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Post by buyx »

namzo wrote: post #213
buyx wrote: post #197

"Southern Africa", by most definitions, excludes populous countries like Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Africa I think a better term would be "Sub-Saharan Africa": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa Also, missing: "South Asia (excluding India)", which would cover an area with around 390 million people.

I'm from Nigeria (West-Africa).. And while I agree that west african countries cannot be classified as southern africa, i also think "sub-saharan africa" is too broad.

I agree that "Sub-Saharan" is very broad, but I guess OP intended "Southern Africa" to be "Sub-Saharan" Africa. Unless the equator was intended to be the dividing line- which would make the definition of "Northern Africa" somewhat unconventional as well.

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Post by AYBABTME »

sjwright wrote: post #211
sjwright wrote: post #201

Population (in millions): USA 316.8 Canada: 35.1 Southern North America: 176.6 Northern part of South America: ? Southern part of South America: ? ...South America: 387.4 UK: 62.2 Scandinavia: 25.7 Western Europe (excl. UK): 278.7 Eastern Europe: 176.7 Southern Europe / Mediterranean Europe: 153.5 Russia: 142.2 Northern Africa: ? Southern Africa: ? ...Africa: 1032.5 Middle East: 370.9 India: 1210.2 China: 1353.8 Sout…

Hacker News voters# per million: pop/mil votes density -------------------------------------- Canada 35.1 284 8.09 Australia/NZ 35.6* 283 7.95 Scandinavia 25.7 151 5.88 USA 316.8 1817 5.74 UK 62.2 190 3.05 Western Europe 278.7 363 1.30 Eastern Europe 176.7 155 0.88 Southern Europe 153.5 65 0.42 Japan 126.6 34 0.27 South America 387.4 71^ 0.18 Russia 142.2 26 0.18 South East Asia 610.0 110 0.18 India 1210.2 196 0.16 S…

I wonder if this high density of Canadian is a new thing. If so, it would correlate will recent feeling that HN's quality has been dropping. And we all know that correlation is causality.

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Post by genieyclo »

cup wrote: post #170
xtrumanx wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somaliland representing. (Although I didn't bother submitting to the poll. Don't usually bother voting on articles and comments either).

Wow its not often you meet a fellow Somali!

Waa la buuxaa :)

hattip to mahmud

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by sjwright »

danmaz74 wrote: post #214
sjwright wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to follow Wikipedia as closely as possible, but stupidly didn't keep my workings. My starting point was the full list for Europe. From there I split off UK, then split off Scandanavia, then split off Southern Europe, then worked out a plausible split for the remaining western and eastern. For example, Czech fell into my eastern pile, but could have easily gone the other way... I didn't even bother trying to b…

Ok, thanks for the answer. So "Western Europe excl UK" is actually "Western Europe excl UK and Southern Europe" :)

How about this as a proposed breakdown:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmufGoZ--XWedHF...

Re: Poll: Where are you currently living?

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Post by crucialfelix »

munimkazia wrote: post #123
shubhamjain wrote: post #27

I am from Jaipur, India. Many I times I am detestful of the fact that I don't live in big cities like Mumbai or Bangalore. I don't hear of any programming meetups that happen here, neither there are any conferences, nor any startup that has bubbled up. The first thing that I want to do after my graduation is to move in to a big city because socializing with smart people is the most recurring advice I have heard for a…

Mumbai is the place to be for a lot of people, but maybe not for core tech and programmers. We don't have a very strong programming community here (though we are trying to build one). We don't have as many tech events and communities as Bangalore. Mumbai has quite a few startups, but again, there are far more in Bangalore. And the worst thing is Mumbai is quite a bit more expensive to live. The rents are very high, p…

I'm going to be in Mumbai in a few weeks, then going through to Bangalore. I'd like to try to hook up with some people, go to some events and just check things out a bit.

So any tips for social events re tech/startup stuff in Mumbai would be much appreciated.

After that I go on a proper vacation.

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