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0 pointsbewuethr5y ago0 comments

That shouldn't matter for the timezone, though, no?

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Using the timezone was Github's way of easily getting the right orientation of the globe for the viewer's location. In my case (and I'm guessing everyone in the southern hemisphere) that doesn't work.

dmurray5y ago

It looks like it starts showing the globe North of about 5° South, which would get 89% of the world's population. Pan down just another 3° (include the population centres in Indonesia, without sacrificing anything in the North) to get to 94% of the population. Of course, Github's user base may be distributed differently.

Source: https://youtu.be/p-MGKz4qjJw

BiosElement5y ago

Aren't most globes oriented that way for display though? They copied the normal angle used for physical globes so it's instantly recognizable I suspect.

mattmanser5y ago

Whoosh, that was his point entirely. Globes are Northern hemisphere biased because of the history of European colonialism.

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