This animation shows the difference between rotating the orthographic camera (first half) which produces foreshortening, and adjusting the Y-value of the input normal to the displacement node (second half).

"The French are pretty much still holding out"

describes many things tbf

This is also why, for a while, the French held out with their own alternative standards (as the article states)

So is colonialism to blame when QGIS craps itself? No....but also yes, in a extremely indirect but not entirely seperated way. History connects things like that

my go-to example of how colonialism / history can effect mundane tech problems. This convention of 180W/180E is directly linked to the cultural power of the British empire and its enforcing of scientific standards.

Ive learned to expect consistently amazing (and harrowing) reporting from @shannonosaka.bsky.social

Im proud to say I took this as someone who lives in new york and was totally useless and lost

(oh yeah I live in new york. Yk, new york *city*)

Great lakes through and through

which language??

Há Lula no Brooklyn

O de Washington DC: