Australia is a country that requires you to show up to the polls and submit a paper ballot. Whether you actually “vote” or not is a different matter. Every election there’s always a number of funny articles detailing some of the more humorous selections.
If Michael makes the ticket, I’m sure he will choose carefully and go for the beat-down wokeness of Dave Chappelle’s failed assassin, campaign slogan?; “Woke? Broke!”
Robert Heinlein, in one chapter of his 1980 book “Expanded Universe” detailed a trip he and his wife took to the USSR in the 1960’s. Before the trip, his wife learned Russian. One day, when at a collective farm, ALL the workers were sitting around the office, DOING NOTHING until noon. When asked why, one… Read More »
It depends. MSCI Emerging Markets was constructed during a time when South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong were emerging markets and China was very poor. These days, most of the countries in the emerging market index are mid-income or developed: What is easier is “frontier markets” – those countries which are at the lower end… Read More »
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid of standing still. If you risk nothing you gain nothing. A wise man makes his own decisions and an ignorant man follows public opinion. A man who chases two rabbits catches neither. Your teacher can open the door but you must enter yourself. Lessons in life will… Read More »
7 points here: Seek promotion after sticking to a company more than 2 years. Don’t mix business with your friends. Don’t trust manager, most of them exploit and hunt you if necessary. If you are the best in that company, remember there is another company waiting for you along with better income and better position.… Read More »
Bridge is a card game that requires a lot of intelligence and strategy. Bill Gates, Microsoft’s billionaire leader, has played bridge since he was a child, and regularly competes in professional bridge tournaments like OKbridge and ACBL. Gates is not only a bridge addict, but he also convinced his billionaire friend Warren Buffett, founder of… Read More »
There are three popular frontend frameworks/libraries that you can choose from: React, Angular, Vue. The State of JS gives a great overviews of their popularities. Whereas React.js is popular and mature, Vue.js is gaining popularity as well. I will not go into any further in comparisons between the three here, because in the end, people… Read More »
Let’s put it this way: Today is the big day when Russia celebrates Victory Day — queue a massive military parade with tanks, conscripts goose-stepping and speeches about Russian military might. This is hilariously ironic because Russia is losing this war in Ukraine, spectacularly. By all accounts, Putin had planned to secure a sudden magnificent victory in less than a month, intended to stun the world, — decapitating… Read More »
Obviously he was kidding. Ruler George is a 2-year old kid, who was permitted to keep awake past his ordinary sleep time to meet the President. In British society, wearing a robe (when you’re a 2-year old kid who’s been permitted to keep awake until late to meet an extraordinary visitor) basically is formal clothing.… Read More »