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berkeley
Joined May 2009
it *does* give less conformal distortion around the edges. but idk not sure what value less-bad confromal distortion has if it's still bad and it doesnt look nicer
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winkel-tripel, which is popular in the us, is bad for classrooms because comparing latitudes precisely is actually pretty useful for learning about history and geography. winkel-tripel distorts latitudes and doesnt end up looking nicer that kavrayskiy https://t.co/GmgntoSSAv
Winkel Tripel is obviously the best one and we've had it since 1921. It simultaneously conveys relatively accurate proportions, shapes and the roundness of the Earth.
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gall-peters is great if what you want is to compare area and for some unimaginable reason also need to compare longitude in schools you want a compromise projection, like the robinson that was in most of my classrooms growing up the soviets came up with the best one
Boston Public Schools is the first district in the U.S. to swap out Mercator maps for the Peters projection, a more accurate and equitable depiction of the world that avoids the exaggerated size of Euro-centric countries.
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rt ๐ i think the dissolution of the canon is also a hidden force causing a lot of STEM-style thinking. without tradition, the closest you get to a shared referential basis is like "how stuff works," bc of instrumental convergence. and thats a shame because it's not enough
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"imagine being incapable of compromise and telling yourself it's because you have strong morals" โ hank greens "younger colleague" ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ indeed
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what the fuck. polymarket, you should be ashamed of yourselves. the right thing to do is retract this and apologize.
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hey so why are yall so friendly with folks who go on this app to blare out "im a bad person" every day?
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we needed to stop them enslaving people, but if it werent for that we should have just let the south leave tbh
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corporal punishment is allowed in public schools in the us south??? what???
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This is the real map that separate civilization and barbarity
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anti-islam sentiment really seems to be taking root in liberal circles. i have mixed feelings about it โ it's in some sense "correct," but dont foresee myself liking where it goes but it's weird that this is like total 2016-sam-harris victory. he actually won, the madman
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there was a guy i used to dm on here gay dude in egypt disappeared a while ago miss him; hope hes alright
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