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How do other countries tax gas?

Even though Norway and Qatar are fundamentally different countries than Australia, they do much better than us when it comes to converting gas exports into cash for their citizens. The post How do other countries tax gas? appeared first on Crikey .

How do other countries tax gas?

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Samantha Morton Says She’s Been Out of Work Since Filming ‘The Odyssey’

“The politics of the industry has changed massively,” the 49-year-old actress adds of her career's ebbs and flows The post Samantha Morton Says She’s Been Out of Work Since Filming ‘The Odyssey’…

  • Samantha Morton hasn't worked since "The Odyssey"
  • She praised Nolan's invitation to "The Odyssey" set
  • Best known for Oscar-nominated roles in "Sweet and Lowdown"

An AI-Supervised Remote Exam Went So Badly That 58,000 Students Must Retake It

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this summer, nearly 160,000 applicants took the entrance exam for UNAM, Mexico's largest university.

  • 58,000 students at UNAM must retake AI-supervised remote exam
  • Exam results showed 16.3% scoring 100+, up from 3.5% historically
  • Technical commission formed to investigate widespread cheating suspicions

I built a free fitness tracker with no backend and no account — here's what I learned

A few months ago I got tired of every calorie tracker either paywalling basic features or demanding I create an account just to log a banana.

  • Nawtch is a free fitness tracker with no backend or account required.
  • Initially named "Foop," the app's name was changed due to availability issues.
  • The author rebuilt Nawtch into a multi-page application to improve SEO and user experience.

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