number_man

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   by number_man 1mo ago

   Be thankful we're not mantis shrimp. Color displays and cameras would be such a pain to make
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   by number_man 2y ago

   Here's my take on your recent comments, as a mainland Chinese who immigrated to the US 10+ years ago. There is no point arguing with other mainland Chinese online. I guess this is true for most online arguments but particularly so for
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   by number_man 2y ago

   The regulation recently changed and now requires all apps in the App Store to have a permit from the Chinese authority or be removed.
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   by number_man 2y ago

   I believe so. It's called "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" not "TikTok Ban Act", so it can be applied to apps like WeChat as well.
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   by number_man 2y ago

   > America did. Still does. Where and when did America claim that?
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   by number_man 3y ago

   China has certainly beaten the US in banning websites like TikTok.
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   by number_man 3y ago

   They are definitely aligned with the desire of autocracies. They may not realize it, but doesn't mean it's not the case.
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   by number_man 3y ago

   We have to start somewhere, and not having it under the control of a hostile foreign government is a good first step.
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   by number_man 3y ago

   There are plenty of sites to test this, and yes HN is blocked.
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    by number_man 3y ago

    The root world can spawn many simulations and simulations can be spawned within simulations. It becomes far more likely that we exist in a simulated world than in the root world.
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    by number_man 3y ago

    > When I travel to China with a mobile phone subscription that supports roaming, I get completely uncensored access to the internet. This is because when you are roaming, the data traffic goes through an encrypted tunnel to your carrier.
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    by number_man 4y ago

    Thanks for the link. It was indeed a very touching story. Considering his involvement with the pro-democracy group, it is most likely he wasn't allowed to go back to China. Of course this cannot be mentioned in an article published in
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    by number_man 4y ago

    Yitang never publicly mentioned this but he was likely granted a green card under the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992. He was also involved with groups that supported democratic movement in China. This explains why he was unable to v