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tfcata··on “Beautiful” in the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party
While I don't agree with that '美丽' does not have anything to do with abstract ideal, I don't agree with you, neither.

While 美丽 can be used to describe physical objects, 美丽 in the Constitution does convey a sense of abstract ideal. Because when someone says 'something is 美丽', the statement is already abstract. The statement says nothing about the physical property of the subject, it simply conveys an ideal that may be interpreted differently by each individual.

But certainly this ideal won't be of the Platonic or Aristotelian sort. In this context, it simply means a country that 'everyone finds enjoyable living in', which is indeed an ideal.

edit: grammar

tfcata··on Verified cryptography for Firefox 57
Sadly, formal verification works only for small amount of code, a few thousands lines of code when I looked at it a while back. It doesn't stop us from imagining a fully verified firefox though.
tfcata··on North Korea fires missile over Japan
Kim in the North: winter's coming!
tfcata··on China forbids anonymous online posts
These are coverage when it finally failed. What about when it was first implemented? This TC article can't even wait.
tfcata··on China forbids anonymous online posts
If you read it careful enough you will notice the criticism cited there includes things like blog posts and UN speeches, nothing comparable to TC articles in terms of range of influence. Now what's so special about this incident so it's worth a whole precious TC headline to make everyone aware of it?
tfcata··on China forbids anonymous online posts
as long as the set of 'major ones' remains dynamic, it doesn't matter which one gets censored. Make sense?
tfcata··on China forbids anonymous online posts
Well South Korea also requires real name when posting on major websites. I wonder why nobody made a fuss about that when they did it many years ago.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_South...

tfcata··on The Life and Death of the Touch Bar: Revisiting the MacBook Pro
Then don't call it pro.
tfcata··on Differentiating laptops: How about a decent keyboard? (2015)
There is no such an option for the 15-inch model. In fact, the 13-inch model that doesn't come with this bar is the lower-end one. If it is genuinely an 'option', every model should come with a variant without this bar.
tfcata··on Google's response to the European Commission fine
And as Apple 're-defines' a couple of things each year.
tfcata··on China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything
Thank you for your kindness. But it's none of your business.
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