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0 pointsapatters5y ago0 comments

> a lot of this open world has been written, discussed and built for the english-speaking world.

That's true on the software side, but on the hardware side, China has a much more vibrant hacker culture, mainly because they're not afraid to defy draconian US intellectual property laws. And they speak the second most popular language in the world.

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cat1995y ago

in this case, this benefits the local establishment because it supports the various manufacturing industries it is adjacent to, so in some sense it isn't really 'countercultural' or proof of 'openness' at all

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0 pointsapatters5y ago0 comments

> a lot of this open world has been written, discussed and built for the english-speaking world.

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cat1995y ago

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