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I watched Brax a bit, and many of his technical assessments are incorrect. He has an attitude of a snakeoil salesmen. Hard pass.
Comment · 14 days ago
> Now of course things aren't heaven in China, they aren't in USA either

In democracies gradual improvement is possible. In dictatorship it's not.

The real answer is, where do you want, and your children, to live? With barred university education due to parent's social score? With collapsing schools? With kindergarten target practice of "enemies"?

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Comment · 28 days ago
Without even checking your stats, every stat from tightly controlled territories is juked. Only fifth chief statistician under stalin held his position after four previous were educated on how to count with a firing squad. USSR "prevailed against imperialism" the same way, until it didn't.

But when it comes to owning a home in China, you can't do it - because you can't own the land, only lease it. So effectively, anything could happen with your home.

Then, construction in China is a pyramid scheme. Highly praised amount of infrastructure and empty ghost cities is an effect of that [0]. Combine that with rampant corruption (guanxi)[1] and culture of corner-cutting (chabuduo)[2], and you will end with bridges and multi-story buildings crumbling like sand, waiting to collapse at any moment.

All of that with an addition of aging population due to half-witted decisions of delusional, unchecked power (one child policy) leaves China with construction it wont be able to maintain, not even with immigrants, because of recent decisions of tribal nationalism[3][4].

Trends are saturated about China's prosperity and superiority. But if you want actual prosperity - you cant rely on algorithms alone.[5]

With your stats you imply that a person could feel safe owning a home in China. Could you feel safe accounting for all of that?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWDty6iNcgA

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanxi

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/ub6lwn/what_is_the_c...

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUaYNhzEq_E

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jilv0b27m4

[5] https://www.firstpost.com/world/tiktok-manipulates-content-b...

Comment · 1 month ago
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https://streetcomplete.app - basic task-based, on-the-ground, app for Android

https://every-door.app - intermediate on-the-ground app for smartphones

https://rapideditor.org - AI-assisted mapping in browser

https://www.hotosm.org - task-based mapping in browser

https://josm.openstreetmap.de - advanced editor for desktop (this post)

https://www.comaps.app - actually use the map with ability to make minor changes

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Problem is, smart devices are heavily subsidized in an expectation for future profit from data collection.
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Comment · 2 months ago
OsmAnd is painfully slow, I keep it around just for unique features like transport routes and surface quality.

CoMaps rendering is almost instant and map palette is easier on the eyes.

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