steven0461 comments on Off-Topic Discussion Thread: April 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 07 April 2009 07:09:13PM *  1 point [-]

Not really an answer either, but along the lines of the other replies, nationmaster.com and statemaster.com are good resources.

How many do you need; is it more like 50 or 5000?

Comment author: Peter_de_Blanc 21 April 2009 10:30:03AM 0 points [-]

More like 5,000 (or more).

Comment author: steven0461 21 April 2009 02:13:17PM *  1 point [-]

One other thought: given a not too long list of locations with map coordinates, it should be easy to auto-generate statements like "X and Y are farther apart than A and B".