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Show HN: McDonalds' outlets in the US represented by Burger emojis

13 points by ronaldl93 7y ago

GrumpyNl 7y ago
Isnt the number 14,146 enough, why print 14.146 hamburger icons?
- hazz99 7y ago
  Its a lot more informative to scroll and comprehend the size of the number
  - egoisticalgoat 7y ago
    That's why i love putting sizes into Wolfram Alpha, it gives you various alternative measurements like "football fields" so it's often easier to comprehend
    - whatshisface 7y ago
      If each McDonalds were the size of a football field, then every McDonalds laid end to end would span the length of 14,146 football fields.
      - athorax 7y ago
        Really makes you think
      - dsfyu404ed 7y ago
        If you lined all the drive-throughs end to end would it get to the moon and back? Edit: not even close. You'd need a little under 2mi of drive through per location to get to the moon
      - RenRav 7y ago
        Haha
  - dmlittle 7y ago
    A scrolling visualization to show the sheer number of things reminds me of this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6BQDKiYyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6BQDKiYyM
makach 7y ago
I do enjoy eating a McDonalds -occasionally- No other place have I seen such great diversity in employment, I met a lot of great people who have a background from McDonald's in their youths. That said, I always wondered how I would appriciate working there with t-shirt with "I'm loving it" written all over.
- duxup 7y ago
  Growing up I worked at a local pizza chain. Decades later vividly remember the smell and how the ugly white and green polo felt on me. I was not a fan of the uniform.
hilyen 7y ago
404
- ronaldl93 7y ago
  Just fixed the slug https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/ https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/
ronaldl93 7y ago
New link: https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/ https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/
ronaldl93 7y ago
fixed it - it should redirect to correct url! :D
JoeAltmaier 7y ago
I'd rather see it on a map of the USA?
micah94 7y ago
Yeah I'm gonna be that guy and say all I see are a bunch of little empty boxes.
- ronaldl93 7y ago
  wow... What device / OS are you using? The site uses regular Emoji's as opposed to images to ensure your cpu doesn't slow down.
petercooper 7y ago
"In United States you can buy 8 Big Mac's with $50" Followed by ten burger emojis..
- jobigoud 7y ago
  Based on other countries it looks like they are truncating the unit price before dividing $50 by it.
  - ronaldl93 7y ago
    Apologies, the burger calculation was rounding off to the wrong integer - Javascript . Fixed it! :D

13 points by ronaldl93 7y ago

GrumpyNl 7y ago

Isnt the number 14,146 enough, why print 14.146 hamburger icons?

hazz99 7y ago
Its a lot more informative to scroll and comprehend the size of the number
- egoisticalgoat 7y ago
  That's why i love putting sizes into Wolfram Alpha, it gives you various alternative measurements like "football fields" so it's often easier to comprehend
  - whatshisface 7y ago
    If each McDonalds were the size of a football field, then every McDonalds laid end to end would span the length of 14,146 football fields.
    - athorax 7y ago
      Really makes you think
    - dsfyu404ed 7y ago
      If you lined all the drive-throughs end to end would it get to the moon and back? Edit: not even close. You'd need a little under 2mi of drive through per location to get to the moon
    - RenRav 7y ago
      Haha
- dmlittle 7y ago
  A scrolling visualization to show the sheer number of things reminds me of this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6BQDKiYyM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J6BQDKiYyM

makach 7y ago

I do enjoy eating a McDonalds -occasionally- No other place have I seen such great diversity in employment, I met a lot of great people who have a background from McDonald's in their youths. That said, I always wondered how I would appriciate working there with t-shirt with "I'm loving it" written all over.

duxup 7y ago
Growing up I worked at a local pizza chain. Decades later vividly remember the smell and how the ugly white and green polo felt on me. I was not a fan of the uniform.

hilyen 7y ago

404

ronaldl93 7y ago
Just fixed the slug https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/ https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/

ronaldl93 7y ago

New link: https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/ https://www.ronaldlangeveld.com/mcdonalds/united-states/

ronaldl93 7y ago

fixed it - it should redirect to correct url! :D

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

I'd rather see it on a map of the USA?

micah94 7y ago

Yeah I'm gonna be that guy and say all I see are a bunch of little empty boxes.

ronaldl93 7y ago
wow... What device / OS are you using? The site uses regular Emoji's as opposed to images to ensure your cpu doesn't slow down.

petercooper 7y ago

"In United States you can buy 8 Big Mac's with $50" Followed by ten burger emojis..

jobigoud 7y ago
Based on other countries it looks like they are truncating the unit price before dividing $50 by it.
- ronaldl93 7y ago
  Apologies, the burger calculation was rounding off to the wrong integer - Javascript . Fixed it! :D