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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 »

leon_ wrote: post #66
zalew wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe

It has no official significance, just a common term, and your link proves my point. I'm from Poland and by Larousse we're not central, by Brittanica we are.

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

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Post by rabc »

old_sound wrote: post #52

Hey, there's South and Central America. Where do you think Brazil is for example? Don't you think Mexico has enough population to worth a mention? No mention of Africa either?

+1

It seems we don't have too many brazilians around here, our developers don't like to share information and knowledge :(

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

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Post by mauriciob »

rabc wrote: post #83
old_sound wrote: post #52

Hey, there's South and Central America. Where do you think Brazil is for example? Don't you think Mexico has enough population to worth a mention? No mention of Africa either?

+1 It seems we don't have too many brazilians around here, our developers don't like to share information and knowledge :(

Sharing or receiving? I'm Brazilian and even though I don't have much to share, I'm here to grab some knowledge.

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

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Post by leon_ »

zalew wrote: post #81
leon_ wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe

It has no official significance, just a common term, and your link proves my point. I'm from Poland and by Larousse we're not central, by Brittanica we are.

For this survey it would be nice if we had a finer granularity. It would be interesting to see where the most HN users sit in Europe. Western, eastern and "other" Europe for a population of 700+ million people is rather sub optimal.

Compare that to the amount of options for the US with its 220 mio population.

I'd propose a schema like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_...

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

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Post by lazyant »

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 map shows Siberia and Russian Far East as "Eastern Europe" wtf? is the Kamchatka Peninsula part of Europe according to the UN?

Europe is traditionally divided from Asia at the Ural Mountains: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

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

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Post by crocowhile »

camtarn wrote: post #75
jacquesm wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The similar Slashdot poll a week or so ago ('What would you prefer to be paid in? Dollars / pounds / euros / etc etc') saw a similar effect: pounds had a huge lead for most of the UK day until the US woke up and hammered the 'dollars' button :)

9:37 GMT

313 USA 424 Europe

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

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Post by zalew »

lazyant wrote: post #87
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 map shows Siberia and Russian Far East as "Eastern Europe" wtf? is the Kamchatka Peninsula part of Europe according to the UN? Europe is traditionally divided from Asia at the Ural Mountains: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

It's administrative borders. Russia is considered a European country.

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

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Post by jacquesm »

hugh3 wrote: post #25
pedanticfreak wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. Since when was Great Lakes a region? Most people call it the Midwest.

If you work in a lake you'd probably appreciate this option.

I actually worked in a Lake for about 3 years. A great lake too! (Huron).
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