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The Uncensored Library is a Minecraft server and map released by Reporters Without Borders and created by BlockWorks, DDB Berlin, [1] and Media.Monks [2] as an attempt to circumvent censorship in countries without freedom of the press. The library contains banned reporting from Mexico, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Brazil, and Eritrea.
Build The Earth was created by YouTuber PippenFTS in March 2020 as a collaborative effort to recreate Earth in the video game Minecraft. [1] During the COVID-19 lockdowns, the server aimed to provide players with the opportunity to virtually experience and construct the world. In a YouTube video, PippenFTS called for prospective participants to ...
The geometric series on the real line. In mathematics, the infinite series 1 2 + 1 4 + 1 8 + 1 16 + ··· is an elementary example of a geometric series that converges absolutely. The sum of the series is 1. In summation notation, this may be expressed as. The series is related to philosophical questions considered in antiquity, particularly ...
It also still owns about $8.5 billion of preferred shares, which include warrants to buy more of the company's common stock at $59.62 a share (it currently trades around $62.90).
Mipmap. In computer graphics, mipmaps (also MIP maps) or pyramids [1] [2] [3] are pre-calculated, optimized sequences of images, each of which is a progressively lower resolution representation of the previous. The height and width of each image, or level, in the mipmap is a factor of two smaller than the previous level.
Texture atlas. In computer graphics, a texture atlas (also called a spritesheet or an image sprite in 2D game development) is an image containing multiple smaller images, usually packed together to reduce overall dimensions. [1] An atlas can consist of uniformly-sized images or images of varying dimensions. [1]
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Mapsand Google Earththat provides ground-level interactive panoramasof cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
As of 2020[update], Google Maps was being used by over one billion people every month around the world. [1] Google Maps began as a C++desktop program developed by brothers Larsand Jens Rasmussenat Where 2 Technologies. In October 2004, the company was acquired by Google, which converted it into a web application.