Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-19 Thread Jean Louis
* andrew [2022-04-18 09:40]: > In large cities, during lockdowns, the government sends food to people, > but that's quite minimal. Most of what my family eats is still > retreived through online shopping, the only way possible. And all those > * shopping platforms require (1) a mobile phone and

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-19 Thread Jean Louis
* andrew [2022-04-18 13:53]: > My problem is that when I say "please contact me by email because I > don't wanna use WeChat", people go like "nope". Frustrating. I have that taking place, but I do not have such problem. Today I am managing project in Tanzania on distance by using XMPP protocol

Re: Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-19 Thread Jean Louis
* Whistler [2022-04-18 06:26]: > Here (in Beijing) we have been required to scan a QR code with a > non-free covid 'contact tracing' app if we need to enter _anywhere_ > since 2020, including the residence block of my own home. > I don't think 'complaining' to any organizations would solve the >

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-19 Thread Jean Louis
* Yasuaki Kudo [2022-04-18 15:27]: > (I have just 'replied all' from my (God forbid, proprietary!) IPhone > so forgive me, the addresses in To or CC are pretty arbitrary) That is absolutely not a problem. Almost all people come to know free software from proprietary software. > I often wonder wh

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-19 Thread Jean Louis
* andrew via libreplanet-discuss [2022-04-16 13:49]: > On 22/04/15 10:56PM, Jean Louis wrote: > > Who issued the policy? By which authority someone obligated you? > > Shanghai Government, the government. > > The order was issued by the executive branch of the government, and it's > enforced by

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-19 Thread Jean Louis
* andrew [2022-04-15 04:01]: > On 22/04/15 12:30AM, Jean Louis wrote: > > * andrew via libreplanet-discuss > > [2022-04-14 18:30]: > > > The reason I posted this here are: > > > > > > (1) During the lockdown, we are obligated to use the following nonfree > > > software: > > > > How are you

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-18 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
On 22/04/18 03:09PM, Jean Louis wrote: > * andrew [2022-04-18 13:53]: > > My problem is that when I say "please contact me by email because I > > don't wanna use WeChat", people go like "nope". Frustrating. > > I have that taking place, but I do not have such problem. > > Today I am managing p

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-18 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
On 22/04/18 09:26PM, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: > (I have just 'replied all' from my (God forbid, proprietary!) IPhone > so forgive me, the addresses in To or CC are pretty arbitrary) RIP > I am very sympathetic to everyone who live in authoritarian regimes > . Pre-1945, someone like me, (an anarchi

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-18 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
Hi, (I have just 'replied all' from my (God forbid, proprietary!) IPhone so forgive me, the addresses in To or CC are pretty arbitrary) I am very sympathetic to everyone who live in authoritarian regimes. Pre-1945, someone like me, (an anarchist, pacifist, democrat, an apologist for enemy st

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-18 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
On 22/04/18 10:30AM, Jean Louis wrote: > * andrew [2022-04-18 09:40]: > > In large cities, during lockdowns, the government sends food to people, > > but that's quite minimal. Most of what my family eats is still > > retreived through online shopping, the only way possible. And all those > > * s

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-17 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
On 22/04/18 09:32AM, Jean Louis wrote: > * Whistler [2022-04-18 06:26]: > > Here (in Beijing) we have been required to scan a QR code with a > > non-free covid 'contact tracing' app if we need to enter _anywhere_ > > since 2020, including the residence block of my own home. > > > > I don't think '

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-16 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
On 22/04/15 10:56PM, Jean Louis wrote: > Who issued the policy? By which authority someone obligated you? Shanghai Government, the government. The order was issued by the executive branch of the government, and it's enforced by the police. The police published the specifics of the rules: 为严格落实本

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-15 Thread Jean Louis
* andrew via libreplanet-discuss [2022-04-14 18:30]: > The reason I posted this here are: > > (1) During the lockdown, we are obligated to use the following nonfree > software: How are you obligated? Which law, rule or policy is asking you that? Please provide references if there are any W

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-14 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
On 22/04/15 12:30AM, Jean Louis wrote: > * andrew via libreplanet-discuss > [2022-04-14 18:30]: > > The reason I posted this here are: > > > > (1) During the lockdown, we are obligated to use the following nonfree > > software: > > How are you obligated? Which law, rule or policy is asking

Re: (renamed) Misc mailing list

2022-04-14 Thread andrew via libreplanet-discuss
The reason I posted this here are: (1) During the lockdown, we are obligated to use the following nonfree software: 1. Tencent Meetings for school; 2. 随申办 for getting a QR code as a token for mandated COVID tests; Simply swiping a second-generation citizen ID cart is "de