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by pyreko 6mo ago
Flew from PEK a few months ago and yep, they easily spotted my power bank (wasn't trying to hide it to be fair but they clearly weren't half-assing it) and were very thorough in checking if it had the CCC certification (had bought
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by pyreko 7mo ago
Yeah like... on Windows that's the exact same steps you would need to take if you insisted on using binstall? You might have slightly different steps for installing rustup for Windows (e.g. you need to install Visual Studio). The other
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by pyreko 7mo ago
Oh boy, it's this guy _again_.
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by pyreko 7mo ago
First guess is that it's due to the federal government cutting some stuff... and things like this are usually the first to go.
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by pyreko 8mo ago
HKers also refer to the rest of China with 大陸 from my experience.
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by pyreko 8mo ago
I have this with Twitter surprisingly. I only use it for animal pictures, art, and to follow artists. I usually just use the Following page, but my FYP is always just... animal pictures and art, exactly what I want. No weird right wing shit
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by pyreko 8mo ago
It's a bit longer in Canada (probably 3-4 weeks is what I usually see), but interestingly sometimes they're faster than Amazon-shipped stuff despite the former shipping from China.
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by pyreko 8mo ago
There was a PR for Adobe products a few weeks ago ( https://github.com/ValveSoftware/wine/pull/310 ), though it seems like they're redirecting it to the main Wine repo now since it makes more sense there
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by pyreko 8mo ago
I mean the person they're replying to is saying their current choice is they're stuck to a wired connection...
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by pyreko 9mo ago
Didn't expect to see Bringus on HN of all places
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by pyreko 1y ago
I've crossed a few times between the two via plane since Feb and when exiting the US, they could not care less from my experience. EDIT: I do remember hearing some cases of being searched when leaving through land borders, but that&#x2
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by pyreko 1y ago
Obviously anecdotal but I've had zero issues with preclearance at Pearson as a TN holder, both crossing and when applying for TN. They usually just ask me some combination of where I work for, what I do, and if I know when my TN expire
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by pyreko 1y ago
As some other people have mentioned, one area it _could_ matter is if you are ever looking to work in another country and need to apply for a work visa.
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by pyreko 3y ago
Similar photo from League of Legends' world finals from 2022 (Chase Center): https://res.cloudinary.com/dxb0ptf6a/image/upload/c_fill,dpr... If you haven't been paying attention to the eSports scene
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by pyreko 3y ago
Canadian here, iPads are really common amongst (uni/college) students as well, from my experience - they make good notetaking/general course work devices. Off the top of my head I think like 40-70% of students in my classes had an