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The topic is so brutal I feel bad pointing out how artistic they made it render in mobile. I’m so used to short articles now that I kept getting surprised by ea
by bobx11 8y ago
The topic is so brutal I feel bad pointing out how artistic they made it render in mobile. I’m so used to short articles now that I kept getting surprised by each step they took in actually doing research. Great job all around.
- avar 8y agoOn the design / presentation: One thing that jumped out at me was the odd choice to use the phrase "1 million square meters - roughly the size of 140 soccer fields.". Are they trying to make "one square kilometer, - roughly[...]" sound more dramatic than it needs to?
- walrus01 8y agoOutside of the USA, floor space of buildings is typically measured in square meters. If you have a 15 floor office tower its gross and rentable square feet will be listed in square meters. This allows for comparison to other known structures.
- A2017U1 8y agoHumans are terrible with evaluating large numbers though. A square kilometre is far easier to visualise than 1 million square metres.
- tlow 8y agoIt really is a fantastic webpage. Any details on the team producing such content, anyone?
- Markoff 8y agoit's pretty jerky/clunky on Firefox on android, BBC has these galleries/interactive articles more optimized