...

https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/colors/colormaps.html#sequential

[donlamb_1@mastodon.online]

@dirkhh @catsalad its just ash inside there.

[rhelune@todon.eu]

@Iwillyeah @energisch_ @dirkhh Grønland is though.

[energisch_@troet.cafe]

RE: https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe/116812225347353347

@Iwillyeah @dirkhh look at this Arctic ocean heat map https://troet.cafe/@ZLabe@fediscience.org/116812225910301059

[stephan@them.cheeky.wales]

@dirkhh@social.afront.org well, there is #44403d - Scorched Earth color