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> Should we agree with the quote or find it wrong in hindsight?

What Thatcher was talking about was literally a single market i.e. where one could buy and sell goods without tariff and other protectionist restrictions.

What we have now with the EU is most definitely not that. We have free movement of people, a much expanded EU with qualified majority voting, significant social (as against economic) legislation, and the Euro.

None of these were really evident in '88 and Thatcher was dead against all of them. Fundamentally, she was a supporter of a wide ranging trade agreement and not very much else.

If you read May's bullets, she has non-tariff market access as one of priorities. She is effectively using the term Single Market to a much wider scope than Thatcher but still attempting to keep the basis of what was originally envisioned, at least in the UK, on the table.

Can't imagine the EU agreeing to this as it's moved well passed that stage but you never know.
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Yes. There's also a difference between a free trade area and a customs union. A lot of Americans in particular seem to think the EU works something like NAFTA when it comes to trade.
Amazon's store frontend interfaces are A/B tested. Their backend stuff for developers---not so much.

The look and feel of the Amazon store looks 'web 1.0' because it has high information density, and less white space. Current web fashion is to have minimalist design with lots of white space, but that fashion not UX.

As a UX example, Amazon's store follows pretty standard practices---tables for tabular data, cards for related items that will be skimmed, vertical scrolling to support long item lists without changing the layout on browser resolution, consistent sizing/spacing/coloring for headers, control locality so clicking a button changes information near by it.

It does all of the things you'd expect a regular web app to do, but sprays it over a long-form page instead of burying it in tabs increasing scroll distance via whitespace.

Where Amazon fails is niches. Their interface is generalist, so they don't have great UX for buying clothes, or buying groceries (albeit no one really has a great interface for that).
The problem is when you need to change your "platform".

I worked on a 300k LOC business basic application at one point.

The big question everyone was asking is how do you move to something else? Everyone wanted something else, they started writing new services on top of the old system, they had some ideas on where to go, but it just didn't seem like a gradual rewrite was possible.

And to be honest, a Greenfield rewrite just wouldn't work work for something this size with the resources they had. So it stayed in business basic.
> An unelected PM

She was elected by her party, just like Cameron was.
Why don't these startups apply it first to countries where the patients are there but the doctors are lacking?
It looks like one of the walls is a sheet of glass.
But brexit isn't going to make life any better for those areas. Most likely it will be worse as the country as a whole will be probably poorer and less able to support deprived areas. But I expect they will still put the blame for this on someone else rather than the total failure of successive UK governments to spread wealth around the country.
Correct, here is what the numbers say:

'The apportionment of seats is not proportional to each state's population, nor does it reflect any particular mathematical formula; however, it is stated in the treaties that distribution of seats should be "degressively proportional" to the population of the member states. The process can be compared to the composition of the electoral college used to elect the President of the United States of America in that, pro rata, the smaller state received more places in the electoral college than the more populous states.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_...
how does democracy protect the minority? (not saying the minority does not have a voice, but how does it help, if they'll always be voted out?)

And if so (and this being a political thread) - Trump being elected is totally legit even though he got less votes (as he was voted by the majority in more than half the states) ?

Asking as an outsider - I just feel like everytime the popular opinion does not get voted in - there's an "justified" outcry (but if the majority had won - and there was an outcry by the minority - that's them being childish/not respecting democracy etc.)
Isn't that the usecase for the Strangler app? https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerApplication.html
> Those countries themselves -- and any other state actor, that is not tied by a bureaucracy they don't control but Germany does.

That doesn't answer the question, what are you on about?

That "bureaucracy" is an actual agreement between each of those countries, up to 27 members. A one sided aggression has no legal framework of defense and it gives full advantage to the bigger bullies.

> Only then it would mean war or close, and the aggression and control would be evident (and costly).

So smaller countries have way more to lose than bigger countries.

> Whereas within a "existing legal framework" under your control (including controlling several lesser states to always vote for your interests), and with you controlling the centralized "purse" of Europe as well as its monetary policy, you get to push your agenda more effectively.

You are able to push any agenda more effectively, with the "minor" detail that the agenda has to be agreed and voted by the representatives of 27 different countries.

