France 28 vs Germany 68 vs Italy 11
I guess that says a lot about the tech scene in Italy
Poll: Where do you live?
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Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#152Why does America get states and UK doesn't get England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
It's like on the reddit wars: - Americans = stupid, can't tell where Lithuania is - Americans respond: name all states! - Europeans respond: name all regions of all European countries You're right, regions like London, Bristol, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Bracelona, Frankfurt, Munich, Warsaw, Cracov, Wroclaw should have separate options
Regions aren't defined by their cities.
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
Current top 10: 'US: California' '79 points' 'Canada' '48 points' 'US: Washington' '39 points' 'US: New York' '36 points' 'Germany' '35 points' 'United Kingdom' '34 points' 'US: Massachusetts' '19 points' 'Netherlands' '18 points' 'US: Colorado' '17 points' 'Sweden' '16 points' Colorado #9? Really?
Denver and Boulder have a good amount of tech. A bit surprised it comes out ahead of Texas though. Also the UK and Germany being about the same is interesting. Germany does have a slightly larger population, but of course the UK is natively English speaking.
As I type this Texas is at 35 votes; looks like 5th behind California, Canada, Germany, and the UK
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#154Pasting 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)
Would be interesting to see it expressed as a % of population as well to see HN density, as well as quantity.
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
IP data would be close enough to the actual aggregate proportions
Given how many people browse HN at work it would be super skewed.
Correct. You'd get a lot of people who suddenly seem to live in Columbus, Ohio or other random non-tech spots within USA due to AWS VPN and other such things.
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
>> Of course, in 2008, pure investment banks largely failed. Each US state is about the size of a European country, sometimes with similar population. That's one of the things that always comes up in polls of what surprised Europeans about the US when they visited - just how big it is.
It's... still one country, though. And while I understand that Americans are very preoccupied with the difference between California and New Jersey, please understand that it's not that important (or obvious) to the rest of us.
The same can be said for England vs UK (or London vs England for that matter). I say that as an expat in London…
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#157Why does America get states and UK doesn't get England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?
Because the premise of the question was Silicon Valley, so they need a category that separates Silicon Valley away from as much as possible without making the list too long. So split every state out and then have every country after that as those are also "outside silicon valley". If it was just the US as a single option it would not actually fit the premise of the question.
This question feels primarily aimed at the US population, IMO.
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#158So Canada, the second largest country in the world - a width of nearly 1/10th the earth - is second in this list to California. California is a lot like Vancouver and Toronto, but it's not remotely like the Maritimes, or you know, Quebec. Ah well. Neat poll, thanks.
I was a little dissapointed to see Canada was not divided into the provinces.
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
Texas is without power at the moment.
Thought you were joking at first, how can an entire state be without power? But seems you're right, how the hell does that happen in a first-world country? Tried to access some dashboards that are supposed to show some data, but not sure if I can't access it because I'm not in the US/Texas or if it's down as well (because they don't have power?) - https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards - https://www.ercot.com/g…
https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards/gridconditions
Is showing green for me, so some people might be without power but most of the state is fine.
Re: Poll: Where do you live?
#160France 28 vs Germany 68 vs Italy 11 I guess that says a lot about the tech scene in Italy
Germany has roughly the same ratio of English speakers to the above and this is an English language site. 23m vs 45m vs 17m respectively.