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riverainon My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown

Sounds like "走火入魔", a mental state mentioned in many Wuxia/Chinese-Kongfu-Fantasy novels when a rigorous 内功修炼(internal training/meditation)goes bad, which I thought was a myth.

riverainon China Just Blocked Thousands of Websites

I can't visit the link. (https://zh.greatfire.org/blog/2014/nov/china-just-blocked-th...) And I'm in mainland China. What can I suppose?

riverainon China Just Blocked Thousands of Websites

Yes, and this article itself has been blocked too.

riverainon China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google

I'm a Chinese software developer. In China, VPN or other proxy tools are essential for anyone who need look up serious technical materials online. We call it "翻墙"(Go Over the Wall), which is a basic skill.

And about the reason why these sites are blocked: just BECAUSE THEY CAN! (They even blocked github for mysterious purpose once!) There is no public rule/law/principle to tell us why a foreign site is blocked. The just kill sites silently and pretend nobody cares.

Fortunately enough, HackNews has not been blocked, yet.

(Sorry for my bad English)