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by abc-xyz 8y ago
Indeed, and they've resorted to DDoSing GitHub precisely because it's so difficult (in terms of value lost) for them to block it ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub ). Sure, they could setup
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
No it's not. Just asked my friends in China and tested with https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockedin... (try with github.com and reddit.com). The Chinese are heavily invested in GitHub, so if&#
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
Right now I think GitHub is the best way to share news that the Chinese government doesn't like, because it's the only Western platform that they rely on and are afraid to ban.. that being said, I doubt a Microsoft-owned GitHub wi
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
As someone who lived in China for many years, I can say that while the people are generally nice (which is true for every country), the government is the definition of evil. The fact that you don't see innocent people thrown in concent
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
If given the choice between (1) increasing their personal wealth by 1% + tech that will violate billions of people's rights and result in the death of millions, or (2) no increase in wealth + no surveillance tech, then I'm afraid
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
Even if all you gained was a delay, which I certainly don't believe is true[1], then it would still be a big win. [1] their tech would most likely be much inferior, and when the likes of Google/Amazon/Facebook/etc. have
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
China is easy to pick on because it's the greatest evil the world is facing today. There are plenty of other shitholes around the world, but only China is capable of forcing almost every country and company into their submission. Also,
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
Their expansion to China.
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by abc-xyz 8y ago
They harm you by making this kind of behavior acceptable. You may not care about X (who might be spamming people to download an app even thought you've rejected over a hundred times), but suddenly Y (that you love) sees how successful
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
I love Hugo, but I was thinking more in the lines of a "standard" website, like Hacker News, Twitter, the official gohugo.io website (rather than their generator), etc.
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
I really want to love templates, but I find many aspects to be quite confusing. (1): I just want to deploy a binary file. This does not seem possible with templates (unless they're defined inside .go files, but never seen anyone do tha
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
This may be off topic, but could this be used for classifying the trustworthiness or Amazon/App Store/etc reviews? Or does anyone perhaps know about an open source project that can be used to achieve this by someone who doesn&#x27
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
Spending an evening reading up on the country may result in you becoming familiar with the punishment of insulting the Thai king, or the risk of engaging in protests or anything political in China, but that's about it.. regarding China
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
Why would they want to crack down on visa runs? Those people doesn't take any jobs from the locals, and I'd assume they spend as much as any other foreigners.. seems like a win-win? I've spent about 10 years living in various
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
Huh, I always read it as entry to the country, not entry to the apartment. Especially considering in #2 entry seem to refer to country. And entry is a really strange choice of word to use when referring to checking in to an apartment.
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
I assume you're referring to this ( http://www.joutrip.com/easyworks/data/gallery/china-departur... )? I see no mention of having to inform the police (or whoever you're supposed to inform) if you dec
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
Considering it took them so little time to look up this private info, that they in my opinion shouldn't even have access to in the first place, then I think a more interesting question is whether they also have access to your chat hist
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
Most people rely on common sense when they travel - don't do drugs, don't steal, don't engage in physical fights, etc. And in my eyes, that's the only way. Are you saying you read the millions of laws of the country when
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
So whenever you visit a country then you spend several months reading up on all their local laws? Do they even have an official English version, or do you hire a translator? Here's a question for you, what's the Chinese law regard
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
That's a terrible point of view. Who is he supposed to ask these questions that would be absolutely ridiculous to ask in any developed country? Heck, I can't think of any country in the world where staying at AirBNB would be an is
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
I really admire the work you are doing to fight censorship. I may be mistaken but it appears that posting messages that are impossible to hide/delete has been solved (since governments cannot afford to block BTC). However, the governme
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by abc-xyz 9y ago
The license is really baffling: "a) Neither the Work nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be (i) sold by itself; (ii) used for website or app generators; (iii) used to create templates, themes, an