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EDIT: I think you should compare Wechat to Chrome + its app store, only that here it is not a web browser(in fact Wechat do have a embeded browser) but a chating app.
Honestly, I don't know where this stereotype comes from, and why the show runners choose to pick this one opposed to many others out there which might be even more interesting, IMO.
I don't like the conspiracy theory behind it. Apparently, China and US are not getting along recently on a list of issues, like Russia and Internet dispute, while at the same time, Apple has reached its peak in terms of popularity in this market. Galaxy S5/Note 4 is a universal flop for Samsung in various of markets, in China, it faces even stronger competition from local players like Xiaomi and Huawei, whose products are cheaper and comparable in feature. Just that simple.
For a Pythoner, Go almost solves all my pain points for python, notably the lack of support for real multi-threading so that for long running task we have to turn into processes based 3rd party library like celery/rq with a message queue as intermediate layer, while comes with a relative familiar favor of syntax.
Go is a pragmatic minimalist language, with limited but cohesive set of features that stays at its core. I don't know rust very well, but from what I gather from HN, looks like that it aims to be a more comprehensive solution rather than 'opinionated' one in case of Go.
Even if FB/Snapchat tries to make themselves more agreeable towards Asian markets, they still need to face the question from customer like this: if I have something (Line/Wechat/Kaokao Talk) that works great for me and my friends, what is the reason for me to use their western counterparts (FB/Snapchat)? Only because they are trying to make themselves similar to the local competitors ? That is not convincing enough.
My then college director's comment on this book is very insightful and might be some of the highest you can ever endorse a tech book.
"Worth a second read"
Ultimately, this sacrifices the employee's personal time by blurring the boundary between life and work. Sadly, a lot of researches show long working hour doesn't necessarily leads to actual output, but the ideology is still largely respected and practiced.
Second, since I assume, most of the programmers here don't have access to mainframes, it is hard to testify those numbers. Also, since it is a benchmark it will be useful to revel what exactly the task they are using here, otherwise I would simply throw this claim into my 'pure PR mess, don't take it seriously' bin :)
While using in Chinese in comments might be very common, I rarely seem people using non-English identifier in actual code. If such behavior being caught on sight, I am pretty sure it will be flawed upon and be treated as evidence of being unprofessional.
For internal projects, situation is even worse and many of them are community-maintained.
Disclaimer: Amazon Employee.
If that is the case, big local newpaper/portal will be happy. Because right now, there will be more people to buy the real newspaper/visit their site directly. Maybe they will see to a certain increase in their readership. However, the trend of information digitization is inevitable. Fundamentally ,internet is more efficient in collecting, organizing and delivering information than any other media. Eventually everyone will become loser.
I don't know how this is going to end, because law is not something that could be taken back easily. Hopefully, they will be smart enough to figure out something to bypass it.
It is pretty much like Asians in US sometimes being called as perpetual foreigners, even if some of them might been in this continent for generations.
Assume Japan is ever going to change its immigration policy, it will surely starts from developed countries and its neighboring states. But as I said in the above comment, the charm around Japan is vanishing, so even with a more friendly immigration policy, how much it could help Japan step out of painful declining is questionable.
Even in China, on the east coast, in certain sector, especially high-tech and finance, local companies can offer competitive salary and a better potential for career progress.
It is not like in 80s, when Japan is the envy of all kids in the class, the interests is quickly fading, with a aging population and stale economy.
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However, it definitely has its own big problem, and if without proper handling, it will become a global scale crisis. Yes, we are talking about the housing bubble and a quickly aging population. At last, IMO, it is likely China is going to be yet another Japan, just bigger.
Some Chinese movie theaters are covering their screens in text messages
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Basically, those ghost cities are the outcomes driven by the local government's insatiate desires to sell more lands to real estate developers, the revenue from which has become a critical part of its total income.