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China's not blocking out the sharing of ideas though. Until a few months ago, Andrew Ng worked at Baidu! They are isolating data, but hoarding data is a compet
by ebola1717 9y ago
China's not blocking out the sharing of ideas though. Until a few months ago, Andrew Ng worked at Baidu!
They are isolating data, but hoarding data is a competitive advantage in a way that isolating knowledge isn't.
- chaostheory 9y ago> China's not blocking out the sharing of ideas though. Until a few months ago, Andrew Ng worked at Baidu! Ok they are bottlenecking data... As I've already mentioned this is an extremely inefficient way to share data. Sharing data using physically present word of mouth is a lot more expensive and slower than sharing it instantly via an open internet connection.
- processing 9y agoPeak Hacker News "Sharing data using physically present word of mouth is a lot more expensive and slower than sharing it instantly via an open internet connection."
- TeMPOraL 9y agoIf stating obvious facts is "peak Hacker News" then that's good, isn't it?
- dwighttk 9y agoas long as circumlocution is valued.
- Footkerchief 9y agoI've read that circumlocation is cheaper and faster.
- Sacho 9y agoIs there any indication that scientists predominantly use whatsapp, so this would block innovation? When you say "this is an extremely inefficient way to share data", what do you mean? It's not like China doesn't have its own messengers, and it's not like whatsapp is the only way for people to communicate over the Internet..
- detaro 9y agoYou commonly hear scientists complain that they spend a lot of time trying VPNs and working around the latest crop of GFW restrictions, yes. Whatsapp isn't the only limited thing in China.
- peoplewindow 9y agoLast I heard academics had started getting filtered internet connections too, and were finding it hard to collaborate with non-Chinese academics as a consequence.