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Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Or the third option, it doesn't get sold and it doesn't get banned.
Comment · 6 years ago
Are you in all honesty trying to argue that it would be fair and just if a Chinese person was only allowed to emit one tenth of that of a German person?
Comment · 6 years ago
There's no source for either of those claims though.

Furthermore, it says restrict to under 3000, while you have changed it to reduce.

Comment · 6 years ago
That's easy to do on a desktop, but can be cumbersome on mobile. I guess the problem is biggest on mobile, because of this and issues with glare etectera from sunlight, or low screen intensity at night.
Comment · 6 years ago
Could this not be achieved in some other way that doesn't hurt the readability? Or at least a choice to turn it off or down in settings.

Squinting your eyes, highlighting the text or going to a separate page really breaks the flow of reading.

Comment · 6 years ago
From your link, the message that Taiwan sent to the WHO:

""News sources indicate at least seven atypical pneumonia cases were reported in Wuhan, China". It also said while China's health authorities replied to the media that the cases were believed not to be SARS, "they have been isolated for treatment"."

Furthermore, from the picture: "I would gladly appreciate if you have relevant information to share with us."

So Taiwanese authorities read publicly available news sources about seven atypical pneumonia cases in Wuhan, and because the media reports said the cases were being isolated for treatment, they asked the WHO if they had any additional information.

Unless I'm reading it wrong, this does not mean that Taiwan had any additional knowledge other than what they had read from publicly available information.

Comment · 6 years ago
A lot of Stephen Baxter's Evolution novel revolves around this, very highly recommended.

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