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In defence of the author, they have used a standard ESRI webapp/story map template. What blows my mind is that I knew it was going to be this before clicking through entirely based…

>>I'm not really top percentile in anything save my ability to communicate. Being top-percentile in communication is nothing to brush off. It's about finding where to use your top-…

On a (much) smaller scale, there is ARGUS-IS [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS

Nice site. It has some good content on there. One thing that I disliked from a design standpoint, was the fact I couldn't open stories in a new tab. I suspect I'm not the only pers…

Having been in a similar boat, what I find amazing is how there are words I say with an American accent 99% of the time, but in the context of a South African reference, will say i…

I think part of it is not just the look, but also the content. The 'old' internet wasn't as concerned with how to monetize content, it was just people sharing stuff they like/disli…

I use the Logitech MX Master, which allows you to turn on and off the clicking. You can even program one of the buttons to turn it on and off. When I write that out, it seems like …

As somebody who flies UAVs for a living, I can say that whenever the laws squeeze tighter, it doesn't really seem to make a difference on the recreational side, but the number of h…

What I find interesting is when people will point to their plastic screen cover covered in small scratches as proof of why they need it. Generally, those same scratches would not h…

1) I'm pretty sure this is how various levels of public service work. Pay below market rate, but offer extremely good job security. As a result, many people stick around and form l…

They didn't rig the lottery, they figured out how to beat the odds. The former makes it sound like they colluded to change the game, when all they did was play by the rules, albeit…

As far as I know, they are used quite heavily in golf and tennis equipment. Hockey sticks tend to be carbon fiber. I think the baseball wood/aluminum debate can't handle another me…

I see the similar behaviour with measurement on scales though. There is this need to make it EXACTLY 2.50 pounds. If it is 2.52, well that just unacceptable, and the seesaw of remo…

On the first class of failure, sometimes people take it a bit too far. I've watched people stress about how they level off their 1/4 tsp because if it's too heaped, it will be too …

So by your definition, a non-liberal would answer: 1. No, you can't have an abortion for any reason (rape, abuse, etc.). OR do you mean you can have one, as long as you can afford …

The last time I did a first aid course, they really pushed the idea of just water and bandages. They cautioned against the use of other ointments as well as alcohol and peroxide as…

I do only do updates on wifi, however, internet is both expensive and data caps are quite low where I live. I'd rather watch one more Netflix show than download an app I don't ofte…

I agree that there are certainly benefits to auto-updates, but where I tend to dislike them (especially on the phone), is where I have infrequently used apps. To stick with the Ube…

At first, I agreed, but then realized there's two issues with the argument I can think of: 1) to get to the warmer temperatures, you need to pass through the room temperature stage…

I don't buy the 'it costs too much' excuse. How much does it cost to go: Testing ... FOR REAL ... It's not perfect, but at least the test alerts and the real alerts are not mixed t…

Agree with this. It's a great feature other than in messaging apps. In those, I wish there was an equally useful feature to get back to the bottom. I've noticed that most people fi…

>Project Oxygen shocked everyone by concluding that, among the eight most important qualities of Google’s top employees, STEM expertise comes in dead last. This result seems a bit …

I agree with the need for more analysis. This site seems to take a MadLibs style of 'product that exists' for 'company type that exists'. Surely there are legitimate results from t…

While I generally applaud their plan to try something new, I wonder why this is more feasible than say, using high-resolution satellite imagery? At 30 cm pixel resolution, it's cer…