In the board game Warhammer there is the tale of the Dwarves strongholds. They forever remembered grudges. Even over the course of time, when the nature of the grudge was forgotten, they still held on to the ill will.…
This proves the point. I added the "bimbo of a wife" comment as an example. If you look on web forums, there are unmitigated attacks of similar calibre towards Tsai (President of Taiwan) calling her a "old whore", "old…
I'm sorry. Where were you when your counterparts kept calling Michelle Obama a "monkey" or Tsai, the President of Taiwan a "old maid", "japanese collaborator" and other things?
Yet it is a fact. Not only do trolls seek to degrade and destroy freedom and democracy, they defend a bunch of corrupt morons who's only real ability is to either steal or exploit their own people.
The Chinese global trollism is getting worse. From Airlines who don't label Taiwan under China to kids in primary school in Australia who paint a Taiwanese flag on a bull, the Chinese are really becoming more and more…
Yes. Most of the time, all you need is a basic computer and internet to SSH into a more powerful VM in the cloud. I don't host my dev stack on my computer so local computing power is mute. It's strange but a celeron…
Or they throw money into sectors that they can't win thereby depleting resources away from areas they can. It can seem the Chinese are advancing in every field, but their unfavorable demographics and inability to…
This reads like an investment bank's disclaimer that's 5 pages long in tiny print at the back when they sell you questionable risky investments. It's designed to make it look like there is a full vetted and functioning…
I've been making my own movements for fun for a while. Most of the parts you can print/order, but for accuracy purposes I tend to use an existing balance spring (generally sourced from any old Seiko movement). I…
Exactly. That's how we prepped for Putnam That writing programs to solve problems that someone else has solved elsewhere? That's called IBM Watson and Jeopardy.
Agreed The Gaokao reference you make is interesting. One of the biggest complains about standardized testing in the States is that it pushes teachers to "teach to the test". The Gaokao takes that to the extreme. It's…
Your last paragraph "blocking tech will prompt China to intensify their efforts to develop their own technologies" is exactly my point. It's much easier and less time consuming to have someone give it to you than to…
Historically speaking, the only significant peaceful comparison would be the British -> US circa 1950s. To be fair, people asked the same question in the 1900s. With the world getting so interconnected thanks to…
It's not. It's the zero-sum thinking of a totalitarian dictatorship that's a problem. For example, simply letting the Taiwanese live their own free and happy lives is too much of "a problem" to let go without…
People see a cold war as a rivalry between equals. That's not the case. The Chinese are more adept at adopting existing tech and adding scale than creating it. This cold war is mostly one way. Their tech champions'…
That is simply not true. Maybe your friend lived in a different Hukou area. Either way, just because your friend can, does not mean every can. This is the problem with China. Just because the system works for Jack Ma,…
The fact that you think you need to create a throwaway account speaks to how much the climate has changed for us. There is a real fear considering how totalitarian and intrusive the government has become, that they will…
Most "Chinese" online seem to be paid trolls who deliberately feed misleading and false information. Either that or they have a switch in the brain where any critisism of China leads to a nationalistic brain freeze…
I had similar experiences with my Noodler ink. They have a blue that is imo the nicest dark Prussian blue on the market. Unfortunately, it gave my Water Kultur, then Lamy 2000 endless clogging problems. The Pilot…
I once lost bitcoins in my Mt Gox account when I clicked on a dodgy popup while logged into my account. This specific problem is easily mitigated. However, for most people who dabble in cryptocurrencies, they don't…
This makes sense. With average enrollment going up at the top, with the market growth in applicants less than that, eventually the bottom will lose out. Maybe there is nostalgia for some colleges be it history, alums,…
He is not in bio and he has personal reasons to do what he does, but hey, don't let that stop you and your recently created throwaway account from throwing unfounded and wrong accusations around just like the paid pro…
I wonder if the title is intentional. The "great leap forward" was a failed economic and social policy where the communists decided to fast forward development by skipping directly to industrialization. It didn't quite…
Completely agree. It's a Nash equilibrium. If nobody visits, the destination stays the same. If only I visit, then the destination stays the same yet I derive immense enjoyment. If everyone visits, the place goes down…
The first time my mother took me to Beijing, it was a mess. There were few streetlights, few shops that sold western amenities, yet I loved it. It was different. There was no Starbucks, yet every little alleyway there…
In the board game Warhammer there is the tale of the Dwarves strongholds. They forever remembered grudges. Even over the course of time, when the nature of the grudge was forgotten, they still held on to the ill will.…
This proves the point. I added the "bimbo of a wife" comment as an example. If you look on web forums, there are unmitigated attacks of similar calibre towards Tsai (President of Taiwan) calling her a "old whore", "old…
I'm sorry. Where were you when your counterparts kept calling Michelle Obama a "monkey" or Tsai, the President of Taiwan a "old maid", "japanese collaborator" and other things?
