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by Svip 8y ago
Greece's logic in disapproving of the name Macedonia is that they fear that Macedonia (the republic) could some day claim the Greek province of Macedonia. By that logic, so should Luxembourg (the grand duchy) be able to claim the Belg
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by Svip 8y ago
So can Luxembourg claim the Belgian province of Luxembourg back then?
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by Svip 8y ago
The prospect of war weighs very little in Denmark, for the record. There was quite a shock in Denmark, when Sweden announced its 'war survival guide' a few days ago. There seems to be no indication that the Danish government is
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by Svip 8y ago
Thank you for the link. Is it possible this is a negotiation ploy? Introduce something outrageous, so people will focus on that, then 'give in' on that proposal just before the vote, it will be seen as a victory when the main bil
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by Svip 8y ago
But was that with the amendment introduced on 25 May? The original article says the proposal was introduced on GDPR Day, I assume that means 25 May. That blog post was last updated on 25 May. Was that before or after they had taken the t
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by Svip 8y ago
What's the chance of this actually passing? Aren't there are a lot of stupid proposals in most legislative institutions that never make it out of committee? The article is light (read: empty) on details regarding its chance of pa
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by Svip 8y ago
I could make the same concern for a bunch of other companies who were to buy GitHub. Indeed, my main concern with GitHub being bought by anyone is the uncertainty of its future, and the fact that it no longer will be 'neutral' gr
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by Svip 8y ago
I personally think so. I hope other Danes think so. I may joke occasionally about the Faroese Islands and Greenland, but in reality, I hope they stay part of the Kingdom of Denmark, because it's a mutual beneficial arrangement.
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by Svip 8y ago
While it is true, that today the subsidy from Denmark is minor relative to Faroese GDP, to a point where one might wonder why they need the money at all? (Besides, I don't think I made any actual specific references to that subsidy.)
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by Svip 8y ago
Despite the Faroese people's issue with Denmark, it cannot be denied that the Faroese Islands (and Greenland for that matter) are heavy reliant on Denmark. As the article mentions, most of the islands' infrastructure comes courte
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In Denmark, Airbnb to report hosts’ rent to tax authorities(apnews.com)
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by Svip 8y ago
What about the Creative Commons conference and RightsCon? They were both mentioned in the article.
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by Svip 8y ago
Wait, what are suggesting the tech conferences do? Stay in the US? Isn't it also their freedom to choose where to operate? And if operating in the US makes their conference inconvenient or impossible for some of their attendees, d
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by Svip 9y ago
Why does hn.algolia.com require JavaScript to work? Seems somewhat counter to the philosophy of HN's web design.
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by Svip 9y ago
I am not sure the UK has traffic light cameras, but they do some places in Germany. And the official position in Germany, and in most of Europe I think, is that emergency vehicle decisions trumps everything else. If a police officer direc
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by Svip 9y ago
Just a note. Switzerland ranks better than the UK. By inhabitants: Switzerland (2.6), Sweden (2.8) and UK (2.9). By motor vehicles: Switzerland (3.6), Finland (4.4), Sweden (4.7) and UK (5.1). By number of kilometres driven: Sweden (3.
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by Svip 9y ago
First available from 12.5.3. And I cannot be certain we have that version or a newer running. But you are right, I should have clarified that.
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by Svip 9y ago
You are not wrong, although your example would not work in every SQL dialect (even when rewritten). Sybase's T-SQL does not have equivalent for LIMIT.[0] My point being, there are some issues with regards to data purity and reasoning,
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by Svip 9y ago
Sorry, but that's just one user. Assume we have 1000 users, 800 of which have at least one item in the `items` table. Now I want a full select of those 800 users with their first three to-do items in neat columns next to the user. Y
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by Svip 9y ago
> Would you elaborate on why you consider these types unfit for sorting? I should have changed that language, what I meant was that they were unfit for reasoning about your data from an isolated point of view, i.e. standing with just o
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by Svip 9y ago
I must admit, I don't like the the use of floats/decimals/rationals in this way. They are unfit for sorting. Say I wanted to present a list of users with their top three to-do items, that's impossible using the above me
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by Svip 9y ago
Where is the middle ground? In the self-driving car debate, I only see the extremes of the positions. Surely it will end in a compromise. I own two classic cars (well, one of them will be soon enough). By virtue of their age, they are ob
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by Svip 9y ago
Diesel isn't that cost efficient actually, even if you drive a lot. Diesel are more expensive to maintain due to regulations, plus diesel cars tend to be more expensive their petrol counterparts. Moreover, there is depreciation, whic
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by Svip 9y ago
50 years, you mean? The technology may be moving fast, but the social/political/financial changes won't.
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by Svip 9y ago
Well, I guess not all Windows applications are run as the SYSTEM account, but the Skype SKY-tmp is? I'd assume, at least, that programs intended to run as the SYSTEM account does a better job of loading DLLs from secure locations.
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by Svip 9y ago
That's why I titled mine 'to thoroughly reassess' and linked to a Bloomberg article. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16332264
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by Svip 9y ago
> No! Let's keep time that make sense, I like the concept that the sun is at its highest at noon. But in how many places during 'normal time' is this even actually true? No where in Spain is this true, and even for territ
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EU Parliament votes to thoroughly reassess daylight savings time(bloomberg.com)
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by Svip 9y ago
Hell, that post[0] is linked in the first paragraph. [0] https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/update-looking-glass-add/
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Make the internet American again? Trump pick opened the door(politico.com)
2 points by Svip 9y ago|0 comments

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