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On the substance of the submitted article, I find it interesting that Taiwan outranks (a little) the United States as a place to be born in 2013 by the methodol
by tokenadult 14y ago
On the substance of the submitted article, I find it interesting that Taiwan outranks (a little) the United States as a place to be born in 2013 by the methodology used here by the editors of The Economist. The listing is broadly plausible, but of course in most countries it is better to be born as a well-off person in a stable family than as a member of that country's underclass in an unstable family.
The lottery of HN submissions: when to submit to be noticed? That question is raised by the two previous submissions of this interesting article.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4819542 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4819542
(40 days ago, 4 points, no comments)
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4863788 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4863788
(29 days ago, NOT canonical URL, 6 points, one comment)
- jacques_chester 14y agoI wasn't aware it'd already been submitted. You're right that it's a bit of a lottery. Being in Australia, I find that stuff submitted in (my) morning seems to catch some Europeans and night owls in the USA, from whom only a few upvotes are required to climb the rankings. Once you hit the front page, you're golden.