Yet it is a fact. Not only do trolls seek to degrade and destroy freedom and democracy, they defend a bunch of corrupt morons who's only real ability is to either steal or exploit their own people.
The Chinese global trollism is getting worse. From Airlines who don't label Taiwan under China to kids in primary school in Australia who paint a Taiwanese flag on a bull, the Chinese are really becoming more and more…
Yes. Most of the time, all you need is a basic computer and internet to SSH into a more powerful VM in the cloud. I don't host my dev stack on my computer so local computing power is mute. It's strange but a celeron…
Or they throw money into sectors that they can't win thereby depleting resources away from areas they can. It can seem the Chinese are advancing in every field, but their unfavorable demographics and inability to…
This reads like an investment bank's disclaimer that's 5 pages long in tiny print at the back when they sell you questionable risky investments. It's designed to make it look like there is a full vetted and functioning…
I've been making my own movements for fun for a while. Most of the parts you can print/order, but for accuracy purposes I tend to use an existing balance spring (generally sourced from any old Seiko movement). I…
Exactly. That's how we prepped for Putnam That writing programs to solve problems that someone else has solved elsewhere? That's called IBM Watson and Jeopardy.
Agreed The Gaokao reference you make is interesting. One of the biggest complains about standardized testing in the States is that it pushes teachers to "teach to the test". The Gaokao takes that to the extreme. It's…
Your last paragraph "blocking tech will prompt China to intensify their efforts to develop their own technologies" is exactly my point. It's much easier and less time consuming to have someone give it to you than to…
Historically speaking, the only significant peaceful comparison would be the British -> US circa 1950s. To be fair, people asked the same question in the 1900s. With the world getting so interconnected thanks to…
It's not. It's the zero-sum thinking of a totalitarian dictatorship that's a problem. For example, simply letting the Taiwanese live their own free and happy lives is too much of "a problem" to let go without…
People see a cold war as a rivalry between equals. That's not the case. The Chinese are more adept at adopting existing tech and adding scale than creating it. This cold war is mostly one way. Their tech champions'…
That is simply not true. Maybe your friend lived in a different Hukou area. Either way, just because your friend can, does not mean every can. This is the problem with China. Just because the system works for Jack Ma,…
The fact that you think you need to create a throwaway account speaks to how much the climate has changed for us. There is a real fear considering how totalitarian and intrusive the government has become, that they will…
Most "Chinese" online seem to be paid trolls who deliberately feed misleading and false information. Either that or they have a switch in the brain where any critisism of China leads to a nationalistic brain freeze…
I had similar experiences with my Noodler ink. They have a blue that is imo the nicest dark Prussian blue on the market. Unfortunately, it gave my Water Kultur, then Lamy 2000 endless clogging problems. The Pilot…
I once lost bitcoins in my Mt Gox account when I clicked on a dodgy popup while logged into my account. This specific problem is easily mitigated. However, for most people who dabble in cryptocurrencies, they don't…
This makes sense. With average enrollment going up at the top, with the market growth in applicants less than that, eventually the bottom will lose out. Maybe there is nostalgia for some colleges be it history, alums,…
He is not in bio and he has personal reasons to do what he does, but hey, don't let that stop you and your recently created throwaway account from throwing unfounded and wrong accusations around just like the paid pro…
I wonder if the title is intentional. The "great leap forward" was a failed economic and social policy where the communists decided to fast forward development by skipping directly to industrialization. It didn't quite…
Completely agree. It's a Nash equilibrium. If nobody visits, the destination stays the same. If only I visit, then the destination stays the same yet I derive immense enjoyment. If everyone visits, the place goes down…
The first time my mother took me to Beijing, it was a mess. There were few streetlights, few shops that sold western amenities, yet I loved it. It was different. There was no Starbucks, yet every little alleyway there…