BIT, Byte, Byte Dance字节跳动. footprint, humiliated, Total recall, hoopla, terabyte, tera-, stand in the footprints for recognition. The content recommendation algorithm that powers TikTok has once again come under the spotlight we don’t necessarily need that larger footprint,

The content recommendation algorithm that powers TikTok has once again come under the spotlight after the US ordered its Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app's US assets or face a nationwide ban

TikTok的中国母公司字节跳动表示，该公司无意出售其在美国的业务。此前美国通过一项法案，迫使字节跳动将该应用出售，否则直接将其禁止。

“外媒有关字节跳动探索出售TikTok的消息不实，字节跳动没有任何出售TikTok的计划。”该公司在其旗下社交媒体平台今日头条的官方账号上发帖称。

TikTok没有立即回应BBC的置评请求。

本周早些时候，TikTok表示将在法庭上挑战这项“违宪”的法律。

在字节跳动发表这一声明之前，有媒体报道称，该公司正在研究在不含算法的情况下出售TikTok的方案。

周三（4月24日），美国总统拜登（Joe Biden）签署了这项国会通过的法案，使其成为法律。

美国政界担忧，TikTok可能会与中国政府共享用户数据，而TikTok一直否认该说法。

该法案规定，字节跳动有九个月的时间出售该业务，另外还有三个月的宽限期，在此之后可能会面临禁令。这意味着出售的最后期限很可能是2025年的某个时候。

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“We don’t have everybody in the office all the time, and that’s why we don’t necessarily need that larger footprint,” said Sharis A. Pozen, the law firm Clifford Chance’s regional managing partner for the Americas.

Almost 1m people, 97% of those who went to the polls, voted against Han Kuo-yu

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A China-friendly politician is humiliated in Taiwan

Total recall

Connection with the city, neighborhood, and climate is crucial to Triptyque's design for this residential building, hence its narrow width despite the wide available footprint.

Tranquility in the Heart of São Paulo: Meet the City's Slender Residential Tower

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But Haier's hierarchical culture has been a tough fit with U.S. workers. They rebelled against being forced to stand in the footprints when they made mistakes. Haier's Chinese management has tried to adjust to American tastes. Instead of humiliating bad workers, they now encourage the best ones to stand in the footprints for recognition.

不過，海爾多層級的管理文化令美國工人難以適應。他們對出錯就要罰站的做法很抵觸。海爾的中國管理層開始努力適應美國方式。他們取消了出錯罰站，而是在那裡表揚優秀員工。Chinese Refrigerator Maker Haier Finds US Chilly




兩個對撞加速管中的質子，初步將以 5 TeV（Tera Electron Volt, 兆電子伏特）的能量對撞，


While consumers are just starting to comprehend the idea of buying external hard drives for the home capable of storing a terabyte of data, computer scientists need to grapple with data sets thousands of times as large and growing ever larger. (A single terabyte equals 1,000 gigabytes and could store about 1,000 copies of the Encyclopedia Britannica.)


Obama Takes 100th-Day Hoopla and Runs With It By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
White House aides who once professed disdain for the moment now work to turn it to the president’s advantage.


IBM estimates that the average individual's "information footprint" -- the amount of data connected to a person -- will grow to more than 16 terabytes by 2020 from roughly one terabyte, or trillion bytes, of data currently.


現在流行什麼"東西"都加上"footprint" 來表示與你相關的"東西

carbon footprint 《京都協定》在確認二氧化碳的過量排放導致全球變暖的前提下，規定了各國削減排放量的目標。

Carbon Output by Airlines 航空業的二氧化碳排放量

二氧化碳(CO₂ CO2)排放量，它的數量衡量稱為Carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide or CO₂ emitted through the combustion of fossil fuels; in the case of an organization, business or enterprise, as part of their everyday operations; in the case of an individual or household, as part of their daily lives; or a product or commodity in reaching market.

Loose Wire, by Jeremy Wagstaff: Amid all the recent hoopla about sea levels rising and flood waters lapping around his two Jakarta-based feet, our columnist thought he'd try to find out what he could do to his computer to reduce his carbon footprint. The first resolution: Don't buy a new computer.

tera-
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1. One trillion (10¹²): terahertz.
2. 1,099,511,627,776 (2⁴⁰): terabyte.

[From Greek teras, monster.]

hoopla (EXCITEMENT)
noun [S or U] MAINLY US
exciting noise and activity in celebration of an event:
The usual hoopla surrounded the arrival of the pop star.


humiliate 
verb [T]
to make someone feel ashamed or lose their respect for themselves:
How could you humiliate me by questioning my judgment in front of everyone like that?
England were humiliated (= completely defeated) in last night's match.

humiliation
noun [C or U]
After the humiliation of last week's defeat, the Mets were back on form.
Imagine the humiliation of having to apologize.

humiliated 
adjective
I've never felt so humiliated (= been made to feel so ashamed) in my life.

humiliating 
adjective
making you feel ashamed or stupid:
Losing my job was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me.
The government suffered a humiliating defeat in yesterday's debate.
He found it humiliating to have to ask for money.



recognize (ACCEPT), UK USUALLY recognise Show phonetics
verb
1 [T] to accept that something is legal, true or important:
The international community has refused to recognize (= officially accept the existence of) the newly independent nation state.
[+ (that)] He sadly recognized (that) he would die childless.
You must recognize the seriousness of the problems we are facing.

2 [T often passive] If a person's achievements are recognized, official appreciation is shown for them:
The Prime Minister recognized her services to her country by awarding her an MBE.

recognized 
adjective
If someone or something is recognized, it is generally accepted that they have a particular position or quality:
Professor Jones is a recognized authority on ancient Egypt.
Violence in schools is a recognized problem.

recognition 
noun [U]
1 an acceptance that something is true or legal:
It's a new country, hoping for diplomatic recognition from the international community.
[+ that] There's a growing recognition that this country can no longer afford to be a nuclear power.

2 If you are given recognition, people show appreciation of your achievements:
Ella complained that the company never gave her any recognition for her work.
He was presented with a gold watch in recognition of (= to show appreciation of) his years as club secretary.