newson_db

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   by newson_db 16y ago

   Great things are often created out of obsession--e.g., Google's search engine, the iPad, the light bulb.
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   No, You're Not Crazy--The Cities on Google Maps Keep Changing(41latitude.com)

   18 points by newson_db 16y ago|10 comments
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   by newson_db 16y ago

   "Perhaps being an 'important' well-known city counts against being displayed..." Then why are London, Paris, Mumbai, Shanghai, Tokyo, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco on the same map that New York isn't on?
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   by newson_db 16y ago

   "Given its immense importance..." You're seriously going to argue that NYC isn't immensely important? From Wikipedia: "New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one
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   by newson_db 17y ago

   Except for that there are no landmarks shown on any of the examples. Looking at the maps, nothing is changing except for the cities and the placement of the highway labels. The adding and switching of the different cities does seem complete