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That's pretty cool. Do you know of a similar place like DingFabrik in southern Germany (BaWü)?
Yes! Where are you? I can get you some contact info.
Cologne, Germany. I'm running a 3d printing workshop on the weekend here. If you're interested, have a look at http://dingfabrik.de/2011/11/24/3d-drucker-an-einem-wochenen... (same info in English at http://blog.reprap.org/2011/11/reprap-prusa-iteration-2-buil... ). There's only a couple spots left though.
The timing of this poll is definitely going to throw off the results. It's nearly 2AM on the US West Coast, and most people are going to be asleep.
is there a reason why the uk is different from "the rest" of europe?
It's not part of the Eurozone so doesn't use the Euro. (ok, other countries like Sweden also doesn't) More importantly, it's not part of the Schengen countries in Europe, which means that a visa that gets you into most EU member states won't get you into the UK. It also means there are border controls if you travel between the rest of Europe and the UK. You can travel all the way from France to Poland without having to show a passport or see an immigration officer. They also drive on the left of the road and measure in miles, unlike the rest of Europe. There are other cultural and historical reasons why the UK doesn't 'feel' like continental Europe, and I think these differences developed because of being an island and not physically connected to the rest of Europe. This makes the UK quite distinct from their neighbours, more than say Switzerland is different from their neighbours.
I voted Africa, being from South Africa. When I clicked on the up-arrow, the number of points did not increment immediately. I had to refresh the page to see the new number of points. Poor user experience.
Lacking the option to vote twice, I'd imagine the HN crowd from Turkey would consider themselves closer to Europe.
The time zone database, however, has this:
d243875439adb3b667e82af04ad8be63 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Istanbul
d243875439adb3b667e82af04ad8be63 /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Istanbul
edit: Ah, turns out one can cast two votes. Anyway...