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Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Re: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Post by zalew »

mati wrote: post #49
CWIZO wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We always had the problem of putting Slovenia in one of the slots. If you ask me it's in Central Europe, but historically we ware always put in the Eastern part (but that probably has more to do with politics than geography).

Have the same issue with Poland. We need this damn Central Europe category so we can escape the dreaded "Eastern Europe" badge... And since we are in no way Western, Central is the only way.

No, we don't need any new categories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_UN_ge...

Unless we speak colloquially, then there's an infinite number of groups to qualify. The OP should use some reference to choose categories ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2147290 ), his are a bit strange and subjective.

Re: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Post by arethuza »

crocowhile wrote: post #46
jacquesm wrote: post #28

Good chunks of Scandinavia would consider themselves solidly part of 'Western Europe' and with 'Mid-Atlantic US' qualifying for a category it's surprising that the United Kingdom wouldn't rate a mention, I'd wager there are far more people from there active on HN than you might suspect.

Yes, in fact western europe tops the list with ~90 points and the day just started over here. I have the feeling that the american internet userbase seems so much overrepresented on the interwebs just because it's very loud. EDIT: ops, I misread. I thought the thread was started 22 hours ago, not two. USA still has to wake up then.

I think people tend to forget how large Europe is in total (larger than the United States), the size of the population (731 million) and how large the economy of the region is.

Re: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Post by jacquesm »

crocowhile wrote: post #46
jacquesm wrote: post #28

Good chunks of Scandinavia would consider themselves solidly part of 'Western Europe' and with 'Mid-Atlantic US' qualifying for a category it's surprising that the United Kingdom wouldn't rate a mention, I'd wager there are far more people from there active on HN than you might suspect.

Yes, in fact western europe tops the list with ~90 points and the day just started over here. I have the feeling that the american internet userbase seems so much overrepresented on the interwebs just because it's very loud. EDIT: ops, I misread. I thought the thread was started 22 hours ago, not two. USA still has to wake up then.

In spite of that HN is very US centric and I fully expect the situation to be reversed by 5 PM GMT.

Re: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Post by jacquesm »

zalew wrote: post #54

What's wrong with using UN's geoscheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_Nations_geographica... instead of inventing your own categories?

That the UN doesn't break down the United States in to high-tech regions. So 'North America' would lump together 9 regions in the list above each with a different taste.

The poll is basically a US centric poll with the rest of the world thrown in as an afterthought, unfortunately that's a pretty accurate representation of the way many tech people see the world.

This actually causes a feedback mechanism that now means that being located 'in the valley' translates in to a very real competitive edge.

Re: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Post by zalew »

jacquesm wrote: post #56
zalew wrote: post #54

What's wrong with using UN's geoscheme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:United_Nations_geographica... instead of inventing your own categories?

That the UN doesn't break down the United States in to high-tech regions. So 'North America' would lump together 9 regions in the list above each with a different taste. The poll is basically a US centric poll with the rest of the world thrown in as an afterthought, unfortunately that's a pretty accurate representation of the way many tech people see the world. This actually causes a feedback mechanism that now means…

Wait, for me there's nothing wrong in narrowing specific regions (such as US or even silicon valley), but the rest (like dividing Europe into west, east and other) leads to confusion, not to mention that forgetting South America is pure ignorance.

> unfortunately that's a pretty accurate representation of the way many tech people see the world.

True that.

Re: Poll: Where do you work (geographically)?

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Post by crocowhile »

jacquesm wrote: post #55
crocowhile wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, in fact western europe tops the list with ~90 points and the day just started over here. I have the feeling that the american internet userbase seems so much overrepresented on the interwebs just because it's very loud. EDIT: ops, I misread. I thought the thread was started 22 hours ago, not two. USA still has to wake up then.

In spite of that HN is very US centric and I fully expect the situation to be reversed by 5 PM GMT.

Well that's exactly the point I was trying to make: HN (and reddit and many others) look extremely US centric but I'd love to see access log, for I think Europeans may not be so few after all, just extremely more silent.
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