Maps twist our perception of the world
Here are 20 to rethink it:
1. Countries closer to the equator (~poorer) seem smaller than they are
(map by @neilrkaye)
Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 🧵
1/22
Last night I used GPT-4 to write code for 5 micro services for a new product.
A (very good) dev quoted £5k and 2 weeks.
GPT-4 delivered the same in 3 hours, for $0.11
Genuinely mind boggling
Congrats to @USMonastirBB for winning the 2022 Basketball Africa League Finals. You've inspired countless young people across Africa and around the world with your grit and determination this season. It's exciting to see the game we all love expand throughout the continent.
“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
Montesquieu said this 300 years ago. We’re still working on this one.
LIVE: The crew aboard the International @Space_Station opens the hatch of @BoeingSpace's #Starliner and delivers remarks welcoming the new spacecraft to the orbiting laboratory: https://t.co/TOi77Jz7ID