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This could be one of the "Falsehoods programmers believe about" series. Imagine how this complicates maps, geography data etc. Obviously, unless you ignore the
by dandare 9y ago
This could be one of the "Falsehoods programmers believe about" series. Imagine how this complicates maps, geography data etc. Obviously, unless you ignore the reality.
- beobab 9y agoGood point. This sort of thing serves to remind me that "Country" is an arbitrary label we humans put on geographical locations. The land doesn't care what country it belongs to.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoI do believe it's mentioned, either in the article or in the discussion: https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=15187 https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/?p=15187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14891185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14891185