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by catherd 8y ago
Source: I've been here 4 years, pretty much always in Shenzhen. 1) If you will be using wifi/landline internet (vs. always tethering to your phone), get a paid VPN that advertises working through the GFW and make sure it works bef
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by catherd 8y ago
I live in China and walked by one of those e-bike food delivery guys the other day. He was casually sitting on the sidewalk with his gear halfway taken off (I guess on break). Most of the skin on the front of his knee was completely, all th
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by catherd 8y ago
Same as Inanek2. Looks like maybe related to this (Firefox 52.8 on Linux, from China, via VPN): Blocked loading mixed active content “ http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/captcha2/redirect-%7Cen%7Cdo... More] app.kont
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by catherd 8y ago
1) it used VLC, called from the command line. arrow keys, space bar and a few letter keys for mode and navigation. 2) I downloaded from various places. If you can post a link I'll check it out, but based on past experience the subtitle
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by catherd 8y ago
I have a python script that will convert chinese character .srt files to pinyin. It's not perfect (sometimes doesn't recognize word boundaries correctly and puts spaces in the wrong spots). But it's good enough for me to tole
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by catherd 8y ago
I can't get it to load and the "about" isn't terribly informative, but (I think) I made a proof of concept of a similar thing. Mine is an offline video player that shows dual language subtitles. It has modes for skipping
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by catherd 8y ago
I run a contract manufacturing service in China. We mostly work with US companies bringing new products to market. I'm a little uncertain what you're asking, but my email is in my profile. In general, I can say that individuals tr
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by catherd 9y ago
I don't disagree that most people are terrible about summarizing and acting after meetings, but just to bring up a contrary stance: Occasionally this approach can be the result of a problem on the opposite side. For example: Due to cir
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by catherd 9y ago
I'll be interested to see if they are using it a year from now. Everyone I know who got the previous generation of similarly priced machines (like the Neodyn TM220/240A) no longer use them. Mostly due to the accuracy being not goo
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by catherd 9y ago
I think there really isn't much of a scene in the sense the GP is probably thinking. Most everyone here concentrates directly on work and family. Activities that are indirectly linked to work/technology like the typical networking
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by catherd 9y ago
There's still plenty of manufacturing going on, it's just mostly all moving outside the built up parts of the city, or to Dongguan. It's the same dynamic you'd expect in America or elsewhere. A combination of gentrificat
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