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by bananatype 7mo ago
Feels eerily similar to Rodrigo Duterte's threats to Philippine broadcaster ABS-CBN (and in that case, he really made good on the threat and shut down its transmitters).
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FilBench: Can LLMs Understand and Generate Filipino Language?(arxiv.org)
2 points by bananatype 1y ago|1 comments
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by bananatype 2y ago
It probably depends on one's culture. In the Philippines, it's customary for funeral visitors to give a small donation to the bereaved family members (typically, around 20-40 USD). And since funerals are considered a big social ev
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by bananatype 2y ago
I'd say it's also likely an Asian thing. In my country (the Philippines), it's not uncommon for people to bring their children with them to funerals. I've been to the wakes of almost every elderly family member. It was a
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by bananatype 2y ago
The ebook has a Github repo, here: https://github.com/mrkline/concurrency-primer You can fork/clone/download the repo and then convert the ebook into Kindle or epub with Pandoc, like so (this is what I run):
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by bananatype 3y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28478641
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by bananatype 3y ago
When I was a student, this was the norm for all students from elementary to high school in the Philippines. We even have a rotation of who will redecorate the classroom bulletin board. At times, a section/class in the school will get a
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by bananatype 3y ago
Except in the Philippines, where it is a crime to commit libel/slander against a dead person (under Art. 353 of the Revised Penal Code). Although actual lawsuits from the family of a dead person are quite rare.
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Psychology of Speed: A Guide to Perceived Performance(calibreapp.com)
2 points by bananatype 3y ago|0 comments
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Elon's decision making: an anecdote compilation(nintil.com)
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by bananatype 3y ago
In the Tagalog (Filipino) language, we have the following words which are of Hokkien import: * parent-in-law - biyenan * son- or daughter-in-law - manugang * brother-in-law - bayaw * sister-in-law - hipag * the spouse of your brother- or s
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by bananatype 3y ago
Just to add to this. If the anonymous post was made on a group, the group administrators could still see it. So it's only anonymous for the rest of the (non-admin) group members.
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by bananatype 3y ago
In the Philippines, you can pay for your bills on any 7-11 store: electricity, water, phone, cable TV, internet, even pay for ship or plane tickets (because not many Filipinos own credit cards).
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by bananatype 3y ago
Ah yes, Hiroo Onoda. He was adamant the war was still on, that his commanding officer had to be flown in to Sabang Island in Mindoro province (Philippines) just to give him his orders. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/H
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The Godfather, Saudi-style: inside the palace coup that brought MBS to power(theguardian.com)
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by bananatype 4y ago
Probes are dime a dozen in the Philippines. I expect senators and congressmen would milk all the publicity they could out of this, but after a week or so this issue will be forgotten like many other issues where these legislators wasted ou
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by bananatype 5y ago
A Filipino here. The timing of the Nobel couldn't have been better: it came one day after Vice President Leonor Robredo filed her candidacy for next year's election. And the misogynist president, he of rape jokes and profanities n