xep

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[–] xep@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The way I see it, that number is a baseline figure for what their services would be offered for in exchange. If someone came up to me and said "here, I'll give you $53 and in exchange you'll let me surveil you for a year" I'd say no, but maybe someone else would've said yes. Then, as an experiment, maybe we can let the market take it from there, now that there's a price and some form of discovery mechanism.

[–] xep@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I read somewhere that they'd make it opt-out, but I can't find that setting anywhere.

[–] xep@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Without draconian censorship you can't really replicate the experience of Chinese social media. I mean, I'm sure I'd be able to say things like sprinkling pepper 撒胡椒面 or facilitating commerce while loosening my clothing 通商宽衣.

Just doesn't feel the same.

[–] xep@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

We're still early, it's only been fifteen years. Adoption any time now.

[–] xep@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

It's like a picture book!

[–] xep@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm okay with having less sugar in our foods, if this is what it takes.

[–] xep@kbin.social 64 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get some people to write really passionately about moving off of it, apparently.

[–] xep@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (8 children)

It is quite literally Taiwan’s constitutional vow and the opinion of every government theyve ever elected that they want to be part of China

I have to admit that I'm uninformed about this point of the RoC constitution. Could you point it out? For your convenience: https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000001

[–] xep@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Probably because "installing unsigned code from an unknown source" is a mouthful. Installing implicitly means "from within the walled garden" on these devices.

[–] xep@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Last week, Japan said it would prepare to ship Patriot air defence missiles to the United States after revising its arms export guidelines, in Tokyo's first major overhaul of such export curbs in nine years.

That's alright then!

[–] xep@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reads like Huawei marketing, if I'm to be honest.

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