by Tom | Jun 5, 2016 | Reading
Astonishing, horrific, must read. tl;dr Stanford rape case
by Tom | May 13, 2016 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
Valid rant about the mistaken idea that Chinese is somehow behind other (Western) languages. I got affected by a lot of these memes before I moved here. Even in the age of China’s social media boom, with billion-dollar valuations for Beijing-based IT start-ups,...
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by Tom | May 4, 2016 | Business, Hong Kong / China, Reading, View
Always wondered what happened on the casino boats in Hong Kong harbour? Now you can get a view. Summary: doesn’t look a whole lot of fun. You can also get an amazing view of all the shipping in the world. Mesmerising.
by Tom | Apr 20, 2016 | Reading, Tech
A salutary tech tale (sorry about the lack of cats). Just how many electronic gadgets are we effectively renting, not owning? It isn’t necessarily a massive problem, but we should at least have a feeling for what the scale and shape of our ownership is. I...
by Tom | Apr 19, 2016 | Reading, Tech, View
This is excellent. e.g. Source: classicprogrammerpaintings
by Tom | Apr 15, 2016 | Government, Reading
It does feel that the rational voices speaking up against the war on drugs are starting to be heard. This is excellent news for all of us especially the usually minority groups that become the target of the war. Legalise, regulate and tax is the only sensible solution...
