I used to live in Hong Kong. In the past 2 year situation has been Orwellian. News outlet being shutdown, pro-democratic parties dismissed, charities disbanded, whole members of political party got arrested, among others. At least 1% of the population fled the city in the first half of 2021.
In a parallel universe, and completely unrelated note, my friends in China, thinks their country can finally stand-up against the west. They cannot be more proud of their country. There is also the sentiment that the West would not doing anything concrete against China
I can dig up figures and references if anyone interested
Edited with reference:
[1] Clam down on Apple Daily, the only pro-democratic (that I know of) news outlet in Hong Kong
[2] Directors of Apple Daily arrested
[3] 65,000 applications of BN(O) visa, the visa for HKers to move to the UK. HK population is around 7.5M
[4] Youtubers exodus, for fear of government prosecution in the name of the national security or for whatever reason.
[5] 230 Democrats quitting local council.
[6] There are around 479 local council in total. So about half of them quit
[7] People were arrested in the name of national security here and there. A charity, formed last year, providing inmate visiting service, will be dismissed. Only Chinese source available at the moment
[8] During the peak of mass migration in the 90s, 62,000 people per year moved away from HK. Compare with 65,000 moving to the UK in the first 6 months
- Cow breeding isn't inherently bad. It depends how industrialised the process is
- Not all land can grow crop while cow glazes on infertile land.
- The water usage in raising cow does not account for where the water come from. It come from natural rain water if the cow is relatively free-ranged. Growing almond/oat on the other hand definitely rely on irrigation water. California wastes majority (can't remember the percentage) of its precious water on growing almonds
It is the first order effect we are able to measure. It is often the second or higher order effect that are impactful. Quality, product market fit, etc
Tangential, I think adding support of http://webtorrent.io/ by bridging webtorrent peer with bittorent peer would greatly increase/revive the popularity of the protocol
And I cherish the fact that all software is build on shoulder of giant. I see "leverage" instead of shit ton of 3rd party libraries. But of course, maybe there are Linus Torvalds with a Putnam prize under their belt, what do I know.
To me it is a huge plus. There are a lot to tell by looking at the side projects. At earlier stage start-ups, where interview process is not that rigid, it helps interviewer (at least for me) to gauge many aspect at once. Candidates love talking about their own project than anything. For me side project is a shortcut to peek into applicant's mind
May I know what is the implication of not going UK payroll, i.e. earning foreign income? I might go for submitting an annual self assessment on my foreign income if there is no huge downside. Also definitely looking into "permanent establishment". The EOR suggestions are very helpful!
Thanks so much for suggesting Ogilvy. Definitely going to read it. As of increase of sales, I think all business activities ultimately lead to either increase of revenue or improvement of margin (lower cost). The question is, is it first order effect or higher order effect.
Online banners charging "per impression" is second order effect, by occupying "mind share" while charging "per conversion" is first order effect. IMO most measurements are on the first order side and we have less visibility on the second order effect
As an engineer, I have always wanted to quantify the effect of PR. The PR people I spoke to often says it is hard to measure, occupying mindshare, "upper" funnel, yada yada. Some may offer number of publicity as a measuring stick. Would love to learn what other "more useful" metrics are out there.
Isn't programming itself inherently consist of "graph"? We convert everything into AST after all.
The use of abstract concept like currying, recursion, map reduce is to have vocabulary express our thought IMO. Turning into graph is like coding imperatively - hard to grasp from quick glance. Code is more frequently read than written
The were no major international companies IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The listing companies were overwhelmingly chinese ones. When American companies leave HK, all the trust in HK being an "international city" will be gone.