News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan... by rjf72 on Saturday September 07, 2019 @11:22AM (#20904313)
Tea is also a phenomenal example here since it's been so globally traded that it no longer even has a cultural identity. And then when you get into the age of sail you suddenly see a massive intercontinental trade of sugar/cotton/tobacco/coffee/etc.

I also never understood why people seem to think that a multinational corporation selling stuff to different cultures is somehow doing anything but increasing the corporation's profit margins.

Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan... by ganeshkrishnan on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:23PM (#20907358)
Interesting fact: if tea arrived via land, it's nomenclature is rhyming with chai. If it arrived via the seas, it rhymes with tea.
Re:India Loses Contact with Probe Just as It Prepares to Lan... by lovemenot on Sunday September 08, 2019 @02:04AM (#20908872)
Japan, an island nation, seems to be an exception.

Ocha rhymes with chai.