the isle of man, for instance, now automatically swaps information (though jersey refuses to follow suit for fear of losing 「competitive advantage」.
诸如马恩岛现在就自动提供信息了(不过泽西岛就因怕丧失竞争优势而不愿意跟风行事)。
one robot would sing its randomly generated sequence, then the other would follow suit with its own tune.
一个机器人会唱出它随机生成的序列,然后另一个会按自己的调子仿效。
other countries were slow to follow suit not because they were stupid, sluggish or repressed, but because they did not have that particular combination of expensive labour and inexpensive energy.