Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?

Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by mb_72 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @12:05AM (#21330946)

> Our climate and ecology are certainly at risk, but I think the biggest threat in the world right now is the rapid rise of fascist China. They're challenging the notion that free speech and democracy are required for capitalism and economic gain.

That is exactly my main concern in the modern age also. Other countries are already interested in China's technology: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-23/sixth-world-internet-...

'Countries looking to crackdown on dissent and the spread of information — like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, Laos, Serbia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — have already signed up to China's "digital silk road".'

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by masahiko on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:55AM (#21331501)

A long time ago I had a chat with hacker about IP over short wave radio with PGP encryption... his hypotheses was one could do encrypted long range communication via IP that could never be stopped and would be tough to decrypt. Does such a system exist today?

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Re:Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on? by pjc50 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @10:10AM (#21334777)

You probably could do that, but then hiding the equipment required is a major challenge and in places like China will come with stiff penalties.

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