the united kingdom, england, wales, scotland and northern ireland are leaving the yueuropn union. this is happening thousands of miles away, but the breakup affects people and businesses worldwide. the effort to leave the eu is picking up speed this morning. the u.k. and the european union have agreed to the terms of the divorce and all that is left is for the british parliament to approve it. we expect that will come in the next few weeks. the deal may hurt silicon valley's trade with great britain, but may very well strengthen our ties with ireland. ireland, you will remember, is its own country. part of the e.u., it's not leaving, and it's home to lots of silicon valley european headquarters. part of ireland's development agency, our go-to guy on european issues here to talk about brexit, what means for silicon valley. it's brexit for dummies. no dumb questions. okay. so we're at this vote point with the british parliament. they can vote yes to the deal. they can vote no to the deal. if they vote no, it's kind of a disaster. they are calling that a hard exit. what is a hard exi