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1. simlev+S1[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:18:44
>>myster+(OP)
Probably related to this: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v869-about-taiwan/
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2. icelan+72[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:21:13
>>simlev+S1
Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.
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3. LoganD+W3[view] [source] 2026-02-02 02:39:38
>>icelan+72
I can't help but feel there must some better venue for such messaging.

When I see politics in software updates or documentation, nothing happens because I'm not looking to use the software for political activism. Maybe I tell my adblocker to remove the messaging, and carry on with my task.

I can engage with politics in a social context, when political messaging isn't interrupting something else I'm doing; that's a better place for activism, IMHO.

I almost always see activists using the argument that if I don't like the messaging then I'm part of the problem. Somehow I doubt that, given I don't mind messaging at all, where it's appropriate.

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4. mmsc+6i[view] [source] 2026-02-02 05:12:21
>>LoganD+W3
If the political messages said "gas the Jews", "exterminate the Ukrainians and give Ukraine to Russia", and "Taiwan has and always will be a province of china", you probably wouldn't use notepad++.
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5. leosar+dj[view] [source] 2026-02-02 05:25:32
>>mmsc+6i
> Taiwan has and always will be a province of china

You know that's official position of 99% countries in the world, including all superpowers and every NATO member?

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6. mmsc+wk[view] [source] 2026-02-02 05:42:36
>>leosar+dj
No it's not and if you do believe that, you are taking an overly reductionist viewpoint.

99% countries, as they say, "acknowledge China's viewpoint".

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7. maxglu+Wm[view] [source] 2026-02-02 06:10:26
>>mmsc+wk
~120 countries fully endorse One China Policy. ~60 acknowledge. ~10 recognize ROC.
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8. mmsc+co[view] [source] 2026-02-02 06:24:45
>>maxglu+Wm
https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/one-china-co...
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9. maxglu+Jp[view] [source] 2026-02-02 06:43:31
>>mmsc+co
Yes, comports with my numbers.

>A majority of countries (119 or 62 per cent of UN member states) have endorsed Beijing’s one-China principle, which entails that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China.

I was being generous bucketing 20 mixed signallers with 40 status quoist. 120 agree TW inalienable part of China, as in TW can never be independent from one China construct (PRC's position). 20 agree it's part of China but not necessarily inalienable, i.e. TW/ROC should have pathway to independence but until they formalize, still part of China. AKA 75% is in recognize tier.

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