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News Forum - Thai activists warn that new hair guidelines will allow schools to be more strict
It can be fascinating watching a country like Thailand slowly march along the same path more developed countries have already walked. I recall going back 15-20 years and telling Thai friends how the use of mobiles phones in cars is against the law in the U.K. How seat belts and child safety seats were compulsory. The reaction was always the same - “not in Thailand” And a firm belief that it would never happen in Thailand. 15-20 years later, the same laws (though not enforced) exist in Thailand. When it comes to cultural matters such as religion, family values etc, I fully understand why under-developed nations look to take a different path to developed nations. However, when it comes to education, road safety, legal structures and even freedom of speech, then I struggle with why under-developed countries don’t just make the leap and save themselves so much hassle. The changes to things like freedom of speech and freedom of choice are as inevitable a change to Thailand as was fast food chains like KFC arriving in the country. It can’t be stopped. This silly debate on hair length in schools perhaps straddles culture and freedoms. Surely a more relaxed and progressive rule could be applied. Perhaps if schools spent less time on such nonsense, they could teach kids more useful things. That of course assumes people in authority want an educated population. They clearly don’t in Thailand. -
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News Forum - What changes did Google notice in Thailand’s web searches last year?
I agree with your comments on Google and other large software companies. There is little we can do if we want to use their products other than to accept our activities and preferences are being monitored. There are some steps you can take such as not always allowing cookies, using a VPN or installing other protective blocking software on the device. In the end however, many of these “protective” tools can slow down or even hinder the functionality of some applications. Im not sure I fully agree with the comments on batteries. While it’s true the “reason” often quoted for non- removable relates to space, there are also other benefits. Not least of which is water resistance or water proofing which is far easier with a sealed battery. The obvious disadvantages being the inability to totally turn off the device and easily replace an aging battery. -
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News Forum - Thai woman alleges ex-husband kidnapped her daughter
A Thai woman alleges that her ex-husband kidnapped her two year old daughter. The woman, 25 year old Pornapha ‘Pim’ Thankew told The Thaiger that on Sunday, January 1, her ex came to her house in the northeast Surin province to pick up their daughter. He told her that he was taking their daughter, Apichaya … The story Thai woman alleges ex-husband kidnapped her daughter as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - Myanmar’s junta growing more opium than ever
Myanmar has been growing more opium since the 2021 coup, reversing a 6-year decline between 2014 and 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said. During the first full opium growing season since the military took power in February 2021, Myanmar saw a 33-percent increase in poppy cultivation and an 88-percent … The story Myanmar’s junta growing more opium than ever as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - What changes did Google notice in Thailand’s web searches last year?
Don't like the confidence Google exhibits when they make their sweeping statements, "Thai people are____________", based on internet search data. You are more than the sum or your Google Searches, but that's not how Google sees you. We are green goo growing in their digital petri dishes. Spied on 7/24, collated, categorized, manipulated and predictable. Dogs to Pavlov. I know we sign away our expectation of privacy when agreeing the Terms and Conditions of Use, but this article creeps me out anyway. We are being increasingly conditioned to overlook intrusions as an acceptable trade-off for instant gratification. There's a more insidious angle, and we've seen it play out, including by the boys in extra tight brown uniforms down in BKK. You've got nothing to worry about as long as you don't have anything to hide. Want to remove the battery from your phone to get off the grid for a while? Not anymore. Why did we get internal batteries that are more difficult to access? According to a Google Search , it was to make our devices more slim/compact to carry around all the time. They did it for "us". For our convenience. Including laptops, which I've never tried to put in my pocket. In the late 1990s/early 2000s, there was a competition to see who could make the smallest phone, so clearly it wasn't about the battery. The trend soon shifted back the other way, making phones bigger and more unwieldy, with internal batteries and embedded functions you can't disable/delete/uninstall.
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