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Re: The Mongolian Meta

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post #30

There’s something about this that reminds me of the “you’re just a kid” scene in Good Will Hunting.

Or one of those "I'm rapidly searching my mental database" scenes in modern adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. (The BBC version preferred!)

Re: The Mongolian Meta

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post #20

Mirror as PDF: https://gwern.net/doc/cs/security/2021-kommu-themongoliangeo... (it doesn't appear to have been updated since 2021 and Google Docs are bad for longevity/discoverability/archiving).

If author is reading, they can also export the docs to a html document, which google will host. This is much better for sharing, as it loads faster, doesn't get added to users google docs and doesn't have a limit on concurrent viewers.

Re: The Mongolian Meta

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post #17

This stuff must get outdated very quickly. Google could very well upload an entire new set of photos for Mongolian roads tomorrow. How do Geoguessers keep on top of that? Is there a central repo/db where they store the dates that each country, or even potentially province or town, get updated by google. Im imagining some kind of RSS feed that Geoguessers all subscribe to which alerts them of a country update and they…

It's like a metaphor for life: you tend your garden, then the storms come and level everything, and then you tend a new garden from scratch. No human labor is everlasting—it's why the nomads invented yurts.

Ah, yes. The Mongolian Meta meta.
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