How to Set Date Time from Mac Command Line

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Working on a web extension that ships to an app store and isn’t immediately modifiable, like a website, can be difficult. Since you cannot immediately deploy updates, you sometimes need to bake in hardcoded date-based logic. Testing future dates can be difficult if you don’t know how to quickly change the date on your local machine. To change the current date on your Mac, execute the following from command line: # Date Format: MMDDYYYY sudo date -I 06142024 This command does not modify time, only the current date. Using the same command to reset to current date is easy as well! The post How to Set Date Time from Mac Command Line appeared first on David Walsh Blog. David Walsh... more →
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Mapping in Time & Space

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The ESA Star Mapper visualisation is an interactive map of the Universe. It allows you to explore in 3D 59,921 stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue.  If you select the ‘Motion’ option at the bottom of the map you can view an animated visualiztion of how stars move through space. You can orient yourself on the map by turning on star names, the outline of the constellations, and/or a graticule of Maps Mania… more →
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Real Time World Temperature Records

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The pace of global heating in 2022 means that it is now possible to create a real-time map showing locations around the world where all-time temperature records are being broken. In just the last 24 hours two locations in the U.S. have experienced their highest ever recorded temperatures (Cotulla, TX & Escanaba, MI). It isn’t only in America where heat records are now being broken on a daily Maps Mania… more →
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This App Maps Opioid Overdoses in Real Time – WIRED

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WIRED This App Maps Opioid Overdoses in Real TimeWIREDThe result was a web app called ODMAP that combines street-level data with tools from Esri, the digital mapping company, to help public health officials, police departments, and first responders track and respond to overdoses in real time. ODMAP's … map app – Google News… more →
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Track Hurricane Irma’s location and intensity in real time using NOAA data – Quartz

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Quartz Track Hurricane Irma's location and intensity in real time using NOAA dataQuartzThe app has a free version and a paid “Hurricane Tracker” upgrade for a one-time fee of $ 2.99. The free version shows real-time wind and weather patterns that allow you to track the current status of a hurricane, and the paid tracker adds additional … map app – Google News… more →
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