{"id":8067,"date":"2023-08-02T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paddys.de\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:49:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:49:14","slug":"watchlist-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddys.de\/en\/watchlist-august-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchlist August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time<\/span> 6<\/span> Minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Are you tired of watching pointless TikTok videos that you won't remember tomorrow? But a book is too exhausting for you and you don't want to put your mobile phone down? Then I have something for you. I read a lot, watch one lecture after another whenever I get the chance. I left my mega good Series 9 TV to my parents. I don't watch linear television and can't stand advertising. That's why I prefer to watch a lot of really interesting stuff. After all, I have a lot of time and a lot of interest in pretty much everything there is to discover on this amazing planet we call Earth. Who came up with this stupid name? Take a look at our Earth from above1<\/a><\/sup>https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/@2.1041504,-140.13945802,-5491.18531359a,22257243.39694977d,35y,0h,0t,0r<\/span>. What is the first name that pops into your head?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eWater\u201c would be more appropriate. People always say \u201ethe blue plant\u201c as a matter of course. But are we even outlining the sheer amount of water we have? When was the last time you held a globe in your hand? I found it fascinating even as a child. Sure, today we have Google Earth. That also has its own special charm. But it can't replace a real globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that the idea behind \u201eEarth\u201c didn't come from Google but was stolen by two Berlin hackers? Long before Google started working on it, prototypes of the original product were on display at trade fairs. But nobody believed in the feasibility or the idea. It was only when the creators came up with an ingenious fake software that things suddenly started to heat up. It still wasn't feasible, but they spied on the invited guests, asked them supposedly private questions, e.g. about where they lived as a child, and played prepared videos of the \u201eapproach\u201c that would later make Google Earth so famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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