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I'll try to whip up an Excel macro over the weekend, but I can't promise anything.
Excel Macro's... What does a virus have to do with visualizations?! /s
ALWAYS make clicks with the RIGHT to be SAFE from VIRALS
The questions now is where are people from that wouldn't answer this? I'm sure the lurker factor is different per location.
Content creator > Commenter > Voter > Lurker
I wonder what percentage of users vote frequently but don't comment.
Pasting this in dev console will give you a quick and dirty rundown. It sorts locations by points. [...document.querySelectorAll('.fatitem table .athing')].map(el => [el.textContent.trim(), el.nextSibling.textContent.trim()]).sort(([,a], [,b]) => parseInt(b) - parseInt(a)).map(a => a.join(' - ')) As of this post, California is leading, followed by other places w/ large tech hubs (Germany, UK, Canada, NY, Washington)
The questions now is where are people from that wouldn't answer this? I'm sure the lurker factor is different per location.
- selective propensity-to-respond-to-poll
- misleading geo IP data
- other software-agents/traffic-drivers/usage-differences (eg: some areas/cultures skim headlines once a day, others get deep in the comments)
We could ask dang if he can share some stats if he’s allowed to. It’s an interesting question!
Don't think there is any way of getting the stats on where people live automatically. At most they would probably be able to get most commonly used locations, as a IP belongs to a location, but that doesn't mean that the user lives there (or even that the user is physically around there [VPNs], but probably usually right).
There were similar polls in 2013. We could compare against those to measure tech dispersal over the last decade! - "Poll: Where are you currently living?" (Countries, 2013) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6582647 - "Poll: If you're in the US, What State Do You Live In?" (US states, 2013) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5222370
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California doesn't have to be the center for tech anymore as the world has shifted to a distributed workforce. The US doesn't, for that matter, and you can tell it's happening due to all of the new international investments. Edit with some sources: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/europe-vc-funding-unicorns-... https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Market-Spotlight/Venture-c... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
I have heard the hypothesis that the main reason Silicon Valley was able to grow is because non compete clauses are invalid in California. So people can start a side business competing with their employer, and only risk being fired (as long as they dont steal IP) They could also freely hop from company to company without waiting in between.
Pasting this in dev console will give you a quick and dirty rundown. It sorts locations by points. [...document.querySelectorAll('.fatitem table .athing')].map(el => [el.textContent.trim(), el.nextSibling.textContent.trim()]).sort(([,a], [,b]) => parseInt(b) - parseInt(a)).map(a => a.join(' - ')) As of this post, California is leading, followed by other places w/ large tech hubs (Germany, UK, Canada, NY, Washington)
This is begging for a console.table console.table([...document.querySelectorAll('.fatitem table .athing')].map(el => [el.textContent.trim(), el.nextSibling.textContent.trim()]).sort(([,a], [,b]) => parseInt(b) - parseInt(a)))
Noob question: is there a similar way to dump it to JSON, instead of a table?