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by rqs 7y ago
I was actually expecting this kind of comment. People in HongKong only have this few years left to able conduct protest at that scale while keeping themselves relatively safe. In China mainland, you do that, you're in prison for life o
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by rqs 7y ago
Oh, well, as a "mainlander", I tell you: Hong Kong citizens WILL lose all their rights, and it will come sooner than you think. If you watched this protest and all their other protests, it is very easy to see one thing: Their acti
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by rqs 7y ago
Universal healthcare? What does that mean? In China, we only have one type of healthcare, the one that needs to be paid. There is no healthcare for free here. (Unless of course, you're a high ranking CCP party member, that way you can
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by rqs 7y ago
> if they were wise and not trying to be authoritarian or controlling Well, that IF is how you end your own argument. In China, most of us don't give a deep thought on privacy and personal .* (personal freedom, personal rights etc).
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by rqs 7y ago
This gives me some weird feelings. I mean, if you ask a website to turn some content "unpreferred" without user consensus, isn't that also some type of censorship? In fact, many Chinese websites are doing it right now, and it
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by rqs 7y ago
Which control? What been tightened up is censorship. However, censorship is not completely equals to control. I know what you meant. You want all the rights in the constitution, so did I. But get things cooked require time. The current situ
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by rqs 7y ago
> And later a lot of the original leaders revealed they are clueless in how to demand proper political reform at the original movement So as many other political movements around the world. A spark comes first, then maybe fire. However,
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by rqs 7y ago
> In this vein, are there any company's currently selling viable compostable/biodegradable plastics? That will increase the cost by an unignorable margin and even that, some biodegradable plastics still take a long time (a year
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by rqs 7y ago
I won't agreed with this a few months ago, but more and more Chinese companies is receiving this kind of treatment. The reason maybe not the same, but the results are, Hikvision is a clear example, even DJI got their name mentioned (I
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by rqs 7y ago
> GitHub Support does not take any fees and even matches donations... wow! Maybe I didn't fully understand what "cut" means, but .... > In the first year, GitHub will not charge any fees, so 100% of sponsorships will go
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by rqs 7y ago
As far as I know, it's a Linux fork[0], and capable to run Android app. More information can be found using keyword "Hongmeng OS". [0] https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B8%BF%E8%92%99 (No English version
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by rqs 7y ago
No, they don't provide such user support, it's a free service after all. But the keyword is not hard to find, really ;P
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by rqs 7y ago
Only when you run a content distribution platform (like a website, chat room etc). Other than that, you're mostly fine without an ICP (Internet Content Provider) license.
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by rqs 7y ago
Well, actually it's a Remote Desktop as Service. The real "GFWaaS" is when you intentionally put blocked keywords on a HTTP page, triggering GFW to reset user connection. That way you can block Chinese users from accessing yo
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by rqs 7y ago
> What exactly does the US want Huawei to actually do to get rid of these bans? Do they think it will really hurt Huawei so much that they will give in to US pressure? Don't just look at Huawei, ZTE also faced similar treatment last
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by rqs 7y ago
How long your since co-workers been out of China? I'm in China right now but I don't think that system has changed people's behavior that much. Plus, I think it's stupid to put a score on everybody's head ("Oh,
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by rqs 7y ago
I could go one step further: Build another open source OS that can run Android app but not Android. Many Chinese companies already tried it (non-open source though) before but been persuaded not to, I guess they're feeling a little bit
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by rqs 7y ago
> However, if I were Apple, I'd be really worried about retaliation. I think this view is too narrow. For the Chinese government, there is something more important than revenge. Why kick that cash machine out of your country if it s
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by rqs 7y ago
To block a non-profit website? I don't think so. BTW: It been blocked days ago. The with no obvious reason, but the time is a (loose) match, weird.
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by rqs 7y ago
I mean, even disputes and war could only explain part of the story (U.S. is also in war with Vietnam, so as Japan and many others). I suspect their(Vietnam government's) altitude towards the Internet maybe also played a role in there.
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by rqs 7y ago
You mean, everybody who fought with Vietnam will be an external security threat? Then that's a lots of people on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Vietnam... Not I supporting Huawei (
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by rqs 7y ago
> I have a sinking feeling this kind of synthetic food production is just a bait for health-wary consumers I'm a futuristic person, I like to imagine what I can do far into the future, something like: "Hey space ship, I like to
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by rqs 7y ago
Will you laugh if I tell you the game Half-life in China is called literally "Half of Life" (半条命)[0]? Don't take that name too seriously, I don't think there is anything to it other than to make it sound better. [0] htt
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by rqs 7y ago
和平 = Peace; 精英 = Elite. So yes, that's the literal translation. They're probably trying to give the game a up beating vibe by using that name, so it's easier for it to be approved by the government. "反恐精英" on the ot
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by rqs 7y ago
> I think, the best way to solve this phone scam issue would be by modifying the phone protocol (I am not sure of the details) to allow users to be able to see the "Real" underlying phone number. In China, we call this type of
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by rqs 7y ago
Was talking about Star Citizen on https://the-starport.net/ like almost 10 years ago. People made many predictions back then, some said it'll never achieve that level of detailed game play while supporting multiplayer.
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by rqs 7y ago
Can I complain a bit about GitHub? Why I can only authorize my entire GitHub account for third-party access? Could things be slightly better if the authorization is done at repository level?
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by rqs 7y ago
Should be translated to: "I have no idea what are these (or what is this) ... If you have too many moralities to spend, go spend them on 996icu!"
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by rqs 7y ago
> This statement can stand alone without any implication Here is the part of statement from Jack Ma for better context, you can judge it by yourself (full: https://finance.sina.com.cn/china/gncj/2019-04-12/
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by rqs 7y ago
Maybe that's because I got my English mode fully warmed up during the editing process. Don't blame drunkenemo :)

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