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Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by ytdytvhxgydvhh on Saturday November 11, 2023 @09:13AM (#38230427)
Might want to make it extra clear that you’re looking strictly for land borders? Today’s country, Denmark, has a bridge that connects it to its neighbor, Sweden. But Sweden was not what Neighborle was looking for as a valid answer.
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by ytdytvhxgydvhh on Saturday November 11, 2023 @09:18AM (#38230477)
Oh, and technically Denmark also has a land border with Canada (if you’re not excluding Greenland): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by vbren12 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:23AM (#38231646)
It seems like Greenland is treated as a separate territory, that's why it's not red and can be selected in the dropdown. Not sure if it knows about Canada - Greenland border though... I guess we'll find out when it shows up
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by bcatanzaro on Saturday November 11, 2023 @09:36AM (#38230621)
Yeah. Bad day for this website to show up on HN if it’s built this shoddily.
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by williamdclt on Saturday November 11, 2023 @09:53AM (#38230772)
No need to be insulting
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by adolph on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:38AM (#38231785)
Pedantry-proof is a bit higher bar than non-shoddy
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by vbren12 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:22AM (#38231629)
It does mention in the how to play (under the question mark) that it only looks at land borders.
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by Y_Y on Saturday November 11, 2023 @09:22AM (#38230505)
Worth noting that something very similar is already a component of Worldle
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by 8organicbits on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:39AM (#38231271)
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by josenyc on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:30AM (#38231157)
UI on mobile is frozen
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by neovialogistics on Saturday November 11, 2023 @10:39AM (#38231273)
Cute, but what about maritime EEZ borders?

Example: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/North_se...

Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by ano-ther on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:18AM (#38231608)
Good point. Am curious: what’s the thick black line over land that goes all the way down to Switzerland? Does it affect the sea zones?
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by neovialogistics on Saturday November 11, 2023 @03:18PM (#38234098)
The drainage boundaries AFAICT. On one side of the line any rainfall flows downhill to joins a river that ends up in the North Sea, on the other side of the line it goes downhill to any other body of water.
Re:Neighborle: List Neighboring Countries by davidw on Saturday November 11, 2023 @11:13AM (#38231557)
Curious if it gets some of the edge cases right. France's longest land border is with Brazil, for instance.