publub

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by publub 8y ago
They could use Bing. From personal experience Google is much better. I make the assumption that crippled Google will still be much better than crippled Bing. I have no illusions about Google creating social change. That's not the point
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by publub 8y ago
Why is having Google in China going to get anyone killed? If Google isn’t there they’ll just search Baidu or Bing and whatever was going to happen is still going to happen. It’s just another search engine, albeit a much better one than what
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by publub 8y ago
China suppresses free speech, yes. But it doesn’t go so far as citizens being terrified of being known as someone wanting Google to enter China. It’s not like 1984. The secret police isn’t going to come stick you and your family in an under
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by publub 8y ago
His GitHub profile looks like just a normal guy. Maybe China keeps a bunch of GitHub accounts around and makes active commits for the purpose, and posts homework solutions while they are at it. Maybe I’m a propaganda bot.
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by publub 8y ago
> A censored search engine will save millions of lives? Reads like propaganda to me. What in the world does censorship have to do with this? Information will strictly be more available by having Google in China, than not having Google in
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by publub 8y ago
I'm really glad someone with a Chinese background finally spoke up about this. If you look at the anti-DragonFly post, you'll notice that there are almost no Chinese names on the list. Every Chinese citizen I've talked to is