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by sergie_did_it 497 days ago
thats awesome, do you just love groundhogs or whats your motivation to supply such a service?
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Groundhogs are public figures who receive lots of press coverage, so it's important that we have mechanisms to keep them accountable.

Articles like "Grading the groundhogs" are only possible with clean datasets: https://www.noaa.gov/heritage/stories/grading-groundhogs

#TIL in Canada it was bears that were historically the predictors of an early or late spring; in US it was groundhogs (or ground squirrels). (Likely) Ameriican newspapers pushing their "biased groundhog agenda" across the border in the early 1900's and a lack of a strong understanding of where the bear-thing came from (first nations? the french? no one really knew) prevented a patriotic pushback. Perhaps the first occurance of the US cultural tidal wave the continues to sweep over Canada?
Someone who’s trying to use AI to put groundhogs out of a job does NOT love them. At all.
The job of Prognosticating Groundhog has weathered many technical revolutions: I don't think AI is going to be the one that puts them out of business.
Today is groundhog's day. There is a movie about it. :)
One of the few movies that I don't mind watching again every few years