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ktln2··on Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for fraud
Not familiar with legal issues - can someone explain why Adam Neumann is free but Holmes is in jail? Isn't both committing fraud from investor POV? And is SBF committing the same crime?
ktln2··on I think US college education is nearer to collapsing than it appears
also

- getting paid below (barely above if you are lucky) 6 figures

- requires 3+ years of postdoc training which paid even worse

ktln2··on President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment
Purdue Pro-CCP Chinese students responding to the statement:

https://www.change.org/p/purdue-university-call-for-mitch-da...

ktln2··on China tightens control over cybersecurity in data crackdown
Under the new rules, anyone in China who finds a vulnerability must tell the government, which will decide what repairs to make. No information can be given to “overseas organizations or individuals” other than the product’s manufacturer.
ktln2··on The Fourier transform is a neural network
Just another example of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_approximation_theore...

ktln2··on The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter has failed
Modern AA missile systems are also very expensive - a S-400 battery cost you $500 million. [1]

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/19/russia-lures-buyers-as-s-400...

ktln2··on The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter has failed
For many countries they have no choice - you either spend the money on Military or you get invaded by Russia/China/North Korea.
ktln2··on The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter has failed
F-35 is not expensive if you consider the alternatives:

Brazil bought 36 JAS-39E for $5.8 billion. [1]

Taiwan ordered 66 F-16V for $8.1 billion. [2]

Korea is going to get 20 F-35A for $3.3 billion. [3]

[1] https://www.flightglobal.com/saab-brazil-finalise-gripen-ng-...

[2] https://nationalinterest.org/feature/taiwans-f-16v-fighter-j...

[3] https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2019/10/10/s...

ktln2··on Sinovac's vaccine efficacy less than 60% in Brazil trial -report
"In 1985, Mr. Yin, then 21, was the first to isolate the hepatitis A virus, and in 2001, he founded Sinovac Biotech ... From 2002 to 2011, Mr. Yin paid $77,000 to a senior Chinese drug regulator, Yin Hongzhang, and his wife to approve his vaccines, according to a 2018 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing court documents."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/business/china-coronaviru...

ktln2··on Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under national security law
The fear is real - A lot of pro-democracy Hong Kong activists in US are harassed and threatened by PRC government agents, many of them Chinese students studying in US.

[1] https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/08/30/hong-kong-activist...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/26/us/hong-kong-protests-col...

ktln2··on TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal – sources
Chinese always has the freedom to criticize and mock US government - as long as you are not targeting Chinese government you are fine ;-)
ktln2··on TikTok’s Chinese owner offers to forego stake to clinch U.S. deal – sources
It is funny to see comments like “this will only strengthen the hostility of Chinese people against US” - the fact is most if not all Chinese see US as their arch nemesis.
ktln2··on Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok's US operations
This is giving China a taste of it's own medicine - pretty sure EU or Japan would love to see this given the treatment of their companies in China.
ktln2··on Satellite data suggests coronavirus may have hit China earlier
source: https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/42669767?fbclid=IwAR1j1S2P...
ktln2··on Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic? (2017)
In China, you are not allowed to talk about Wuhan as the source of outbreak anymore [1]. A prominent microbiologist is forced to apologize after saying the virus was originated Wuhan seafood market and blaming the culture of eating wild animals[2]. The whole country is trying to shape US as the source of virus, at least on Chinese social media.

1. https://www.ft.com/content/d420ce18-641f-11ea-b3f3-fe4680ea6... 2. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/artic... 3. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/world/asia/coronavirus-ch...

ktln2··on China government spokesman says U.S. army might have brought virus to China
This escalates quickly: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/politics/state-department-chi...
ktln2··on A Made-in-China Pandemic
Unfortunately we live in an era of countries trying to weaponize their supply chains (e.g. China [1], Japan [2]).

1. https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/07/08/how-china... 2. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/japan-south-korea-dispute-im...

ktln2··on SoundCloud raises $75M from SiriusXM
They generated > $2 billion revenue during 2019Q4...
ktln2··on Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about ties to China
There are different types of fundings - some encourage you to find matching sponsors, some forbids you to do that explicitly.
ktln2··on Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about ties to China
Lieber requested that half of his money be deposited into a Chinese bank account and other half be paid to him in cash when he next visit WUT. https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1222217996959199234?s=2...
ktln2··on Harvard scientist is arrested, accused of lying about ties to China
Not common (and acceptable) if you are taking grants from ONR, DARPA or Air Force grants.
ktln2··on Huawei’s Revenue Hits Record $122B in 2019 Despite U.S. Campaign
Huawei is (essentially) a state-owned company - I don't think they are calculating revenue using external auditor and comply with GAAP. It is not comparable with any publicly traded companies.
ktln2··on Fallout from Blizzard Hong Kong Incident
"consensus opinions" authorized by Chinese government - likes, "trending" and timelines are all artificially constructed to make you feel like it's the consensus of Chinese people.
ktln2··on China and Taiwan Clash over Wikipedia Edits
There are tons of Chinese students studying in other countries. They are organized by Chinese consulate to "flex their muscle" against anything "anti-china".

[1] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3025721/ch...

[2] https://www.apnews.com/7b0f328f266f46c1a498a16a5ad03fbc

ktln2··on The China Cultural Clash
Not now - Chinese is turning Wikipedia into a censorship weapon. What you can see on Wikipedia (in Chinese) are largely edited by Chinese government.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49921173

ktln2··on The China Cultural Clash
"Culture in China is about unity. If you look at Chinese history, and if you watch Chinese movies, this is a recurrent theme."

This is because the governments (ROC and PRC) deliberately construct and promote this ideology. The idea of Chinese nation 中华民族 did not exists until roughly 100 years ago.

ktln2··on Gamers propose punishing Blizzard by flooding it with GDPR requests
*protest against a fellow gamer being denied access to a gaming platform because of censorship from an authoritarian government.
ktln2··on Internal Memo: ESPN Forbids Discussion of Chinese Politics
"This could be because Chuck Salituro, the senior news director of ESPN, sent a memo to shows mandating that any discussion of the Daryl Morey story avoid any political discussions about China and Hong Kong, and instead focus on the related basketball issues."

You are free to talk about Chinese government, only when you are not pissing off Chinese government. How nice!

ktln2··on Chinese netizens say they support 9/11 in response to Adam Silver
not the first time they are free from logic or basic human decency: https://supchina.com/2019/09/11/china-daily-conflates-hong-k...
ktln2··on Chinese netizens say they support 9/11 in response to Adam Silver
modified the title because it is too long - but the meaning is the same.
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