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Not an expert on the financial market, but this article may be worthwhile to consider, 'Actually, Most Americans Can Come Up With $400 in an Emergency' [1] [1] https://www.bloomber…

Re-reading my comments, I apologize if I came across as 'whataboutism', that is not what is intended. I just read your first link (CNN) and again, I am still left with the same que…

> First, you asked about the US when this article is about China, a very well known tactic, thank you very much. I'm American. I'm much more well versed in American issues and this…

Thanks for the info; couldn't read the full article so I was just curious, I had read earlier issues like the following [1] which I'll admit is only tangentially related, so I woul…

I'm just trying to understand the context of the 'arrests' as the article is paywalled. I'm not making any justifications in either of the cases, not sure why you feel the need to …

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> I really wish Chinese switched completely to pinyin Perhaps Americans would take the first step and switch from imperial to metric, then we can discuss and tell everyone what to …

Because he doesn't want the negative connotation that comes with it. Just like the debate about, "is it engineering"; by calling oneself as opposed to 'programmer', it conveys more…

> You know Singapore unabashedly beats the shit out of thieves, right? They don't...first offense you basically get off with a warning. Recent headlines was a case of Australian sc…

> I would have thought Singapore had more policing in all respects versus US cities. You only see police occasionally doing their patrols, so it can be argued there is less of a po…

OTPP has quite a solid reputation and this particular investment was a miniscule speculative bet. You can see the performance over time here [1]. [1] https://www.otpp.com/en-ca/inv…

If I say that I'm not sure how students who live in a climate of fear and need to practice active shooter drills after every school shooting can lead to a creative and innovative c…

Perhaps slightly off-topic, but wondering if this has the functionality or what others on HN would recommend. I have a friend who enjoys online multi-player games, but she often fa…

I think what he means is that, given the choice, people there would opt for a good class bungalow (essentially your 'detached home', but most will never be able to afford it). That…

Except those are just market forces and it is more convenient to use electronic payment. I'm not sure what you mean by China, it's China's government that is forcing all merchants …

And 70m of the population is 18 and under. So apparently the percentage of people with medical debt who are over 18 is quite substantial. Didn't realize it was so significant mysel…

Hacker News is somewhat good for Tech, especially if the commentor actually is a domain expert, but outside of it can be quite woeful. Ironically, every once in a while an article …

Reddit is also (partially) owned by a chinese company - people complain but ultimately not going to stop people from using. That's just global capital at work. Opera's team is stil…

Anyone have a good suggestion of a mathematics textbook that would help me learn 'from the ground up so to speak' like how the article mentions, "He spoke of his mathematical work …

It's highlighting just the opposite - that their short calls are prescient. You're seeing it's all negative because they are betting that those stocks will drop.

> The Hermes bags are made in France, by leather artisans. And yet ironically in the article, > She echoed a number of women I spoke with who think authentic customers are the ones…

alar44 is not talking about Birkins when he says 'Most luxury bags are a few grand tops, not 100s...' but the LV's, Gucci, Burberry bags most people with branded handbags have. Bir…

Quite a lot actually. > The BBC misrepresented my views this morning, and I admit I'm stunned. [...] I spent three years doing field research on that myth and wrote an Oxford Unive…

> You just don't get to support a murderous communist regime for 100 years and then say "but we had nothing to do with it". If that argument holds (which I'm not saying it doesn't)…

> In China you were fined when you had more than one child. In Singapore, you were not. It was just a publicity campaign, basically. Well it would appear in Singapore, you were eff…