Oliver BlanthornFeb 20

RE: https://masto.ai/@bovine3dom/116057908164467046

ooh actually this would make a really cool flow diagram

i could define the velocities as always being towards Paris

would have to think about what to do about flows that cross though 🤔

Show threadktylFeb 20
@bovine3dom unfortunately the original source doesn't seem to be loading for me but here's an article about this data vis/art project where they highlighted all the rome- (and other city-) pointing roads https://mymodernmet.com/all-roads-to-rome-project-map/
Designers Map Out All the Roads That Really Lead to Rome

Everyone is familiar with the saying "All roads lead to Rome," dating back to a time when all empirical roads radiated out from the capital of

My Modern Met
Show threadMoof! 🔜 #JetLagTheGame NLFeb 20
@ktyl @bovine3dom I’m now wondering if we can manage an “all trains lead to Vienna” map similar to that ;)
Show threadOliver BlanthornFeb 20

@moof ooh that's cool. but what i want to do is cooler because i think fast trains are fun

i have probably been living in France too long

@ktyl

Show threadOliver BlanthornFeb 20
@moof choo choo. annoyingly the us looks cooler @ktyl
Show threadOliver BlanthornFeb 20

@moof which part of the 80/20 principle is it that says the longer you spend on something the worse it looks

@ktyl

Show threadOliver Blanthorn
@moof my intuition about the 'sink' is clearly off because swapping between Paris and Vienna barely changes it. you can kind of see it but it's nothing like the worms i had at the start with the extreme smoothing @ktyl
Feb 20 at 3:32pmWeb