number_man

Be thankful we're not mantis shrimp. Color displays and cameras would be such a pain to make

Here's my take on your recent comments, as a mainland Chinese who immigrated to the US 10+ years ago. There is no point arguing with other mainland Chinese online. I guess this is true for most online arguments but particularly so for debating politics with other Chinese since they are far too influenced by propaganda to be convinced otherwise. Furthermore, if you find yourself arguing with friends who can't even tell the blinding difference between Chinese censorship of the Internet (with zero transparency, against CCP's own constitution) and this legislation (passed by both houses of democratically elected representatives and signed into law by elected president), it is time to move on and make better friends. Good luck and hope I don't meet you in real life.

The regulation recently changed and now requires all apps in the App Store to have a permit from the Chinese authority or be removed.

I believe so. It's called "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act" not "TikTok Ban Act", so it can be applied to apps like WeChat as well.

> America did. Still does.

Where and when did America claim that?

China has certainly beaten the US in banning websites like TikTok.

They are definitely aligned with the desire of autocracies. They may not realize it, but doesn't mean it's not the case.

We have to start somewhere, and not having it under the control of a hostile foreign government is a good first step.

There are plenty of sites to test this, and yes HN is blocked.

The root world can spawn many simulations and simulations can be spawned within simulations. It becomes far more likely that we exist in a simulated world than in the root world.

> When I travel to China with a mobile phone subscription that supports roaming, I get completely uncensored access to the internet.

This is because when you are roaming, the data traffic goes through an encrypted tunnel to your carrier. There's not much China can do without completely blocking roaming traffic. It's not a big deal though because vast majority of Chinese people don't have access to a foreign mobile line. As long as China can control what 99% of the population can access, it's already a win.