I mean really, after WW II, we must gone over there and said "Look, we know you guys got all that stolen jewish gold. You can keep it, just do a little bit of work for us on the side...
While I understand the initial reasons for anon posting, times are different,/. needs to stop anon posting. Sure, jackholes can still make bots, using dummy accounts and whatnot, but it's a lot more work than if they allow anon posting.
Slashdot doesn't actually allow anonymous posting. You have to log in. So the admins can find out who you are. You can choose to hide your identity from the community. If someone has a substantive complaint, Slashdot management can handle it.
times are different
Have we really descended to the level of the PRC? Where everyone has to protect their social credit score in fear of retribution at the hands of the collective? I thought we still had until Jan 20.
The whole social credit score thing is such a meme. Have you been to China? No? Do you know anyone in China? No? Exactly. You refer to something that's as beta as something like Tesla fully autonomous driving or like UBI in western countries. It's just an idea people are toying with and it's not even that bad.
Do you know in San Francisco you can get banned from public transportation. That's what social credit score means. It means if you are fucking asshole, you might lose your privilege to use social servi
Getting a temporary ban from BART has nothing to do with a social credit score. It has everything to do with illegal behavior, or 3-strikes of the listed disruptive behavior (e.g. carrying hazardous materials, urinating or defecating on a train or in a station, defacing BART property with graffiti, etc.) Bans can last from 30 days to a year.
[2013] The Bay Area Rapid Transit system, which serves San Francisco and Oakland, will be able to ban people for several offenses. The San Francisco Chronicle runs down the list of what could get someone banned: — Arrested or convicted for a misdemeanor or felony on a train or BART property [list snipped] What does it take to get banned from a transit system? [washingtonpost.com]
I guess if those are the types of offenses you categorize as making someone an asshole, then yes, they can get you a temporary ban. But anyone that takes a dump on th
Do you know in San Francisco you can get banned from public transportation. That's what social credit score means.
For doing something specific relating to that area; how many people have been banned from BART because they questioned government policy? It is no way similar to being anything from mildly inconvenienced to denied anything approaching a normal life if "the state" decides you're a problem. The OP was wrong to talk about social credit as though it was some widespread practice at the moment, but pu
but punishing citizens for not being blindly loyal to the state by restricting their access to services is incredibly widespread in China And how do you know that, when you actually never have been in China?
exactly. they don't know this and they cannot cite a single example. I am sure their inability to cite an example is something they would blame censorship. The whole thing is a group monkey dance.
In Hong Kong and from Hong Kong. But that's not China either...
Do you know what's happening to Falun Gong or the Uhigers? How difficult it is to move around anywhere in China without facial recognition or having to use a smart phone app just to get around?
or like UBI in western countries.
There it is. Big meanie won't give me money. Thinks that there is nothing wrong with a bit of character building that associating with other people to produce goods or services of mutual value to both facilitat
Falun gong proposes that cancer can be cured with exercise. it's a dangerous ideology for a superstitious people.
Uyghurs, oh right, "there it is". Do you know what's happening to Hui Chinese? Oh nothing? But China hates all Muslims right? Maybe Uyghurs did something to get treated different. Oh that's right they rallied for independence and had other terrorist individuals. You can not argue about the nature of the Chinese system in any meaningful way by ignoring most the facts.
You don't really get sarcasm, do you? So we will keep this simple, with sort words for your benefit. I know people from Hong Kong. I know people from Taiwan. And I've been there. For all intents and purposes, I know enough Chinese people to be well informed about what goes on there.
Falun gong proposes that cancer can be cured with exercise. it's a dangerous ideology for a superstitious people.
Christian Science proposes that disease can be cured with prayer. It's a dangerous ideology for a superstitious people. But you don't see us trying to suppress the belief. They might be nuts, but that's their right. President Xi
No idea why Americans want to suddenly style China as the enemy.
China stayed out of the so called "cold war" for more than 50 years, now some American idiots want to draw them into a new one.
Simple question, who has the better interner and cellular phone? Answer: it is no the US. (Many reasons for that, so some might take it with a grain of salt:P )
Americans want to make China the enemy for what I think are two main reasons. First it is Asian markets that have gutted most of our manufacturing jobs. Second of all the Asian markets, China is the one with the least political ties to us which holds to the philosophy of communism (which is a double win). Both of these undermine the superiority of America and American ethos.
As for the first one, we did this -- our executives off-shored these jobs. Tangentially I think China understands the pitfall we submit
However that attitude has to change. There is only one planet. And it gets virtually smaller:D every day.
