did mainland china get a chance for the personal website stuff? i feel like I've seen a boatload of japanese/SEA blogs and websites in my years but never chinese. maybe they all skipped that phase and went straight to the social media megacorps over there and its all behind a walled garden
Literally from the abstract in the link: "The findings reveal that, overall, far-right populist discourses in alt-tech communities predominantly support the processes of democracy and uphold most (though not all) of its values. Understanding these discourses is crucial for safeguarding liberal democracy in a context of rising illiberalism."
Amazon.com Inc is feeding off the egregore of the Amazon rainforest. Its not a coincidence that the Rainforest retreats at the same pace Amazon.com's profits climb.
I recall a lot of micronations seeking to have their country mentioned in writing by any official, with some beseeching the Queen or other foreign affairs ministries.
Apparently a polite mention in a letter is enough in their interpretation to qualify as an actual nation.
Who are the 'real ones™' on HN with the vision to see something that is most often inappropriate or hard to communicate here due to downvoting or lame rules? Take the opportunity to let us know here.
The craziest shrinkflation for me has been loaves of bread. I have a toaster press thing where you place two slices of buttered bread with some cheese or something in between and then you compress it all between two heated plates. The appliance is about 10+ years old now.
The bread used to be too large for the appliance and would spill out the edges making the press 'crimp' the bread so all the liquid cheese would stay within. Nowadays the bread I place inside does not even cover 4/5ths of the plate. Feels like a 30-40% reduction in area of my bread and its like 2x as expensive. The cheese spills out the side and causes big cleanup problems.
I don't enjoy having a camera with facial recognition pointed at my face when purchasing groceries. I also don't enjoy 10:1 ratio of card vs cash registers.