I really don’t care. But as far as i know. The landmass distortion on mercator is “corrected” by having boxes of “different sizes” across the map. Except that each box is actually respresenting the same km²

I don’t know what image on the article is about.

When looking into the eckert IV, this seems to be as accurate it gets

Which i think is quite good. It’s a good compromise between shape and landmass, by NOT projecting it on a rectangle.

Now compare this image, to the one in the article.

It looks so stupid how they’re trying to overlay them while removing the context from both.

This may come as a shock to you. But it’s mathematically impossible to show the full surface of a sphere on a rectangle without distortion.

The mercator projection has these smaller rectangles of “different sizes” across the map. There’s a reason for that. They show the distortion of size, in favour of highlighting shapes and angles of continents

This “new” map will also have distortions. Though they will be far more difficult to show on the eckert IV projection, becase angles and shapes are now distorted, in favour of highlighting relative landmass.

So what evidence or facts is it you’re talking about? Both are projections of a sphere onto a rectangle. There will always be distortion.

Based on your previous reply, I could make some educated guesses at what you were trying to convey, based on context.

I did not know we were in a flame war. Have I attacked you somehow? Or do you always see it as a personal attack when someone has to explain why you’re wrong?

I dunno… I feel like I’ve dealt with enough German machinery and bureaucracy for 3 lifetimes.

Their “obsession” for standards is only for the standard of making everything 10 times more complicated than it needs to be.

And before you ask, of course there’s an easy system for various sizes that all relate to each other.

What did you think? That we hadn’t thought this through?

Interesting, and also hopeful if that’s the case. That’s much a much better situation than if we couldn’t get them out of our body at all.

What is it you think you’re correcting? This is how it works. It’s happening right now. And has been happening for decades.

goods ordered from Europe, to Canada, that only transits the US, is not affected by US tariffs. Because it’s not being imported to the US.

Items can still arrive in a US port, be taken inland for further processing and distribution. And then whatever is supposed to go up to Canada goes up to Canada.

the only time Foreign goods to Canada is subjected to US tariffs, is if a US company has taken ownership, and sell the product to Canada, rather than selling the transportation service

youre channelling through a large country who are shackled to their own country’s stuff. it isnt going to get the acknowledgement you think it will get there.

I have genuinly no idea what you’re trying to say.

Canadian companies are more than welcome to set up their own distribution channels and not route it through the US. Nothing is stopping them.

Buddy. I don’t need you to try and guess how my items arrive. I already know this. It’s literally printed on the package.

It may be more effective to store it in a warehouse somewhere in cologne and use a vendor that sources it from there.

But from what I’ve seen, it’s cheaper to buy it from China directly, and have it “shipped” (flown) over. Which is why I do it.

Takes a few days extra. But you’ll pay less.

Are you sure. I’ve read they keep collecting in various organs, including our brains

It depends on what it is you’re buying and how it’s getting there. If I’m ordering something from China. I’m not gonna get it shipped. Because that will take ages. It’ll go on a transport plane. And every single time I’ve ordered things, they’ve been flown to Germany first.

Items being shipped between Europe and NA is not going on a detour to land in the US. Especially not if it’s imported by a vendor. The vendor will pick the cheapest option. And trucking through Canadian wilderness isn’t it.

It’s really not weird at all. It’s the same in EU. If I order something from another continent. Chances are pretty high it’s going to go through Germany before making its way up here to Sweden.

Canada is 40 million to the US 350. So it makes more sense to have things go through the country where your biggest market is, and have it distributed out from there.

Ofc I’m just speaking very broadly. There’s a difference if you import directly yourself, or if they’re going through a Canadian vendor

At least now they have reintroduced “tjänstemannaansvar” (public servant accountability). And when I say now I actually mean, pretty much now. It went into effect 1 august of this year.

It was not. It’s actually pretty recent.

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/ost/16-aring-atalas-i-norrkoping-kastade-banan-pa-talmannen-andreas-norlen

I Just run YouTube via my browser with adblock instead of trying to fiddle with an app. And i have another extension so videos doesn’t stop playing when i turn off my screen.

Funny story, here in Sweden, our speaker of the parliament was visiting a school to speak. Someone threw a “banana or part of a banana”. Bodyguards “aprehended” the boy until police arrived and the boy was interrogated at the police station.

The speaker then started a criminal suit against the boy (who was 16) with the charge of disorderly conduct. The damage was noted as, “a stained shirt”.

According to the speaker, incidents like this could cause politicians to not want to speak at schools (oh no… how will the children cope?)

Anyway, people are calling him out as the clown he is. And i’d be very surprised if he gets to keep his post after our election (regardless of who wins)

Wonderful. Everything from “I’m about to learn you a thing” to “check republic”.

Just a bit too obvious though.

They are not mutually exclusive.

Interesting. I have heard that hardware manufacturers create specific chip architecture to suit AI technology.

Though I had not considered that the hardware might shift so much as to be rendered “useless” for the average consumer

Please feel free to come and ping this thread in 2028 to tell me Im wrong.

I’m honoured you think I’m petty enough to dig up a 2 year old post just to say “i told you so” to some random user on the Internet.

But unfortunately I’m only mortal. I’ll leave that kind of pursuit to the bots.