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This is a shame it was the best chance to get people off Skype.

Personally my laptop needs to run two browsers an ide and a couple of other programs - as well as a local instance of what I'm working on. This leaves ram+cpu for 0.5 electron apps one runs but now my system is a slug... So I'll not be able to use this which is a shame.

Something like qt is just as cross platform without the performance penalty... So I am sad you took this choice :(

I suspect there are some segments that pay pretty well once pensions are accounted for.

They do get a dime. When I buy a new hardcover book I remember that the book will have a resale value and account for that in what I am prepared to pay.

> Behave like us, or get the hell out. Is that racist to you?

Depends on the level of behaviour. But largely yes that is a fairly racist sentiment.

Is this sarcastic?

Borrowing millions of dollars at 20-30% to compete with some cash rich companies who already dominate the market seems crazy - (borrowing at 5% could be another matter).

I guess if there was an opportunity that had to be taken now you might consider it - but spend some serious time modelling the risk. 30% is too high for week to week cash flow issues though I agree.

Because osx in not linux? (Although it does bundle some out of date gnu tools.) A separate osx section would seem more appropriate.

No but they should be taken with a pinch of salt.

The studies saying eggs were bad for were funded by the cereal industry...

Citation?

Well this petition is part of a democratic process as well.

Actually the uk is one of the only counties in the world that has no protection against retrospective legislation - and has implemented retrospective legislation in recent history.

Having said this ignoring this vote would be very foolish.

You are aware that these petitions are just that - petitions. Anyone can start one about anything. They have no constitutional meaning and can be totally ignored (and usually are).

No the uk has no direct democracy. Parliament is sovereign not the electorate. Indeed before any referendum the uk parliament has to pass specific legislation binding itself to the result+. These petitions are a relatively new thing and have never (please someone jump in and correct me if I'm wrong) lead to anything meaningful. 100,000 signatures mean that it has to be considered for a discussion in parliament - it doesn't even mean the discussion has to go ahead and if it does a vote in parliament may not happen (filibustering happens on non-goverment initiated debates in parliament) and would not be binding anyway.

+ interestingly the EU referendum was technically only advisory - but parliament would be mad to ignore it.