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A Loveless Affair with Technology
Growing up without the shiny consoles of wealthier kids, I was easily swayed by the siren song of a smart phone. But what I had given up was far costlier.
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Politics
Regulating Betting In the UK : An Overview
Regulating betting, while a challenging endeavour, is imperative in order to ensure that both sides benefit in their transactions in the industry. Gambling is big business…
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Tommy Robinson and the Weaponisation of Women’s Trauma
Tommy Robinson, recently made adviser to UKIP on the subject of grooming gangs, is just another in a long list of men exploiting women’s trauma to…
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Homophobia from Auckland’s Pride board should come as no surprise
Written by Renee Gerlich Recent incidents of lesbian and gay erasure at Auckland Pride show how transactivism harms LGB rights and promotes stereotypes rather than a…
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AV1 vs. HEVC – Which is the Future of Video Encoding?
For years MP4 with H.264 has been a dominant force in video encoding, and the format that drives most online video streaming and delivery. It is…
International
Has New Zealand’s Green Party Forgotten Democracy – or Just Women’s Rights to It?
Renee Gerlich describes how the New Zealand Green Party has ignored women’s voices in the rush to protect a minority of men. Last June, when I…
Book Reviews
Rational Empathy – A Book By Rohit Balakrishnan
Rational Empathy: How the Mind Reveals Objective Morality through Happiness is a debut book written by Rohit Balakrishnan from India, available for purchase from Amazon Kindle…
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How to set Yourself up for Amateur Photography
Advice for amateur photographers, and a history of the camera. It is very easy to inspire yourself to take up any hobby, but to prepare for…
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Religious Exemptions Fuel Bigotry – Ban Non-Stun Slaughter
One law for all is the only sustainable way to beat bigots – Chris Sloggett from the National Secular Society calls for a ban on non-stun…
Health
The Solution to the War On Drugs and the Addiction Crisis? The Free Market.
by Burt Walker The War on Drugs is an unmitigated failure and has exacerbated the addiction crisis gripping America. Legalization offers a solution. In April 2016…