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Re: Show HN: Name That Nation

#41
post #19

I'm having issues with keyboard navigation on Firefox: * Typing a few letters then pressing tab closes the dropdown instead of selecting options in the dropdown * when the text box is selecting, pressing enter does nothing; I need to press tab then enter to submit the answer

Yep, I'd play this a lot more if I was able to use only the keyboard.

Re: Show HN: Name That Nation

#45

I love it, my only feedback was the I didn't really understand which I was supposed to pick when it showed me N. Korea. Because all I saw the Korean Peninsula, and the north was dark green and the south was light green.

It seems to be showing the recognised territories in dark green and contested areas in light green (e.g. for Russia, Crimea is also in light green, although interestingly not Eastern Ukraine, and IIRC the West of Guyana was shown in light green for Venezula).

These things are always slightly arbitrary, e.g. why include Taiwan but not, say, Somaliland (both are unrecognised by most other states but de facto independent).

Re: Show HN: Name That Nation

#47
My score was 7/20.

I enjoyed it; I like that you can use this without entering the country name, i.e. do just "Check" -> "Correct"/"Wrong". This is such a fast and rewarding loop, reminds me of flash cards or spaced repetition apps.

Re: Show HN: Name That Nation

#48
post #43

I got 128, which I guess isn't too bad. I'm just totally hopeless when it comes to most of Africa, and there's just way too many small island states.

You can practice here! https://www.youdontknowafrica.com/

I think the better way for me would be to form some (really, any) kind of association to more African countries, most of which are a total blur to me. Most other countries I could say something about.

It doesn't help that most of Africa is basically only in the media if there's a disease or war or something.

Re: Show HN: Name That Nation

#49
post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain how that makes it ironic?

There are couple of entities in the game whose statehood is debated / contested.

I mean, there is no "objective" list of countries everyone agrees on, nor how many are there in total. You're gonna upset some people regardless of which definition you choose.

Re: Show HN: Name That Nation

#50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The hard ones for me were countries in mainland Africa, island nations in the Atlantic and the Pacific, and small adjacent countries that you associate in a group – say Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, or Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are easy - they go in alphabetical order from north to south.

Also, Estonia is closest to Finland, which makes sense since the languages are close.
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