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I'm a Chinese software developer. In China, VPN or other proxy tools are essential for anyone who need look up serious technical materials online. We call it "翻
by riverain 12y ago
I'm a Chinese software developer. In China, VPN or other proxy tools are essential for anyone who need look up serious technical materials online. We call it "翻墙"(Go Over the Wall), which is a basic skill.
And about the reason why these sites are blocked: just BECAUSE THEY CAN! (They even blocked github for mysterious purpose once!) There is no public rule/law/principle to tell us why a foreign site is blocked. The just kill sites silently and pretend nobody cares.
Fortunately enough, HackNews has not been blocked, yet.
(Sorry for my bad English)
- possibilistic 12y agoDo you think this harms new engineering students in China when they don't have access to tools and knowledge that the rest of the world does? I can't imagine having Github blocked. Does there seem to be a pattern to the blocks? Or is it just completely random?
- 2muchcoffeeman 12y agoMaybe it helps weed out the lesser engineers. Step one is trying to work out how to get the information you need.
- patrickaljord 12y ago> Maybe it helps weed out the lesser engineers. Problem is VPNs require money, not just skills and tor can be dead slow.