taway483

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   by taway483 8y ago

   "Social credit offences range from [...] to spreading false information" - this is what it's really about. Force citizens to spread government propaganda and make it impossible to challenge those in power.
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   by taway483 8y ago

   If you lived in North Korea, do you think your North Korean friends who like the job their government is doing would outweight those who don't? Would you dare to criticize the government if you were in their position? This video does a
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   by taway483 8y ago

   I think you do a great disservice to the Chinese people by assuming that they don't care or that they support it. The fact is that they're helpless. They have nothing to gain by expressing their true beliefs and everything to lose
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   by taway483 8y ago

   I loved working with Dgraph, but I hate doing system/database administration work.. do you have any plans of providing a hosted solution?
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   by taway483 9y ago

   Probably both. Everyone, including and especially China's own citizens, should be very afraid of the current regime and its path towards a surveillance state. I don't think anyone in this thread actually expects China to fall with
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   by taway483 9y ago

   As a French citizen, that's a very big risk to take. I speak from experience when I say one tiny mistake (that would be a non-issue in most Western countries) is all it takes to get kicked out of the country, after which they'll d