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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by yorwba on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:39PM (#32020519)
Most of the world's population lives inside the Valeriepieris circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle which is covered by the time zones UTC+5 through UTC+8.

So if you want to be as close as possible to as many people as possible, somewhere in Myanmar would be a better choice than London.

Of course the calculus changes if you also consider how much money each of these people has access to.

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by raverbashing on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:09AM (#32025087)
Yes, you are not necessarily interested in the population barycenter, but more on the money barycenter

That changes the equation

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by Cthulhu_ on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:10AM (#32024669)
It's probably one reason why Singapore is a popular location for multinationals to have an office.
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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by bbarnett on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:48PM (#32022095)
Most means "almost all". Your link says about 50%.
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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by hxtk on Friday July 08, 2022 @12:37AM (#32023238)
I've certainly seen "most" used to mean "almost all", and it appears as though you're feeling a little annoyed to see it used that way because you consider it misleading.

I've also frequently seen "most" used to mean "a majority", though, in which case GP's use of the term is precisely consistent with the facts in their source.

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by richardw on Friday July 08, 2022 @12:30AM (#32023179)
Interesting. I think differently but seems there are multiple interpretations. Of course we feel most people would agree with our version ;)

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55920/is-most-eq...

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by labster on Friday July 08, 2022 @12:24AM (#32023136)
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/most

“More than half of” is one of the definitions

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by taneq on Friday July 08, 2022 @05:10AM (#32024671)
Looks like most people disagree. ;)
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