cyjyar

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   by cyjyar 8y ago

   No, it's long term, but as mentioned above, to me it's more of a bet (I said "5 year plan" as a reference to rigid soviet top-down polocies). You said "But as often China is capable of drawing a plan over 50 years a
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   by cyjyar 8y ago

   Ha, I missed the mark here. The comment I was replying to mentioned 'railways' and 'the west' so I was thinking of the American West. Older use-case, and for national/internal development. You are right that the Mar
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   by cyjyar 8y ago

   The US developed organically, here it looks a bit more like a forced march. Not saying it cant work, but it looks more like a bet than a plan. Also, the only "50 year plan" I can think of is Den Xiaopin opening the economy, and it
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   by cyjyar 8y ago

   This Chinese belt&road thing is a bit weird, as a project: it's unpopular at home, it's controversial in the target countries, it's had no real benefit so far, and also it's tremendously expensive while the Chinese e
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   by cyjyar 8y ago

   Sadly all of those decentralized / federated app all have this same accessibility issue. Maybe there is some sort of business case, or at least some preliminary solution to get there, that offers a middle ground between "you'