I always thought the term “Wumao” sounded suspiciosly like “woo Mao.”

Even this Chinese company, why do they care to clone it all? It’s already all hosted and publicly available.

Until it isn’t. Perhaps they are preparing for a future war with the US and assume their access to all that code will be blocked. They want to copy it now while they have access.

You can’t block open source projects from anyone.

I think they were referring to blocking GitHub from public access. In the event of a world war I could easily see Microsoft obeying the order to shut down GitHub.

It’s not about laws at this level but about whether it is worth to do vs possible repercussions

Again, what repercussions? Who will enforce an ICC judgement against the CCP? Laws aside, what possible actions could be taken? I guess sanctions but that’s unlikely over something like this.

You seem to be joking but it actually is well documented.

• The 50 Cent Party, or 50 Cent Army, is the colloquial term for Internet commentators, who are hired by Chinese authorities in an attempt to manipulate public opinion to the benefit of the Chinese Communist Party. It was created during the early phases of the Internet’s rollout to the wider public in China.

The name is derived from the fact that such commentators are reportedly paid RMB¥0.50 for every post.

Linkerbaan is similar but hasn’t evolved yet. Still an obvious shill.

It needs more content. The last post was 9 months ago.

I’ll see what I can come up with. Maybe I’ll post something.

they came to Jesus

Described every corporation ever incorporated.

Lauren Boebert levels of mental healthy.

Why are you wasting time talking about wasting time if it’s just wasting time?

I have seen that user repeatedly argue in bad faith. I assume they are doing something similar here. The wasting of time is the point. I think they’re just a troll.

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted:

• Russians launched pro-Jill Stein social media blitz to help Trump win election, reports say

“Building support for Stein was one of a “roster of themes” the Moscow-sanctioned internet trolls “turned to repeatedly,” report says.”

There’s no such thing as a middle or a center, there’s only left or right relative to some other point.

You might be thinking of the Overton Window.

• The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse.

He also just admitted that he doesn’t believe LGBTQ people are “welcome.”

He likes rusty spoons…

• Here’s the article archived to bypass the paywall. I also removed the trackers from the URL.

I click the reply button and it shows the deleted/removed comment.

If you want others to do better we sure as hell will expect that of you. Answer your own question.

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