Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by dijit 849 days ago
It is in 100% of the places I know about.

I think making any broad EU statement even if it applies to many/most is fine.

There will always be some outliers in the data.

There is a similar argument about generalisations on behaviour, ie: statistically average behaviours of people.

You have to be able to talk in broad strokes with the knowledge that it doesn't apply to everyone.
1 comments
FirmwareBurner 849 days ago
>It is in 100% of the places I know about.

It's also in 100% of the countries I know about. What does that mean?

link
dijit 849 days ago
how many EU countries do you know about?

Would you like me to investigate the propensity of this EU wide, or are you being glib about knowing only a single country and that technically is 100% of your knowledge?

link
FirmwareBurner 849 days ago
>how many EU countries do you know about?

How many are your 100% of the countries?

link
dijit 849 days ago
2, plus one former as indicated.

I could probably speak a little to the surrounding nordic countries to be honest, it is fair to assume they have similar systems because they are very similar in many areas.

link