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Post by fridsun »

hachiya wrote: post #493
sandyvid wrote: post #478

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It's really not that hard for the cops to track down someone in China. Besides, clowwindy didn't take any precautions before. I believe clowwindy once revealed the company he worked for.

Do you have a reference for clowwindy revealing his employer? I didn't see anything about that. Cops can do a lot of things, but they don't pull information from thin air. Github would be one source of information. It's odd that this entire, and very popular, discussion on HN doesn't delve into how this individual was found. It's also interesting that your reply is from a new account with only this comment.

All ISPs in China are government-owned. It is believed that the government can locate any IP. Then it's only a problem of finding his IP by monitoring.

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Post by fridsun »

Datsundere wrote: post #523
pablovidal85 wrote: post #394

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Guns alone don't kill people (at least if they're not programmed to do so automatically), but as humans sometimes act irrationally, one could say if the population had less guns then there will be less deaths by gun shot.

The sole purpose of a gun is the kill/destroy more efficiently because knives and forks were not.

But...watergun?

Re: “Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”

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Post by fridsun »

jondubois wrote: post #330
alleycat wrote: post #314

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Capitalist beliefs? They're just as capitalist as us, even more so these days (especially in Western Europe).

I am aware of this effect (my wife is Russian) but I would still argue that they are not capitalist in the same way that we are (though they do come across as hyper-capitalist on a superficial level - As in; they are big consumers and they like to show off their social status). One thing that really surprised me about Russian and Chinese people though is how well they take care of their friends and family (for exampl…

It's not the case that capitalist culture doesn't care about people. Some of the best charities and NGO's originated in the US and Europe, while in China these can only be sporadic (as in friends and family form) or government-directed. You just know not enough Chinese to meet one who treats family bad. I am lucky I have a good family, but of the families I have met, few are on par with mine.

Genuity? Are you talking about the largest counterfeit producer in the world? Once the largest intellectual property infringer in the world? Where news articles have no reference links at all?

People are similarly nice to whom they know and love. It is how they treat strangers that distinguishes.

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Post by rawTruthHurts »

hodwik wrote: post #549
rawTruthHurts wrote: post #546

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Well, where I work at is 24/7/51.

Interesting, are you in Europe?

UK. Last week of the year (Christmas celebrations and so, you know) this joint shuts down.

Re: “Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”

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Post by rahimnathwani »

kuschku wrote: post #528
rahimnathwani wrote: post #520

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I think you can turn this off. My phone has a setting called 'Scanning always available', which says "Let Google's location service and other apps scan for networks, even when Wi-Fi is off.". If I turn off this setting, and turn off wi-fi, then the problem you point out should be avoided, right?

Yes. But if you turn on WiFi and Location at the same time (which is not uncommon), then it will suck your battery dry in seconds. Turn any of those two off, and it works.

Oh. My phone has three options for 'Location mode':

- High accuracy (GPS, wi-fi, mobile)

- Battery saving (Wi-fi, mobile)

- Device only (GPS)

From what you say, it sounds like 'Device only' would save more battery than 'Battery saving'?

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Post by hodwik »

rawTruthHurts wrote: post #554
hodwik wrote: post #549

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Interesting, are you in Europe?

UK. Last week of the year (Christmas celebrations and so, you know) this joint shuts down.

Gotcha, here in the US most people will take off that week, but no business would ever shut down entirely for a week. You'd piss off all of your customers and associates. (Which is why American workers hate dealing with ones in the EU, they're always on vacation!)

Whoever doesn't stay home during the Christmas period in the US gets accolades from management, so there's incentive to work if you're career-focused.

Re: “Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”

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Post by pablovidal85 »

Datsundere wrote: post #523
pablovidal85 wrote: post #394

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guns alone don't kill people (at least if they're not programmed to do so automatically), but as humans sometimes act irrationally, one could say if the population had less guns then there will be less deaths by gun shot.

The sole purpose of a gun is the kill/destroy more efficiently because knives and forks were not.

Nothing really has just one purpose. I admit that the person who built the weapon may have done so with the idea of killing in mind, but nobody can stop me using the gun to crack a nut or scare animals using a blank cartridge. Ultimately is a person (or a machine built as an extension of somebody's will) who points to something and pulls the trigger.

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Post by chefkoch »

rahimnathwani wrote: post #521
chefkoch wrote: post #237

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Register your VPN with the authorities. We are atm doing this for a office in Beijing.

Is the primary purpose of your VPN to bypass GFW, or to provide access to your corporate network? I guess the latter would be considered a good reason.

yes, mainly to access the corp network.

Re: “Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”

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Post by hachiya »

fridsun wrote: post #551
hachiya wrote: post #493

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have a reference for clowwindy revealing his employer? I didn't see anything about that. Cops can do a lot of things, but they don't pull information from thin air. Github would be one source of information. It's odd that this entire, and very popular, discussion on HN doesn't delve into how this individual was found. It's also interesting that your reply is from a new account with only this comment.

All ISPs in China are government-owned. It is believed that the government can locate any IP. Then it's only a problem of finding his IP by monitoring.

That may be possible, but no source had made that claim as far as I know, in this case or any other. Also, Github uses SSL. It would be interesting how they distinguish one user's Github connection from all the others originating in China.

Again, how the Github user was actually located by Chinese police was not disclosed or even discussed here. It's interesting that mentioning this has resulted in two comments by new accounts, solely to blame Chinese authorities as discovering the user on their own, with no evidence for it.

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