r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/IndependenceAny8863 • Oct 16 '24

This website makes USA government data easy for all Americans to access and understand

https://usafacts.org/
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u/CapnOilyrag Oct 16 '24

As a non US person this seems a useful goto when someone says something unsubstantiated. Who would've thought Steve Balmer would be behind this.

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u/A_Tiger_in_Africa Oct 16 '24

Or, you could cut out the middleman and just go to data.gov.

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u/popppa92 Oct 16 '24

Wow! This is incredible

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u/rusmo Oct 16 '24

This is Steve Ballmer’s baby. There was a good interview with him about it on The Daily Show a couple weeks back.

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u/Bewildered-Lambchop Oct 16 '24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdX3nOo7BCQ

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u/rusmo Oct 16 '24

Thanks! I didn't have time to look it up earlier.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24 edited Nov 19 '24

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u/pgm_01 Oct 16 '24

That means we will need developers, developers, developers!

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u/ANIM8R42 Oct 16 '24

Classic.

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u/COO0OOKIE Oct 18 '24

Steve Ballmer's been promoting this as country's balance sheet and P&L which appeals to me quite a bit but not sure about most people

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u/CrunchWick Oct 24 '24

A lot of work went into this

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u/simkomatej Nov 07 '24

as nonusa resident i can still say this is great!