I completely agree. It's why through a series of events, I went from being a tech worker whom originally supported sciences, to living in China doing simple English education. The ultimate goal to explore better lesser known aspects of Chinese culture and to see how they approach this concept of a "one planet", especially as global concerns for climate increase. China's position on this matter will be key and it will be interesting to see how they grow their economy while being a more green economy.
Why can conservatives not understand the difference between the government and a private company? They claim to be all about the free market and little government, but when it actually happens they get upset and confused.
Why can conservatives not understand the difference between the government and a private company?
Why can't the liberals? Look at all the mandates for social programs and requests for data that they impose upon private companies. My company will contract with which ever sole proprietors it wants to provide transportation services. It will buy power from the cheapest producer that can generate from whatever fuel source is legal in their jurisdiction. It will allow employees the possession and carrying of any legal device that has no material effect on our bottom line while they are on our premises. It wo
It will buy power from the cheapest producer that can generate from whatever fuel source is legal in their jurisdiction. Sure asshole. Thanx for the information. I will never make business with you. Probably not even tollerate you at my table for a "friendly" dinner.
While I understand the initial reasons for anon posting, times are different,/. needs to stop anon posting.
Have we really descended to the level of the PRC? Where everyone has to protect their social credit score in fear of retribution at the hands of the collective? I thought we still had until Jan 20.
Anonymous posting has been more trouble than it has been worth as long as I've been aware, which has been for most of the time that Slashdot has been called Slashdot. Its primary use is trolling. There have been some quality AC comments here and there, but it's hard to imagine that they would not have been left if AC posting didn't exist, since throwaway email addresses have been so easy to get for most of this site's operational history. It's true they're a bit harder to come by now (ones which aren't asso
How many Swiss companies are NOT owned by the CIA (Score:2, Informative)
I mean really, after WW II, we must gone over there and said "Look, we know you guys got all that stolen jewish gold. You can keep it, just do a little bit of work for us on the side...
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Please don't make baseless accusations against Swatch [swatch.com].
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Am I the only one that noticed that all the fucking trumptards on this site post anonymously ?
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While I understand the initial reasons for anon posting, times are different, /. needs to stop anon posting. Sure, jackholes can still make bots, using dummy accounts and whatnot, but it's a lot more work than if they allow anon posting.
Re:The DNC is probably owned by China, so... (Score:5, Insightful)
Slashdot doesn't actually allow anonymous posting. You have to log in. So the admins can find out who you are. You can choose to hide your identity from the community. If someone has a substantive complaint, Slashdot management can handle it.
times are different
Have we really descended to the level of the PRC? Where everyone has to protect their social credit score in fear of retribution at the hands of the collective? I thought we still had until Jan 20.
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The whole social credit score thing is such a meme. Have you been to China? No? Do you know anyone in China? No? Exactly. You refer to something that's as beta as something like Tesla fully autonomous driving or like UBI in western countries. It's just an idea people are toying with and it's not even that bad.
Do you know in San Francisco you can get banned from public transportation. That's what social credit score means. It means if you are fucking asshole, you might lose your privilege to use social servi
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[2013] The Bay Area Rapid Transit system, which serves San Francisco and Oakland, will be able to ban people for several offenses. The San Francisco Chronicle runs down the list of what could get someone banned: — Arrested or convicted for a misdemeanor or felony on a train or BART property [list snipped]
What does it take to get banned from a transit system? [washingtonpost.com]
I guess if those are the types of offenses you categorize as making someone an asshole, then yes, they can get you a temporary ban. But anyone that takes a dump on th
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He is defending and promoting the censorship of opposing voices to his own, I'm sure that murdering those that don't agree with him is okay too.
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For doing something specific relating to that area; how many people have been banned from BART because they questioned government policy? It is no way similar to being anything from mildly inconvenienced to denied anything approaching a normal life if "the state" decides you're a problem. The OP was wrong to talk about social credit as though it was some widespread practice at the moment, but pu
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but punishing citizens for not being blindly loyal to the state by restricting their access to services is incredibly widespread in China
And how do you know that, when you actually never have been in China?
Re: The DNC is probably owned by China, so... (Score:2)
exactly. they don't know this and they cannot cite a single example. I am sure their inability to cite an example is something they would blame censorship. The whole thing is a group monkey dance.
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exactly.
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Have you been to China? No?
Taiwan. But I guess that's not China. So ...
Do you know anyone in China? No?
In Hong Kong and from Hong Kong. But that's not China either ...
Do you know what's happening to Falun Gong or the Uhigers? How difficult it is to move around anywhere in China without facial recognition or having to use a smart phone app just to get around?
or like UBI in western countries.