Would you want to try again at answering my original question? If international law is not your forte (it's certainly not mine), do you mind just answering the example questions?:

> Do you think Germany wouldn't be able to throw its weight around to push Poland, Czechia or Slovakia to do whatever they want to? Who would legally put an opposition to that?
The two year exit period can't start until parliament votes, because May doesn't have the authority to trigger Article 51 without parliament
And why wouldn't they? It clearly hasn't stopped sellers. Amazon has them do all the market research on their dime. Amazon then gets all the data to decide what to launch next to improve their margins, and they get paid for the privilege.

I can't say I blame them, but I can't say it does much for my trust in them either.
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Thanks for heads-up. Sounds like I must try it out the next time I need something from there!
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Old versions still work like they should. I'm on v. 2.5.2 myself to avoid AMP.
I don't think that's a fair assessment of the situation.

Yes, there was a referendum – but it wasn't a good one. It was advisory only – i.e. not binding – there was a narrow margin, no minimum turnout or majority requirements, and no concrete plan which was being voted on, or even any set of proposals from government. Two of the four countries in the UK voted to remain in the EU.

It think it's wholly reasonable to question a decision of such huge magnitude being made on the basis of a referendum in those circumstances.
How is it? My salary gives a per annum rate. I have a flextime system where if I work >38 hours in a week I get a 1:1 credit of those hours to take off later, and I don't lose any pay whatsoever for it.

In the same vein, this deal means that because the person works [35+x] hours per week, they get 2 weeks extra later on (where I assume x*48 = 70 or so) to take off without losing any pay. I don't see how you claim that they lose pay considering the work the same number of total hours for the same amount of pay, they just take 2 weeks' of work time, chop it up, and sprinkle it over the other 46.
I believe if the UK could have chosen to control immigration from A8 countries, Brexit would have never happened.

I don't think it would have mattered if the UK actually did restrict immigration or not, it's more about not having the power to choose to restrict it.
No issues with the article as a whole, but comparing Intel's processors solely on #cores and clock speed isn't right. The table that compares a E5-1630 with a E5-1680, for example, omits the information that the E5-1680 has twice the amount of cache space, despite only having 1.5x the number of cores.
Does Amazon have contracts that tie people to their jobs? Can't people simply leave at will?

> Most abused spouses are not literally helpless either.

This is a good comparison actually. Many people continue to work for an employer long after the good times have passed, because they feel loyalty towards them or don't want to admit to making a poor decision in the past, or there is social stigma against leaving.

That said... Amazon is well reknowned for having poor workplace practices, so anyone joining them today should be going in with their eyes wide open, and stigma against leaving Amazon ought to be widely lowered.
> And wow that game is hard.

It's brutal. I ended up way down at the far end of a level (a sewer I think) only to find that I was missing something I needed to do or have from back near the beginning. Lack of attention gets punished hard. Great game though, you really feel like you earned beating each level.
My understanding is that there are two distinct parliamentary votes – one on the triggering of Article 50, and one on the final settlement with the EU. The former starts the mandatory two-year withdrawal process.
So did he just invest to get info to decide whether to launch a competing product?
I don't like prices increasing as much as anyone, but if this gets people to stop and think before buying Apple products then I'm all for it. They have been overcharging for their products for the last 10 years.
No new features planned at the moment but I'd be open to suggestions or pull requests.
At the moment, the opposition in the UK is in total disarray and making rather a hash of things. It's likely that a substantial number would back the government's plans.
They could, but wouldn't have the advantage of all the handy metadata this service provides to do it accurately, at scale.
The distribution of seats in the EP clearly favors smaller countries. The smallest country, Malta, has one seat for every 70,227 people. Germany has one seat for every 838,789 people.[1]

Even if Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain decided to vote together, the others can still win a vote against them. (Also, the EP is split according to political ideologies, not nationalities, so this scenario is unrealistic.)

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_...
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> Being able to permanently and self-sustainably inhabit space means being able to ..

Going to into space and making something of yourself rather than grabbing a gun and killing each other like rats in a cage?
Can confirm on that the single market for services is far from reality.

