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    Covid-19 Vax Rate and New Cases
    Daily Life Society

    Covid-19 Vax Rate and New Cases

    Robert Hamill 14 Jul 202129 May 2022Leave a comment

    If your state has a low vaccination rate, you are four times as likely to catch the disease than if your state has a high…

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    Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions
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    Covid-19 Cases and Hospital Admissions

    Robert Hamill 15 Nov 202030 May 2022Leave a comment

    The major decline resulted from the mainly successful effort to ensure that covid-19 did not run rampant through long-term care facilities.

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    Electric Usage and Temperature
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    Electric Usage and Temperature

    Robert Hamill 15 Dec 201829 May 2022Leave a comment

    When the temperature (blue) is high, the electric use (red) is low. Contrariwise, when the temperature (blue) is low, the electric use (red) is high.…

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    Heating Electricity Usage
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    Heating Electricity Usage

    Robert Hamill 20 Sep 201830 May 2022Leave a comment

    We consume 1300 kW every month for non-HVAC activities. Each winter month consumes about 2500 kW for heating, while summer cooling uses 1500 kW per…

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    Home Electric Use and MATLAB
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    Home Electric Use and MATLAB

    Robert Hamill 29 Aug 201830 May 20221 Comment

    The MATLAB scatterplot clearly shows at low temperatures (towards the left), the most electricity is consumed (data points higher).

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    MATLAB Excursion
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    MATLAB Excursion

    Robert Hamill 31 Jul 201813 Dec 2024Leave a comment

    Data clustering, the organizing of data spontaneously, defines the essence of a person's unique understanding of reality. Data categorization is the method of learning societal…

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    Recently deceased hoisted by adults and societyTo cumulus heaven, adding Family myths and hard-earned lessonsTo guide our daily lives. Good and evil tally Yet change…

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025 President Trump’s recent decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities—without congressional authorization or approval—has once again stirred the unresolved tension at the…

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