52 Places to Go in 2016 • Hacker News Board

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by vvpan » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:03 PM UTC

nl wrote: post #7

Was it 3 or 4 places worth visiting in the entire Southern Hemisphere ?

Hey, those airline tickets are expensive.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by lugus35 » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:07 PM UTC

The most polluting human activity is tourism.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by geverett » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:11 PM UTC

solaris999 wrote: post #18

brad0 wrote: post #4

Funny, I'm building an app with my partner that does just this but for weekend trips from the UK.

I'd be interested in seeing that when it's ready!

In the meantime check out Hitlistapp.com - though I'd like to see brad0's as well!

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by pcurve » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

akie wrote: post #16

This is a beautiful page, but my god, is it heavy. I'm counting 171 separate requests totaling 31 Mb - excluding the videos. I've not even loaded all videos, and my total is at over 400 Mb now.... Is this acceptable now?

I was really blown away by how much care went into making it perfect on mobile view for both orientations. Each photo is positioned differently to ensure best composition.

But it does feel a but clunky and that size is rather shocking.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by brad0 » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:15 PM UTC

solaris999 wrote: post #18

brad0 wrote: post #4

Funny, I'm building an app with my partner that does just this but for weekend trips from the UK.

I'd be interested in seeing that when it's ready!

I'll send you a message once it's somewhat working.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by truebosko » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:19 PM UTC

lugus35 wrote: post #22

The most polluting human activity is tourism.

False. Sustainable tourism is achievable and can bring good to the places you go.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:20 PM UTC

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Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by pinkunicorn » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:23 PM UTC

If there's anyone coming to TN, India - ping me up! I can offer suggestions.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by akie » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:30 PM UTC

pcurve wrote: post #24

akie wrote: post #16

This is a beautiful page, but my god, is it heavy. I'm counting 171 separate requests totaling 31 Mb - excluding the videos. I've not even loaded all videos, and my total is at over 400 Mb now.... Is this acceptable now?

I was really blown away by how much care went into making it perfect on mobile view for both orientations. Each photo is positioned differently to ensure best composition. But it does feel a but clunky and that size is rather shocking.

Yeah, they've done an impressive job on mobile as well. The numbers I posted are on a desktop machine. I've checked, and it seems to weigh in at only 1.1 Mb on mobile. Pretty neat.

Re: 52 Places to Go in 2016

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Post by dualogy » Fri, Jan 08, 2016, 12:31 PM UTC

arnvald wrote: post #19

Very short reviews of the places on the list that I've already seen: * Brno, Czech Republic - I stayed there just a few days, but even though pretty, the city wasn't very exciting. It's quite cheap and less touristic than Prague, so if you're looking for something less crowded than the capital, it might be a good choice to experience Czech culture * Barcelona, Spain - one of the most touristic places in Europe, but i…

Funny, the Phnom Penh photo shows the royal palace but is captioned as "The Independence Monument", which is a radically different-looking structure. Doesn't matter though, I guess. Phnom Penh used to have a lovely sleepy backwater-town feel just a few years ago, but it has kept "developing" and crowding up like crazy, to join the ranks of other South-East Asian capital cities in terms of smog, perma traffic jams, corporate skyscrapers, generic investor/developer-style condominiums etc. Still an awesome city in the region though.