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Hike in capital gains tax will spark tech exodus from UK, investor says - An increase in capital gains would be a disaster. I wonder if an exodus is something they are actively trying to do. Are they saying to young people 'leave while you still can, go and find places abroad where you can thrive, realistically there is no life for you here'? theguardian.com #

North Korean troops have arrived in Russia to fight Ukraine, says Seoul - Quite a funny headline image in this article. Probably a good time to mention that one of the security guards in a nearby office building where I an here is Vietnam is a total Vladimir Putin doppelganger, a 99%er no less, it’s very strange. He showed up a few weeks ago, about the same time I started giving peace signs in response to harassment. theguardian.com #

Introducing Express v5: A New Era for Node.js Framework - Feels like this release took forever. It’s a purposely pretty boring release, mostly cleaning up old interfaces, making things consistent. The improved promise support is probably the most useful new functionality imo. Hopefully this will be the foundation for increased development momentum on the project. expressjs.com #

New Post: JD Vance on the weirdness of the current US - China relationship markjgsmith.com #