Another Hackathon

Ray finally got to another hackathon, the Cerebral Beach Hackathon.

Ray worked on a cellular automata smulation of homelessness with census tracts used as the grid. This allowed well known homeless count data to be used.

The intent was to wrap some artificial intelligence around the simulation to inform government officials of how to attack the homelessness problem.

Unfortunatelly the Kindo AI that the hackathon was sponsored by did not talk with Python. So some manual policies were tried and indicated that the homeless problem is unfortunately fairly "elastic".

 
Not A Duplicate

This is not a duplicate photo from the bicycle accident.

Ray was diagnosed with a squamous carcinoma in his gums and jawbone. The cancer being caused by the leukoplacia that Ray, his dentists, and his oral pathologists have struggled with since late 2017.

Nonetheless, the cancerous portion of the gum, jawbone, and lymph nodes were removed. The jawbone was replaced by a cutout from the lower leg bone (fibula).

Looks like Ray is on the mend again. The last eight months have not been kind to Ray.

 
Thailand Again

Tired of the cold and wet of Long Beach, Ray made his escape to Thailand and Cambodia. Besides escaping the cold and wet, Ray wanted the warm, dry of Thailand and Cambodia to go cycling, visit old friends, and make new friends.

Ray road rented bicycles on 18 of the 23 days (with 3 days of transfers and 2 in Bangkok canceling those days). Ray met up with old friends made during previous travels. And made new friends in Chiang Rai, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

This picture shows Ray on his way up to the Khun Korm waterfall outside Chiang Rai, Thailand.

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