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I have a Ricoh GIII which is astonishing for its size. That said, it’s expensive so probably not an entry level pocket camera.

Not really. Look at the sky, it's very different between the two. This is something I've noticed constantly with iPhones in particular. To the point where I don't bother trying to take photos that focus on the sky or sunset as it heavily processes the results (extreme oranges and deep blues).

I think these are good points. It boils down to: are you interested in photography or do you just want to have photographs? If it's the former, get a camera. If it's the latter, stick with the phone.

These are some good examples. I'd love more on this.

I returned to amateur photography a few years ago (Fuji XT-4). I previously used a DSLR when I was younger (10+ years ago) but my camera was stolen at some point so I was left with just the phone.

I had started to think phone photography was catching up with amateur photography, as I saw friends getting great results with their phones on Instagram etc.

But I've come to the conclusion that once you start look closely there's absolutely no comparison.

One thing I've started doing is creating custom photo books from all my photos. It's really helped me focus my photography. When doing this though I've noticed how edited phone photos are, as well as how poor the quality actually is (particularly in low light).

The quality issue is understandable (it's physics). The editing issue is a bit more insidious I think.

All in all, if you just want to view phone photos on your phone, they look great. But if you're actually interested in photography and printing, you should get a dedicated camera.

I would potentially pay a licensing fee for the library if it could be used in other apps (and commercial settings).

> As odd as it sounds Brexit really affected business

With all due respect, this was never odd. It was immediately predicted from the day the UK voted for Brexit, along with many of the other very obvious side effects of leaving the EU, like free movement & ability to work, logistical challenges etc.

Excited to check this out. Did you write your own library for this or use something like OpenSeaDragon behind-the-scenes?

What do you mean it's not flexible? I've always thought of the EU as being way ahead of the US in banking terms, with lots of digital banks offering instant payments and all EU banks offering SEPA instant transfers. I'm interested to hear about these other platforms outside of the EU/US and how they are innovating.

I'm probably not your ideal customer, so take this with a pinch of salt, but I think you're shooting yourself in the foot by segmenting your pricing by "number of landing pages".

I would instead price by features. For example you could segment pricing by the number of blocks you can track on a page. Free users only get 3 blocks, paid users get 50 blocks, enterprise users get unlimited blocks.

You want to be able to convert users that are only going to need the tool on a small number of landing pages. I may be wrong, but I can't imagine anyone needing detailed analytics on 100+ landing pages

> Over seven in 10 (71%) feel that the measures overall will make a positive difference to children’s safety online, while over three-quarters (77%) are optimistic that age checks specifically will keep children safer.

What do UK parents here on HN think? I'm interested to hear the difference between the sentiments expressed by the "public" and more-technical parents here on HN.

I agree with your points. I think the main issue is that most developers don’t consider UI.

They consider app functionality and features, or look-and-feel and design, but they ignore UI (or don’t know what good UI is).

Like you described, even a simple search bar requires careful thought and experimentation to get right.

Another issue is UI libraries. People plug these in thinking they solve everything but in reality they only get you so far.

This is a good read for fans of the the show. I don’t think the central premise of redefined evil holds up, but it’s a fun read and the analysis of their characters is spot on.

No I don’t agree with that. Technologies can exacerbate problems.

The world is a very very different place technologically then when you grew up.

Again I don’t have kids, so I’m not in a position to judge, but I can only imagine the pressures on children are completely different nowadays. For example, we didn’t have computers in our pocket 24/7 with all of our peers on the other end influencing us indifferent ways.

Do you have kids? I don’t, so I don’t have any idea how realistic this is. How do you ensure your kids aren’t skirting any blocks you put in place, looking things up with their friends, getting access to a VPN, etc.?

I also don’t think this act is the way to address these issues, but I don’t think it’s as easy as just putting everything at the feet of the parents as I imagine it almost impossible to police at home, not to mention at school.

When I think of older technologies like television, we have rules and regulations about what can be shown when.

Again, this isn’t to say this approach is right, but wanting to regulate isn’t an attack on free speech. It seems there is regularly a tension on HN between free speech absolutists, usually from the US and those more happy to accept regulation, usually from the EU

Citizens don’t vote on legislation in the UK.

I don’t agree with the legislation, but I assume the same way they can go after you for any crime they perceive as being committed in the UK: extradition. It’s obviously incredibly unlikely.

You don’t need to remember everything, that’s exactly why the information is in a book in the first place. Just keep a physical or digital library and you’ll have everything you need.

It’s not just Ireland, almost all (if not all?) EU counties do it:

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxe...

You mentioned Estonia in another comment - it might be the case that Estonia is a special case or has a scheme for attracting talent that doesn’t include worldwide tax

You may be breaking the law. It’s common to owe taxes on world wide income in your country of tax residence. I imagine this is the same across the EU but open to be corrected

https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/ireland/individual/taxes-on-per...

Genuine question as I’ve been interested in the conversation around taxing wealth: how do we do it?

I assume a new government dept. has to be set up to oversee it. Or do the wealthy self assess? Are things like shares and investments valued once? Once per year? How is a company valued? How do you know if you qualify as wealthy? Do we value everyone’s wealth? Can’t the wealthy just relocate or move assets out of reach?

I don’t expect answers to this, I’m just thinking out loud as there seem to be a lot of challenges.

A few countries seem to have tried and continued to tax wealth but it seems far from proven and only seems to “work” in Switzerland, which is a bit of an outlier

You don’t understand the fundamental structure of the EU

Yes that’s the one, thanks

This is a fascinating website which I look forward to exploring a bit more, along with the authors personal sites.

Are there any other off-grid low-tech sites/projects/sites like this?

I remember another interesting site that was being run off solar posted here on HN that went down when the batteries went out.

I’m always (naively) surprised that these sites continue to contain new finds like this. I always assume they've been fully mapped and searched.

Give me a break. Comparing Turkey to the EU at large is asinine

How do temporary exhibitions for famous artworks work? Do the museums pay the original owners to have it exhibited for a period of time? How does it get transported? It must be incredibly expensive to ship priceless artworks

As someone who chose Nuxt.js specifically because it wasn't controlled by Vercel, this is bad news. I've built two SAAS MVPs on Nuxt UI Pro this year and I'm now unsure of its future.

The founders of Nuxt.js and other core team members are now Vercel employees and NuxtLabs (Nuxt UI Pro) is now owned entirely by Vercel. Vercel tried to hire the entire team.

There's a lot of "bright new future" talk, but it's clear this is Vercel buying influence on a competing technology.

Disappointing.

Honestly, this is terrible news. A number of the core team of Nuxt.js are joining Vercel and NuxtLabs itself is acquired by Vercel.

I choose Nuxt.js and Nuxt UI Pro specifically because they aren't Vercel products. I built two SAAS MVPs over the last year based on this, now I'll have to wait and see what Vercel (their competitor) wants to do with it.

> “You’re Scott Aaronson?! The quantum physicist who’s always getting into arguments on the Internet, and who’s essentially always right, but who sustains an unreasonable amount of psychic damage in the process?”

Give me strength. So much hubris with these guys (and they’re almost always guys).

I would have assumed that a rationalist would look for truth and not correctness.

Oh wait, it’s all just a smokescreen for know-it-alls to show you how smart they are.