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I'm all for banning apps that carry spywares (either by app store policies, or privacy laws), but I see no reason why such ban applies only to apps published by Chinese companies, …

"People should be allowed to see whatever they want, but if they are attracted to influences controlled by the boogeyman, then the government knows better and should cut off your a…

Of course. Nor does free speech exist on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Youtube, etc. Only difference is who makes rules for censorship.

As the report says: > a seemingly recent campaign to counter transnational telecom and online fraud (according to the official provincial statements) The increase in telecom scammi…

Not only what videos are shown, but also what videos /topics are suppressed, which is also a useful tool for swaying public opinion as Meta has demonstrated: https://news.ycombinat…

Could that be used to measure one-way speed of light? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-way_speed_of_light

I've been using Bitwarden's clients (browser extension, mobile apps, desktop apps) with a self-hosted vaultwarden [1] server. It's marginally free if you are already self-hosting o…

I remember this from the era when building websites with FrontPage and DreamWeaver was still a thing. There were sites with catalogs of those "apply cool effects to your website by…

> Because that's what "Sept", "Oct", "Nov", and "Dec" mean. Please keep that idea to whatever languages that assign those names to months. East Asian languages have been calling th…

Translation based on screenshot: https://i.redd.it/vlj0wyw9apo81.jpg The pandemic changed everything for the airline industry, which went into recession for two years. Pilots' inco…

> 3. ... if you forfeit $1 of income and the strike price of options is $1, ... Does this example need another prerequisite "and the current price of NFLX is $1"? Because if the ex…

Sorry for being ignorant but sincere question: where / which culture considers the V gesture offensive? I'm assuming the V gesture you are referring to is the one that consists of …

> Most commercial aircraft can fly themselves except for take off and the last few hundred feet of landing (thanks to instrument landing systems). Not a pilot, just wondering -- do…

Obligatory "If Microsoft Made Cars" joke: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/pnw/microsoftjoke.htm For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enh…

Except travelers are not "on us soil" until granted entry by customs. Customs could just deny entry if foreign travelers won't voluntarily consent to search.

The establishment (somewhat aligned with "pro-Beijing" camp) has more than half seats (43/70) in HK's Legislative Council. Goverment bills require simple majority in the Council to…

Automatic Revalidation? Yes it works for F visas. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-inf...

My guess is that you misunderstood the original word they used "歹徒", which is more like "gangster, villan". And the clip you referred to, I think was the "tank man" video being air…

There is "Google Contributor" [1]. The idea is basically that you pay the publisher out of your own pocket for their ad space, to buy your own impression. This might be a great pro…

> that any Chinese student who studies abroad must become a member of the Communist Party Not true. Being a Chinese student who studied in the US in the past, I never joined, or wa…

Weird. I've been primarily using Internet in China, and I have never heard of 265.com before. I believe that's also the case for most Chinese Internet users. I doubt how valuable t…

For 1, right now it is still fairly easy to buy "identities" from black market to use with Chinese Internet services. With the so-called "4-piece set" (national ID card, SIM card, …

> They have no credible replacement for Hangouts, do they? Hangouts chat is supposed to be the replacement: https://gsuite.google.com/products/chat/ It might be made available to (…

> Every Chinese citizen I've talked to is pro-DragonFly, myself included. You might want to talk to some Hong Kong people, or even people from Taiwan, if they are still considered …

China is ruled by a party with "Communist" in its name, that's the only connection with communists. Officially China runs "socialism with chinese characteristics", but as other com…