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The point of using the term “sinophobia” rather than simply “prejudice” is that no, it does seem that some subset of people are uniquely unable to “criticize” PRC policy without in…

I hope other readers will note that, in response to the above user’s account of sinophobia in the US, the comments here on HN have overwhelmingly attempted to invalidate those expe…

Note that the Reagan administration negotiated “voluntary import quotas” with Japanese car manufacturers in the 1980s when US car manufacturers were being beaten by Japanese brands…

Expecting mainland Chinese to use the formal name of the PRC to self-identify is needlessly clunky and formal. The reason why many Chinese, regardless of nationality, use the phras…

Anecdotally, if you asked me to pay $30 up-front for a password manager, I would just keep using the same minimum-effort password for every site like I was doing a few years ago. D…

I believe the above user is referring to the 1MDB scandal which took place earlier this year.

I’d assume the parent comment is alluding to FAANG or some of the hotter software startups.

My understanding is that the monoculture being discussed is macOS rather than Safari. I would be surprised if most developers tested UI primarily on Safari considering, like you sa…

> Bundle their browser in a leading operating system. What’s the alternative here? I can’t imagine opening up a new computer and not having some kind of web browser pre-installed.