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Re: Worldle

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Post by Aeolun »

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…

If you get a ‘country that’s 2000 km north of the USA’ and do not guess Canada (the ‘only’ country north of the US) then I don’t know what to say.

Re: Worldle

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Post by Aeolun »

mypalmike wrote: post #151
3np wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given it's a static dataset of countries, the distance of all country pairs could all be precomputed and loaded in memory, I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

True. But to perform that precomputation, you have to find a database of country geometry outlines. And (manually?) filter out things like Hawaii and Guam from these. Then, assuming country geometry is given as lat lon polygons, it seems you then are computing either O(n^2 * m^2) distances where n is the number of countries and m is the average number of vertices per country. Or you might come up with some space part…

Oh, good point. Getting an SVG of the world and just brute forcing every country would be near instant.

Re: Worldle

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Post by kiru_io »

soheilpro wrote: post #42
infiniteseries wrote: post #29

I didn't make this, just found it interesting as a geography nerd. I'm not sure if the author is on HN or not

This guy has made it: https://twitter.com/fintanytwalsh/status/1492466778370453510

That's not correct, this guy made it: https://twitter.com/teuteuf

Re: Worldle

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Post by heartbeats »

mepiethree wrote: post #37
divbzero wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be cool if each dot represented a different variable: 1. Similarity in latitude 2. Similarity in longitude 3. Similarity in size 4. Similarity in population 5. Similarity in GDP

Oh man I want this so badly. Might build it.

If you do, please add a "infinite play" mode!

Re: Worldle

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Post by heartbeats »

divbzero wrote: post #34
macintux wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Simulates the Wordle feedback: the more green dots, the closer you are.

It would be cool if each dot represented a different variable: 1. Similarity in latitude 2. Similarity in longitude 3. Similarity in size 4. Similarity in population 5. Similarity in GDP

Should probably be population, population density, and GDP/capita. Nobody knows the GDP of Mexico, but they might know it's about the same as Serbia per capita.

Re: Worldle

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Post by skrebbel »

rplnt wrote: post #154
yardstick wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Todays question was super easy for a lot of people. Past countries have been things like Turks & Cacos, Liberia, Guatemala. Those I got close to and then the last guess or two I was scanning around google maps. Yeah it’s not as fun as Wordle, kinda interesting for a few plays though.

I wonder if this was posted every day and only got upvoted when a country that is definitely in the top 5 easiest and virtually everyone will get it in one or two tries was on offer. I wish the rotation would be on by default (the distances are enough of a hint), or at least work if I turn it on.

This happened exactly. It had 5 upvotes yesterday (Liberia).

Re: Worldle

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Post by 23matt »

You can see the result if you drag the map to your browsers address bar ("...images/countries/COUNTRY_CODE/vector.svg").

Edit: Removing solution and replacing it with COUNTRY_CODE.

Re: Worldle

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Post by TonyTrapp »

23matt wrote: post #167

You can see the result if you drag the map to your browsers address bar ("...images/countries/COUNTRY_CODE/vector.svg"). Edit: Removing solution and replacing it with COUNTRY_CODE.

Is it really necessary to spoil the solution for others?

Re: Worldle

#169

Post by thaumasiotes »

tialaramex wrote: post #122
unkulunkulu wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TIL, so the equator length is 40k km by definition? So cool!

Almost but no. Today all the SI base units are defined in terms of a universal constant, so that if you understood how SI works you can do all the same metrication work from a distant galaxy, you don't need to be here on Earth. The metre is defined by the constant c, the "speed of light" But because of this original definition the equator will work out to about 40000 km.

Well, the speed of light was measured in traditional meters and then new meters were redefined based on the existing speed of light. So the difference from 40000km attributable to redefinition would be on the order of centimeters or smaller; any deviation could only arise from our inability to measure the speed of light precisely, and we can be quite precise.

There's some difference (~7km, if we believe wikipedia) attributable to the original measurement of Earth's circumference being off, and much much more difference (~67km, ten times as much) attributable to the fact that the earth is slightly oblate. (In other words, meters were defined by reference to the polar circumference, but the equatorial circumference is larger than the polar circumference is.)

Re: Worldle

#170

Post by notimetorelax »

Please put it in bold font on the main page that there’s no way to get new puzzle and you need yo wait for a day. I was very confused while looking for the button to restart.
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