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junnan··on GLM 5.2 Is Out
propaganda
junnan··on Wuhan Traffic Report
Baidu Map offers real time traffic map. There is no historical data available though.
junnan··on Stories of Steve Jobs in Safari Design Reviews (2014)
You mean tautology?
junnan··on Ask HN: I'm going to China. What privacy precautions can/should I take?
I've never used Streisand before. What I normal do is using Shadowsocks directly (part of what Streisand offers). It has Windows, Linux, OSX, and Android clients. Third party IOS client is also available.
junnan··on Always-on Alibaba office app fuels backlash among Chinese workers
This seems to be allowed in WeChat. But such text will be blocked if you try to send it in a group chat. I guess CPP allows you to talk privately but not publicly in a 300 people group.
junnan··on Chat is Google's next big fix for Android's messaging mess
Data usage is not free and also controlled by carriers.
junnan··on What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?
Uninstall and use chrome version.
junnan··on The long, tortuous and fascinating process of creating a Chinese font
This is what I use in my computer. https://www.google.com/get/noto/help/cjk/
junnan··on Show HN: SubSync – Automatically download subtitles for your movies
I use subdl on Linux, a simple command line tool.
junnan··on China to bar people with bad 'social credit' from planes, trains
Finally an original source. I was wondering what the original text of "once untrustworthy, always restricted" would be. I think a more accurate translation should be "untrustworthy here, restricted everywhere".
junnan··on JIT Compilation for Emacs Lisp
I use a nox emacs with minimum .emacs for quick editing in terminal. Its startup time is comparable to vi.
junnan··on Google dedicates engineering team to accelerate development of WordPress
> Because of the way Google services were implemented, the government could not block Reader without also blocking GMail and Google Search, which was not an option.

It's interesting that they didn't block gmail and Google search. The Chinese government did that a couple of years ago, which surprisingly didn't cause widespread criticism except among the highly educated group.

junnan··on Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced
Til I'm not alone!
junnan··on Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL announced
Great software and camera. But having seen pixel 2 xl, I find the bezel on my pixel really intolerable.
junnan··on iPhone X
This. https://youtu.be/IW7Rqwwth84
junnan··on Vue Loop – Infinite scrolling
This actually looks really nice in my android chrome. It might be useful in some cases.
junnan··on 40% of foreign students in the US have no close American friends on campus
Dude, the stories you didn't tell are far more intriguing
junnan··on China won't be luring foreign tech talent any time soon
You miss a point bro, that is, foreigners in China are warmly welcomed and respected. I think that compensate the social status of IT workers. BTW, by foreigners I mean white male
junnan··on Switching from macOS: The Basics
Shipped with Dell but wifi not working? I don't buy it.
junnan··on Free for students: Professional developer tools from JetBrains
Emacs's elpy package is also great at auto-complete. I haven't used PyCharm myself but Emacs is more than enough. Also, most of my other programming are done in Emacs.
junnan··on Apple Sucks Now, Here’s a ThinkPad Buyer’s Guide
+1 for XPS 13. I installed Archlinux on it, just to get rid of those Windows bloatware.
junnan··on Ask HN: What do you wish someone would build?
Actually, in China, everyone uses WeChat. It is the ONE IM app you described.
junnan··on Why do old statues have such small penises?
There should be scientific studies telling us the average size of penises.