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Opinion | Time to break out the hoses in Canada’s overheated housing market | Toronto.com

housing · Canada

April 12, 2021 at 7:34:59 PM EDT *

https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/10371200-time-to-break-out-the-hoses-in-canada-s-overheated-housing-market/

I Thought My Job Was To Report On Tech In India. Instead, I’ve Watched Democracy Decline.

democracy · India · tech

April 11, 2021 at 9:27:44 PM EDT *

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pranavdixit/indian-government-using-tech-destroy-democracy

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cyberpunk · China · Myanmar

April 10, 2021 at 1:47:00 PM EDT *

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3128898/myanmar-junta-deploys-chinese-drones-monitor-protesters-and

Signal's Founder May Have Deeper Ties to MobileCoin

crypto

April 10, 2021 at 1:07:53 AM EDT *

https://www.coindesk.com/signal-founder-may-have-been-more-than-tech-adviser-mobilecoin

Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus - The New York Times

health · ncov

April 9, 2021 at 8:00:58 PM EDT *

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/health/coronavirus-mrna-kariko.html

MacDonald: Canada's housing market frenzy is a recipe for heartbreak | Ottawa Citizen

housing

April 8, 2021 at 8:33:11 PM EDT *

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/macdonald-canadas-housing-market-frenzy-is-a-recipe-for-heartbreak/wcm/246b5f99-01ba-441a-8c6e-f97a6720bc17/amp/

Alberta has highest percentage of provinces of people who feel miserable about housing, survey suggests | CBC News

housing

April 8, 2021 at 7:11:08 PM EDT *

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertans-miserable-housing-angus-reid-1.5979457

The Drone Killer

cyberpunk

April 8, 2021 at 5:31:56 PM EDT *

https://www.reddit.com/r/CoreCyberpunk/comments/mmof20/the_drone_killer/

A grand bargain: how the radical US corporate tax plan would work

tax

April 8, 2021 at 2:18:48 PM EDT

https://on.ft.com/3mwYNAk

Turkey summons Chinese ambassador in rare spat about treatment of Uyghurs

Xinjiang

April 8, 2021 at 11:08:43 AM EDT

https://on.ft.com/31X8luR

thestar.com: Claims of Uyghur genocide in China are ‘lies,’ adviser to B.C. premier says

China · Xinjiang

April 7, 2021 at 12:03:35 PM EDT *

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/04/06/claims-of-uyghur-genocide-in-china-are-lies-adviser-to-bc-premier-says.html

Financial Post: Allan Lanthier: Yes, we should tax capital gains on principal residences

housing

April 7, 2021 at 11:59:04 AM EDT *

https://financialpost.com/opinion/allan-lanthier-yes-we-should-tax-capital-gains-on-principal-residences

Financial Post: 'If you think Toronto is unaffordable now, you wait': CIBC's Benjamin Tal on GTA housing

housing

April 7, 2021 at 11:52:10 AM EDT *

https://financialpost.com/real-estate/if-you-think-toronto-is-unaffordable-now-you-wait-cibcs-benjamin-tal-on-gta-housing

A Large Canadian Bank Just Blamed The Bank of Canada For The Property Bubble | Better Dwelling

housing

April 7, 2021 at 11:24:03 AM EDT *

https://betterdwelling.com/a-large-canadian-bank-just-blamed-the-bank-of-canada-for-the-property-bubble/amp/

Amazon.com: Ingcool 7 inch HDMI LCD 1024x600 Resolution Capacitive Touch Screen IPS Display Module Compatible with Raspberry Pi 4 3 2 1 B B+ A+, PC, Supports Windows 10/8.1/8 / 7: Computers & Accessories

hardware

April 7, 2021 at 11:11:46 AM EDT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08RHXP9J4/

Why ranking employees by performance backfires

management

April 6, 2021 at 11:24:04 AM EDT

https://on.ft.com/2PX1gHR

Anatomy of an ICU: Why it's so hard for Manitoba to add ICU beds for the sickest COVID-19 patients | CBC News

ncov · health

April 5, 2021 at 3:37:06 PM EDT *

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/anatomy-of-an-icu-manitoba-covid-19-1.5819947

Top docs call for new province-wide stay-at-home order | Toronto Sun

ncov

April 5, 2021 at 3:13:45 PM EDT *

https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/top-docs-call-for-new-province-wide-stay-at-home-order

Crypto’s fungibility problem » Brave New Coin

bitcoin

April 5, 2021 at 2:33:54 PM EDT

https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/cryptos-fungibility-problem

Five Common Data Stores and When to Use Them — Development

database

April 4, 2021 at 8:23:09 PM EDT *

https://shopify.engineering/five-common-data-stores-usage