Apple Removes HKmap.live from the App Store

Post by yazaddaruvala » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 3:57 PM UTC

sho wrote: post #492

glitchc wrote: post #452

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A thread on HN is a far cry from what a typical American thinks. America doesn’t need to take over other nations in the parochial sense. Rather the number of bases the US has established throughout the world accomplish manifest destiny in a modern fashion. No other country has or has ever had this level or scale of military deployment.

I didn't really want to bash on the US too hard but yeah. America has over five hundred overseas military bases. To say no other country even comes close is an understatement. I'm not even saying the US overseas forces are bad. They've been misused, yes, but I don't want to argue about that - it's complicated. To disclaim America's outsize global ambitions, however - for whatever purpose - is just laughable.

Post by root_axis » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 3:57 PM UTC

journalctl wrote: post #268

stephc_int13 wrote: post #261

Blizzard and now Apple. I think this is very serious and it should be a wake-up call. As simple citizens we don't have much choices but vote with our wallets and use social networks to attack the most valuable asset of those companies, their reputation.

That’s not how this works. Apple is one of the wealthiest companies in the world, and saying “just don’t spend money there” is a bit reductionist and trivializes the problem of corporations with more power than nation-states. You need to fight fire with fire: governments of the world (especially the US government) need to create laws that restrict and punish this kind of behavior. Otherwise, I sincerely doubt Apple’s…

Post by eeZah7Ux » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 3:58 PM UTC

zahrc wrote: post #532

bufferoverflow wrote: post #299

Lesson learned: don't use apple phones. Android lets you install APKs from any source.

How many tech parts, phones, and whatnot are “made in China”? How many of these companies are owned by the government? Basically by buying whatever you are shoving money in to this regime. No matter what and where you buy. Also what about huawei?

Post by sho » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

metalchianti wrote: post #494

sho wrote: post #401

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Pot? That's your argument? Show me the state where you can show full penetrative sex on public TV at 9pm, like you can in europe, and I'll agree they're independent. EDIT: OK, that was a dumb example. Substitute banning guns, or lowering the drinking age, or lowering income tax. Country-level things.

Yes, a psychoactive drug with a longstanding and controversial social history having substantial legal differences state-to-state is VERY significant and representative of what statehood represents in the US. Are you from the US? Based on your OP I'm not sure how much you understand mechanics of the federation. And TBH I'm not sure how much you understand China--personally I think 1930s era fascism is a better analog…

Post by kube-system » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

matwood wrote: post #352

sho wrote: post #315

Here we go again... Let me explain how Chinese people think about HK, since none of them ever seem to explain it on a site like this. Imagine you are a middle class American. Maybe you are but if not, just imagine, tech city on the east or west coast. You're pretty invested in being an American, skin in the game, manifest destiny etc. Very good. They call this tianxia by the way, basically Chinese manifest destiny. L…

> wants all these rights others don't have This is exactly how the United States is setup. Notice how pot is legal in some states and not others? I don't see the National Guard marching on Colorado.