Foreign influencer’s disruptive stunts on Tokyo public transport cause outrage by obscurette

The behavior of a foreign influencer in Japan has ignited a wave of criticism and public outcry after videos of his disruptive stunts on crowded public transportation circulated widely online. The individual, known as “Sigma Boy” on social media platforms like Instagram where he boasts nearly one million followers, has been documented engaging in nuisance

ByHackTechApril 24, 20250Comments

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US relies on rare foreign policy provision to try to deport Mahmoud Khalil by n1b0m

The US government is relying on a rarely used provision of the law to try to deport a prominent Palestinian activist who recently completed his graduate studies at Columbia University, where he was a leader in last year’s campus protests. A government charging document addressed to Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent US resident and green card

ByHackTechMarch 13, 20251Comment

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The Value of Foreign Diplomas by MrBuddyCasino

This was a timed post. The way these work is that if it takes me more than one hour to complete the post, an applet that I made deletes everything I’ve written so far and I abandon the post. You can find my previous timed post here . You have two practically identical résumés sitting

ByHackTechJanuary 31, 20250Comments

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Engagement with Foreign Propaganda Is Soaring on Elon Musk’s X by cainxinth

Once upon a time, Twitter (now renamed X) routinely tried to label what it deemed “state affiliated” news sites, in an effort to highlight potential government disinformation and propaganda. After Elon Musk took over the platform late last year, however, he decided to put the kibosh on that policy. Predictably, new research shows that, since

ByHackTechSeptember 26, 20230Comments

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China foreign minister warns of potential for conflict with US and hails Russia by ianai

The US and China are heading towards inevitable conflict if Washington does not change its approach, China’s new foreign minister has said in a fiery press conference in which he defended his country’s strengthening relationship with Russia.In his first media appearance as foreign minister, held on Tuesday on the sidelines of the “two sessions” political

ByHackTechMarch 7, 20230Comments

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Ask HN: What are the chances of a foreign student converting OPT to H1B? by trifit

My friend is an English major and getting her teaching doctorate. In a top 50 school, What are the odds of converting an TA position into a full time associate professor position?

ByHackTechJanuary 8, 20231Comment

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Ctypes.h: A foreign function interface for bash by leoh

This is ctypes.sh, a foreign function interface for bash. ctypes.sh is a bash plugin that provides a foreign function interface directly in your shell. In other words, it allows you to call routines in shared libraries from within bash. A (very) simple example will help illustrate: $ dlcall puts “hello, world” hello, world # A

ByHackTechJanuary 6, 20230Comments

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