skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I agree that one of the main problems with current politics is the "experts know best" mentality, of which the reduction of political issues to their economic components is one example.

Scientists, economists and others should contribute with their specific expertise, but at the end of the day, it should be up to the electorate to make up their minds - which, in the case of Brexit, they did.

This faith in technocracy is in my opinion at the root of the democratic deficit in EU institutions - and also the myth that the electorate somehow "got it wrong" in the case of the Brexit referendum.
I'd like to upvote, but 666 points seemed relevant.
Your argument is baseless because you are leaping to there being some connection between a "rivalry" and the brexit referendum results.

In fact, even if you look only at people who voted "no" in the Scottish referendum, the great majority of them were Remain voters in the brexit referendum. For "yes" voters there was actually less of a Remain majority than for No voters. So much for your theory of rabid Scottish nationalism and England-hatred causing the result!

There's some irony in you complaining about the EU being dominated by bigger countries, while expecting Scotland to just "like it or lump it" when it comes to decisions made by England in the UK.

At least in the EU you have a veto - in the UK? No such luck.
Had a similar experience while on holiday. Should have done research as I found out 90% of card readers only accept Maestro cards and reject Visa.

What a shit show
>Also curious (as a flagged sibling commenter) about the lack of a HTTPS version of this site

They do have an ssl/tls endpoint.
https://www.linuxsecurity.com/

They have port 443 forwarded to a different site though.

In defense of author of the linked article; he probably has nothing to do with the management of the site.
Really the problem is trade barriers. Independence is much easier if the rest of the British Isles are in a Single Market and Customs Union.

In fact Scotland would likely be a net contributor to the EU, given its GDP, so it's not an issue of EU subsidies. That is probably the weakest part of your analysis.
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> They can't be, because all of these are lumped together in the category of "must be bundled with the app".

...that's the point: they are explicitly saying that both the interpreter and the code being interpreted must be shipped with the app, as that clause is directly saying you can only have an interpreter if there is no scripts or code being downloaded to later run on said interpreter.

> I mean, you could repackage this as "learn the Almquist shell".

...but they didn't. This same argument is the argument "in some theoretical alternative reality my BitTorrent client is mostly used to download files that can be legally redistributed, so the fact that even I am not using it in this way should not be counted against it"... but it isn't.

> > You just really really seem to want to believe that this is OK based on this clause...

> Because that lets it be on the App Store!

Whether this is to be allowed in the App Store has very little to do with what Saagar has chosen to believe, particularly if that choice has been made out of convenience.
"Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product - if we judge the United States of America by that - the GNP counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures then, in short, everything except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America, except whether we are proud to be Americans."

- Senator Robert F Kennedy, 1968
Don't dismiss the fidelity challenges even when at a physical gallery looking at original works of art.

Glazing, lighting, signage, height, framing, decor, noise, other people and many other factors can reduce the fidelity of experience or provide unskippable distractions.

The most extreme example being visiting the Mona Lisa in person, but these challenges exist with most physical art except perhaps that hung in your own home over which you have complete control.
Open MCT is fun to work with. We're using it as an IoT dashboard at our hackerspace:

https://bergie.iki.fi/blog/nasa-openmct-iot-dashboard/
Are there any decent alternatives to invisible reCAPTCHA?
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"Ireland is going to ultimately have to adopt Schengen" - I don't see this happening, although with the debacle of how brexit is being handled by the UK government, who really knows. To a certain extent geography dictates policy, and Ireland being in Schengen is a bit silly given the lack of land borders with Schengenland.
> blanket regulatory attitude across the IT spectrum

That's jumping to conclusions. I didn't elaborate at all what kind of regulation I support or how granular. I now feel that my comment wasn't up to the standard, because it has a bad mix of off-topic and terse "snarkiness".

As to the usage of downvotes, of course you can use it however you like, just like you can dismiss anyone you like whenever. I'm referring to a common _regulation_ in communities, that a comment shouldn't be dismissed if you don't like it, but only if it has a negative effect on the discussion.

