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by gaoshan 8y ago
Didn't know overnight trains had disappeared. When I lived in Europe as a poor student from the US I would take night trains every single time I could. I had an Interrail pass and once everyone was settled down for the night go look fo
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by gaoshan 8y ago
I held on as long as I could and saved up money and kept driving my 11 year old Honda. Had it totaled in a car accident a few months back and had to buy something so now instead of the $35,000 Tesla I had wanted for so long I own a perfectl
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by gaoshan 8y ago
Qualcomm brought the case in China. This give China an opening to put punitive measures in place against an American company. In the aftermath of the detention of Huawei's CFO this is a great opportunity because it isn't China act
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by gaoshan 8y ago
China is grateful for Qualcomm and the timing of this. A case that was expected to be dismissed instead, in the wake of the Huawei arrest, becomes a tool.
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by gaoshan 8y ago
If you can find a Chinese person that is willing to be open about the topic with a foreigner (no mean feat) you will find they almost certainly agree with what the person you are replying to is saying. It is not just this one individual...
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by gaoshan 8y ago
One thing to keep in mind, as biased as it can be the media in the West is based on a journalistic tradition that lets it operate free from government interference. The media in authoritarian countries like China and Russia has no such trad
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by gaoshan 8y ago
I saw a goat pluck a dollar bill out of someone's back pocket and eat it. Same goat also ate several maps in their entirety. Nibbled loose clothing as well.
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by gaoshan 8y ago
Going off Effexor was a nightmare for me. I would never take anything like it again... not worth it.
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by gaoshan 8y ago
Link not working
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by gaoshan 8y ago
Anyone have a summary or better source? Paywall is strong with this one.
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by gaoshan 8y ago
I worked for an SF company but live in Cleveland. Now I work for a local office but still make about half the cost of my entire house every year.
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by gaoshan 8y ago
So what? If true, he's smart. If not, he's... what... decent? Correct? Still smart? Someone's (imagined) motivations hardly matter if they are doing the right thing. Criticizing someone that has done the decent thing because
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by gaoshan 8y ago
If the area is zoned to permit such facilities then perhaps having a house their isn't the best idea. Areas zoned residential don't have such issues.
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by gaoshan 8y ago
Definitely was not one way because both sides committed acts of violence right? Specifically, on one side you had people committing violence in order to retain their positions of power and advantage over a weaker group and on the other you
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by gaoshan 8y ago
I remember this basic "argument" from my childhood. After getting caught doing something of dubious moral value a child would say "Well everyone else is doing it". You knew it was wrong but you did it anyway and justifie
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by gaoshan 8y ago
49 frontend dev here and the occasional happy hour is one of the things I look forward to most.
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by gaoshan 9y ago
Oh she's already there. I hope this shows her how pointless they really are. If she looks into her new followers she will see a bunch of odd sounding names that all follow roughly the same number of people and have no posts so it'
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by gaoshan 9y ago
I saw this title and promptly went and bought a thousand for my daughter. I anticipate much squealing and confused "I'm trending!" hollering.
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by gaoshan 9y ago
This article is so well written! Absolutely delightful to read.
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by gaoshan 9y ago
I started learning to code in my mid-30's and am now in my mid-40's working as a developer. "Leave the 9 to 5 Job" is not accurate. Most people that follow the path described in the article will still be working regular
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by gaoshan 10y ago
How about mix the groups together and gain the best of all possible outcomes? Groups of workers are like components in a dish and older workers are often the salt/sugar/umami of the recipe.
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by gaoshan 10y ago
I was critical of Christians in China. You are religious. Of course you question my judgement. You and everyone like you presumably does so. It's part of what undergirds your belief system.
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by gaoshan 10y ago
The line you quote is so annoyingly on target of the stereotypical American cultural bias that it just turns my stomach. Most Christians I have encountered in China (and I mean Chinese, not the typically evangelical American "missionar
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by gaoshan 10y ago
I use Amex (Blue Cash Preferred) because I get more cash back. I don't fly often so getting actual cash for the sorts of everyday purchases that dominate my usual spending works well for me. Amex has the best deals for that. The though
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by gaoshan 10y ago
You should ask, "what keeps lions from eating lions" if you want to go that route and then see what happens to your higher authority argument.
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by gaoshan 10y ago
Prior to become a web developer I was a photojournalist (staff photog at a mid-sized newspaper) for 10 years starting right before digital started. I always loved working in the darkroom and printing but I do not miss film. Film was just...
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by gaoshan 10y ago
>But you are openly advocating about that, people will frown upon you, and will keep you distance. Having lived in an oppressively religious area (in the American South) this is one of the things I like best about China. It's a reli
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by gaoshan 10y ago
I've been drinking the pre-made drink (2.0) for about 6 months now. I use it for a quick breakfast (3 or 4 days a week) that I can have during my commute. Never had any issues, tastes great and saves me time in the morning. Not the pow
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by gaoshan 10y ago
>As soon as you have enough money to afford it Well it must be an obscenely large amount of money. My wife (a college professor) and I (IT Manager) are nowhere near being able to take advantage of these amazing loopholes. We pay federal
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by gaoshan 10y ago
I will say that I'm my experience developers with a background in C# seem to love Typescript while developers with a background in Javascript seem to be slower to warm up (a lot slower). In our office it seems like the JS folks are sen

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