lvturner

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1. 391.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   Not so sure I agree, I moved to Beijing, China having never spent a second there, probably the best decision I made ever. (Though, I had no pre-conception on how it would be like prior to landing...) While no longer living in mainland China
2. 392.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   I actually really want a stripped down phone - but without some of the popular messenging apps it's effectively a non-starter for daily use, both from a business and a personal perspective.
3. 393.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   I -used- to love fireworks, but over the years it dawned on me the huge negative impacts that they have have (pollution, terrifying wildlife and pets, etc) and I'm now unable to see them as much other than an extravagant, arrogant, c
4. 394.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   Hmm, not sure I agree, the jokes tend to be at the expense of characters with social development issues but even if you put that aside - watch it without a laugh track, it just isn't funny. As an aside I've never thought Friends w
5. 395.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   I was kind of replying to both - though I guess that wasn't fully apparent.
6. 396.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   Bit sexist though, no?
7. 397.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   It's almost like the word "millennial" is completely void of meaning... Who ever would have thought labeling three decades worth of people across the whole globe with a single label AND THEN trying to draw generalisations fro
8. 398.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   Not super familiar with Sonos, but why do they 'need' to connect to a server in order to work at all? Do they bundle in some kind of subscription streaming service or something? I always thought they were just wireless speakers th
9. 399.▲
   by lvturner 7y ago

   I assume the infrastructure and man power to store and analyse all the text, video and images doesn't come cheap
10. 400.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    What are the practical applications of this? (my imagination is having a failure) Are there any devices in the wild that use it currently?
11. 401.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Top right corner there's a button/link to switch things into English. At a glance, not everything is translated yet, but it seems a good deal of it is.
12. 402.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I wonder if it's more that they just don't understand - also habits are hard to change. "it's always been this way" Not sure what the solution is.
13. 403.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I find Shenzhen fascinating because it IS a city of transplants and migrants - there's even a saying that sums it up quite nicely, roughly translated: If you live in Shenzhen, you're from Shenzhen. Another I saw on the side of a b
14. 404.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Been over 40 times this year, get my finger prints checked every time I go through the Shenzhen border.
15. 405.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Profiting through advertising, or is there darker connections? Sorry, I'm genuinely not trying to be obtuse, but I'm just not quite sure on how that would work - does exaggerating the symptoms cause people to spend longer on the s
16. 406.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    For those of us who aren't medical practicioners - would you mind pointing explaining a bit further on "WebMD? Seriously?" as I had no idea it wasn't well regarded and am now curious as to why...
17. 407.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I think it might depend on why you left, and where you moved from/to.
18. 408.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Left seven years ago, wasn't easy, have yet to regret it.
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    by lvturner 7y ago

    Sorry, zoomer? Not familiar with that term
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    by lvturner 7y ago

    "A team of investigators told the official Xinhua news agency on Monday that a preliminary investigation had concluded that He had “organised a project team that included foreign staff, which intentionally avoided surveillance and used
21. 411.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I feel like this story has played out before but with a slightly different technology set...
22. 412.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I'd pay good money for an airship cruise, as a premium product - like a direct competitor to a cruise ship on the sea.
23. 413.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Only if you subscribe to everything - if you keep your follower list small, the individual experience doesn't change regardless of the overall size of the platform.
24. 414.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Or reduce the severity of a breach by using a limited guest network for your IoT devices
25. 415.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Thank you to everyone in the comments - I noticed I have mild tinnitus in my right ear just on Friday. Have already been to the doctors, but so far just at the "monitor it" stage with more tests to be done in a few weeks if it per
26. 416.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    Inverse TIE-Fighter?
27. 417.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I get your point that it isn't currently deemed at risk of being deplatformed - but while there are some differences, Bitfinex are having difficulties with finding people willing to bank with them. So there is precedence there.
28. 418.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    What if they deplatform coinbase due to AML risk... Or some other reason?
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    by lvturner 7y ago

    And calls can be quite expensive/valuable - I seem to recall some rumour of stolen mobile phones being used to call premium rate numbers and cash in (don't know how true it ever was)
30. 420.▲
    by lvturner 7y ago

    I get it... but it would be really nice to include WHY these comparisons are important somewhere