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by coconut_crab 7y ago
I'm sorry to hear that. It seems that we are still not used to deal with foreigners yet, especially outside HN/SG. > Local hospital refused to take us, sent to a special hospital "for foreigners". This was the red lig
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Long ago it was a river, the French made it that way in the early 20th century.
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
>>>>>>One other thing that the article dangerously omits is the fact that food hygiene and/or safety testing is still pretty much non-existent even in the richest parts of Vietnam. >>>I've also spent abo
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Vinmec has been poaching doctors from public hospitals with their much higher pay. But they still can't get the very best ones for some reasons (I heard those doctors like to help people and not work for money). So VinMec has good serv
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Health care in Vietnam is not not too bad, at least for the price. Surely you can't expect state of the art cancer treatments here but everything else is pretty affordable. My father just had an operation to fix his retinal detachment,
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
There are many factors at work here but I am sure being forced to stay indoor is depressive as hell. The city where I live has been in constant smog with AQI in the range of 200~300* and every outdoor activities are stopped, I can't ev
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Because land usage is maximized with rectangle shaped plots, not rounded ones so pod or dome will never be popular. Same reason why they made cube shaped watermelons in Japan I I guess, to stuff as many of them as possible in containers.
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
The new Nokia tough phone has just what I need: 4G, GPS, water and dust proof, minus all the distraction of a smart phone. It's a pity I can't build my own version of Firefox OS for it, the close integration of Google service make
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
In my original post, 'making mistakes' was put before 'out of context', the Internet doesn't allow anyone to have a 2nd chance of doing anything. Once you are branded as something, it will stuck with you forever, er
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
The Internet doesn't forget, so everyone can be branded mysogynist/mysandry/pedophile/etc.. just by making mistakes or having taken quotes out of context. People have limited attention and the media profits on showing th
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The World Expected a Chinese Tech Takeover. Alibaba Can’t Even Conquer Vietnam(wsj.com)
3 points by coconut_crab 7y ago|0 comments
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
I didn't know that the Soviet made pocket knives,they look quite similar to swiss army knives! This part really struck me hard because my tools are all mint, despite being bought years ago: > For me, the knife’s most compelling qual
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
In Vietnam the plan to build a nuclear power plant was shelved due to the lack of fund and opposition from the people. Guess what replaced it? Three coal power plants! As if that is any cleaner! Russia being embargoed isn't helping eit
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Having experienced the few last summers at 80% humidity and 32oC+, i can say from my experience that the extreme is becoming the norm now. In fact i am enjoying it right now, and it has just rained half an hour ago!
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
It's the combination of heat and humidity that's deadly. The desert is hot but dry so you can rely on evaporative cooling but if it's too wet then there is nothing you can do to cool your body.
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
This is why it feels much hotter and suffocating at night than day where I live, at 10PM the temperature is 35oC with 70% humidity (thank to urban heat island effect). At least sweating cools my body down during the day, at night all it doe
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
There are people I know who are making two to five times more than I, including those whom I have personally mentored. The reason is that they do job hopping more than I do (been working in this position for 5 years) and the startups boom i
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
It took me awhile to parse the title because Rest isn't in all caps. Initially I thought sqlite is going to be retired or something... but then again English is not my native language.
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Apparently North Korea still has a lot of those[1], and as recent as 30 years ago they were quite popular on Vietnam's streets. I have heard of people died from the heat or suffocation riding on them. [1] https://blogs.scien
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
> Try Taiwan or Vietnam - well, Vietnam another one party state, but a burgeoning tech scene and HUGE population of like-minded hackers. Where can I find those communities you mentioned in Vietnam?
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
> A final study showed that participants who read a popular magazine article about the malleability of intelligence (designed to foster a “growth mindset”) subsequently scored higher on intellectual humility than another group who read a
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
America? I think Trump is a fool but some of his measures make sense. Regarding China, I feel that America misunderstood that China will play by the international rule (setup by western countries). No, they have their own rule and whatever
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Maybe not yet, but it surely gives them the capability to spy later on. My country, Vietnam, also banned Huawei equipment[1], and I don't believe it's pure paranoia. China has been taking every chances to spy on us, from illegally
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Maybe, but English is not my native language so it doesn't matter here. Fun fact: The word for 'woman' in my country is derived from '婦' - 女 (“woman”) + 帚 (“broom”), so even calling them that way is kinda male chauv
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Just an example,if a male coworker said he is tired and he needs to take a leave, I can ask what's wrong and arrange for longer leave if needed. For the other sex, better ask no questions. But then I live in Asia, things might be diffe
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
Yep, I don't see why is this a problem, just act professionally, don't be a creep. I have mentored many programmers, both male and female and i have zero problems with either. There are some subtleties in dealing with the fairer s
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ZIO: Simple, Testable Functional Effects for Scala(degoes.net)
1 points by coconut_crab 7y ago|0 comments
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by coconut_crab 7y ago
My experience with code bootcamp trained developers is positive, due to the follow reasons: - Most of them have engineering background: electrical engineering, civil engineering, petroleum engineering. - Since they lack formal education in
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
I think it is just one skill of critical thinking, why stop at second order when third order thinking is even better?
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by coconut_crab 8y ago
I have tried my best to educate people around me to care more about environment to no avail, because to them "it's another guy's problem if we litter on the street, so keep doing it". What the government is doing ain&#x2

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