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Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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It’s not only the CCTVs, haha. In Korea, even petty theft is culturally treated as a pretty serious offense. People generally see stealing itself as crossing a big line.

Wow enforcing laws and cultural taboos deters crime?

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Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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Interesting, the map author marked Crimea as part of Russia, but for some reason doesn't mark 4 other Ukranian regions as Russian. Cannot choose the right side?

Surely they’re using a third party mapping library and they have absolutely 0 control over what the borders look like in disputed areas.

Seems right. This site uses `React Simple Maps` library with `Natural Earth` map data. Natural earth marks crimea Russian territory[0] in their "default" map data.

[0]: https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/issues/391

Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not only the CCTVs, haha. In Korea, even petty theft is culturally treated as a pretty serious offense. People generally see stealing itself as crossing a big line.

Wow enforcing laws and cultural taboos deters crime?

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Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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Voting on a country level here is too coarse, this poll is invalid. I live in Vietnam and I can see it's getting colored red already but that's unfair. If you're in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, then for sure you couldn't safely leave your laptop in a cafe. But if youuuUse the edit icon to pin, add or delete clips.'re in a smaller town then you'll be fine. But doesn't that apply to basically every country? I assume that…

The page says Starbucks, not a random area, random coffee shop. I think it is a valid test. Starbucks is properly staffs, in reasonably busy area, the shop is enclosed.

Starbucks locations in the US are not limited to areas that are low crime. They are as ubiquitous as McDonald’s if not more so.

Mostly I think this website is just a stereotype collector and in that sense is very counterproductive. It’s going to be a bunch of people who want to report their biases.

Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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Semantics, but are there really random coffee shops in Antarctica? I assumed no, though a quick search suggests a place called Coffeehouse at McMurdo Station, some at South Pole Station, and then assorted local station cafeterias. Even so. I guess I'd still vote yes though, so...

The coffee shop at McMurdo looks awesome! https://www.instagram.com/p/DDadGo8zn2i/?img_index=6

Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

#57

Why? Stop reserving public or publicly available spots. I you leave anything from laptop to beach towel unattended for longer than 5 minutes you're an asshole.

Sometimes the bathroom takes longer than five minutes, or placing an order...

Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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post #51
post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow enforcing laws and cultural taboos deters crime?

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Of course, if we could just persecute minorities again, that would reduce the theft.

Please know that I'm being sarcastic.

Re: Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop

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Voting on a country level here is too coarse, this poll is invalid. I live in Vietnam and I can see it's getting colored red already but that's unfair. If you're in Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi, then for sure you couldn't safely leave your laptop in a cafe. But if youuuUse the edit icon to pin, add or delete clips.'re in a smaller town then you'll be fine. But doesn't that apply to basically every country? I assume that…

Yeah, same in the US. I would not leave my laptop in a cafe in SF. I would in the Austin suburbs. I might or might not in Chicago depending on the neighborhood and cafe.
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