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by zachguo 7y ago
Droplets contaminated public surfaces like door handles, elevator buttons, etc, and one person normally touches his/her face hundreds of times per day.
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by zachguo 7y ago
This is crap. Data is outdated and off, the assumption of an exponential curve is way too simplistic.
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Millions watch live streaming of hospital construction in Wuhan(shine.cn)
74 points by zachguo 7y ago|57 comments
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A critical analysis of scroll bars throughout history(theverge.com)
2 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments
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by zachguo 7y ago
It will be forced to sell to US entities, like Alstom and Samsung.
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by zachguo 7y ago
Two biggest weaknesses of centralized political systems are 1) incompetent leadership 2) the principal-agent problem. Better data collection and monitoring alleviate both weaknesses and prolong such system's longevity.
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by zachguo 7y ago
If the world economy crashed, we may go back to 40s.
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New York Times Media Analytics(media-analytics.op-bit.nz)
1 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments
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Facebook Suspends Russian-Backed Accounts for Meddling in Africa(npr.org)
2 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments
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by zachguo 7y ago
I'm still optimistic and patient. But the democracy won't be in the exact form as the ones stemmed from Greek traditions.
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by zachguo 7y ago
Indeed, if a democratic and free country with the rule of law can act like this, what are you expecting from authoritarian regimes?
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by zachguo 7y ago
Another good use case of QR codes is to log in or sign up services on TVs and laptops. Scan once, then it's done. You don't need to enter the activation URL on another device or use any password manager.
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by zachguo 7y ago
Whenever a new technology matures, people would create a bunch of nonsense products anyway. Remember radium condoms? https://gizmodo.com/once-upon-a-time-we-used-radium-condoms-...
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by zachguo 7y ago
Why would people be willing to give up their fundamental rights so easily. Isn't free speech mainly about invalidating what is false or immoral through discourse?
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by zachguo 7y ago
They tried but failed. Now, most are done through NED and psyops, and it's pretty successful in terms of media manipulation.
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by zachguo 7y ago
Also people in tech companies get bonus if they file patents.
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Giant Leap(youtube.com)
1 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments
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Europe Has Declared War on American Tech Companies(youtube.com)
1 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments
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by zachguo 7y ago
Paradoxically the older generation who has lived under British rule generally favors CCP ruling more while those young protesters largely haven't lived under British rule.
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by zachguo 7y ago
Nah, those are just some crappy sites made from copy-n-pasting source code from everywhere.
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Lawmakers ask US intelligence chief to investigate TikTok(techcrunch.com)
74 points by zachguo 7y ago|65 comments
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Power and Politics in Today’s World(youtube.com)
1 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments
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Elon Musk Set Up His Shanghai Gigafactory in Just 168 Days
1 points by zachguo 7y ago|2 comments
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Skin-On Interfaces Welcomes Human-Like Gestures to Control Your Smartphone(hypebeast.com)
2 points by zachguo 7y ago|1 comments
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by zachguo 7y ago
Sounds like how people argue against printing press in 15th century. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110119/05022912725/fifte...
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by zachguo 7y ago
1. It resulted from the era of rapid economic growth. 2. East Asian countries generally value the greater good for all more. 3. There was no stereotype against train travel, and having HSRs was generally considered as a national pride. Nowa
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by zachguo 7y ago
Polarization and misinformation are inherent flaws of free speech, the advents of cable TVs and internet only amplified them. But you don't need to act like the Politburo of the Communist Party to fix them. There may be solutions witho
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by zachguo 7y ago
I didn't claim WUC is a terrorist org, but it has a clear separatism agenda, which aligns with ETIM's goal even if there's no verifiable link between them. Personally I'm skeptical, considering how rampant misinformation
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by zachguo 7y ago
This has actually gained mass coverage recently given the current geopolitical atmosphere. However, I would take this with a grain of salt. If you do a bit of research, you will find the claim was made by people related to the East Turkesta
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NASA eyeing inflatable space lodges for moon, Mars and beyond(reuters.com)
1 points by zachguo 7y ago|0 comments

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