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

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

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Post by mrweasel »

satellite2 wrote: post #43

Intimacy being almost the exact same number as warfare is pretty sad. On a more joyous note, it's really neat projet, thanks.

Also sad that 7-8 times more a on a smoking break. Let's normalise taking a sex break.

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

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Post by fedeb95 »

saagarjha wrote: post #48
fedeb95 wrote: post #41

the declining number of people engaged in warfare is the saddest statistic.

One would hope that it's because they've decided to resolve their differences and lay down arms?

yes, I would hope too

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

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Post by OskarS »

avvt4avaw wrote: post #44

Why do the estimated births/deaths per second counters have so much flicker? Surely you don't actually believe that the expected number of births/deaths per second fluctuates at 1dp precision multiple times per second?

Presumably time of day matters? I’m guessing more people give birth or have c-sections during the day (not sure if that’s true of fully natural births, but for induced and c-sections, seems very likely).

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

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Post by rightbyte »

mrweasel wrote: post #62
satellite2 wrote: post #43

Intimacy being almost the exact same number as warfare is pretty sad. On a more joyous note, it's really neat projet, thanks.

Also sad that 7-8 times more a on a smoking break. Let's normalise taking a sex break.

One of the benefits of WFH.

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

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Post by luke-stanley »

Cool idea but for the actual results I have no confidence in it because it has grounding shown like pop sizes, locations / timezones etc, it's just vibe coded with stuff like this: "// Approx 7.68 hours - fundamental physiological need.", "label: 'Nutrition', // User's concise label". I don't see any real population dynamics.
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