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rdiddlytoday at 6:58 AM1 replyview on HN

The area of just the contiguous US is almost 200 times as big as Switzerland. Where did the 85 come from? Did you divide square miles by square kilometers?


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sixothreetoday at 8:06 AM

That's exactly what he did. At least he didn't include any of the 300,000 square miles of water.

This argument somehow appears every time there is an article comparing American internet to another country's, regardless of the country. And it's such a lazy argument, you wouldn't expect them to even get the match correct.