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by zavi 8y ago
We can always just keep siphoning cash from US multinationals thru bogus antitrust claims. That's one way to stay afloat in the face of demographic crisis, stagnant productivity, and Chinese takeover of key sectors.
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by zavi 8y ago
And more importantly startpage.com is a European service while DDG is an American service. It's extremely important for us in HN community to keep promoting European services regardless of product considerations because anything Americ
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by zavi 8y ago
Are you okay?
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by zavi 8y ago
It even worked for me flawlessly in China, no extrw VPN software needed.
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by zavi 8y ago
There's order of magnitude more homonyms in Mandarin than English to the point where having a pictograms system starts making sense. That's why 80 percent of characters are multipart with one of the radicals carrying the pronuncia
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by zavi 8y ago
Because spoken language usually has more context (as compared to a brief written sign or a headline).
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by zavi 8y ago
The advantage of pictograms is you can infer meaning from component radicals when looking at more complicated pictograms. Pinyin is useful but limited, e.g. there is a number of different pictograms that are all pronouced 'shi4' s
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by zavi 8y ago
Having spent the last few weeks in Beijing, I can't help but think that any reasonable trade compromise should essentially require that China get rid of its Great Firewall. When you block and throttle essentially any foreign digital pr
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by zavi 8y ago
I went to ICBC and ABC branches last week in Beijing near Tsinghua and they both told me no bank account on my tourist visa. What am I missing?
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by zavi 8y ago
This is false, you cannot open a bank account unless you live in China (work & residence proof required). Source: just came back from China, went to a few banks and tried to open an account. AliPay seems to now accept foreign debit ca
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by zavi 8y ago
The biggest issue is income inequality. So long as ultra-rich people exist none of these improvements really matter.
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by zavi 8y ago
It's hard to mandate competence practically speaking.
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by zavi 8y ago
Users don't see google.com, they see shittypopups.com delivered by Google
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by zavi 8y ago
Or 10 years will pass and China will be stuck with 400 million sick old people slowly turning from the key asset to liability.
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by zavi 8y ago
I wonder if EU is also going to align with China w.r.t. the Social Credit Score. Want to to business with us? Just make sure every European uses WeChat so we can read everything they say online.
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by zavi 8y ago
Suicide apparently https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/12/06/renowed-chinese...
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by zavi 8y ago
Worth mentioning that Canada has its own history of concerns with Huawei due to the Nortel debacle: https://www.afr.com/technology/web/security/how-chinese-hack...
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by zavi 8y ago
Can't make your own tech sector? Steal from the FAANG!
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by zavi 8y ago
How will they make sure people don't cheat and eat more anyways? 800 calories a day for an overweight person requires some serious will power.
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by zavi 8y ago
The question is: what is the practical path to that world?
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by zavi 8y ago
Google? Are you sure you're in Vancouver?
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by zavi 8y ago
Sounds like cheating.
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by zavi 8y ago
> The 15 most recent searches you've entered into the Facebook search bar. I can see how the attacker can use this to blackmail somebody.
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by zavi 8y ago
Paul's Online Notes is my childhood. There's something nostalgic about seeing this submission.
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by zavi 8y ago
> What's in it for Google? It's part of GSuite so $$$. You have to pay for GSuite.
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by zavi 8y ago
Business culture is different in the US and China. If you tamper a chip in China and go unnoticed you are considered smart & the winner. If you do so here you'll be getting a more negative reaction.
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by zavi 8y ago
Their argument is that you need strong domestic steel industry to build tanks, ships, etc, in case of war. Not saying I'm agreeing with it just pointing out the stated rationale behind the tarrifs.
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by zavi 8y ago
Many banks also have these arbitrary password limitations which make it less convenient and less secure at the same time.
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by zavi 8y ago
Also when you browse Google maps you can see reservation dates on hotels and other venues. I thought the fact that Google scrapes emails to power other services was obvious by now.
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by zavi 8y ago
It's not targeted to technical communities. Chrome's market share is 50% and growing. It became successful in the first place because it's fast and simple. It's clearly targeted to average Joe by design, not programmers.

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