SimpleMinds

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1. 31.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   I think parent specifically mentioned that just IBAN is enough which sounded very unprobable for me. Another comment explained that it's possible but in very specific accounts.
2. 32.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   Thanks, didn't know about that. Sounds like it's very specific version of account and most default accounts with IBAN doesn't have this possibility.
3. 33.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   Could you tell how knowing IBAN enables someone to take money from your account? As far as I understand, the only think that can happen with IBAN is to receive money. Maybe you're thinking of credit card number? The CC's I had had
4. 34.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   According to other sources, they did drive it in Beijing - and in bad conditions [1] "We’ve tested the car at night and day, as well as in medium rain, and – since this is Beijing – in smog of course." [1] https://www.t
5. 35.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   I've done something like this. After quitting office work I followed up with working remotely. I'm not sure if I could pull this without spending some time (1+ year) in office where I was able to build connections that allowed me
6. 36.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   "if whatsapp usage is so pervasive at other countries as it is at Brazil, it will soon, by (physical) social network effect, dominate USA." By using this logic, WeChat should also dominate USA - which is not happening. It's s
7. 37.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   Didn't know about Cainiao, thanks! Ad.2 Accodring to [0], thought, Cainiao is only a middleman that connects sellers with delivery companies and/or warehouses. It's a stretch to say that sellers are managed by Cainiao, I beli
8. 38.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   I would like to add some extra information, to prove that above post is rubbish (I was shopping inside China): - number of packages Courier costs ~ 1.5USD, and on top of that, for 11-11 you need small amount to get it for free. As a result,
9. 39.▲
   by SimpleMinds 11y ago

   I have old information, hopefully you still find it relevant. Around April in Beijing, for 10rmb paid by us Uber driver was paid 40rmb - at least that's what he told us. We asked only one though.
10. 40.▲
    by SimpleMinds 11y ago

    I can do all three and you can find a lot of people who can. The problem is how many things you can do at once.
11. 41.▲
    by SimpleMinds 11y ago

    Mostly true, with caveat: it's hard to find big projects as single freelancer. Simply put, you won't be able to score a client that needs (let's say) both server side, front end, android/ios app finished in the same time
12. 42.▲
    by SimpleMinds 11y ago

    I would like to add here a bit if I can. I'm from Western country and I was/am living in Eastern culture (China) I'm still learning about Chinese concepts of family and "filial piety". Thanks to long (and sometimes
13. 43.▲
    by SimpleMinds 11y ago

    Thank you for the link, I haven't read it before. Interesting part for me was "That is, when you’re in a Wi-Fi hot spot, the entire world can see what you’re filming. You can post a link to Twitter or Facebook, or send an e-mail l
14. 44.▲
    by SimpleMinds 11y ago

    Do you mean originally written in my language? As coming from post soviet block, most of our fantasy is a bit different in a sense that from the beginning it doesn't involve epicness of Tolkien, Malazan, Black Company scale. From the b
15. 45.▲
    by SimpleMinds 11y ago

    A little bit related to article, as I'm not bilingual but just speaking English as another language and this come up after conversation with friend (another not native English speaker). I learned my English mostly thanks to computers a
16. 46.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    I agree with other commenters, this is genius idea but all depends on the available content. Looking at the story, it's not interesting to me, so it'll not keep me occupied and willing to learn. I'm searching for something li
17. 47.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    I was not implying that game programmers are stupid, sorry. I meant that they way it was told in the company how AAA do it sounded similar to what I learned about how big companies done it 10 or something years ago. Coming from agile workpl
18. 48.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    I agree with what you said with my limited experience. I hope it's anecdotal nature is good enough. I worked in a company that went from doing software gigs in general to be full mobile gaming company. Before it was quite standard Agil
19. 49.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    I've been to 3w coffee in June, and I thought coworkers space moved out of there. Guys who were running [1] now rent small space for themselves in Shekou. My feelings there were similar to [2], that is it's a coffee shop feeling w
20. 50.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    I'm a new here (only reading for long time), how can we contact in HN? I'd love to meet some people in Shenzhen that follow hacker news.
21. 51.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    Hi, I'm living in Shenzhen for almost 10 months now, after moving from Beijing after three years. I can only correlate living in Shenzhen with living in Beijing for an expat. My Chinese is only basic too. Ok here were go with plus side
22. 52.▲
    by SimpleMinds 12y ago

    Thank you very much for posting to vendor. Could you also post links and/or names to other parts? That way it will be complete information