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by xandreu
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Layout of the CEO forum.
Replies: 5
Views: 280
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Re: Layout of the CEO forum.

Isn't this type of forum what used to be known as a bulletin board (or still is) ? One of the oldest types of message based boards, but still the best in my opinion. No 140 character limit (or whatever it is), not bombarded with adverts every few seconds, not designed to just mindlessly scroll throu...
by xandreu
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Tik Tok to be banned ( maybe) in the US
Replies: 32
Views: 1662
Great Britain

Re: Tik Tok to be banned ( maybe) in the US

The issue with Tik-Tok is two-fold, according to the recent senate social media hearings where they summoned the CEO's of the main social media platforms to testify. The first is that Tik-Tok, having a Chinese parent company, is compelled under Chinese law to share data with the CCP. Even if they di...
by xandreu
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Russia's presidential election
Replies: 12
Views: 610
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Re: Russia's presidential election

Why autocracies bother with elections.


by xandreu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Why do Western women visit Cambodia?
Replies: 37
Views: 2549
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Re: Why do Western women visit Cambodia?

It's an interesting question only if you assume that foreign men primarily come to Cambodia for the women. Other than that, it's a bit like asking why women visit France, or Australia or India. Women like to travel just as much as men, so I guess their reasons for travelling to a particular country,...
by xandreu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: Ask the Expats (Questions & Answers)
Topic: ANTS EVERYWHERE! I need Boric Acid - anywhere in central PP?
Replies: 38
Views: 4661
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Re: ANTS EVERYWHERE! I need Boric Acid - anywhere in central PP?

When people talk about ants in Cambodia, do they mean actual ants that bite you, the things we get in western countries also (or at least in the UK, especially in the summer) or do they mean those things that are about a quarter of the size but don't bite you and are just more of an annoyance? I hav...
by xandreu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Ask the Expats (Questions & Answers)
Topic: Beer
Replies: 54
Views: 23761
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Re: Beer

I haven't drunk for about two years now - not through choice, and I quite miss my drinking days. It just got to the point where I would always awake in the middle of the night with a migraine of such unimaginable pain I would sometimes consider just throwing myself off the balcony. And no painkiller...
by xandreu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: The Rest Of The World
Topic: Tik Tok to be banned ( maybe) in the US
Replies: 32
Views: 1662
Great Britain

Re: Tik Tok to be banned ( maybe) in the US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq7t0vHIuU8 "Bearing in mind I didn't interact with anything, I didn't 'like' anything, yet within two minutes I started seeing very inappropriate material which only got worse". This is the one thing many people don't understand about sites like Facebook a...
by xandreu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:10 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: I'm Locked Up
Replies: 15
Views: 1448
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Re: I'm Locked Up

This happened to me in PP when Cambodia hosted an ASEAN summit a couple of years ago. I was living in a high-rise apartment, and was told to keep my windows and curtains closed for three days, and was threatened with a fine if I broke "the law". It was around this time I got chatting to an...
by xandreu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: ABA: Potential Sale by National Bank
Replies: 25
Views: 1870
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Re: ABA: Potential Sale by National Bank

I can't remember the last time I used my debit card, and am unlikely to replace it when it expires. How do you pay for online shopping or sign up for online subscriptions? Does the app provide an alternative 'virtual' card? As mentioned, yes, ABA do offer virtual cards - your actual physical card i...
by xandreu
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: ABA: Potential Sale by National Bank
Replies: 25
Views: 1870
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Re: ABA: Potential Sale by National Bank

Less branches and more ATM self servicing centers will continue to be the trend for all banks, globally, until they no longer exist as we knew them 20 years ago This trend has hit the States in a big way also since Covid. Lots of empty bank buildings around that aren't really good for any other bus...