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Reuters [1]. Don't be an idiot.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/has-putin-threatened-us...

Your understanding of statistics is deplorable. Also, your reading ability. I specifically said it's racism, rather than the (verifiable) lack of intelligence.

Racists don't need shaming into silence. They need to understand what's wrong with their beliefs.

Going back to the original quote, you need to see that it's not calling all voters a particular thing. There's a simple Venn diagram, one circle of racists inside a larger circle of a particular block of voters.

Educating people out of racism, and removing racism from your society, will change votes as racism is only one aspect of a person's beliefs.

I was moving the point away from a measure of smartness to one of racism. I do hope you haven't just damned all the other engineers on HN!

Your hyperbole aside, you imply that his last term was good, rather than poor. I'm asking about HN's collective opinion, which you've contributed to, thank you, but not, perhaps, in the way you thought you were.

No, they get a vote, obviously. You've focussed on the vote part of the quote when the important information was in the racism. It's racism that must be constantly pointed out, that people must be educated about, and racism should be rooted out when found. I'm not saying you support racism in any way, of course, I really don't think that. I just think you misunderstood what needs doing to prevent these unforced errors (Brexit was an unforced error of the UK government).

MAD. It actually works. Putin has had his bluff called on this.

Not everyone who voted for Brexit was a racist, but every racist voted for Brexit. - Bill Bragg

Pretty sure this would work with "Trump" instead of "Brexit".

Hold that thought. HN Commentators, feel free to correct me if I've mis-read the room, but I think there are very few here who do not realise that Trump's presidency will go poorly for the USA and the rest of the world's democracies.

The inequality in a nation must have a huge effect on the nature of the people in that nation. That a treatise on inequality has won a Nobel prizes for economics would tend to support your thesis [1]. That another Nobel prize winner has also written on inequality should clinch it [2].

Fix inequality.

[1] https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2015/dea... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stiglitz

I think we can all see that correcting to oligarchy/authoritarianism/fascism never works out well for any nation. I don't see your suggestion of a correction working out here either.

Perhaps you could use the word "idiot" and refer to them as "idiots". The term has been used in a medico-legal context in the past to define a person's mental age.

That there is a divide between the two parties and the average intellectual ability of their supporters is a well-known fact. I'd contest that this is less of an issue than their racism.

- readme at the root of each of application with keeping it up to date part of each relevant change. Something perhaps to consider in peer reviews.

- onboarding checklist with the new person now responsible for the checklist so when the next person needs it they can take them through it.

- mentoring with real contact between the new person and the mentor so they engage in shadowing and pairing.

- wikis are generally pretty poor, partly as they are external to the daily work, partly because nobody is made responsible. Could you delete it?

Of these I consider the README to be the most important. Imagine you are an open source application and you want to encourage others to improve your code. How would you do that? Add clear instructions on how to get it working on every platform? Include diagrams, made with simple, free tooling like Mermaid and drawio? Describe architectural decisions?

"conquering" is not "colonialism".

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

> The British colonized Ireland and Scotland

It's the British Isles. Scotland joined England in the United Kingdom.

This is just one where you're clearly incorrect.

Colonialism developed as a concept describing European colonial empires of the modern era, which spread globally from the 15th century to the mid-20th century.

That kills off almost all of your examples.

That people in the comments aren't even taking the time to check the definition of terms is sad. The statements pro colonialism reek of racism and white supremacy.

First Sudanese Civil War was 1955 – 1972. Second Sudanese Civil War was 1983 – 2005.

Up to a million deaths in the first civil war and between one and two million deaths in the second civil war.

Not relevant as the partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 which created the constitutions. The Act was agreed upon by the legislature representatives of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League, and the Sikh community with Lord Mountbatten.

The point stands that decolonisation was a mess and the colonisers played a large part in it.

On gaining independence in 1956 Sudan endured two civil wars with up to a million deaths in the first civil war and between one and two million deaths in the second civil war.

Colonial governments like the British often (almost always) left a mess behind them.

I don't think India is a great example here. The Partition of India in 1947 resulted in over 1 million deaths.

Seeing as the link is to a single paragraph and the actual article appears not to exist, has anyone read it?

"This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “An intensifying calamity”"

You have to use the 'archive.ph' link in the HN commens to find it.

Quite a few commentators suggesting AI was used to generate the charts. Well, the README has been updated!

"Were these made with AI? No, these were made in collaboration with experts or using my own expertise, without any AI usage."

Same goes for anyone who wants to suggest a better nomenclature (and there are some good suggestions amongst the HN comments).

"Will you keep the 'Skill Trees' name when they aren't really traditional skill trees? While these templates are skill tree inspired, I'm working on some new name ideas, potentially 'Skill Trackers' or something else. Any suggestions appreciated!"

Surely that's not the whole story, though.

In your example just consider what a German gets from their contribution to the state compared to the USAian. I'm particularly thinking about universal health care and free higher education.

According to numbeo.com, the cost of living in the US is 26% higher than Germany (the US is more expensive in almost every metric).

It's not just Germany that's both easier and less expensive to live in, either.

No! Please come in and give me a hug (or a grunt if you're a teen). I can take 5 for that.

I agree with your points except that reducing speeds by even an average of 1mph does appear to reduce both collisions and the severity of those accidents by about 5%.

https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/32217/evaluation...

Why the UK Government has frozen fuel duty. Again. https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/news/why-the-uk-gove...

The ruling Conservative Party are buying votes at the cost of the environment. It harms tax revenue, too, which should be put towards improving travel options.

Some actual studies. Edinburgh: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/32217/evaluation... Belfast: https://jech.bmj.com/content/77/1/17

Traffic volume is reduced with more people choosing walking and cycling. Speeds are reduced only a little (you weren't going as quickly as you thought anyway) but potentially reducing accidents. The Edinburgh data shows a dramatic reduction in accidents, down almost a third.

I suspect they mean the number of CCTV cameras in the UK rather than road safety cameras specifically. If you are concerned about the erosion of privacy in public spaces then that would be a valid point.

It quotes people's opionions and experiences from both sides so it's impartial. Some of the quotes are actually pretty funny, particularly "proper tailback". There's certainly no ranting and no one critising cycling or minorities. Are you sure you're not projecting your general opinions of the BBC onto this piece?

Dear god, Dearlove, you complete fool.

I recommend using a separate profile for apps you may want that require Google Services. GrapheneOS is perfect for this. My separate profile is called "Burner" which serves as a handy reminder to me that I may, at some point, wipe out the whole profile and every app therein.