* Posts by Somebody somewhere

2 publicly visible posts • joined 3 Nov 2021

Intel ‘regrets’ offending China with letter telling suppliers to avoid Xinjiang

Somebody somewhere

The Chinese region where Uyghurs are being imprisoned in concentration camps is called "Xinjiang" ("new frontier"), not "Xianjing".

tz database community up in arms over proposals to merge certain time zones

Somebody somewhere

While Tahiti (French Polynesia) and New Caledpnia are part of France, they are technically outside of the EU.

For instance, freedom of movement does not apply. EU citizen are treated as foreigners and need to obtain a work permit in New Caledonia, while (metropolitan) French don't.