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Poll: Where do you live?

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Re: Poll: Where do you live?

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Post by xtracto »

Great to see several people from Mexico!

BTW, the fact that only the US country has options separated by state reminds me of when I lived in Europe, and sometimes we got together with a bunch of international. Invariably the "where are you from" question would pop up, to which almost everyone would answer with their country... except Americans, who would answer with their state haha.

Once, I asked someone where they were from and I think they answered some random US state, he then asked me the same, and I answered with the state where I am from in Mexico... he had no clue where that was hahaha.

Re: Poll: Where do you live?

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Post by Tistron »

With some US states weighing in at dozens of millions of people, and me having a Swedish father, an Icelandic mother and Danish residency, I would have voted for "Scandinavia". Currently at 75 points (Sweden + Denmark + Norway + Iceland), which puts us after New York and before Colorado :) Adding Finland for "The Nordics" does not change our placement.

Re: Poll: Where do you live?

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Post by protomyth »

adamrezich wrote: post #298
jeromegv wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, hilarious to see "South Dakota" as a specific region, but Canada as a whole.

I know right? East River SD and West River SD are practically different countries.

Truthfully, it should have been West and East Dakota, not North and South.

Happy to see both Dakotas have votes.

Re: Poll: Where do you live?

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Post by xtracto »

capableweb wrote: post #39
mothsonasloth wrote: post #15

Why does America get states and UK doesn't get England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

OP wanted to prove that HN isn't Silicon Valley-centric and instead showed their bias toward US-centrism :)

This is the right answer, but it is not OPs fault, it is a typical custom of Americans. I saw it invariably happen while living in Europe and interacting with a highly international community (Americans were the only ones that answered "where are you from" with a state, everybody else, including Canadians, Indians, Russians, Mexicans, etc named their country)

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tluyben2 wrote: post #123
MaxLeiter wrote: post #64

This makes me want to create a house-swap service for HN users. Take a two week vacation in someones home (and them in yours) with the social contract established by your HN profiles

Yep, that's a great idea. That and house rental with the trust because HN; you can stay anonymous (as far as your profile would be anonymous) until both sides say yes (based on comments + karma).

I imagine drama if shit hits the fan…

Re: Poll: Where do you live?

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Post by bsimpson »

lhorie wrote: post #25

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)

So you're saying I should have checked the comments before opening the console?

$$('.score').map(node => [node.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.previousSibling.innerText?.trim(), parseInt(node.innerText)]).sort(([,scoreA], [,scoreB]) => scoreB - scoreA)

Re: Poll: Where do you live?

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Post by Larrikin »

binarynate wrote: post #334
newaccount74 wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wanted a total for the US: console.table([...document.querySelectorAll('.fatitem table .athing')].map(el => [el.textContent.replace(/:.*/,'').trim(), parseInt(el.nextSibling.textContent.trim())]).reduce((d, [k,v]) => {d[k]=v + (d[k] || 0); return d}, {})) I can't figure out how to sort that, though...

I created a page with the current results that includes a total for the US: https://nate.org/hacker-news-location-poll

Percentage next to totals would make this perfect
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