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- 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: 1609
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...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:17 pm
- Forum: The Rest Of The World
- Topic: Russia's presidential election
- Replies: 12
- Views: 605
Re: Russia's presidential election
Why autocracies bother with elections.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: Why do Western women visit Cambodia?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2515
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,...
- 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
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Ask the Expats (Questions & Answers)
- Topic: Beer
- Replies: 54
- Views: 23698
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...
- 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: 1609
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: I'm Locked Up
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1439
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:59 pm
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: ABA: Potential Sale by National Bank
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1862
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...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Newsworthy
- Topic: ABA: Potential Sale by National Bank
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1862
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...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: General Chatter
- Topic: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Southeast Asia’s Demographics ‘Crisis’?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1000
Re: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Southeast Asia’s Demographics ‘Crisis’?
This is a global 'problem' that has been known about for some time now, although I don't think it was given much thought when China came up with its one-child policy to be fair. It's just yet another thing to add to the very long list of 'Things that will bring about the end of civilisation as we kn...