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> Countries in the east seem to be more and more opposed to the idea of EU Where did you get that idea? Unless you're left-pondian, in which case the UK is indeed "in the East". > …

> Galileo's actual value has always been murky. Not to me, as a professional user. Presumably not to the policy-makers either who, having recognised the strategic value of satellit…

RTK or PPP, to mention two possible techniques. The first of which is differential (requires data from a receiver at a known location) and the second of which is post-processed (re…

Languages work more on holistic than algorithmic principles, so no, there is no algorithm, just a loose set of conventions that people may or may not be aware of and may or may not…

The idea of having "zones" for people with different interests sounds good. Given the sort of amenities on offer and the unusual founding route, not to mention its Eastern endpoint…

Hi. I applaud your motivation, but to be honest, when I was learning Arabic, the only trouble I would regularly run into would be with the tashkeel, which I find difficult to memor…

Aside from that, Spanish, Catalan, and Occitan have historically been written using both the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets, by their respective user communities. Same for Yiddish, li…

> Receive comments about your choice of font for the powerpoint. That would be 2.5, they will be unsolicited, and yes, your font really is too small. 2.6 is where you spend another…

Go for it then, and good luck! ;)

Consider having a continuity plan next time. Personal tragedy is not an uncommon occurrence. > He's adamant he wants to continue, and he's seeking help from a counselor. He's doing…

Ok, having some actual experience on this, I think you can ignore most of what has been posted here, particularly all those "10K? No way! Ask them for 100K!" posts. It just doesn't…

> 10K is an absolute insult. How can you say that without knowing what the project is? For all you know it's a clever sed expression that took the author fifteen minutes to write.

I did some work (non-IT) for a retired internet billionaire, who doesn't mind one bit using gmail as his private email address even though Google is a direct competitor to the comp…

Just like spam is dealt with in email and walled gardens, it could have been dealt with in Usenet.

> I'm unsure what to do next. I'm sorry if I've missed something, but isn't the status quo a reasonable option? Other than that, see what other problems your current customers are …

I reckon what you suggest is not a bad idea: when someone posts an issue that you do not particularly feel like working on, set a price on it! When/if anyone pays, you work on it. …

> Sometimes I'm OK with that. Sometimes I wonder if I've been misunderstood and could have written it better. And if you had an actual reply telling you what "wrong" with your post…

Agree. Actually, just posted a related question a while ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13171928 ). And if you're going to have votes, at the very least those should be …

I tried asking here before, but the post disappeared. I don't know why nor care. So, any suggestions? What I can think of, and why they don't fit the bill: stackoverflow & co.: Via…

> Is it possible to get all that information in one round trip ? If we're talking about the same thing, yes. One pattern that I use in my APIs is as follows: Assume a JSON object l…

Indeed, it's been a long time and it wasn't common to actually use URLs back then!

I am not sure I follow the conversation. What would a deeply nested result hierarchy be, exactly? Are we talking about something like: CREATE TABLE person (id INT, name TEXT, birth…