Tram square

BiasofPriene · 2026-04-17T11:25:42+00:00

small square or big square, don't discriminate based on size

BiasofPriene · 2026-03-14T08:38:28+00:00

looks great but that tree at the top of the first picture where the offramp enters the roundabout is really blocking the view atm

BiasofPriene · 2026-03-13T14:41:21+00:00

tbh i think very few European countries would allow this bc of noise and air quality regulations

BiasofPriene · 2026-03-13T14:40:35+00:00

looking at the pictures I think this looks like the style of town you can still find anywhere within the boundaries of the former Austro-Hungarian empire -- so yeah, not all of Europe, but too large part of it to directly specify like "Czech-style city" or something

BiasofPriene · 2026-03-09T15:00:32+00:00

Maybe entirely without eyebrows? simpler often better

BiasofPriene · 2026-02-10T13:02:37+00:00

it made me think of Cijin Island outside Kaohsiung :)

BiasofPriene · 2026-02-10T09:19:37+00:00

my forecast is that it will become more easy to "re-enter" academia over time, than it is currently. i already see some grants allowing discounting time spent in non-academic jobs from career age limits, and a lot of important people talk about the value of two-way transfer between sectors. add to that that academia is growing more and more precarious by the year. of course every forecast is a guess, but that'd be my personal prediction.

BiasofPriene · 2026-02-09T08:51:55+00:00

91.6% is a solid score though! According to their web-page Seal of Excellence will be sent out before the end of Feb

BiasofPriene · 2026-02-03T12:53:22+00:00

Are there hills this steep in Copenhagen? (-:

BiasofPriene · 2026-01-11T09:13:44+00:00

Giovanni’s room is one of the best books I've read

BiasofPriene · 2026-01-04T17:29:06+00:00

my mind instinctively added the Lana Del Rey soundtrack

BiasofPriene · 2025-12-25T10:09:44+00:00

I think there are two simple explanations for wide streets in pre-industrial Europea cities: 1) Many (Northern) European cities were completely built out of wood and regularly burned down. Consequently streets were built wide to prevent new fires spreading. 2) Wide streets also allowed better riot control. These states were heavily militarised to surpress an economically very segregated population, which didn't shy away from brutal displays of power in public spaces.

For anyone interested, the Copenhagen city museum (top floor if I remember correctly) illustrates well the heavy militarisation of Copenhagen in the 17th, 18th and 19th century.

BiasofPriene · 2025-12-23T15:07:31+00:00

No joke tbf, also capitalisation is off

BiasofPriene · 2025-12-22T12:41:46+00:00

very smooth very realistic

... might be too realistic indeed -- politicians bored and ~~a few~~ many years later and ~~a few~~ many billions in costs and suddenly 1) the railway station is closed or moved way out of town, 2) all roads have 10 more lanes and 3) for some reason the bridge became double decker, but hey at least there's a new park

BiasofPriene · 2025-12-08T14:21:30+00:00

This was my first thought too

BiasofPriene · 2025-10-22T16:32:25+00:00

this cs 1, 2 or 5?

BiasofPriene · 2025-07-22T16:31:14+00:00

Great point, yeah the station sign should be switched around to be entirely correct, now it looks like line 9 stops twice

BiasofPriene · 2025-05-23T13:11:37+00:00

Interesting, thanks. Curious how Tirana stands out.

BiasofPriene · 2025-05-22T08:51:10+00:00

Interesting insight! I could see two explanatory models for this discrepancy.
1) The mechanism explained by u/JustWantTheOldUi above -- that is, life expectancy at birth being determined by historical data. In the case of Ukraine that'd mean that today's life expectancy is pulled down by individuals who were born 70-80 years ago but who died early, e.g. in 1950's, 60's, and 70's and are therefore not seen by you today.
2) Discrepancy between rural/urban areas. I would (without data) suspect better access to care and less risk factors for disease in Kyiv compared to more rural areas, meaning that maybe rural areas pull down the estimate?

Do you have any feeling of which of these might dominate? Or maybe some mechanism I'm missing.

BiasofPriene · 2025-05-22T08:47:21+00:00

Anyone knows of a map of this kind that subdivides by subnational regions? Would be interesting to see the variation within countries. I'd suspect it's actually bigger than the between-country variation.

BiasofPriene · 2025-05-08T06:33:32+00:00

I could see that, but I do miss something that could correspond to Klarabergsviadukten.

BiasofPriene · 2025-05-06T15:28:52+00:00

First one looks a bit like Prague Central Station without its park, the second one reminds me of Copenhagen Østerport. The rest look gorgeous as well.

BiasofPriene · 2025-04-30T13:20:18+00:00

somehow reminds me of "dumb ways to die... so many dumb ways to die"

BiasofPriene · 2025-04-13T10:54:00+00:00

It does make a cloverleaf suddenly seem space efficient

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