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kopasz7@sh.itjust.worksto
World News@lemmy.world•Hungary charges journalist after claims minister was in touch with Moscow: Investigative reporter Szabolcs Panyi covered story alleging foreign minister had passed information to Sergei LavrovEnglish
9·8 days agoCurrent polling shows a 23 percentage point lead (58 v 35) in favor of the opposition party, Tisza.
Orban’s circle are grasping at straws, they are already sending their stolen wealth abroad in containers. These are the last weeks of the orban regime.
kopasz7@sh.itjust.worksto
World News@lemmy.world•African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s sizeEnglish
4·8 months agoI know right! It’s all done to further Antarctica’s hegemony! Just look how huge it seems!
/uj If you want no distortions, get a globe.
kopasz7@sh.itjust.worksto
World News@lemmy.world•African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s sizeEnglish
572·8 months ago“It’s [the Mercator projection] the world’s longest misinformation and disinformation campaign, and it just simply has to stop.”
No matter how we cut it though, all 2D projections will have some kind of distortion. They opted to preserve area, while the Mercator preserves angles. Arguably it is less important today to preserve angles, as we have automatic navigation systems. There are some alternatives that also preserve the area: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/The-Equal-Earth-compared-to-similar-equal-area-pseudocylindrical-projections.png

Then I am very hopeful, because what’s happening here from Orban’s ruling party has been very contra-productive lately. The polling also shows a decisive lead in favor of the opposition party, Tisza. (58% vs 35%)
Here is a translated satirical summary from r/hungary of how absurd things are in the official communication (and there are still two weeks!):