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"Bitcoin’s creator is Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki, says hypertext inventor" qz.com/86255/the-myst…
The mysterious creator of bitcoin could be Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki, says the inventor of hypertext
qz.com — Ted Nelson, the American academic who in 1963 coined the term hypertext, and is therefore viewed as one of the founding fathers of the World Wide Web, just released a 12-minute video with a big reveal at the end: The inventor of bitcoin, says Nelson, is probably Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki.
@YangXiao5 @Badcanto don't want mainlanders next door?
Wonder what they said about mainland Chinese though... /by @Badcanto feedly.com/k/14ExOE3
Dictionary of Politically Incorrect Hong Kong Cantonese
badcanto.wordpress.com — Recently, the Washington Post reported on a survey on racial tolerance in which 71.8% of Hongkongers don't want to have neighbours of different races. It was found that survey mistranslated the question and the actual result is 71.8 of Hongkongers are willing to have neighbours of different races.
Ah, that survey on racial tolerance? HK was mistranslated. feedly.com/k/14ExOE3
Dictionary of Politically Incorrect Hong Kong Cantonese
badcanto.wordpress.com — Recently, the Washington Post reported on a survey on racial tolerance in which 71.8% of Hongkongers don't want to have neighbours of different races. It was found that survey mistranslated the question and the actual result is 71.8 of Hongkongers are willing to have neighbours of different races.
Contraband books from HK. Officials gifting them instead of liqueur to help w political navigation HT @S_Rabinovitch nytimes.com/2013/05/19/wor…
Exposés of China’s Elite a Big Lure in Hong Kong
nytimes.com — HONG KONG - Visitors from mainland China climb the narrow stairs to a cramped room here filled with forbidden delights: shelves of scandal-packed exposés about their Communist Party masters. The People's Recreation Community bookstore and several others on Hong Kong's teeming shopping streets specialize in selling books and magazines banned by the Chinese government, mostly for their luridly damning accounts of party leaders, past and present.
A Ukip party chairman on Obama: "If I ever see him on a..bus wearing a rucksack, I’m getting off!!”
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/u… (HT @OwenJones84)
UKIP councillors' racist rants: More of Nigel Farage's troops exposed as bigots
mirror.co.uk — A Sunday Mirror investigation has discovered sickening rants on the Facebook pages of party officials Crackdown: Nigel Farage said the party is researching candidates' backgrounds Nigel Farage's UKIP party is still riddled with racism... despite his claim of a crackdown. A Sunday Mirror investigation has discovered sickening rants on the Facebook pages of party officials.
A fair critique of that map of racial tolerance, although Perhaps rather harsh on foreign affairs bloggers feedly.com/k/10Eh9fo
The Cartography of Bullshit
africasacountry.com — With the gutting of foreign coverage by most U.S. newspapers and the need to populate infinite Web space with content, a new creature has emerged: the foreign affairs blogger. Max Fisher, who hosts the Washington Post's WorldViews page, is a leading exemplar of the species.
Also think housemates suggestion of AsiaVision is a stroke of genius. #Eurovision
Felt rather dirty when discovered last night that I enjoy Eurovision. But obvs hoping this bodes well for future as Foreign correspondent
RT @unicornlirry: Hope Bonnie Tyler's not taking it too hard. Every now and then she falls apart.
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