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by actuator 6y ago
Fascinating stuff. I think the antennas for AMPRNet make it visually discoverable. I wonder if significant distance could be covered by something a little bit inconspicuous. I think one amusing thing is some phones before smartphones had ra
782.
by actuator 6y ago
How do you dial into them if your line upto them would be stopped? I think radio based communication like amateur broadcasting, walkie talkie like things for short distances can be an effective tool to prepare for situations like this.
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by actuator 6y ago
As I said, I support restoring internet access but giving the HK example wrt Kashmir is more like a strawman argument. HK situation is nowhere what Kashmir's is. HKers are fighting for democratically elected government. Look at what th
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by actuator 6y ago
I honestly don't think any country in the world cares at this point. There are far worse things world has ignored, I hardly think this needed a precedent.
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by actuator 6y ago
Although a very unfair comparison, and I don't agree with it. But I think his point was three years back people were more than willing to protest for an "armed millitant"[1] and a lot of that was organized through social medi
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by actuator 6y ago
Yeah, I think the whole situation is such a travesty. I have been following news of that region for a long time now and it is just sad what has happened there over the decades with atrocities committed from both sides. I firmly believe rest
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by actuator 6y ago
He doesn't because from the data at least in the open, it does not even prove that situation has improved drastically there. I recall reading recent news about local politicians being killed there.
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by actuator 6y ago
Btw, before resorting to name calling like this. It would help you to know that he might be expressing genuine opinion. He named Jammu, Jammu is also an area of the region in question here. Even I don't agree with his assertions but he
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by actuator 6y ago
But is this scalable? A lot of big manufacturing moving now like Foxconn etc is just assembly. What they should want in the long run is to have the whole ecosystem in place. India has lagged a lot in terms of its peer economies in other par
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by actuator 6y ago
I remember recently reading a lot of articles on India trying to attract manufacturing plants in the country. Do they have to face the same issues as outlined by OP or are they handled differently? Also, are they looking at streamlining som
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by actuator 6y ago
US's bipartisan opposition might just be electioneering. I think Germany's actions speak far more than any other country's. I would have assumed someone like Merkel to be tough here based on her standing on social issues and
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by actuator 6y ago
When you have total control of the media(social/traditional), you can spread your narrative easily. I would assume it would look something like, "Look at the company aiding secessionists in HK and helping them". There is no w
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by actuator 6y ago
It is easy because it gives them marketing reach inside US, they won't get the same in PRC. A vocal segment might complaint on Apple, but where would they run to, Google's Android? Google is also pro BLM. All big tech are.
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by actuator 6y ago
Forget Hong Kong which actually people seem to care about. A Tibetan origin student president at University of Toronto was harassed for photos on her personal Instagram account. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron
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by actuator 6y ago
I support this if that is the intention, I was just speculating that the reason is just the points I mentioned and not Apple looking to calling it quits over some ideals.
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by actuator 6y ago
That is most probably Apple doing diversification to avoid SPoF and taking advantages of tax breaks. They will never stand up for these things because they don't just manufacture, they sell a lot of devices there.
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by actuator 6y ago
I share your sentiment on this. Among all the big tech, Apple is the only one which has a significant foothold in China and can possibly have an impact. But they have failed to live upto the ideals they speak about when it comes to earning
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by actuator 6y ago
Duplicate of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24105311
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by actuator 6y ago
I think that is easy for us as outsiders to say or hope. Leaving everything behind and moving into a foreign land with a different culture is hard and not a lot of places are very welcoming.
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by actuator 6y ago
I remember during Beijing Olympics, there were these "protest zones" that were created which theoretically should have allowed dissent in these areas. A pass based system was introduced to get access to these places. I remember pe
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by actuator 6y ago
I really don't see any change that can realistically take roots there. We have seen harsh sanctions fail to bring changes in a small poor country like NK where anyone looking South must be amazed at where they could have been. In case
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by actuator 6y ago
Though in this case I can't honestly believe these[1] look remotely similar and people will confuse them even if this company is selling electronics. [1] https://cdn.iphoneincanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020&#
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by actuator 6y ago
From my understanding, I think just your phone number/VPA is enough to send money. I am not sure how it works in practice but I assume the VPA concept is there so that your phone number is not exposed if you don't wish to.
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by actuator 6y ago
From the videos I have seen the Tianjin fireball seemed to rage even for a longer duration. In the Beirut one maybe because of daylight, fire is not visible after the big blast. I wonder what would cause that difference, the Beirut one supp
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by actuator 6y ago
Yeah, I don't doubt it. It could very well have been edited to look like that, either for views or sensationalism. Here is the video if you want to see: https://youtu.be/CLo3e1Pak-Y
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by actuator 6y ago
But that hasn't been replicated in most Western nations. This went to court and you had a lot of scrutiny on this. In PRC, because of cultural differences I think most people accept the crime safety net you get over personal freedom re
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by actuator 6y ago
Vine was acquired pre launch. It was launched and allowed to run for a good amount of time before being shut down. Twitter isn't an example of a well run company considering the alienating things they have done to third party devs but
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by actuator 6y ago
If we were really seeing the effect of monopolies how would Tiktok hold ground in US. FB could have actively gone after it and not allowed FB authentication or ads of Tiktok on FB. In fact, as mentioned in the article Tiktok grew by leverag
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by actuator 6y ago
Yeah, I have seen firsthand how paranoid big US companies are about doing anything with personal data specially media which is a good thing for users. This really slows down even simple analysis where you were looking at even a Yes/No
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by actuator 6y ago
I think he might be referring to companies like SenseTime which were in fields like image/video recognition. I think for fields like this there is a cultural barrier which prevents companies like these from being successful in US. Say,

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