US military showed a version in 2012 [1], and there is a DARPA report[2]

That said, it's a solid student project. I'm sure she'll do well at university.

[1]: https://www.ifsecglobal.com/uncategorized/soundwaves-a-new-p...

[2]: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20...

Flat earthers don't use Mercator projection, they use polar azimuthal equidistant (AEQD) projection centered in the north pole.

I think it would be something like Portugal-Kamchatka:

https://i.ibb.co/9mqz8fvb/image.png

I didn't know that. Makes more sense than a rectangular projection at least.

It would be a straight line (in their official map) from the south of Portugal to Kamchatka (east Russia)

In passing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Salopek is walking from Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego, tracing the path of human migration out of Africa. Walking the coast, not a straight line.

They aren't, as clicking through on a sibling's link demonstrates. Moreover, Senegal is nowhere near Cape Town.

I'm so confused with the "Upgrade" example. Why does it lose the title case and why does it end up phrased as "upgrade to" instead of "Upgrade"?

English can use "upgrade" as an intentionally underspecified one-word label. On, say, a paywall, Spanish would naturally use a construction like "pasar a [otro plan]," and French “passer à [une autre offre].” The preposition a/à is how that particular meaning is expressed in those languages.

So it isn’t randomly translating “upgrade" as "upgrade to." The context tells you that "upgrade” means "move to a different plan," rather than "update the software."

You're right about the random capitalization though - it wasn't intentional and we'll edit that bit to avoid confusion.

Having tried gel rollerball and fountain pens, I always end up going back to clutch pencils with soft leads.

The author dismisses all pencils because he has to press down hard to use them, but I don't press down any more than I would with a fountain pen.

Being able to erase is also a bonus. Not to mention the ASMR sound!

I've never heard of clutch pencils before! I'll definitely check them out since I'm not sure I'd ever put pencils and asmr in a sentence together -besides the one I'd just typed- and yet I still occasionally need one.

>pressure

the gel pen I use can write under its own weight, so it's surely less pressure than any pencil would require, unless it's particularly soft and hefty?

It's existential crisis Tuesday

I'm stealing this for an office sign.

Scroll down, there is a huge ad but the article continues.

trying again, now there is a paywall anyways. I give up.

It wasn't millions, it was half a million. And what they're getting is permission to work in Spain, so it's unrelated to the article.

I don't think "less rich population" is an accurate description of Spain. It's a high-income developed country. Perhaps you assumed the article was about Spanish speakers worldwide rather than Spain specifically?