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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by TeMPOraL on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:25PM (#33676650)
> How long ago was that? It's not like their abuse of [foreign] workers is anything new.

It's also not like it's common knowledge. Myself I only learned about it couple years ago, here on HN, because of some comment threads that segued into discussions about Qatar construction projects.

Point being, without knowing anything about OP, including where are they from, you can't assume they had a chance of knowing this before taking the job, or even learning about it on the job. The world is awash with news stories about everything - often you learn about a huge tragedy only when you chance on a story about it.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by Symbiote on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:39PM (#33676764)
I expect it to be very common knowledge, but possibly it's only known in Europe, as we are much closer to the Middle East and the football angle is more relevant.

Here's several articles from 2017, for example.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/qatar?page=19

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Re:Ask HN: What is the thing you've build you regret the most? by TeMPOraL on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:49PM (#33676838)
> Here's several articles from 2017, for example.

That's around the time I learned about it. Notably, this is couple years after the poster worked on their project.

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