Firstearth
Firstearth t1_jb8ylw4 wrote
Reply to [OC] Meteor strikes around the world - First time using Kepler.gl, download button wasn't working so the quality isn't too good! Data from Nasa, tools used are Kepler and Illustrator by Ricky-Nutmeg
I don’t like this projection. Greenland appears larger than the continental United States when it’s really about a fifth of the size or even compare it to Australia.
This means that a huge area of the graphic is dedicated to no data whatsoever whereas the real data is clumped together in the middle areas where a greater level of detail would be more helpful.
Firstearth t1_j99pfyy wrote
Instead of this rubric I would look into the points difference at the end of each match and work on that. Otherwise it’s way too heavily weighted.
For example, imagine a final where the winner gets decided by a half court three point buzzer beater. That game was effectively a tie with luck being the deciding factor. But now the winner has double the points of the second place.
This causes a huge leapfrog effect that pushes the champions higher and higher.
Firstearth t1_j18r9c1 wrote
Reply to [OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in Wikipedia by OfficialWireGrind
You know what’s most fascinating is the word crocodile
From Greek kroke + drilos To Latin crocodilus And then english went crocodile But Spanish went cocodrilo
Firstearth t1_j18q1sr wrote
Reply to comment by chak100 in [OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in Wikipedia by OfficialWireGrind
But that’s the same word though right? I mean the word is said the same in both languages it’s just the spelling that changes. Contrast that for example with chocolate which is spelt the same but has a considerable difference in pronunciation.
Firstearth t1_j18pqiv wrote
Reply to comment by fogindex in [OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in Wikipedia by OfficialWireGrind
It was pretty clear by the “um” suffix that platinum was Latin.
Firstearth t1_jblnrs1 wrote
Reply to comment by SuchBrightness in [OC] Distance of each European country's capital city from an international border by SuchBrightness
Was there any particular criteria from where you measured on the capital cities? Dead Center? Closest point? Furthest point?
I’m finding it hard to reconcile Denmark as I seem to have it about 5km less