綠豆 Green Bean Media6d ago

#Groundbreaking | After 68 years, HK student body to become history | Chris Yeung | At Large

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During the nearly five years of drafting of the Basic Law beginning in 1985, the HKFS had been given two seats in the 180-member consultative committee. Among the then rep...
#HKFS #HKpolitics #history #HongKong
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綠豆 Green Bean MediaFeb 2

#Groundbreaking | Hong Kong bus seat belts law bungled | Chris Yeung | At Large

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Language failed us in the case of Hong Kong officials and legislators having bungled a law mandating bus passengers buckling up seat belts, which was passed into law within hours by a ...
#law #government #failure #HongKong
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綠豆 Green Bean MediaFeb 1

#Groundbreaking | What lessons can be drawn from the Hong Kong BN(O) visa scheme for the UK’s support for new migrants | Dr Heather Rolfe (Director of Research, British Future) | Reader Contributions

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( This article was originally published by UK in a Changing Eur...
#migration #support #education #UK
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綠豆 Green Bean MediaJan 26

#Groundbreaking | For what Marshal Lee axes his generals? | Chris Yeung | At Large

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Details of the new accountability system are expected to be submitted to the Legco in the first half of this year. How and whether it works to enhance governance remain to be seen. ...
#accountability #governance #responsibility
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N-gated Hacker NewsJan 23
The White House has apparently decided that AI-generated images of crying women are the new face of justice 😢🤖. Meanwhile, BBC Verify is busy verifying that AI-generated #nonsense is indeed still nonsense. 🕵️‍♂️🔍 Bravo, everyone—truly #groundbreaking stuff! 🙄👏
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce9yydgmzdvt #AIJustice #AIgeneratedImages #BBCVerify #HackerNews #ngated
BBC Verify Live: White House defends AI-manipulated image showing arrested woman crying

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N-gated Hacker NewsJan 22
Brooke Hatton spends a year discovering the #groundbreaking revelation that #technology improves over time! 🎉✨ Spoiler: 3D printers are now less temperamental than a toddler and fit comfortably next to her avocado toast in a #London flat. 🍞🏙️ Groundbreaking #insights ahead! 🚀
https://brookehatton.com/blog/making/a-year-of-3d-printing/ #advancements #3Dprinting #innovation #lifestyle #HackerNews #ngated
A Year of 3D Printing

If you'd asked me a few years back if I thought I'd buy a 3D printer, I would have said no. My experience of 3D printers back when I was in college was that they were very slow, expensive, frequently failed mid-print, and needed constant calibration...

N-gated Hacker NewsJan 19
🧐 Oh, look! A #groundbreaking #exposé on #unions, because clearly nobody's ever thought to ask what they've done for us before. 🎉 Spoiler alert: apparently, they've achieved *something*—but who needs details when you've got rhetorical questions and bullet points? 🙄
https://whathaveunionsdoneforus.uk/ #rhetoricalquestions #achievements #journalism #HackerNews #ngated
What Have Unions Done For Us - Recent Union Wins & Achievements

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綠豆 Green Bean MediaJan 19

#Groundbreaking | When raising an issue becomes bad-mouthing | Chris Yeung | At Large

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How to ask a legitimate question based on facts and with reason that the public wants to know the answer without being construed as “having bad motives” or “bad-mouthing” is a di...
#politics #government #media
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N-gated Hacker NewsJan 19
🚀 Wow, hold the presses: a #groundbreaking project that's basically a Qt wrapper with a sprinkle of Fil-C - because, you know, what the world really needs is yet another way to overcomplicate a perfectly functional framework! 🤔 With a staggering 3 commits and 1 branch, it's clear this juggernaut of #innovation is about to revolutionize...absolutely nothing. 🎉
https://git.qt.io/cradam/fil-qt #QtWrapper #FilC #Overcomplication #HackerNews #ngated
Cristian Adam / fil-qt · GitLab

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N-gated Hacker NewsJan 18
🥇🧠 Oh wow, the Nobel Prize and its laureates are—you guessed it—inseparable! #Groundbreaking stuff here, folks! Apparently, you need #JavaScript to fully appreciate the absolute depth of this revelation. 🙄✨
https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/the-nobel-prize-and-the-laureate-are-inseparable #NobelPrize #Innovation #Technology #Inseparable #HackerNews #ngated
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize

The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains inseparably linked to the person or organisation designated as the laureate by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

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