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The biggest mapping mistake of all time – California [video]
- PaulHoule 4y agoYou know I've always wanted to use unicode bold characters in an HN title but I never had the balls.
- uberman 4y agoGuidelines suggest that one should not do stuff to make the headline standout so like best to avoid this kind of thing.
- an1sotropy 4y agoWikipedia [1] covers the same topic with less funny-chat-chat (and less emphasis on Antonio de la Ascensión), but the creator also has detailed source notes [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_California [2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/15iqHcp2rW-Ljl9UCaASX7s6lQK161lI9B6V1L2dx1jQ https://docs.google.com/document/d/15iqHcp2rW-Ljl9UCaASX7s6l...
- michaelwww 4y ago> less funny-chat-chat I have a low tolerance for videos with tone like: "Hey kids, did you know honey bees have a queen and are themselves called drones? Pretty cool, right?" I hated that tone even when I was a kid.
- honkdaddy 4y agoThanks for this. Seems like a topic better learned from a wiki article than a video.
- paulette449 4y agoThe link starts a few minutes in, to the video title sequence and an in-video ad. Here's a link that begins with the actual content, right after the ad. https://youtu.be/Hcq9_Tw2eTE?t=400 https://youtu.be/Hcq9_Tw2eTE?t=400
- tafath 4y agoSponsorBlock [1] is a browser extension that skips in-video ads. [1] https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock
- richrichardsson 4y agoI couldn't get past the audacity of this asshole disturbing someone on public transport to pitch him a fucking advert. I suppose it's probably fake and it was his buddy, but still.
- teen 4y agoSame... wtf
- mdrzn 4y agoIt's literally his camera operator, you can see it in another shot.
- richrichardsson 4y agoRight, I figured it was a set up and not how I first interpreted it, but that initial impression stuck and I just couldn't carry on watching the rest as I was so nauseated by him after that.
- kjeetgill 4y agoI think it was just a bit.