Brazil, one of the few I think.
São Paulo here too.
Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?
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#322Even if the poll is posted for many hours on HN's front page, we shouldn't rely on it for an inference of where HN participants live, in the level of detail shown in the poll. Just three days ago HN had a good thread about gaps in statistics knowledge even among persons with a university education, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3285742 and polls like this on HN are a good illustration (in the comments) about wh…
Nobody argues that this is not scientific research, but that doesn't mean it's not interesting or useful. It also violates some of your expectations: the majority is not in the US, India is underrepresented despite English being their second language. And if i might add, despite their national focus on entrepreneurship, the UK numbers are low.
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#323Turkmenistan, suppose it goes into Asia/Pacific, though distinction such as South East Asia, Central Asia, and Middle East would have been nice.
nice to see someone from Turkmenistan!
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#324Kampala, Uganda. I'll admit I'm surprised by the geographic diversity. Maybe some traffic analytics would be interesting to compare.
Accra, Ghana-West Africa. I've always wondered where the hackers of the world were hidden. Theres a lot of them right here in Africa at www.meltwater.org
Nice to learn that Meltwater alumni are here at HN! If Francis and Samuel from Streemio are still there, tell them Linus said hi!
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#325Being from the (rest of the) US, what disturbs me about this poll is how much entrepreneurial talent we might be missing out on. At current count, ~2/3 of readers are from outside the US. These results seem to be backed up by pitdesi's post. Since HN is so centered on startups, that's quite a few founders and potential entrepreneurs who could be working on the next Google. And all things being equal, there is a 2/3 c…
Didn't read all previous comments, but your last sentence is really cool. Here, in Belarus, we have a startup challenge called "Belarus Startup" and the prize is a payed trip to the Valley :) Startup visa is a cool idea
For what it's worth, I didn't coin the phrase. AFAIK, pg started the conversation with the founder visa post: http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html
And it has since evolved to the startup visa campaign: http://startupvisa.com/
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#326Nebraska, USA. I believe there are maybe like two other HN users from Nebraska =(
I'm from New Hampshire and know how you feel.
Re: Poll: HN readers, where's your residence?
#327Being from the (rest of the) US, what disturbs me about this poll is how much entrepreneurial talent we might be missing out on. At current count, ~2/3 of readers are from outside the US. These results seem to be backed up by pitdesi's post. Since HN is so centered on startups, that's quite a few founders and potential entrepreneurs who could be working on the next Google. And all things being equal, there is a 2/3 c…
I mistakenly bumped-up the NY/SF answer, thinking (in haste) that it was all-inclusive of the U.S. I'm in Omaha.
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#329NYC!
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#330Earlier quoted context omitted.
OT, but frankly such attitude is recurring and I can't imagine how it is compatible with HN "ethos". If you're at work, be effective there or change the work. What's to be so proud in slacking during work hours? Would you want such people working in your startup?
Different ways to look at work ethic: Mercenary (sneaky): "They're getting the exact amount of work from me that they manage to extract." Mercenary (quid pro quo): "They're getting what they're paying for. If they want increased work ethic, they have to increase their pay ethic." Mercenary (clever): "I will go above and beyond the call of duty in ways that get noticed by my boss." Work ethic (intrinsic/weberian): "Wo…
Wow! Great list!