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Re:After 48 hours we haven't seen any sign people are using ... by mikeash on Saturday December 08, 2018 @09:35PM (#18638896)
Is China really more spread apart? It’s a smaller country with a vastly larger population. That population is heavily weighted toward the eastern half of the country, too.
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Re:After 48 hours we haven't seen any sign people are using ... by throwaway5tre on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:38PM (#18639102)
China’s land area is slightly larger than the US

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_depend...

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Re:After 48 hours we haven't seen any sign people are using ... by mikeash on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:42PM (#18639349)
Huh. Don’t know how I got that mixed up. Thanks.

Edit: Wikipedia’s article on China says, “Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area, depending on the source consulted.“ Now I’m just confused. Area of a country seems like something there would be broad agreement on.

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Re:After 48 hours we haven't seen any sign people are using ... by mcny on Sunday December 09, 2018 @09:17AM (#18640929)
How do we calculate land area? Is the area more if there's a hill rather than the place being flat? How do we get accurate land areas?
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