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Re: What is the oldest computer that could be used today for real work? [message #411720 is a reply to message #411694] Wed, 06 October 2021 16:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Charlie Gibbs is currently offline  Charlie Gibbs
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On 2021-10-06, Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> wrote:

> On 2021-10-05, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Maus <Greymaus@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-10-05, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> example, seem to want to control anything anyone might say about them.
>>>>
>>>> Free Hong Kong!
>>>
>>> With every pack of cornflakes?
>>>
>>> Do a bit of history reading. Hong Kong was set during the opium wars to
>>> ease the smuggling of opium into china. Not England's finest hour.
>>
>> Sure, but most recently they were relatively free and democratic, and were
>> an financial powerhouse. Now the first two are gone, and the third is
>> circling the drain.
>
> I read a few years ago that HK'ers had bought a lot of property in
> Vancouver but had not moved there, leaving property there in an odd
> situation. Perhaps Charlie can elucidate?..

HK-bashers are plentiful here, and there is a rising tide of anti-Asian
sentiment (which, as usual, is ill-conceived). Housing prices are now
among the highest in the world. This is considered a Good Thing by
developers, realtors, and the governments that they've bought, and any
slacking of housing prices' meteoric rise is considered a grave situation
by these parties. The provincial government has brought in a "speculation
tax" in an attempt to discourage foreign speculators - while remaining
suspiciously silent regarding domestic speculators. There's even been
talk about housing subsidies so people can buy condos without housing
prices leveling off or - horrors! - falling to an affordable level.

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