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Many geographers are into cartography.
akudha
Not to get too political, but it is nice to see people who have interests/expertise in topics other than law and business.

He seems like a great VP candidate

1-6
You just violated your first statement.
rangerelf
What?
stnmtn
"Not to get political, but he's a great VP candidate" is what the commenter you're replying to is pointing out, just a small funny thing
akudha
That’s fair. I only said he seems like a good candidate, nothing too political. It still is mildly funny, lol
timbit42
They didn't get too political. They got a little political.
bdjsiqoocwk
We need more nerds/scientists/engineers in politics. I know zero about this guy, but learning that he's "into maps" is a hugely positive signal to me.

Who agrees?

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lopsidedgrin
You mean like China does?
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spidersenses
>"if China does something we should do the opposite"

Maybe not that. But China is proof that a country isn't necessarily better when it is governed by engineers and scientists.

bdjsiqoocwk
Surely you understand that if you have two systems that depend on millions of variables, and you compare 1 single variable, you cant assign the outcomes being different to that one variable?

I mean, maybe you don't understand really basic critical thinking, maybe my bar is too high here?

francisofascii
At first I was disappointed they didn't pick Mark Kelly, the astronaut. But now after seeing this, I am much more positive as well.
chucksta
What if he's really into gerrymandering?
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dave333
To talk politics in a hopefully unbiased way, he notes that red/blue state level maps of politics gloss over a lot of detail and that maps at the congressional district level reveal the battleground districts and also gerrymandering.
jvanderbot
That this is flagged is just sad. GIS is a fun hobby that I think lots of programmers would love to get more into, and the link to MN's map archives is really neat. I live there and had no idea those existed!