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   by forkLding 8y ago

   Likely wanted to confirm and peer review the results before publishing any details
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   So is Singapore and Hong Kong. Taiwan doesn't represent China. Republic of Macedonia recently changed their name because Greeks didn't want them to use Republic of Macedonia. If Taiwan wants to be Taiwan, they should change their
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   I'm fine if Taiwan declares independence but they should stop using the words "Republic of China" to represent themselves and to renounce their claim to mainland China, Taiwan isn't China and should never represent China
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   Better explanation for the layman: https://startupsventurecapital.com/robinhoods-exceptionally-... Some detailed links on payment for order flow: https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/answerspayordfhtm.html
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   Once interviewed for a Trend Micro position and had the feeling that they were a well-reputed transnational company, didn't know that this kind of thing could have happened. I expect them to code review so this is something that must h
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   Reminds me of how I did my chores as a kid and how I learnt to cook
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   Linkedin.com is one of the worst offenders here, I avoid using that site because of it.
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   China's Kingdom of Women(bbc.com)

   1 points by forkLding 8y ago|0 comments
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   by forkLding 8y ago

   RIP McCain
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    Inside the progressive movement roiling the Democratic Party(reuters.com)

    1 points by forkLding 8y ago|0 comments
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Starbucks, Apple, Tesla, Western car companies, IKEA, LinkedIn, Coach, Coca-Cola, Nike, L'Oreal, Adidas, Microsoft etc, just google this. https://www.uschina.org/about/member-companies
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Not that surprised, a fully automated restaurant is every restaurant chain's dream, reduces labour costs and logistical accuracies go up at real-time speed.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    I would say China is a Newly Industrialized Country ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newly_industrialized_country , https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/newly-industrialized-co... ) as they are s
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    The Shopping App That Unveiled China’s Social Divisions(sixthtone.com)

    3 points by forkLding 8y ago|0 comments
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Sad to see the media no longer reporting Syrian news or seeing it as a headline, whats happening there is very tragic.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    I would say Africa isn't the biggest. Vietnam (mentioned in article) and Bangladesh already produce a lot and are overtaking certain industries like textiles and shoes. For example, Nike's biggest amount of contract factories are
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    For those who don't know, Tinder was launched by Sean Rad and his team out of IAC's incubator Hatch Labs and IAC owns most of Tinder since launch. More detailed link here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news&#x2
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Its much harder to compete now, even originally Chinese-based jobs are being outsourced too.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    https://www.letsbuildthatapp.com/ is pretty good, good place to start and get intermediate understanding.
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    Chinese intellectual fears China will be cast back to terrifying days of Mao(scmp.com)

    18 points by forkLding 8y ago|3 comments
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    I think thats her personality and I think the Chinese authorities will at least allow her that but if she starts drawing too much "controversy" to herself, she will either have to start supporting "socialist values" in p
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    I think Naomi Wu is trying to protect herself from being attacked by conservative Chinese trolls on the internet who can draw the attention of Chinese companies who will censor her to appease the Chinese govt. which doesn't like scanda
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    The Guardian likely sourced this story from here: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1002595/socially-awkward-mill... Otherwise if not, Sixth Tone provides more details.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Yea Canadians have to sort out recycling materials into categories and separate out paper from plastic containers or else its not picked up by the waste collectors, I think issue is when it is put into recycling to be reused for materials.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Better start educating people about cleaning out their plastic containers before recycling, even a bit of yogurt left at the bottom of a yogurt container can contaminate and can be possibly thrown out as garbage. Heads up to those who didn&
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    VOC also functioned as a govt of sorts, establishing colonies in Indonesia and SE Asia etc and having a private army that fought for territorial purposes.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    I'd say more interesting is the Dutch East India company sort of portrays what life would be like if companies became their own govts.
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Those tech companies are the result of censorship and definitely Chinese preferential treatment and national security, etc. Chinese preferential treatment by a Chinese govt is normal like the US prefers US companies such as US bailing out
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/china/2010/... See above for a more full analysis, Chinese govt. could have given preferential treatment but it was Ebay that had adverts all ov
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    by forkLding 8y ago

    Around the same time was also Liberation Theology, which affected the current pope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_theology