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OT re China: - How is it that taobao doesn't have basic machine translations? What is the RMB price for e.g. 2m OM4 patch? - Is there a VPN that allows you to

OT re China: - How is it that taobao doesn't have basic machine translations? What is the RMB price for e.g. 2m OM4 patch? - Is there a VPN that allows you to experience the GFW from inside China? - Is there a Chinese equivalent to Wikipedia yet, i.e. non-profit & editable, or is it just the commercial and govt versions?

contingencies 7y ago
How is it that taobao doesn't have basic machine translations? Good question, I guess they don't see foreign users as a real market. What is the RMB price for e.g. 2m OM4 patch? USD$3.5 Is there a VPN that allows you to experience the GFW from inside China? Maybe. Anyway it sux. Is there a Chinese equivalent to Wikipedia yet, i.e. non-profit & editable, or is it just the commercial and govt versions? Many wikis but generally only Baidu Baike is popular. https://baike.baidu.com/ https://baike.baidu.com/
- angry_octet 7y ago
  Thanks for the first hand China knowledge. The patch cable price is about a fifth of what I last paid for locally made and large qty (>100), but that was a couple of year ago. You can buy probably the same cable for US$5 here: https://www.fs.com/products/40220.html?currency=USD https://www.fs.com/products/40220.html?currency=USD But most US retailers (BlackBox, Amazon, many others) seem to be price gouging massively, US$30 range. I just read https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=82a3cad5ed140114658fe771 https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=82a3cad5ed1... which is hilarious in the Google translate version, containing many strange wrong takes on Western culture. It seems partially inspired by https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mods_and_rockers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mods_and_rockers but not a straight copy, more like a content for hire piece with extra moralising. Makes China seem very like the West in the late 50s. The site seems very much about product placement too. IDK if it's because I'm from outside but I didn't see any edit links (not that I can write anything except the most basic Chinese, and by hand because it was a long time ago).

contingencies 7y ago

How is it that taobao doesn't have basic machine translations? Good question, I guess they don't see foreign users as a real market. What is the RMB price for e.g. 2m OM4 patch? USD$3.5 Is there a VPN that allows you to experience the GFW from inside China? Maybe. Anyway it sux. Is there a Chinese equivalent to Wikipedia yet, i.e. non-profit & editable, or is it just the commercial and govt versions? Many wikis but generally only Baidu Baike is popular. https://baike.baidu.com/ https://baike.baidu.com/

angry_octet 7y ago
Thanks for the first hand China knowledge. The patch cable price is about a fifth of what I last paid for locally made and large qty (>100), but that was a couple of year ago. You can buy probably the same cable for US$5 here: https://www.fs.com/products/40220.html?currency=USD https://www.fs.com/products/40220.html?currency=USD But most US retailers (BlackBox, Amazon, many others) seem to be price gouging massively, US$30 range. I just read https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=82a3cad5ed140114658fe771 https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/content?id=82a3cad5ed1... which is hilarious in the Google translate version, containing many strange wrong takes on Western culture. It seems partially inspired by https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mods_and_rockers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mods_and_rockers but not a straight copy, more like a content for hire piece with extra moralising. Makes China seem very like the West in the late 50s. The site seems very much about product placement too. IDK if it's because I'm from outside but I didn't see any edit links (not that I can write anything except the most basic Chinese, and by hand because it was a long time ago).