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> The stereographic projection makes it look like the animation in this post.

Couldn't be further from the truth. The image in the tweet is a huge improvement over the stereographic projection.



It is the same thing, with two tiny changes:

1. different-size projected squares are replaced with same-size circles

2. the tweet's image puts the north pole on a corner; the projection on the upthread link puts the north pole on the face.

Keeping the corner at the north pole does make it easier to understand, but it's still a stereographic projection.




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