Today, if I'm a consultant and have a consultancy company registered in EU country X, if I come to EU country Y to provide my services there, it's pretty likely that I will have to set up a separate company in Y or Y's tax people will be after me (that's currently the situation in UK for example).
Wow, really? I'm so used to just buying SIM cards on street corners, I didn't realise some people had to go through documentation to get them.

Also, in some countries like the US, you can buy 'burner' phones without any need for identification--no contract, no ID.
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According to the FAO, France agriculture is one of the world's most diverse, productive and qualitative.

To rephrase it: France exports A LOT of goods, produced at intensive yields and high costs, with a high dependency on subsidies and technology/pesticides.

Quality is great but, to say the least, far from sustainable.
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Yes. The same question could be asked via email (much less intrusive) or, even better, not at all. People in programming are smart, they can find their own jobs.
People in the UK haven't quite gotten over that whole global empire thing. Every now and then they make documentaries about how they brought civilization to India or something.
My town doesn't even have dedicated firefighters. Everyone is a volunteer. And the guy saying that they're not a real firefighter unless they choose to die in a structure collapse is sickening to me.
Maybe, and not necessarily a direct control

For example, not giving unemployment benefits for those that just had arrived (though it seems this applies to all kinds of immigration)
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Will this affect Apple Music subscription? If so then I'm out.
Is there a way to chroot the linux distro? I'd love to be able to have multiple systems (even if I could only have 1 active at a time). It would be great for experimentation ala VMs.
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The silliness that influencers are likely to only have exposure to the retail version via laptop purchases must lower sales of the enterprise version is not lost on me.

Trying to keep that "one Windows for everybody" idea going is hurting them.
Taxes is for more than just education!

Anyway, you will benefit as your friends, colleagues, neighbors and especially your own children will not be burdened with the debt, and more likely to be well educated.
So you think the way to stop Apple overcharging is for Apple to overcharge even more? Look, if you just don't want anybody to buy Apple products at all, irrespective of the price, just say so.

Bear in Mind Apple have been eating the post-Brexit drop in their UK revenues with no price rises for the last 6 months.
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Belt drives are far more limited and attached tools are not mobile in any way whatsoever. Not even close when it comes to substitution technology.
It gets that way by working in a feature factory.

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I haven't seen these mentioned yet - In Ear Monitors (IEMs)

They are a combination of earplug and speaker, giving you the benefits of both. Good IEMs [0] will attenuate the surrounding sound by up to 25db (for comparison good earmuffs/earplugs are in the 30-35db range, closed back/over ear headphones with a good seal are in the 5-10db range), and provide high quality music when you want it.

The down side is that, like earplugs, they can be a bit uncomfortable to use until you're used to them. I tend to listen to either music or just pink/brown noise [1] through them, and I can't hear a thing going on in the office - even when they're doing construction.

If you really want to go all out, you can combine earmuffs with music - there are ranges from some inexpensive 3m ones (some of which include a radio, others a 3.5mm jack), up to those used by pilots and ground crew. They're also in the 25db reduction range; I have an old pair of David Clarks which are insane (though heavy, they're made to wear all day).

[0] Shure and Westone make some great IEMs; make sure to pick up some memory foam tips.

[1] I usually use the heavy rain sounds in the "White Noise" app, but there are free generation websites out there too.
Why trying to 'accept' the thermal challenge if you can just buy an HP/Dell/whatever 1U box that already has the engineering effort done for you. Or even better, why buy a box at al, just use cloud.

In the old days, I used to tinker with my machines, improve airflow, better CPU cooler, liquid cooling etc. Now I just want stuff to work, so I buy a laptop.
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I've never been able to say "scuzzy". My grandparents used that word to mean trashy or dirty people, and I've never been able to use it in a professional context.
> how does democracy protect the minority? (not saying the minority does not have a voice, but how does it help, if they'll always be voted out?)

With separation of powers and the rule of law.

> And if so (and this being a political thread) - Trump being elected is totally legit even though he got less votes (as he was voted by the majority in more than half the states) ?

