Open Data
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Preventing Java Maxing Out CPU in Docker Containers
With much of the deployment world moving to Docker and Kubernetes in some wave, shape or form; I’ve been spending a lot more time digging into the minute things that will generally make things better. Working on some of the Synthetica Data Engine jobs which rely on heavily on Java execution, I’ve been reminded again…
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So tell me about the 94.75%…. #startups #business #IgniteNI #Propel
I’ve been contacted by a few people who seem rather insistent I crawl out of my grumpy cave as I’m not really commenting on things and haven’t done for most of the year. I took the bait…. I fell for it. You can read the full story and list of startups here. A Big Whacking…
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The ongoing issue of data transparency in Northern Ireland. #data #opendata #charity
There’s an interesting data parallel happening at the moment, the ability to champion open data and all the trimmings: reports, dashboards, findings (with smatterings of bias thrown in for good measure). And on the other hand the one in the cogs of government, this kind of thing. During the Detail Data Conference last week the main…
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NI’s Air Passenger Duty, #Opendata and #Clojure
A long while ago the powers that be decided to cut air passenger duty (APD) on long haul flights. Yesterday the Scottish government started a consultation on cutting the APD. So the question is, how many flights are actually effected by this APD cut in Northern Ireland? Northern Ireland’s Air Passenger Duty Any flight from…
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Show me your data and workings and I might believe you.
The media has done a real good job of jumping on data, data science, big data, Hadoop, Spark and all the rest of the words that associate themselves around the core word, “data”. What I’m finding more and more is that we’re expected to accept what is presented to us as verified and right. Guess…
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Extracting #MetOffice #OpenData in #Clojure
Living in York for the majority of my life you kind of get used to flooding, it happens frequently. With the number of floods increasing and their chances of it being a real nasty one also increasing, it might be a good idea to start peeking at past data and seeing if there’s anything jumping…