There it is. Big meanie won't give me money. Thinks that there is nothing wrong with a bit of character building that associating with other people to produce goods or services of mutual value to both facilitat
Re: The DNC is probably owned by China, so... (Score:2)
Falun gong proposes that cancer can be cured with exercise. it's a dangerous ideology for a superstitious people.
Uyghurs, oh right, "there it is". Do you know what's happening to Hui Chinese? Oh nothing? But China hates all Muslims right? Maybe Uyghurs did something to get treated different. Oh that's right they rallied for independence and had other terrorist individuals. You can not argue about the nature of the Chinese system in any meaningful way by ignoring most the facts.
Oh good job parroting HK
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Oh good job parroting HK and Taiwan aren't China.
You don't really get sarcasm, do you? So we will keep this simple, with sort words for your benefit. I know people from Hong Kong. I know people from Taiwan. And I've been there. For all intents and purposes, I know enough Chinese people to be well informed about what goes on there.
Falun gong proposes that cancer can be cured with exercise. it's a dangerous ideology for a superstitious people.
Christian Science proposes that disease can be cured with prayer. It's a dangerous ideology for a superstitious people. But you don't see us trying to suppress the belief. They might be nuts, but that's their right. President Xi
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And why did that got modded Flaimbait? He is perfectly right.
Re: The DNC is probably owned by China, so... (Score:2)
I broke the cardinal rule on any American dominated forum, "don't try to have a reasonable debate about China"...
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Ha ha - Likely!
No idea why Americans want to suddenly style China as the enemy.
China stayed out of the so called "cold war" for more than 50 years, now some American idiots want to draw them into a new one.
Simple question, who has the better interner and cellular phone? Answer: it is no the US. (Many reasons for that, so some might take it with a grain of salt :P )
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Americans want to make China the enemy for what I think are two main reasons. First it is Asian markets that have gutted most of our manufacturing jobs. Second of all the Asian markets, China is the one with the least political ties to us which holds to the philosophy of communism (which is a double win). Both of these undermine the superiority of America and American ethos.
As for the first one, we did this -- our executives off-shored these jobs. Tangentially I think China understands the pitfall we submit
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Nice summary, thank you.
However that attitude has to change. There is only one planet. And it gets virtually smaller :D every day.
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However that attitude has to change. There is only one planet. And it gets virtually smaller :D every day.
I completely agree. It's why through a series of events, I went from being a tech worker whom originally supported sciences, to living in China doing simple English education. The ultimate goal to explore better lesser known aspects of Chinese culture and to see how they approach this concept of a "one planet", especially as global concerns for climate increase. China's position on this matter will be key and it will be interesting to see how they grow their economy while being a more green economy.
Hopefull
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Good luck!
My goal is Thailand (very different to China).
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Why can conservatives not understand the difference between the government and a private company? They claim to be all about the free market and little government, but when it actually happens they get upset and confused.
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Why can conservatives not understand the difference between the government and a private company?
Why can't the liberals? Look at all the mandates for social programs and requests for data that they impose upon private companies. My company will contract with which ever sole proprietors it wants to provide transportation services. It will buy power from the cheapest producer that can generate from whatever fuel source is legal in their jurisdiction. It will allow employees the possession and carrying of any legal device that has no material effect on our bottom line while they are on our premises. It wo
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It will buy power from the cheapest producer that can generate from whatever fuel source is legal in their jurisdiction.
Sure asshole. Thanx for the information. I will never make business with you. Probably not even tollerate you at my table for a "friendly" dinner.
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I will never make business with you.
Enjoy your Greyhound bus trip across the country to make that business meeting. Because you're not going to fly.
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Not in a Boing 737 MAX :P
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While I understand the initial reasons for anon posting, times are different, /. needs to stop anon posting.
Have we really descended to the level of the PRC? Where everyone has to protect their social credit score in fear of retribution at the hands of the collective? I thought we still had until Jan 20.
Anonymous posting has been more trouble than it has been worth as long as I've been aware, which has been for most of the time that Slashdot has been called Slashdot. Its primary use is trolling. There have been some quality AC comments here and there, but it's hard to imagine that they would not have been left if AC posting didn't exist, since throwaway email addresses have been so easy to get for most of this site's operational history. It's true they're a bit harder to come by now (ones which aren't asso
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Rs are the ones who have been shouting for "accountability", not Ds.
Just wait until your company gets dragged into a House hearing and you get grilled by AOC over why you won't toe the line to their version of truth.
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And by which law could that be even remotely possible? Troll?
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