I know the article isn't about this, but I loved this part
the main problem — plain text editing forces us to conflate our model of identity with our model for labels.
The identity you have is not the labels others or you apply to you. But that very notion is advocated by the fake left thought police to tell you you have to conflate the two, in fact, your identity is nothing except the labels they proscribe you, and they demand you act in conformance with the rules they invent for that label.
It's funny that their idea hits a wall in this practical expression in coding. And I wonder if illumination will strike more generally
> critics, who point out that Chinese law obligates companies to cooperate with national intelligence work and to keep those requests secret. In other words, if asked, Huawei would have to spy for the state and cover up that spying. (U.S. companies have been accused of similar behavior, most famously following leaks by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.)
If US IC doesn't use it's big tech collaborators for corporate espionage, and loses out to someone who does, US can't blame anyone but itself.
Hiring ex Nortel was part of it, but also the billions of dollars of credit Huawei had thanks to CDB. If G7 states don't help their big tech with huge debt war chests, and lose customers to states that back their big tech...G7 states don't have anyone to blame but themselves.
It seems the article hopes you believe that Western corporate competition is not cut throat...just a bunch of dainty little companies oh so shocked at the aggressive competition from Huawei. Nothing could be further from the truth...How to read this in anyway apart from 1) Interesting history on Nortel and Huawei, and 2) a fine example of the contemporary genre of "China bad literature".
This can't be right. First, this therapy was advocated by Trump, and everything he touches is wrong and must be burned to the ground, just like the media says. Second, the media has been telling me this literally kills people. So I'm going to ignore this and be thankful to Big Pharma and Gilead for providing me with the remdesivir miracle cure. Obviously this is HN, who always follows facts, so this satirical comment will fade, because clearly the good rational people of HN all knew HCQ/AZ/Zn worked all along, and they were never ever deluded by the media. Right? right? Plus, there's no moral liability issue the the media has in possible causing more death by discouraging and misrepresenting a useful therapy, so let's just ignore any culpability and get back to being grateful we have a Free Press, unlike those commies. Happy 4th!!!!
Just like the strategic use of accusations of heresy against politically correct groupthink, fake rape and assault accusations, and fake racial discrimination claims, are being used as tactics to reshape the allocation of capital and balance of political and corporate power.
The question I have is: aside from individuals using these purges for their own gain, what new larger order is this turbulence tilling the field for?
Beginning in the late 1940s, the Soviet Union began building deep underground
facilities at Russian sites. Those near Chekov and Sharapovo, both outside of
Moscow, were notable for their heavily concealed national command authority
wartime relocation functions. Disguised to look like research and development
facilities to US overhead collection, they thus conveyed a deceptive imagery
signature to analysts. Only persistent analysis in the early 1980s by the US Air
Force Special Studies Group based on anomaly detection and change comparison over 10 years of imagery coverage eventually exposed the facilities' true
purposes.
Designed principally to ensure the survivability of the top leadership and provide
continuity in command and control during wartime, these exceptionally well-hidden, deep underground, facilities implied Soviet intentions and capabilities to
prepare for protracted nuclear war.
or perhaps it's the chance for Hong Kong to renew itself?
It couldn't compete economically with growth in the rest of the greater Bay area and the rest of China it's certainly need some new purpose and direction. maybe the national security law can help Hong Kong regain a sense of being an extremely safe and stable place. a shining light for the rule of law perhaps.
certainly that would be a welcome contrast to the images of dissenting voices being set on fire and violently assaulted by the self-appointed protectors of free speech and democracy on Hong Kong streets. you can support the heroic actions of those young misguided hongkongers if you'd like... and see it in simplistic terms as a struggle between in the red corner the evil China and in the blue corner the wonders of democracy.... or you can grasp the larger picture. increasing stability in Hong Kong is a good thing, while the commentary around the world is part of the noise. The divisive noise required to keep democracies functioning smoothly.
anyway the security law it's certainly no death knell, although I'd say that being burned to death for having an opinion that diverges from the mob, was definitely a threatening blow to freedom and the rule of law in Hong Kong.
so not a death knell but the security law is an exact implementation of the agreement that Britain and China created together. every step the China is taking its right there in the basic law as created by China and Britain in 1997.
I think you can understand this situation because countries like Britain and America they have to say they disapprove, to conform to their populations expectations, but in reality every country's working towards the same goal. it's just that to admit this would cause the useful fantasy in each particular place to collapse. for now the best way to get to a better future globally is for different countries to have their own stories.
unlikely given that the shining example of freedom of expression was the crazy chaos in Hong Kong over the last 12 months, which saw people who use their freedom of speech to voice their dissent being assaulted and set on fire. hard to find many sympathizers for this in the mainland.... but easy for many in China to see hongkongers simply as unhappy about an economic reality where in the last 30 years China has far exceeded the growth of Hong Kong.
instead of pouring their energy into useless Street protests the kids of Hong Kong should make some startup companies or move to Guangzhou and make their fortune in a place that's a little more affordable to live in with a lot more space....
still I bet it must feel so satisfying to be able to blame China for all their unhappiness. The only problem is these kids being used by forces they don't understand. their energy, momentum and potential has being directed towards this end. Even the end is a good thing, the creation of a more stable society, it's not what people realize. wouldn't it be in China's interest to create a chaotic situation in Hong Kong in order to increase the contrast between the successes of its own system and the failures of the Western model espoused Hong Kong, as well as to add momentum to calls to extend national laws to Hong Kong to make up for the long-overdue article 23?