[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":315},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5997007":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":41,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":75,"maker_in_thread":189,"shape":197,"grid":200,"attempts":277,"same_week":278,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":307,"reader_version":308,"card":309},"5997007","countryaday","Learn about a new country every day (my side project)","title","Show HN: Learn about a new country every day (my side project)","http:\u002F\u002Fcountryaday.org\u002F","countryaday.org","rbol",1373062658,2013,73,34,346,1739,20,"notable","learning_science","country learning app","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"learn about countries","country facts","daily learning","world history culture","debated",-0.077,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":32},7,8,1,24,{"design":36,"idea":37,"execution":39},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":33},6,{"positive":40,"critical":38},0,[40,42,40,42,43,40,42,43,33,42,43,40,42,33,40,33,33,33,40,33,40,40,42,40,42,43,42,42,33,43,43,40,43,33],3,5,null,{"problem":46,"audience":53,"pricing":44,"motivation":57,"time_to_build":44,"stack":61,"openness":72,"stage":73,"team_size":74},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Wanting to learn history, culture and politics of many countries","maker",[50],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},"5997015","Author here. I found myself wanting to learn more about history\u002Fculture\u002Fpolitics\u002Fetc of more countries throughout the world, so I built a little web app that provides you with…",{"value":54,"source":48,"evidence":55},"People wanting to learn about world countries, as a study guide",[56],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},{"value":58,"source":48,"evidence":59},"Wanted to learn more about the history, culture and politics of countries",[60],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},[62,68],{"value":63,"source":48,"evidence":64},"AngularJS",[65],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"5997245","Of course! It's open source and available here: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fbolandrm\u002Fcountryaday Mostly AngularJS and Sinatra",{"value":69,"source":48,"evidence":70},"Sinatra (Ruby)",[71],{"id":66,"by":11,"text":67},"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":76,"objections":104,"requests":144,"questions":169,"alternatives":178},[77,93],{"value":78,"source":79,"evidence":80},"Neat, useful idea for learning about the world","commenter",[81,85,89],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"5997189","tagabek","This is a really neat idea. It also gives me a few ideas for iOS apps. Gamifying and speeding up the learning process is crucial to teaching this generation new things. Thanks…",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"5997463","hkmurakami","wow this is so awesome for a omnivorous compulsive reader like myself. I've actually never been this excited about a show hen before! thanks for making this!",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"5997210","cpursley","Cool idea!",{"value":94,"source":79,"evidence":95},"Good for quick info, a handy alternative to the CIA World Factbook",[96,100],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"5997717","symr","Good one. I have used the more comprehensive CIA world fact book before but this one is helpful for quick info.",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"5997219","WestCoastJustin","The CIA The World Factbook [1] is also really cool. Just pick and country and away you go. [1] https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cia.gov\u002Flibrary\u002Fpublications\u002Fthe-world-factbook\u002F",[105,112,126,137],{"value":106,"source":79,"evidence":107},"Country pages start with irrelevant history rather than current state",[108],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"5998609","nnq","Don't mind asking, but why would it be better than just reading the wikipedia or CIA world \"fact book\" or anything similar? And your country presentation pages start with…",{"value":113,"source":79,"evidence":114},"Back button is broken by the navigation",[115,119,123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"5997163","bobwaycott","I like the idea and intent. However, why have you broken the back button? This should never be allowed to happen except in very carefully decided situations (say, preventing a…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"5997182","majormajor","Chrome 27 on Snow Leopard: clicking the link from HN takes me to the page, but hitting the back button doesn't bring me back to HN, it looks like it tries to takes me back to…",{"id":124,"by":102,"text":125},"5997215","Same issue using FF 21 and Ubuntu. I hit the back button and nothing happens.",{"value":127,"source":79,"evidence":128},"Some countries are missing from the map or list",[129,133],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"5997522","cheeaun","Hmm, seems like Singapore is missing in the map?",{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"5998602","dallagi","Nice! BTW, am I wrong or some small countries are missing? Just to name few: Vatican City, Mauritius, San Marino",{"value":138,"source":79,"evidence":139},"Read more links send users to Wikipedia and lose them",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"5997750","reion","I don't like being redirected to Wikipedia on read more. When you do that, there is good chance that visitor is not coming back. I think you should display rest of the content on…",[145,152,159],{"value":146,"source":79,"evidence":147},"Add CIA World Factbook facts",[148],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"5998255","huhtenberg","Consider meshing in the facts from the CIA's Worldbook - https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cia.gov\u002Flibrary\u002Fpublications\u002Fthe-world-factbook\u002F ?",{"value":153,"source":79,"evidence":154},"Add photos of countries",[155],{"id":156,"by":157,"text":158},"5997240","millzlane","I think it looks great. It would be nice to see a few pictures from the countries.",{"value":160,"source":79,"evidence":161},"Send a regular email instead of daily visits",[162,166],{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"5997320","marquis","I'd find this useful if you sent an email every other day. The short text on the first country Namibia was interesting and about as much as I have time to read on a near-daily…",{"id":167,"by":87,"text":168},"5997466","I second this as well, as a guard against forgetting about a site that I'm really excited to use :)",[170,174],{"value":171,"source":79,"evidence":172},"Why is it better than Wikipedia or the CIA World Factbook?",[173],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"value":175,"source":79,"evidence":176},"Is the broken back button intentional?",[177],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},[179,185],{"value":180,"source":79,"evidence":181},"CIA World Factbook",[182,183,184],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},{"value":186,"source":79,"evidence":187},"Wikipedia",[188],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"comments":38,"answered":190,"key":191},2,[192,193,194],{"id":51,"text":52},{"id":66,"text":67},{"id":195,"text":196},"5997298","Good idea! 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