YouTube: Making accurate maps is mathematically impossible
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USA!USA!USA! YouTube: From a colony to a superpower in 200 years.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months ago • 124 views • 8:56YouTube description: There's a hidden market in the supermarket — Vox's Phil Edwards explains. Read the article here: http://www.vox.com/2016/11/22/13707022/grocery-store-slotting-fees-slotting-allowances... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months ago • 130 views • 6:59Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 233 views • 4:03Youtube: Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians.
posted by RedSky 7 years 6 months ago • 817 views • 5:31Always thought it was weird that America switches the traditions red=left, blue=right colour scheme.
posted by ChaosEngine 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 466 views • 5:53YT: "It's more complex than women earning 79 cents for every dollar a man makes." A good step toward introducing a little more data to the gender wage gap debate.
posted by Babymech 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 386 views • 5:19YouTube description: So...why does all the writing in comic books look like that? Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 555 views • 8:33Fencing is actually 3 different events. Here's how to tell them apart.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 17 views • 5:33Interesting. I wonder what kind of results could be discovered if there was proper government funding on these substances.
posted by brycewi19 7 years 8 months ago • 262 views • 5:07YouTube description: "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 487 views • 4:39update, Cameron has resigned.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 342 views • 2:08YouTube description: Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory, the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 229 views • 5:31YouTube description: Engineers that work with fluids need a solid understanding of how they behave, and there’s one branch of fluid mechanics that plays a role in areas all across our lives. Whether... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 116 views • 10:07The Coexist logo is famous on bumper stickers and around the world — but it's also at the center of quite a few battles. When Piotr Mlodozeniec designed the first Coexist logo, he had no idea how... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 504 views • 5:33The Interstate Highway System was one of America's most revolutionary infrastructure projects. It also destroyed urban neighborhoods across the nation.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 452 views • 4:39YouTube description: Dirt is probably the cheapest and simplest construction material out there, but it's not very strong compared to other choices. Luckily geotechnical engineers have developed a way... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 930 views • 7:53YouTube description: A massive document leak reveals the secrets of shell companies. Matt Yglesias explains, adapting an analogy from reddit user DanGliesack: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikei... ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 392 views • 2:07