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2D maps all have different features and drawbacks. It’s like you’re saying that because our databases don’t offer all of consistency, availability, and partitio
by labster 4y ago
2D maps all have different features and drawbacks. It’s like you’re saying that because our databases don’t offer all of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance, that it’s a reflection on how the technology sector as a whole doesn’t care about data. But it’s not that. Someone has to make a trade-off somewhere, because of math. 2D maps are inherently distortions.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoI can't tell if you're intentionally missing my point. If all the people making the trade-off, and all the people who pay the people making the trade-off and all the people who pay the ... etc. are one type of person, then you're going to make trade-offs that hurt other types of people. Here's a list of examples for women: > The US government did not adequately test the impact of a crash on a belt-restrained female dummy until 2012. Dummies for decades had been based on the average, 50th percentile male body. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47725946 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47725946 Basically, if you flip it and it seems ridiculous, then it is ridiculous. How long do you think crash testing with only a female 50th percentile dummy would have lasted before someone, recognizing that they themselves weren't represented would have said "wait a minute, we're ignoring half the population". If you need a purely technical example: websites that require JS work fine for most people, but might fail catastrophically for people using screenreaders or privacy protecting addons. That trade-off might make sense if you forget about those people, and it's harder to forget about them if you, your team, your industry and your main audience mostly consists of those people.