What are people doing? Live-ish estimates based on global population dynamics

Wonderful. I always found the idea of billions of people particularly famous people doing something (anything) simultaneously as me, unbelievable for some reason. This somehow brings this issue front and center on a global scale. Well done.

Re: What are people doing? Live-ish estimates based on global population dynamics

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Post by dgfitz » Tue, May 20, 2025, 2:59 AM UTC

musicale wrote: post #2

That does it, I'm going back to sleep.

I’m not even mad, I’m impressed.

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Post by wanderingstan » Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:11 AM UTC

There is something sobering and humbling at “seeing” 2 people die every second.

To realize that entire lifetimes of memory and experiences are disappearing so quickly.

Though I’ve probably seen that stat before, the site does a good job of making it feel “live” with the updating population count and live stats on everything else.

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Post by bvirb » Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:12 AM UTC

Accurate, saw restroom use tick up 1

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Post by Sn0wCoder » Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:14 AM UTC

Willingham wrote: post #3

Your design of this page and your whole website is beautiful. How many years experience do you have with front end development?

Agreed. The world map showing evening, night and morning is a great visual to have updated in real time.

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Post by alwa » Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:14 AM UTC

The changelog indicates:

> * Fixed "Intimacy" count to always be an even number.

The FTX polycule would like a word…

Beautiful work!

Re: What are people doing? Live-ish estimates based on global population dynamics

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Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF » Tue, May 20, 2025, 3:17 AM UTC

alwa wrote: post #9

The changelog indicates: > * Fixed "Intimacy" count to always be an even number. The FTX polycule would like a word… Beautiful work!

Heck, Betty Dodson would like a word. I don't need anyone's help to be intimate!