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BlackWindMnt

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Has anyone else heard of "Chinese" subreddits like r/China_irl? They seem to be filled with the most pathetic kind of Chinese people imaginable. I saw a popular post blaming Xi for a few isolated incidents of racism against a Chinese man abroad. Do any of you know anyone who uses those subreddits in real life?
ooh reddit is full of westerners larping as chinese.
 

caohailiang

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Hi
I recently start to use iphone14, but no matter what browser(chrome, firefox, safari), none of them can access SDF, the response i get is ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR
anyone knows about this?
Thanks
 

vincent

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Hi
I recently start to use iphone14, but no matter what browser(chrome, firefox, safari), none of them can access SDF, the response i get is ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR
anyone knows about this?
Thanks
All iOS browsers have to use Apple's own webkit engine.
I have an iPhone 13 and I don't have problem accessing the site. Can you try to use a VPN or a public wifi?
 

Phead128

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Has anyone else heard of "Chinese" subreddits like r/China_irl? They seem to be filled with the most pathetic kind of Chinese people imaginable. I saw a popular post blaming Xi for a few isolated incidents of racism against a Chinese man abroad. Do any of you know anyone who uses those subreddits in real life?
It is 99% Westerners. There are no real Chinese in /r/China, /r/HongKong, etc... it's all Westerners or bots.

As proof, /r/HongKong was 70K in 2019 (similarly to /r/Korea 's 80K), and after the HK protests, it skyrocketed to 600K in under 3 months. Almost ALL are all Westerners, and even before the protests, it was mostly Westerners, since HKers have their own LIHKG and own forums.
 

BMUFL

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It is 99% Westerners. There are no real Chinese in /r/China, /r/HongKong, etc... it's all Westerners or bots.

As proof, /r/HongKong was 70K in 2019 (similarly to /r/Korea 's 80K), and after the HK protests, it skyrocketed to 600K in under 3 months. Almost ALL are all Westerners, and even before the protests, it was mostly Westerners, since HKers have their own LIHKG and own forums.
Eh, it's true for most of reddit, but r/China_irl is kind of different. Its Chinese-language content filters out most of "foreigners" (for some definition thereof, anyway). The vibes, from what I can remember at least, was okay-ish (I don't post on reddit anymore)... somewhere between libs and pinkies, because most of crazies are self-contained in other subs. Of course, everything went down the drain after that certain other sub got banned for posting Cheese Pizza (allgedly), and the containment was thus breached.
 

el pueblo unido

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I am looking for reliable sources of structured data, such as Json/csv/sql files, or any other similar resources like Web Applications, GitHub Repositories, or APIs that can provide accurate hardware information related to military equipment, such as aircraft variants, ships, submarines, weapon systems, sensors, radar systems, and more.

Additionally, I would appreciate any suggestions for efficient tools, databases, applications, or approaches that can help visualize or provide access to these structured data, enabling querying or CRUD operations
 

BMUFL

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I am looking for reliable sources of structured data, such as Json/csv/sql files, or any other similar resources like Web Applications, GitHub Repositories, or APIs that can provide accurate hardware information related to military equipment, such as aircraft variants, ships, submarines, weapon systems, sensors, radar systems, and more.

Additionally, I would appreciate any suggestions for efficient tools, databases, applications, or approaches that can help visualize or provide access to these structured data, enabling querying or CRUD operations
That's probably a tall ask, ngl. The format of the data is probably the least of your concern. Instead, it's probably "if you can even get your filthy unclassed civvie hand on that sort of data". And honestly, even if there is a repository of said data, never mind being structured, you should probably still take it with a grain of salt (the grain size whereof is the chunk that they haul out of salt mine). After all, there is a reason why all the real data are hidden behind TS/SCI with a bunch of cool words after it.

That being said, IIRC Tempest was looking to build something like that a while ago. But given the recent sh*tshow with the D*scord intel leak, and the semi-forced retirement (at least persona-wise) of our resident (?) Umineko enjoyer, I think you'll have to wait for a long time (up to and including the heat death of the universe).
 
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