Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space(apnews.com)
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Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-city-sinking-nasa-satellite-imagery-b5a70fbc2f73a789f248ab69b08c75e7
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It seems you're implying this isn't very fast - ~10 inches a year is extremely fast for this type of activity.
It is very fast, Mexico City has serious problems.
My point is that "can be seen from space" is an awful way to communicate that. It provides no useful intuition for the scale of "10 inches per year".
My point is that "can be seen from space" is an awful way to communicate that. It provides no useful intuition for the scale of "10 inches per year".
They have to adapt somehow to the intelligence of target audience.
Discussion (220 points,5 days ago, 73 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47974682
We have very good satellites! Lots of things can be seen from space. "can be seen from space" is an awful way to provide readers intuition for the scale of something.