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muleroid··on The California roll was invented by a Japanese-Canadian chef (2020)
We had a chance to eat at Tojo's while we were in Vancouver and heard the story from Chef Tojo himself. Very nice dude, and the food was pretty good as well!
muleroid··on Devon calls victory in 27-year war on termites
I feel like news reports of invasive species usually end up with the invaders becoming endemic. Nice to see a successful eradication for once!
muleroid··on Assyrian soldier diving with an inflatable goatskin bag (ca. 865–860 BC)
One thing I haven't seen mentioned which jumped out to me about the first theory is how would they have inflated the bag with breathable air in the first place? Were air pumps around back then?
muleroid··on Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store
I believe App Store updates a day later, so we're likely not seeing the results of any mass rating bombs.
muleroid··on U.S. attorney general: Hollywood, tech companies “pawns of Chinese influence”
For sure, it's much easier to sell any decision if you package it in terms of values and ideals that your population is willing to embrace. It's as true for the US as it is any other country in the world.
muleroid··on U.S. attorney general: Hollywood, tech companies “pawns of Chinese influence”
Historically the US trade relationship with China was based on a principal that doing so would encourage the adoption of democracy there. Seeing as how that hasn't happened, this kind of rhetoric could just be an attempt to course correct (maybe overly so).

I'm sure the upcoming elections also play a part in this. The article briefly mentions that as well.

muleroid··on One woman's stolen identity exposed a system of exam fraud
I'm not sure it's fair to place the blame solely on the CCP. A lot of the less desirable behavior stemmed from scarcity of resources, especially when the country was poor.

Can't comment too much on corruption as I don't have much experience there, but I have noticed things like lining up and littering get better as the standard of living has improved over the years.