Estimating the heights of New Yorkers from their scuff marks

https://blog.jse.li/posts/smith9street/

25•eat_veggies•3d ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20260714142831/https://blog.jse....

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Hussain04•3d ago

Nah that last image caught me off guard

AndrewKemendo•3d ago

This is a good description, and similar to my favorite game to play in public with my kids: “Find the normal distribution”

Of course the most frequent ones are on door handles or pushes. Then usually parking space oil stains around an entrance. Etc…

Desire paths are also generally very tight gaussians.

You can learn a lot about pattern of life just by looking at how humans wear down the world

cogman10•1h ago

I can't get to the blog for some reason. Web archive is also failing to archive it.

Anyone have a mirror?

filoleg•43m ago

Failing to load for me as well.

chrisjj•39m ago

And me (UK).

Cider9986•42m ago

The archive is working for me: https://web.archive.org/web/20260714142831/https://blog.jse....

Here's an archive of the archive: https://megalodon.jp/2026-0718-0554-02/https://web.archive.o...

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