WeChat is Watching: Living in China with the app that knows everything about me

Post by ohnope » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:22 AM UTC

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2 minutes with a moka? I seriously need to step up my game. 1 minute: hang grind fresh beans 1 minute: take out moka pot, fill with water, put coffee in, put on stove 3-6 minutes depending on ambient temp: moka boils 1 minute: pour cup, wash out moka pot Moka is such a pain. I drip now for time efficiency.

If you can afford it and care about grind quality, there are much quicker grinders out there. The Baratza Sette 270 grinds with fantastic precision compared to other grinders on the market (even the Vario), and goes through 19g of beans in about 5 seconds.

Post by tepidandroid » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 2:41 AM UTC

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> Defending China, Fuck the Chinese govt. > I hope the Chinese people rise up one day and figure out a better form of governance for themselves. Besides the immature, flippant impulse to challenge authority that seems quite prevalent in the West, why should the Chinese feel compelled to pursue the path of destruction you're advocating for? The CCP, for all its imperfections, has lifted 850 million illiterate peasants…

> In general, the people of China are very happy with the progress that's being made (particularly true of the rural population who have witnessed in real-time, continuous improvements to their standard of living). "All for the common good." Didn't even realize that movie was a documentary about China. I find it appalling that you find the Chinese government even remotely okay, the Chinese government violates people'…

Post by teknologist » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 4:03 AM UTC

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They still take Visa, and don't insist on an authoritarian government's surveillance app.

What do you call the CCTV cameras everywhere other than "an authoritarian government's surveillance"?

Post by siphon22 » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 4:34 AM UTC

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No, you are not going to get arrested in America for making a joke about George Washington. Enough with the irresponsible moral equivalence arguments. There are glaringly material differences between 'Google software scanning your mails to target ads' and 'the police having $2/hour folks reading private chats to arrest you for totally arbitrary reasons'.

>No, you are not going to get arrested in America for making a joke about George Washington. If someone leaks you joking about repeating a historical terrorist attack the chances that the police at least pay you a visit is very high, in the United States and other Western countries. There's actually a whole array of news articles you can find on your search engine of choice about arrests after people made social medi…

Post by datumy » Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 5:15 AM UTC

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I'm fed up with those people who think they understand China simply because they have read a sci-fi novel written by an Englishman before modern China has been founded. China's system is so complicated and so far from a heavy-handed police state.

I am neither American nor Chinese, but there is a qualitative difference. In the USA, i can say whatever I damn please. In China, I can not talk about certain topics. Whether or not both CCP and FBI bug my phone, I do not know. However, China is super oppressive when it comes to freedom.