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Finally an xkcd comic about OSM 👀 (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 months ago by randomaccount43543@lemmy.world to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/21076796

xkcd #2977: Three Kinds of Research

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The secret fourth kind is 'we applied a standard theory to their map of every tree and got some suspicious results.'

https://explainxkcd.com/2977/

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is literally me.

[–] redd@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The person to the right?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

A major portion of my professional career has been occupied by the task of "get me a map of every tree"