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by avcdsuia 8y ago
Thanks for sharing your anecdotes, it seems Apple's online store is a lot trickier to deal with that I originally thought. Given the fact that there are almost none posts about having troubles with ordering US gift cards in the Chinese
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
I have no problems with my visa card which is issued by a Chinese bank and a US freight forwarder address(apparently not my actual address) for billing. Since I set my credit line to 0, I dont bother with risk of frauds.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
You can buy US gift cards via [0], at least it works for me. Also you can switch to Canada region without any payment method(while switching to US region requires a US credit card). [0]: https://www.apple.com/shop/gift-
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
FYI they pulled proxy apps but made switching app store region very easy.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
I have always loved fountain pens. But I am currently using a mechanical pencil(Staedtler 925-25-05) only. I guess fountain pens are not suitable for note taking and drafting and maintenance makes using them a luxury for me. Mechanical penc
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
I have counted steps. Knowing the numbers is extremely useful when walking stairs in the dark.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
For crying out loud, even using github based services like 'go get' or homebrew without proxies is a real pain in the arse, stop defending your 'it's not that bad' view cos it is.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
Hey, most people just use Windows as the only OS and we still have Linux. Making the world a better place by forcing a majority of people being smart is much more hard and subtle than creating intuitive and expressive learning materials and
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
The only stumbling block for old laptops is bad display quality. Switching from classic ThinkPad to MacBook really save my eyes.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
Actually, it was Zhao Ziyang’s credit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_Ziyang
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
I just take a 100mg caffeine and 300mg L-Theanine stack per day, which is safe and works extremely well for me. Highly recommend you read this[0] before trying stuffs out. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/nootropics/w
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
Speaking as a caving hobbyist, I think it's rather stupid. Yes you can tweet about your ideas but that doesn't make you actually helped because there's no sign of you being a speleology specialist or any other expertises of w
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
yeah, putting a LSTM hidden state into communication channel seems to be the most expressive way to build up team work.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
So mind control will be the replacement of vim movement and other stuffs with steep learning curve?
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
I think Asus's Project Precog[0] deserves more interests than this. We programmers always complain about display size , ratio and amount. Using this dual screen laptop vertically with your beloved external keyboard could be sublime. It
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
And if you only like drugs, /r/nootropics is a great place to discuss seriously.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
The real thing to blame is Consumerism. It rules our sense of aesthetic, results in feelings like "men are dirty and revolting", and bind the right to have sex with wealth.
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
Collectivism is hard coded in Chinese public education, kids are encouraged to hard work and make dedications to their native land in schools. The gov make idols to worship like Jiao Yulu(焦裕禄) way before this working overtime issue (and Jia
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by avcdsuia 8y ago
We are even not allowed to have feminist organizations, any non-governmental groups with powers are considered threat to this country.
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
That's why we need OLED displays to save our eyes. With OLED's pixels actually produce their own light and dark pixels are just not glowing pixels, pure dark background still provide maximum contrast on sunny days.
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
Shenzhen gov are using facial recognition to detect pedestrians running through the red light[0]. Their even release high quality pictures without mosaic in the first version, just a few days ago. [0] https://www.stc.gov.cn/f
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
Chinese gov is building and testing their national wide DNA database[0], what do you think of that? [0]: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-snares-innocent-and-guilt...
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
You are refering to the Green Dam Youth Escort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Dam_Youth_Escort
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
Why do HNers like Tesla so much? Surely Tesla start the era of electric vehicles,but for me it's just yet another American luxury car.I fancy something more exquisite and fun to drive.
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
That's because the Beijing authorities simply ban burning coal and limit the gas supplement in nearby areas. check this out http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2018-02/05/c_1122367331.htm
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
Now I want a 3:2 MacBook Pro 15'', the display ratio that Mac notebook used to have(PowerBook G4). 3:2 is much more comfortable working with, enough vertical space for reading code and no sacrifice for horizontal space.
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
I think you are right. I am a Chinese netizen, and I find popular trends in tech areas like new deep learning papers have lags to be posted in Chinese tech communities. People who don't know arxiv.org or can't read English well te
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by avcdsuia 9y ago
PPTP and L2TP are blocked, we mainly use Shadowsocks. And what Apple did is removing apps that provide Shadowsocks local client. e.g. Surge, Shadowrocket, Potatso‏...