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Because spoken language usually has more context (as compared to a brief written sign or a headline).

The advantage of pictograms is you can infer meaning from component radicals when looking at more complicated pictograms. Pinyin is useful but limited, e.g. there is a number of different pictograms that are all pronouced 'shi4' so simply by looking at pinyin you won't be able to differentiate without additional context that might not be available in written scenario.

Having spent the last few weeks in Beijing, I can't help but think that any reasonable trade compromise should essentially require that China get rid of its Great Firewall. When you block and throttle essentially any foreign digital product and service in this day and age you are not practicing free trade. Tariffs / IP protections / dumping / FDI restrictions are all important but so long as the Firewall is in place international community should block China from selling any digital and physical goods. WTO rules should be updated to forbid digital blocking and throttling.

I went to ICBC and ABC branches last week in Beijing near Tsinghua and they both told me no bank account on my tourist visa. What am I missing?

This is false, you cannot open a bank account unless you live in China (work & residence proof required).

Source: just came back from China, went to a few banks and tried to open an account.

AliPay seems to now accept foreign debit cards though as a source of funding.

The biggest issue is income inequality. So long as ultra-rich people exist none of these improvements really matter.

It's hard to mandate competence practically speaking.

Users don't see google.com, they see shittypopups.com delivered by Google

Or 10 years will pass and China will be stuck with 400 million sick old people slowly turning from the key asset to liability.

I wonder if EU is also going to align with China w.r.t. the Social Credit Score. Want to to business with us? Just make sure every European uses WeChat so we can read everything they say online.

Suicide apparently https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2018/12/06/renowed-chinese...

Worth mentioning that Canada has its own history of concerns with Huawei due to the Nortel debacle: https://www.afr.com/technology/web/security/how-chinese-hack...

Can't make your own tech sector? Steal from the FAANG!

How will they make sure people don't cheat and eat more anyways? 800 calories a day for an overweight person requires some serious will power.

The question is: what is the practical path to that world?

Google? Are you sure you're in Vancouver?

Sounds like cheating.

> The 15 most recent searches you've entered into the Facebook search bar.

I can see how the attacker can use this to blackmail somebody.

Paul's Online Notes is my childhood. There's something nostalgic about seeing this submission.

> What's in it for Google?

It's part of GSuite so $$$. You have to pay for GSuite.

Business culture is different in the US and China. If you tamper a chip in China and go unnoticed you are considered smart & the winner. If you do so here you'll be getting a more negative reaction.

Their argument is that you need strong domestic steel industry to build tanks, ships, etc, in case of war. Not saying I'm agreeing with it just pointing out the stated rationale behind the tarrifs.

Many banks also have these arbitrary password limitations which make it less convenient and less secure at the same time.

Also when you browse Google maps you can see reservation dates on hotels and other venues. I thought the fact that Google scrapes emails to power other services was obvious by now.

It's not targeted to technical communities. Chrome's market share is 50% and growing. It became successful in the first place because it's fast and simple. It's clearly targeted to average Joe by design, not programmers.

Their cloud business doubles every year. Play & hardware are also considerable now: https://qz.com/1334369/alphabet-q2-2018-earnings-google-is-m...

I'm not sure I'd call them desperate looking at the valuation, 20+% revenue growth, and the fact that EU keeps pushing legislation that increasingly cements their dominance against any potential competition in the region.

Nope. See other comment.

If only everybody was as enlightened as us, Vivaldi users. Too bad those illiterate masses don't know what's good for them.

This has been going on for over a year now. A lot of astroturfing coupled with misinformation criticizing predominantly US-based incumbents. I think there are a few mods with a political agenda who are pushing this. Often the advertised replacement is an inferior product that doesn't even provide better privacy or securty than Google or whatever is being criticized. Interesting time to live in.