What do you hope to achieve by downvoting those you disagree with? Force their opinions to the bottom of the discussion stack? I.e. silence them? That's what you're effectively doing, and it's not conducive to a healthy community.
nope, it is still there, but you won't see it if you are using https everywhere addon. Port 443 is being forwarded to a different site and the linked article does not exist on that site. You can only view the article on port 80 (no https).
Here's anec-data from someone who lives in London, I know EU nationals who have always complained about the UK, and even they are not leaving.
There are no laws in the UK around children sharing bedrooms, regardless of any characteristic of theirs.
Source: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-protection-s...
Well, yes it is. Ask the cambodians or the chinese.
Interesting news! When I was in uni, I made some money on the side writing custom JS plug-ins for their survey engine. Through a lot of trial-and-error I managed to reverse engineer some useful knowledge about the inner workings of it (this lasted up till a major revamp of the survey engine around 5 years ago). The community was quite vibrant, and their product was being used from questionnaires in academic studies to marketing research to high-profile class-action cases. I've always imagined this huge userbase as well as the centralized organization of all this research data is quite valuable, so this acquisition price doesn't strike me as out of place.
Dear me. I will quietly bow out of this discussion, as it seems to be turning into somebody giving voice to their own strong feelings about the "Scotts". Too much heat, not much light.
Wow I had no idea that chemical weapons were tested in the suburbs of DC, wild.

I’m kind of surprised that the article didn’t talk about the zone rouge in France. If you haven’t heard of it it’s worth checking out. Basically it’s whole regions of France that were contaminated by munitions and chemicals in WW1. The area is uninhabitable and some regions are devoid of life. It should be a memorial to the folly of men and the devastation of war.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_Rouge
> Domestic influence also includes malicious people, not just governments. You're telling me that this system isn't going to be exploited? That stalkers aren't going to use it? That syndicates aren't going to use it to track adversaries?

Arguably they would have an easier time with cameras in both laptops and cellphones.
No. It uses Vue.
Use AWS and government "region".
{cough cough} West Ham {cough cough}
Many of the current conflicts within the EU arguably originate from the EU trying to be more than an economic entity.

It's true that the EU, and its antecedents the ECSC and the EC, has been a tremendous force for peace on the European continent but make no mistake:

It's original intent first and foremost was economic collaboration and prosperity.

The impact of international trade, however, goes way beyond mere economic considerations: If you trade with people from other countries you have to communicate and negotiate with them, which in turn helps with reducing prejudice and creating bonds between countries on a personal level.

In my opinion, this has done more for ensuring peace in Europe than lofty political goals.

The centrifugal forces that most blatantly show with Brexit but the alienation of other EU members also is a symptom of are mostly caused by EU politicians indiscriminately pushing for an ever closer political integration without considering if that's what people actually want in each and every case.
Gove: "The British public has had enough of experts"

Raab, later: “I hadn’t quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK and look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing,”

Experts: at this point you might want to consider stockpiling your essential medicines...

Come on, this is hacker news. We're all (supposedly) experts. You wouldn't let random members of the public rewrite your pull requests. We have to stand up for the idea that knowing the difference between a good plan and a bad plan matters.
Why would it be a problem? You freeze the dependencies and then occasionally remind yourself that despite your use of web technology you absolutely do not want to control your mission from devices exposed to the regular web, where Updates Matter.
It's not that hard though, in the past when working for folks importing from China it wasn't too hard to do.

Most of the work was picking a commodity code for your imports/exports but you would have been doing that anyway for Intrastat reporting.

For direct to consumer sellers above the VAT thresholds (€35,000 or €100,000) the new regime will arguably be simpler as they no longer need to register in each market but can register with a single authority.

I suspect the Irish VAT office is about to get a lot busier.
You're making a mistake in your analysis of the independence referendum result that's colouring your views on Scotland. People can want independence without it being a personal slight against you. In fact, the vast majority of people in the world are in favour of their country existing. Don't take it so personally.
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I notice Brexit is mentioned only once in the paper, in a footnote mentioning that Great Britain is considered part of the EU for the purpose of their research. Another article currently on the HN frontpage discusses the effects of Brexit on companies [1], blaming Brexit for reduced investment and companies leaving the UK.

