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Chinese people have an irrational amount of love for international standards.
by dluan 2y ago
Chinese people have an irrational amount of love for international standards.
- calcifer 2y agoWhat makes it irrational?
- grumpy-de-sre 2y agoSure beats sitting around discussing, complaining, and half assedly developing a replacement standard and getting nowhere. Perfect being the enemy of good and all that. https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- dluan 2y agoI just meant that they REALLY love international standards. They have the assumption that a group of really smart people must have decided it democratically and fairly, so no matter what it is about they will get excited about it.
- throw839399939 2y agoIn this case it is quite rational love. Some US universities have more IPv4 addresses than entire China! Single IPv4 address cost like $50, it is impossible possible to buy large ranges.