widgetycrank

I don't if it's me but the position:fixed layout makes the page scroll noticeably laggy. I'm using Chrome on a 2.0GHz Mac btw.

That was a nice read, though I wonder if there are legal issues with mining the web for content. For reddit they were just submitting links, so they probably wouldn't have gotten into much trouble.

I'm not sure which part about Maoism you are referring to.

No, the infanticide is not well-grounded, just reports.

I'm Chinese btw. I actually don't know anyone who buys these bags, I only see them on the streets occasionally. Giant wallets/strapless hand bags seem to be much more common among the middle-aged men. Most young people wear regular messenger bags.

>China did not permit women to own land until 1950.

After 1950 men were not permitted to own land either. :P

edit: In some ways China should really be looked at as two distinct demographics, urban and rural. They have vast different values that makes the country completely bipolar. The gender attitude among the urbanites are much more progressive, in some ways even more so than the west, while in the countryside they still practice infanticide.

It may have to do with the fact that the communist ideology campaigns mostly targeted the cities, because Mao feared a bourgeoisie counter-revolution, while he already had grass root support from the countryside, so he took it for granted.

Can you explain why "not from scratch" construction is a bad thing? AFAIK most houses these days are built from cookie-cutter plans.

I wonder why prefabs houses aren't more common.

A friend of my parents was building a house. I asked him if he considered prefab, he had no idea what I was talking about.

I wonder how designers fit into this development process. Most open source projects lack UI polish, yet GitHub looks like it's crafted by a professional.

Someone should make an alternative discussion site for videos, with a good comment system (eg. HN, reddit). I'm not sure if there are legal issues though.

I've always wondered what's the Chinese word for "hacker" in the its original context. 网客 sounds good, but it seems to implies web hackers only.

I actually know a few "100% Han Chinese" people who have slightly brown/reddish hair. At first I thought they were dyed, but eventually I was convinced that they were not.

In retrospect, I'm not really that surprised, considering China being continental, and the amount of trade/migration over the centuries.

I think in the end it's how saturated the market is. If all your competitors have polished fronts, having one that's rough around the edges will certainly put you at a disadvantage, and vise versa.