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If you travel to China, be aware of an exit ban
China Exit Bans: Understanding the Risks. Learn about the use of exit bans in China and what you can do to mitigate the risks. Get expert insights.
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The most popular blog posts about society, policy & culture on Hacker News. 952 posts.
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Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past China
Mexico's emergence followed fractious U.S. relations with China, which had moved past Canada to claim the top trading spot in 2014. The dynamic changed in 2018 when the U.S. imposed tariffs on China’s goods and with subsequent pandemic-era supply-chain disruptions that altered international trade and investment flows…
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The Hostile Forces of Beijing
On January 16th the friends of Cao Zhixin, a 27 year old book editor residing in Beijing, posted a video of Cao onto Youtube. The video spread quickly spread across Chinese language Twitter, and fr…
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Rising Temperatures in the Netherlands
Visualizing the weather anomalies in rainfall, sunshine and temperature in the Netherlands using data from the Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
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Amazon Smile Gets a Frown
I’m pretty sure how the first meetings went almost a decade ago: “Well, we’re paying our affiliates 5% for referrals. If we pay charities a tenth of that and call it a donation, i…
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Thought Examinations, Indoctrination Meetings and Struggle Sessions
On the mechanics of totalitarian terror in Mao's China.
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How the Fed “Went Broke”
For the first time in modern history, the Fed is operating at a loss. This article explores what that means for savers and investors.
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Threads.net is the new app.net but with ads and interoperable
Meta's Threads.net sure looks a lot like App.net. Is Meta due for a pivot? The legislation the company supports suggests yes.
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What Transport for London can learn about us from our mobile data
Big Brother meets Big Data
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58% of US adults have heard of ChatGPT; 14% have tried it
Just 14% of all U.S. adults say they have used ChatGPT for entertainment, to learn something new, or for their work.
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Profound Beliefs
This post previously appeared in EIX. In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the parts of your business model are your profound beliefs. Think of profound beliefs as “strong opi…
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The curious death of Oppenheimer’s mistress (2015)
Who killed J. Robert Oppenheimer's Communist lover?
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Bank transfers as a payment method (2021)
Bank transfers have exploded as a payment method in India and may become more common in much of the world.
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Frequent and infrequent users of social media respond differently to rewards
Habitual and nonhabitual social media users respond differently to likes, shares and comments.
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A Plea for Fairness for Non-Profit Developers of Open Source Software
ISC and NLnet Labs today sent a joint letter to the European Parliament committee working on the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
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Norway Fining Meta $98,500 per Day for User Privacy Breach
Norway’s DPA Datatilsynet is penalizing Meta over alleged data privacy breaches, with profound implications across Europe. Learn more in the full news story!
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The dark forest and the cozy web (2020)
An illustrated diagram exposing the inner layers of the dark and cozy web
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Driving is more expensive than you think (2020)
Harvard study says Massachusetts car economy costs $64 billion, and more than half of that comes from public.
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Steve Jobs and the actually usable computer (2011)
At a sad time at which the world has just lost Steve Jobs, it is well to reflect on some of the things which he, his passion, and his creations have given us, as now the technical community should take...
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How unions won a 30% raise for every fast food worker in California
Anything that can't go on forever will eventually stop. 40 years of declining worker power shattered the American Dream (TM), producing multiple generations whose children fared worse than their parents, cratering faith in institutions and hope for a better future.
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Mars will have a lot of wicker furniture
So we've landed on Mars, now we need somewhere to sit. It's pretty expensive to ship furniture from earth, so time to start building some chairs.
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Strava raises prices but can’t tell you how much it costs anymore
Some days, I just can’t decide if Strava tries hard to hurt their reputation, or, if it just comes naturally. Today, however, I’m left flabbergasted.
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The effects of wealth on (Swedish) marriage and fertility
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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CJEU declares Meta's GDPR approach illegal
In today's decision, the CJEU declared Meta/Facebook's GDPR approach largely illegal - similar to noyb's previous litigation before the EDPB leading to a fine of € 390 million.
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