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Relatable, the crap my PRC friends order EVERYDAY is...more than me in 3 months? And it all comes in a bag, box, wrapping, another box, another baggie etc. Moving to PRC i had thrown ALL my stuff away and it felt great, but I just entered the next level of consumerism...next level as I am afraid this is not even the end boss.

Few points:

1. NFC is catching on in China (with Alipay), even face scanning for payments.

2. I would not say it is frictionless. Especially for foreigners (and the ~200 USD per day limit...just to name an example).

3. Translate in Alipay is there, but useless in restaurants (Yummy Duck Shit Tea!).

4. No mention of Wechat?

5. 'The rules' very much apply to Alipay and Alibaba, where is Jack Ma ;)

6. This is not 'the web'.


The 'Satellite Size' slider does not seem to impact the cost, also not in relation to changing the other settings?

isolate from the background?

Even better, agreed!

What is ‘The Password App’? As in the built in ‘Passwords’ app?

Just post your ideas to crowdsource websites and wait for the aliexpress clone to appear, zero r&d costs, zero dev and manufacturing/qa! That said, Taobao and Ali are so full of bizarre products (transparent rubber domes to be able to type with 5cm long nail extensions), it will be a challenge to stand out

Seems to work on iOS safari!

Great to hear! Thanks for verifying.

Strange, it works here (Taipei based vpn and logged in)

The iOS Appstore also treats/words app installs as ‘Purchases’. Always confused my…

Any tips or build plans for KAP (kite areal photography) using modern action cams? I build a clothing hanger setup but the imagery was unusable due to vibrations

Superstable "Picavet" with heavy video-8 camera, before digital cameras was even invented.

Note propellor and gears making slow 360 degree pans.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SFP9Rf1w9Xs93sfu7


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