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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago (14 children) Not exactly north pole. permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 34 points 10 months ago (8 children) To be fair, neither are reindeer IRL. Santa's sleigh should be pulled by 8 murderous polar bears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago (1 child) But santa lives in Finland... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago ...And commutes to the North Pole workshop M W F and works from home on Tue and Thu. Try and keep up, OK? permalink fedilink source parent [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago Murderous flying polar bears. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago 🎵Rudolph with his nose so red, better run now or you'll soon be dead🎶 permalink fedilink source parent [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) It's a ton better, you're not going to get many that are literally at the North Pole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago Exactly. Ain't nothin alive up there besides scientists running from student loan debt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Wasn’t that what the witch from Narnia did? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 10 months ago And Santa is a much more powerful demon. So that tracks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fondots@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) I believe the geomagnetic pole falls somewhere in that region permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Nope. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago That's a map of the magnetic "dip" pole not the geomagnetic pole. They are slightly different things. I'm a bit out of my depth, so I'm not gonna try to explain the distinction because I don't really understand it very well myself, it's just a fun fact I picked up somewhere. But AFAIK, the geomagnetic pole is still supposed to be somewhere around Canada/Greenland Also, not for nothing, but those are two different map projections so with how things get distorted around the poles in the OPs map,it's a little hard to directly compare them. Remember that with cylindrical projections the whole top edge of the map basically represents a single point (the geographic north Pole) so things are often a lot closer together than they may look on the map. Just from eyeballing the two maps as an amateur who uses maps more than the average person but doesn't exactly study them, I wasn't 100% confident that the dip pole wasn't in one of those higher spots of the puffin's range (it's not, I confirmed on a couple other maps, but it's closer than you might think just from casually looking at these two maps.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago mapswithoutNZ permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 34 points 10 months ago (8 children) To be fair, neither are reindeer IRL. Santa's sleigh should be pulled by 8 murderous polar bears. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago (1 child) But santa lives in Finland... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago ...And commutes to the North Pole workshop M W F and works from home on Tue and Thu. Try and keep up, OK? permalink fedilink source parent [–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago Murderous flying polar bears. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago 🎵Rudolph with his nose so red, better run now or you'll soon be dead🎶 permalink fedilink source parent [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) It's a ton better, you're not going to get many that are literally at the North Pole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago Exactly. Ain't nothin alive up there besides scientists running from student loan debt. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Wasn’t that what the witch from Narnia did? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 10 months ago And Santa is a much more powerful demon. So that tracks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tja@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago (1 child) But santa lives in Finland... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago ...And commutes to the North Pole workshop M W F and works from home on Tue and Thu. Try and keep up, OK? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago ...And commutes to the North Pole workshop M W F and works from home on Tue and Thu. Try and keep up, OK? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago Murderous flying polar bears. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 10 months ago 🎵Rudolph with his nose so red, better run now or you'll soon be dead🎶 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child) It's a ton better, you're not going to get many that are literally at the North Pole. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago Exactly. Ain't nothin alive up there besides scientists running from student loan debt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 10 months ago Exactly. Ain't nothin alive up there besides scientists running from student loan debt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) Wasn’t that what the witch from Narnia did? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 10 months ago And Santa is a much more powerful demon. So that tracks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 10 months ago And Santa is a much more powerful demon. So that tracks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) I believe the geomagnetic pole falls somewhere in that region permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Nope. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago That's a map of the magnetic "dip" pole not the geomagnetic pole. They are slightly different things. I'm a bit out of my depth, so I'm not gonna try to explain the distinction because I don't really understand it very well myself, it's just a fun fact I picked up somewhere. But AFAIK, the geomagnetic pole is still supposed to be somewhere around Canada/Greenland Also, not for nothing, but those are two different map projections so with how things get distorted around the poles in the OPs map,it's a little hard to directly compare them. Remember that with cylindrical projections the whole top edge of the map basically represents a single point (the geographic north Pole) so things are often a lot closer together than they may look on the map. Just from eyeballing the two maps as an amateur who uses maps more than the average person but doesn't exactly study them, I wasn't 100% confident that the dip pole wasn't in one of those higher spots of the puffin's range (it's not, I confirmed on a couple other maps, but it's closer than you might think just from casually looking at these two maps.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Nope. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago That's a map of the magnetic "dip" pole not the geomagnetic pole. They are slightly different things. I'm a bit out of my depth, so I'm not gonna try to explain the distinction because I don't really understand it very well myself, it's just a fun fact I picked up somewhere. But AFAIK, the geomagnetic pole is still supposed to be somewhere around Canada/Greenland Also, not for nothing, but those are two different map projections so with how things get distorted around the poles in the OPs map,it's a little hard to directly compare them. Remember that with cylindrical projections the whole top edge of the map basically represents a single point (the geographic north Pole) so things are often a lot closer together than they may look on the map. Just from eyeballing the two maps as an amateur who uses maps more than the average person but doesn't exactly study them, I wasn't 100% confident that the dip pole wasn't in one of those higher spots of the puffin's range (it's not, I confirmed on a couple other maps, but it's closer than you might think just from casually looking at these two maps.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago That's a map of the magnetic "dip" pole not the geomagnetic pole. They are slightly different things. I'm a bit out of my depth, so I'm not gonna try to explain the distinction because I don't really understand it very well myself, it's just a fun fact I picked up somewhere. But AFAIK, the geomagnetic pole is still supposed to be somewhere around Canada/Greenland Also, not for nothing, but those are two different map projections so with how things get distorted around the poles in the OPs map,it's a little hard to directly compare them. Remember that with cylindrical projections the whole top edge of the map basically represents a single point (the geographic north Pole) so things are often a lot closer together than they may look on the map. Just from eyeballing the two maps as an amateur who uses maps more than the average person but doesn't exactly study them, I wasn't 100% confident that the dip pole wasn't in one of those higher spots of the puffin's range (it's not, I confirmed on a couple other maps, but it's closer than you might think just from casually looking at these two maps.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago mapswithoutNZ permalink fedilink source parent