1- Everywhere I've lived in, my vote has had less power than the average of the state / region. I'm OK with that because otherwise all policies will only favour the overpopulated areas.

2- I don't know all the US election details, but apparently you've got a big issue with corruption that in this case reflects on gerrymandering.

3- If the situation was the opposite, Hillary winning despite less votes, I guess you wouldn't consider it legit? Don't answer me, that's easy; answer internally to yourself. Be sincere.

4- Your problem with Trump is that your "left" candidate is so to the right, that there's no room for human decency at her right. Just think about it, what's a more right-wing policy that doesn't go against climate change, equality/equity, worker's rights, military intervention, radicalisation of your police force, for profit prison system, stupid healthcare system, ... Should I keep going?

> Asking as an outsider - I just feel like everytime the popular opinion does not get voted in - there's an "justified" outcry (but if the majority had won - and there was an outcry by the minority - that's them being childish/not respecting democracy etc.)

There are always outcries when there's a strong division on a topic. We need to make sure our values stand every single time, whether our opinion wins or we loses.
Not disagreeing... would the Peters principal also apply? Intentionally hired to be incompetent that would also imply malice? Those involved
may have the best intentions, so no malice, and we're back to incompetence. Either way, if I were in charge and I needed someone to fumble it I would have picked her. That mail campaign asking people to self identify for deportation was the most anti Brexit thing I could imagine her doing.
I really dislike Curse for gaming, the UI is the most unintuitive thing I've used in ages, showing me the same information on 5 different looking screens, but not having a single screen that shows me a list of all of my friends. I don't use any of their addons as well because I don't want to bundle myself into a glorified chat app that can't even handle that correctly. I've had to restart not only curse, but my entire machine multiple times in order to get it to register a microphone switch or a switch in playback devices.

I agree with your main point of steam's slow movement, but the other thing is that steam is a very large incumbent with pretty high switching costs. I don't see them going away because a different platform offers twitch integration, because I can already stream twitch with my steam library that has hundreds of games in it. And if twitch limited that somehow, I think the pull of the user's library would overpower the pull of one individual streaming platform. It costs a lot more to switch the library after all.
Why do you have to take such a tone? Can we not disagree and argue without adhominem attacks?

Your argument is a fallacy. In any division there are going to be those who agree and disagree with the outcome. Of course the people who get what they "wanted" don't argue against it. But they also shouldn't argue against the legitimacy of those who don't to continue to argue their point. That is the difference here.

Yes, there was a vote on an advisory referendum that had not specific details about what the outcome should be. What does that make legitimate?

If Theresa may had decided that to leave the EU we had to go to war with Europe, would that be legitimised by the vote?

This argument is about the terms of any such approach and how to legitimise those.
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Eurozone debt-to-GDP: 92%. This is BEFORE one considers (a) member country debt, (b) troubled bank liabilities which EU must backstop (eg. Deutchebank), and (c) immense social, security and defense costs which EU nations must incur due to recent global events.

By contrast UK debt-to-GDP: 90% and falling, and a US-UK trade deal is likely very soon.

I'd rather own Sterling.
>We have free movement of people,

A single market includes the free movement of labour, as well as goods and services. Hence, restricting immigration is equivalent to leaving the single market. If we're to have tarriff-free trade with the EU but barriers on migration, that's surely a "protectionist restriction" on British jobs.
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We aren't post-brexit yet. That's more than 2 years away.
You don't have to hate brown people (as you said up there) to understand that a system that gives benefits to people who have never contributed to it is not sustainable in the long term. And citizens from A8 countries are barely brown, anyway. ;P

I believe political correctness triggered Brexit, and will eventually kill the EU (not only because of immigration, though)
How can the car owner be responsible when they have made no decision (and had no opportunity to do so).
With all due respect to coldtea (heresy! :)), but it is like the most hardcore Brexiters know very little about the EU.

Who's to blame? Hard to say, but no one's free of guilt here.
Same problem for me; my solution is In Ear Monitors (IEMs). Around 25db of noise reduction combined with the ability to play music (or white/brown/pink noise).
After dealing with mandarin and sichuanese, sorry, I cannot agree with you. Some languages are just plain hard.
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