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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
>One of my friend trying to help found out first time it hurt a lot when tear gas residue touch your skin. And she is just helping. But whilst crying and painful our kids just wash their eyes and skins. And go back. My favorite line that
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
The criticism isn't that the translation was a lie, but rather it didn't capture the spirit of what she was saying (possibly with the intention to mislead international media). Indefinitely is frequently understood to mean infinit
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
I think part of the reason that the number of people protesting has grown over the years is that a lot of the people who would have been protesters left around '97. A new generation has grown up with many basic freedoms and they don&#x
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
On that note, the Hong Kong Free Press--a nonprofit, English-language, digital newspaper in HK--is doing its annual fundraising drive right now. If you want to support a free press in the region, this is a good place to start. Their coverag
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
There are quite a few reasons, but they all boil down to the fact that Beijing wants Hong Kong to be part of China. Culture: From what I understand, China sees itself not as a nation-state, but as a civilization-state. The government has a
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
Withdraw the extradition bill, or forced to step down from office? The bill is not in the legislature yet, so it is up to her whether the bill gets brought to a vote. It sounds like even pro-Beijing lawmakers are growing weary of this bill,
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
Several of the people that I've asked in Hong Kong say that they're simply fighting to protect the city that they love. There are many paths that the future can take, and while a lot of them do not look good for the way of life of
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
Tear gas was definitely used in '14, see this image from the Umbrella Movement protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests#/media... Multiple sources also mention rubber bullets being used
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
Upwards of 1 million people were at the protest this past Sunday. There's only a population of 7 million people in the entire SAR. That's the proportional equivalent of every man, woman &child in California, Oregon and Washing
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
It's exceedingly unlikely to happen (and Beijing would likely find a way to prevent it from happening) in the legislature ("Legco"). This is due to combination of proportional representation in the geographic constituencies,
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
From what I gather from people, their only hope is that the international & business communities put enough pressure on Beijing to get them to back down. It seems quite unlikely at this point, but that doesn't make the protesters l
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
>since low end manufacturing will have completed its move out of China This is not a quick, simple process. You don't need to just move your factory equipment from one building to another one on the different side of the border. You
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
Wawa is a chain of large convenience stores, mostly in the Mid-Atlantic region. They typically have a sandwich counter inside, which I think is most comparable to having an in-store Subway. Ask someone from Pennsylvania or New Jersey what t
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
As a former Rhode Islander, I firmly believe that the East Bay Bike Path is the single greatest piece of infrastructure in the state.
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
I believe alternative forms of ownership aren't discussed nearly enough. As we see more wealth become concentrated in the hands of fewer people, and with new companies being one of the sources of wealth creation, we need to re-evaluate
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by my_username_is_ 7y ago
Could they potentially face jail time in Ethiopia or Indonesia (where the doomed flights flew from, and the airlines are based)? I'm sure there would be quite the fight over extradition, but it would certainly send the message that you
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
They've had a long time to figure that out. It's been an issue for a while. They've just neglected to do anything about it. It doesn't take a genius to look at all the reviews that some products have and realize that the
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
I agree strongly. Unions don't have to undermine the productivity of a company (and really they shouldn't). A few things that a modern union could do: 1. Place limits on expected working hours. Let the management know that working
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
It doesn't help with cost of living, but it does help open the door to a new pool of founders that can't/don't want to live in the Bay Area for any number of reasons. If there are enough quality founders and enough quali
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
From what I understand, Amazon actually has trouble recruiting and retaining enough warehouse workers (especially during peak seasons). This is evident by them having a starting wage ($15/hr) that is more than double the minimum wage i
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
The way I see it, networking is making friends with similar (or at least tangential) professional interests. In different roles and industries, the specifics can be very different. But the foundation of it is the relationship that you have
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Sort of. There's ceramic in the coating, but it's a minor component. More specifically, the coating is referred to as sol-gel ceramic. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol%E2%80%93gel_process?wpro...
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Yes, that is probably how it will play out. At least at first. But I think the side-effect of this is that other industries & locales would not get as many workers as they currently do, which would put upward pressure on wages in those
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
I think there should be a monthly allocation of visas that can be issued, and companies are allowed to bid on the salary that they would pay the worker. Each month, the highest salaries get visas issued. If they don't bid enough, their
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
>Can't you make a pretty similar argument about all types of patents? Yes, yes you can. While I'm sure that you can find examples of software patents that have patented a specific implementation of a given idea, you can also fi
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
The mechanism by which they get paid (W2 vs 1099) isn't important. The parent comment was listing several occupations that people fill at Google that don't fit the idea of "highly compensated software engineer" as exampl
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
>Why would it be that cheap? Fusion 360 is competing with SolidWorks. I wouldn't really say that's true. Inventor is really Autodesk's competitor to Solidworks. Fusion seems like it's competing more with hobbyist tool
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
>I liked OnShape a lot, I think they got a lot of the UI right, but they priced themselves out of the market I'm in. Agreed. I'm a little surprised at how OnShape doesn't want to price their product cheap enough that every
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How Does Your State Make Electricity?(nytimes.com)
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Also streaming requires reliable high-speed internet. This is easy to take for granted when you live in a major metro area, but for more rural users, high speed internet may not be available at all.

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