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(NYTimes - Why Porsche Is No Longer a ‘Premium’ Sports Car in China)[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/business/porsche-china-ge...]
I would legitimately want this; I have a big fear of my luggage going missing (so as much as possible, I try to do only carry-on if I can cram everything in), so being able to personally load the luggage in the plane I'm flying in would actually be extremely anxiety reducing for me.
He has apparently at least a 40k+ watch. [1]
[1] https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3215841/...
Yes, of course and definitely I considered as I mention if he/she meant 2nd job, etc. Just the phrasing threw me off as it says 'day', then '10pm' and it's written as if it is a normal occurrence for the majority of the population (which would imply night shift/2nd shift is normal working times for the majority). Just wanted to get clarification from OP on exactly what was meant to satisfy my own curiosity.
> the highlight of the day was going to a cafe at 10 pm in middle of work
Is it 'normal' to have to work late to 10pm, or does it mean second job, etc.? Or was that just a typo and you meant 10am?
My gut instinct is 10am, but wanted to ask directly out of curiosity if I was wrong and get a better cultural understanding.
[1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.AMRT.MA?end=2022...
[2] https://databank.worldbank.org/metadataglossary/health-nutri...
> When the practice was brought to the United States in the 19th century, the American public was deeply uncomfortable with it. Many saw tipping as undemocratic and therefore un-American. A powerful anti-tipping movement erupted, fueled by the argument that employers, not customers, should be paying workers. But American restaurants and railway companies fought particularly hard to keep tipping, because it meant they didn’t have to pay recently freed black slaves who were now employed by those industries. Europe eventually did away with tipping. But in America, pressure from powerful corporate interests resulted in a two-tiered wage system for tipped and non-tipped workers, institutionalizing a highly racialized system of economic exclusion.
[1] https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/stories/amer...
Where are you getting this? I'm no economist, but based on a simple search and data from wikipedia [1], your number seems wildly incorrect.
> However, the Chinese GDP number is widely known to be inflated
And BIS (Bank of International settlements) notes [2] "There are studies that contradict these results and find that the official data is roughly correct and may even understate the "true" economic growth (e.g. Holz, 2006a, 2006b; Clark et al., 2017a, 2017b; Perkins and Rawski, 2008)."
GDP is just one number that is inaccurate everywhere, it's more of a 'pulse'.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)... [2] https://www.bis.org/publ/work925.htm
Heroin’s Hidden Ingredient, Courtesy of a U.S. Company [1].
I'm far from an expert or even knowledgeable about finance related matters, but isn't one of the things HN (in general) fearful of with respect to CBDC's the centralization aspect with the government. How is this any different, if any?
I don't follow finance at all, so could you provide some additional information/sources as to what you're referring to?
(And yes, I've already did a quick Google for 'buffet stealing' with the only seemingly relevant link that he was a shoplifter (?) [1])
[1] https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/11/17/warren-buf...
I'm curious, as there is no English page, do you have any more information I can pursue regarding the 'spot-the-satanist training'? Curious what exactly that entailed and the signs they looked for.
For extremely serious crimes, not his list of public indecency. For instance:
* Under the Environmental Public Health Act, it is an offence to urinate or defecate "in or upon any street, arcade, vacant land, river, canal, ditch, drain or watercourse or in any place to which the public has access except in any sanitary convenience provided for such purpose." The penalty is a fine of up to $1,000 for a first offence, and up to $2,000 and $5,000 for the second and third offence respectively. [1] [2]
[1] https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/totally-unacceptable-man-p...
[2] https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nea-issues-warning-wom...
Wasn't it a big thing to get people to stop fat shaming?
The US could care less about the chinese people lol, they only care about maintaining power and hegemony.
Tell that to the democracies the US has toppled...
What are you on about? The Detroit auto industry failed due to Japan producing a superior product.
> By the end of the 1970s, the Japanese automakers dominated the domestic producers in product quality ratings for every auto market segment, representing a formidable competitive advantage (National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council, 1982, p. 99). The quality gap between U.S.-produced cars and foreign cars was beyond dispute (Kwoka, 1984, p. 518) [1]
Could you clarify for someone out of the loop; I always thought Zuck was portrayed as socially awkward.
Could you clarify? Are you implying all crypto is illegal? I don't deal with crypto myself, but I don't recall hearing any issues with companies such as coinbase, etc.
Commenter is being sarcastic, but also pointing out some truth.
For instance, this mobile operator [1] "New S’pore MVNO Gorilla Mobile lets you turn unused mobile data into digital crypto tokens" taking advantage of the AI/crypto craze introducing a completely unnecessary crypto token into the product. It's just pure marketing. Although not exactly lying, you can get the drift the commenter was making.
[1] https://vulcanpost.com/749452/gorilla-mobile-telco-singapore...