Marcel Gerber

computer science student @RWTH & developer for @ourworldindata.
into charts and trains.

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@leecrawfurd @MaxCRoser @Josh_Merfeld @DanyX23 @charliegiattino @leecrawfurd we're now including a small Stata snippet to load any of our datasets into Stata. you can find it at the bottom of the download dialog ("Data" tab), and it looks like so. Hope you like it!

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@leecrawfurd @MaxCRoser @Josh_Merfeld @DanyX23 @charliegiattino That is very much doable for us, if there's an easy way in Stata to import a csv file from an URL?
I'm not a Stata user myself, so I wouldn't know.

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

We've just made it much easier to reuse the data on Our World in Data

Here is an overview of our new features: enhanced data downloads and the Chart Data API — by my colleagues @DanyX23, @MarcelGerber9, and @charliegiattino

https://t.co/KWDpZEssZ5

[Daniel Bachler @DanyX23]

At @ourworldindata, we’ve just launched new data download options and a Chart Data API to make it even easier to access and reuse the data on our site! Here’s a quick overview of what’s new: 🧵

[Ben Jones @BW_Jones]

This will be the first Presidential election since 1976 to not have a Biden, Bush, or Clinton on the ticket.

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

On Our World in Data, we have thousands of indicators and hundreds of articles covering more than 100 topics.

This range of content makes the ability to search across our site particularly important.

That’s why we've just improved how search works in two key ways.

Short 🧵

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

We’ve just launched Data Insights!

It's a new bite-sized format in which we focus on one of our 4,000+ charts to highlight one important detail about how the world is changing.

🔗 https://t.co/Lcssnm0iZx

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

I'm happy to have contributed to that list :)

[Lucas Rodés-Guirao @lucasrodesg]

These last days, before I start working with my computer, I play these games. I really like this morning routine! Also, an excuse to check on friends :-)

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@janwilmans @b0rk These two have been introduced in 2019, and do the same things you can already do with checkout. It's just that checkout doing so many _different_ things was deemed unintuitive for newcomers, and so there are now separate commands for switching branches and cleaning the worktree.

[Justine Moore @venturetwins]

Obsessed with the new “make it more” trend on ChatGPT.

You generate an image of something, and then keep asking for it to be MORE.

For example - spicy ramen getting progressively spicier 🔥 (from u/dulipat)

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

A new feature on @OurWorldInData — thank you @MarcelGerber9 for building this!

When you share a link to a chart on social media, you will automatically see a preview thumbnail that shows the exact chart configuration.

Here is an example: https://t.co/5eyZ1ju7fc

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@BillWoo66472598 @MaxCRoser @OurWorldInData https://t.co/SVOs2aQnVw

[Jerry Mouse @Gibberingwreck1]

@MaxCRoser @_HannahRitchie @OurWorldInData @MarcelGerber9 I assume the spike in the Asia line is due to Mao's Great Leap Forward.

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@researchremora is it at all possible to get full-quality versions of your #rayshader population maps? including paying for them, of course.
would love to hang some on the wall...

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@PicturesFoIder X-ray imaging

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

@maurice_1960 @urbanthoughts11 Germany has bendy buses in lots of cities, even in medium-sized ones (Aachen, Würzburg, Schweinfurt). They all work great and are super reliable.

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

“We had lost the generator, tachometer, autopilot, cabin heater, landing and taxi lights, belly tank fuel gauge, electrical fuel pump, and winch,” Cook wrote.

https://t.co/RX9jHBcEoA

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

TIL that there has been a nonstop 64-day flight in a Cessna - refueled from a truck at the ground - in the year 1958 already!
This is bonkers; would love to learn more about the logistics of food, toilets, sleep etc.

https://t.co/O3TqRP3MGe

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

We’re very excited to launch our new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Tracker!

With it you can monitor global and country-by-country progress toward the @UN SDGs.

Check it out: https://t.co/ixKt9egk2n

[Marcel Gerber @MarcelGerber9]

Bargeldbezahlautomaten (z.B. in Eisdielen), die nicht mal die Möglichkeit bieten mit Karte zu zahlen, sind ja auch so eine urdeutsche Erfindung