When we think of China today, we think of a technological superpower. From Huawei and 5G to TikTok and viral social media, China is stride for stride with the United States in the world of computing. ...Show More
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henryjames recommended:Mar 22nd, 2022
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phocks recommended:Aug 15th, 2020
Go into a Starbucks in China and everyone will be typing using a different keyboard system. Find out why in this episode. Fascinating stuff.
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danny recommended:Aug 16th, 2020
A really fun / educational story.
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mm recommended:Aug 16th, 2020
Fascinating story about how Chinese writing almost went into extinction because technology couldn’t handle the characters, and how it’s about to go extinct again for nationalism. I’m a Pinyin typer vs Wubi and the professor is 100% correct that you forget how to write the letters once you reduce it ...Show More
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jennx recommended:Aug 20th, 2020
On how China’s tech renessaince almost didn’t happen because the Chinese language (with over 70K characters) could not fit into a keyboard
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rmmiller364 recommended:Aug 22nd, 2020
Super fascinating episode! I have studied Japanese and it’s similar in that there are several ways to input Japanese, kana (syllabic phonetic characters) or Rōmaji (the Latin alphabet). The latter is similar to the pinyin method for Chinese. Being a native English speaker studying Japanese as a fore...Show More
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gustborges recommended:Sep 4th, 2020
Loved this episode. I'd never thought about the Chinese keyboard system and the discussions in the end of this episode are fascinating... And daunting.
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