While I am absolutely open to the possibility that the GDPR has negative effects on technology venture investment (as their paper suggests), I am a bit disappointed that they did not attempt to correct for the effects of the UK leaving the EU. At the very least it would have been nice if, in addition to graphs for the entire EU, there were graphs for the UK alone, and also for the EU without the UK. That way it might have been possible to get a vague impression of how much these numbers are affected by Brexit instead of the GDPR.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18431564
> It appears that the EU nationals are leaving in droves

EU nationals in low-skilled jobs left in droves. UK is very lenient to give visas to skilled immigrants of any country in the world.
>The only real counterforce to global capitalism has historically been the people of a nation

And yet every time there is some great nation-building exercise, the nation in question immediately attempts to build a global empire for itself, by subjugating other nations.

France of Napoleon.

Germany of Bismark.

Japan of Meiji.

Germany of Hitler.

USSR.

Current day USA.

Human dignity, my ass.

PS. Arabs of Muhammad and Mongols of Genghis also qualify.
QUIC is an encrypted protocol. If an adversary injects forged packets the AEAD tag won't match in decryption and those packets will be discarded.

I would suggest an evaluation in which you completely omitted to notice the central feature of the protocol doesn't reflect well on your abilities, regardless of whether you claim it's a "professional interest".
>The k8s eco system is like the JS framework ecosystem right now - There are no set ways of doing anything.

Given how both the JS and devops worlds seems to be progressing, is there any reason to believe that this will change before the next thing comes and K8S becomes a ghost town?
I thought I'd reply (being a Scot and living in Scotland I see th propaganda first-hand).

1 - They seem to be playing their cards close to their chest rignt now as I believe people are being turned off by the independence thing. I'm sure there were figures earlier in the year from polls saying two thirds don't want it now. Anyway, we voted already

2 - I agree. The EU have been quite clear on this. Also, I believe a few countries have said they're gonna scupper the vote anyway and not let Scotland in. Don't blame them...

3 - It's about £5bn I believe. This is gonna hurt. I suppose it means we have to pay more for our produce.

4 - This is the real reason I am commenting. See below.

I was at an SNP meeting in 2017 at Prestwick Airport and they wanted to talk about business post-Brexit. They talked shite for the most part: I mean that there were no answers in what they were saying. It was more about laying the boot into the Tory gov.

However, I asked them a question that they couldn't answer - SNP's own figures show a £12Bn deficit that is being "funded" by the UK Gov at the moment and as soon as we leave the UK we are now responsible for that £12Bn ourselves. Their own figures also showed that post-Brexit Scotland will be hit with another £8bn shortfall.

That's £20Bn - The largest deficit of any OECD country. Basically Scotland will be flung into the dark ages on day one of independence.

So, I asked them what was their plan to fix this? They stood up and said they can't give an answer until the UK Gov confirm the figures... despite them throwing the figures around and blaming the UK Gov.

Needless to say I took issue with that and gave them a hard time about it but they didn't budge on their answer.

Not sure why I posted this but I thought a bit of context would be good.

Edit - Grammar
How is your application for indefinite leave to remain coming along? Do you rent or own your home?
The UK for me was also the least racist environment in Europe, agree. Never felt unwelcome and people genuinely seem to be polite and in good faith.

That said, I don't enjoy my right in the UK being a negotiation chip and that my future business or employment in the UK will no longer be based on my qualifications but on my paperwork I have.

It's quite likely that maybe sometime in 2024 when I apply for a position in a company I would not be considered because they wouldn't like to deal with visas and work permits. Even if I happen to be hired, what happens when I get old or economy stumbles and I need the benefits that native employees enjoy? All these things are now under negotiation and may or may not be provided depending on the deals the politicians negotiate.

I don't like the non-meritocratic system. Maybe it's better to live somewhere where I have equal rights with the locals and sell services to the UK and pay visits to this lovely country. The nicest thing about unregulated professions like those in IT is that you can work anywhere in the world.
That's how it should be, sure. It's rarely how it is in my view.
But you would let the product owner do whatever he likes with the code. Does the Government serve the people or should the people serve the nation?
I used this service as a psychology student, to my dismay if I may add. To the dismay of other students, I'd always code up my own surveys :D

I wonder though, how is there space for: Qualtrics, Survey Monkey, Wufoo (back in the day) and a lot of others that I presumably don't know about.

