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Re: Worldle

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Post by code_runner »

Aunche wrote: post #36
Ansil849 wrote: post #33

I was extremely confused about the distance values in relation to the percentages until I read the help: > The distances displayed correspond to the distances between the selected and the target territory centers. > For instance, the computed distance between United States and Canada is around 2260km even if they have a common border. That's extremely deceptive and non-obvious unless you read through the documentatio…

What is the center of the US anyways? Does it include Alaska and Guam?

Safe to assume middle of the lower 48

Re: Worldle

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Post by [deleted] »

Galanwe wrote: post #53

Is there a way to play previous day games? It's a bit sad when you just discover the game and can't try it out on 2/3 games.

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Re: Worldle

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Post by rabuse »

stavros wrote: post #48
thornjm wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could open the link in a new private browsing window and enter an incorrect guess.

Ah, I didn't think of incognito, thanks!

All you have to do is clear the local storage values.

Re: Worldle

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Post by superasn »

Ansil849 wrote: post #33

I was extremely confused about the distance values in relation to the percentages until I read the help: > The distances displayed correspond to the distances between the selected and the target territory centers. > For instance, the computed distance between United States and Canada is around 2260km even if they have a common border. That's extremely deceptive and non-obvious unless you read through the documentatio…

I think the percentage could be relative size of countries instead. Still a hint and kinda intuitive.

Re: Worldle

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Post by bspammer »

Ansil849 wrote: post #62
aylons wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Territories (eg French Guiana) are specifically separated in Worldle, even being possible answers themselves. Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. Maybe with some error due to projection (not sure how they implemented the map), but should not be a problem for solving the puzzle.

> Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. I don't follow. How does this being a map game make it intuitive that the distance outputs are based on hull centers? To me, closest border would seem be the most intuitive reading of the distance...this being a map game. If you poll 10 random people, I guarantee 10/10 would say that they consider borders to be the intuitiv…

For the arrow hint to work at all, countries need to be a single point. I intuitively assumed the hull centre without really thinking about it.

Re: Worldle

#77

Post by labster »

drivers99 wrote: post #58

Is it cheating to look at a map? I got a very nearby country so I looked to see what was around it which shows the shape quite clearly. I guess as an educational tool, it’s still very good that way. I now know how those countries are geographically related, in an area I don’t know very well.

Like the Wordle, the only person who determines if it’s cheating is you. How you enjoy it is all up to you. There are settings to rotate or hide the map here, so we’re not all playing the same game anyway.

Re: Worldle

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Post by daveed »

Ansil849 wrote: post #62
aylons wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Territories (eg French Guiana) are specifically separated in Worldle, even being possible answers themselves. Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. Maybe with some error due to projection (not sure how they implemented the map), but should not be a problem for solving the puzzle.

> Also, this is a map game, so for me it's pretty intuitive that it is the center of the hull. I don't follow. How does this being a map game make it intuitive that the distance outputs are based on hull centers? To me, closest border would seem be the most intuitive reading of the distance...this being a map game. If you poll 10 random people, I guarantee 10/10 would say that they consider borders to be the intuitiv…

My reading of it is that it's easiest to program if they just ask google maps the latlon of the country and use that. It's a lot more work to base it off the closest border.

Re: Worldle

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Post by eutectic »

jeffbee wrote: post #59
Aunche wrote: post #36

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What is the center of the US anyways? Does it include Alaska and Guam?

Great question! Is it the center of a convex hull containing the extent of territories? Or would you weight it by population? Is it in two dimensions on the surface of the Earth, or in three dimensions? Consider the possible “center” of France. There’s probably some village in France proper with a monument, but unless you eject Guiana and Réunion I think it must be in the Atlantic somewhere.

The centroid, surely.
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