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   by liujy 3y ago

   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
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   by liujy 5y ago

   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 phrase “mainland Chinese” or “mainland China” in English is becau
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   by liujy 5y ago

   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. Data-wise, we know that the largest drop-off during customer
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   by liujy 6y ago

   I believe the above user is referring to the 1MDB scandal which took place earlier this year.
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   by liujy 6y ago

   I’d assume the parent comment is alluding to FAANG or some of the hotter software startups.
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   by liujy 6y ago

   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 said, most people are Chrome users. Anecdotally, most engineer
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   by liujy 6y ago

   > 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.