I feel most of these survey engines provide the same thing.
My experience suggests that people in dire circumstances, regardless of location or time, will always find ways to blame foreigners for it.
On mobile, not always in a place where viewing video is possible. A simple paragraph, as written by the first reply to my comment, would've helped round out the article's text.
Live and let live (World War I)
With his Lordship’s permission I wish to leave your manor for another. The floggings are less intense there.
The one that Farage started backing out of mere hours after the result.
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London is a capital of the world, like NYC or HKG.

There is a lot of money, you've got all the CEO, head, partners, billionaires and their families to drive price up. When you move closer to the center and the most desirable locations, income are orders of magnitudes above a typical worker.

Then there is all the money laundering and foreign investments to drive prices up everywhere.

Don't get it wrong. London is affordable for normal people with a qualified job, just like NYC, Paris, Hong Kong and every other city in the developed world.
>> for what the UK has already agreed on

Both sides would do well to remember that "Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed." [0]

[0] Press statement by Michel Barnier
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-18-2161_en.ht...
No one ever complained of flickr "Oh it's okay but you need to see the real thing", so it's interesting how this viewpoint is absolutely medium-specific.

I would argue plenty of paintings are better viewed online, sculptures far less so. Is it better to have a restricted view at the back of a live performance or see a perfectly edited video later?

It's hard to be moved shuffling through queues at the Louvre.
I like the story.

But on the other hand it makes me feel like I'm looking at the equivalent of a popular Instagram model. It's hard to not compare myself and feel disappointed.

HN doesn't inspire me to do something with my life like it did 10 years ago. Perhaps it's my fault.
> Wow I had no idea that chemical weapons were tested in the suburbs of DC, wild.

Wait until you learn that biological weapons studies were done on people of San Francisco, without them knowing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea-Spray
Well, I agree with PavlovsCat and disagree with you. So in our little mini society of at least 3 people in this thread, a society which is not fiction (as you said), there is nothing you can do about it, except to take the feedback we give you, I guess.
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It has such effects only in a small portion of people, and only in high doses. That is not a reason for average people to avoid a daily low dose, which has a direct reduction in all cause mortality.
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At other times on HN we've had the "would you commit a change that you knew would be unsafe, illegal, or even get people killed" discussion. Such as the VW "defeat device". Brexit is another one of those - the worst-case scenarios are extremely bad, and rather than addressing them seriously they get dismissed by the government and Brexiteers.
That's simply not true. Until recently agriculture was extremely labor intensive and only an elite caste could have free time.
Can someone please genuinely explain the need of such software products to me? I work in VLSI engineering and such things sound like a total superflous bullshit-bingo to me (stats, dashboards, metrics, "value proposition", "targeting", "customer segmentation") I suppose I think so because I am a total layman in these fields. I'd greatly appreciate if someone could explain - is this a thing that acutally helps with some processes and how?
Well HN is just that, hacker news. The focus isn't on DIY and bootstrapping yourself. This is more a niche that IndieHackers and the like fill in.
Searched for Monet, the first three paintings result in internalservererror:
https://www.artic.edu/collection?q=monet
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Would say the neoliberal right-wingers are the driving force behind it...
Where and how did you get that impression?
> There was never an example of hyperinﬂation when economies operated a gold or silver standard.

And the price revolution about 400 years ago? While this is not a hyperinflation, this introduced inflation to a world which didn't know it, and the cause was the influx of gold and silver from the New World to Spain and indirectly to the rest of Europe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_revolution

My point is that even gold and silver could undergo inflation pressures and that it already happened.
The idea of taking the derivative of an algebraic data type is also discussed in "Categories and Computer Science" from 1992: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/categories-and-computer...

That discussion covers some of the same ground as the Taylor series idea elsewhere in thus discussion. It doesn't get as far as inventing the zipper concept.
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As per Wikipedia:

>Qualtrics reported revenue of $190.6 million in 2016 and $289.9 million in 2017 representing year over year growth of 52%. In 2016, Qualtrics reported an overall net loss of $12 million with free cash flow of $3.4 million. In 2017, Qualtrics reported a $2.6 million net profit with free cash flow of $21.3 million

Is it normal for companies to be bought at 30x their revenue or am I missing something obvious (may be the wikipedia stats are off) ?

Edit: 2018 revenue according to this article is $400mil. That would mean a 20x.
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How could I be incorrect when that's exactly what I said? You gotta pay for a support contract to have any meaningful support.
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