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by zhemao 10y ago
I was assuming that the authors themselves had gone to grad school in Germany, so they should be proficient in German. Maybe they would be more comfortable in English, but since part of their audience is German, I would think they'd ma
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by zhemao 10y ago
Also the guide on German cultural expectations for Chinese is pretty hilarious. The thing about always making appointments and staying in queues is very different from how it is in China. Also, do Germans seriously need to separate out gree
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by zhemao 10y ago
> First, like you said, the cultural issue makes them more reserved and less open to others. Except Indian and Chinese culture are not reserved at all. As the guide mentions, it is very common in China for people to socialize outside of
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by zhemao 10y ago
I find it kind of funny that a guide for Chinese and German academics is written in Chinese and English. Is there even a German translation of this, or did the authors just assume that German academics are all proficient in English anyways?
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by zhemao 10y ago
Reddit is up for me, but Github is down. Goodbye productivity.
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by zhemao 10y ago
Probably because that would be a legal nightmare. You'd have to get approval from all the companies that made the systems you're emulating and the companies that made those games (sometimes they're the same company). And I do
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by zhemao 10y ago
Well, there's only been 44 presidents. So top ten is the top 23%. I'd wager she's barely even in the top 50%. There was a shocking amount of corruption during the gilded age. Also, she's really not that corrupt. So she t
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by zhemao 10y ago
LOL, most openly corrupt president. Somebody clearly hasn't read much US history. Andrew Jackson literally handed out political appointments to his supporters and relatives. Hilary Clinton isn't even close to being the most corrup
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by zhemao 10y ago
Neither of those things is likely to get you sued, arrested, or (if you're a foreigner) kicked out of the country. It's not about underestimation of ability, it's about not wanting to take a risk or flout established social n
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by zhemao 10y ago
And ... uh ... legality? If either Postmates or the companies he infiltrated took this the wrong way, he could end up in a bit of trouble.
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by zhemao 10y ago
I'm not talking about the medical benefit, I'm talking about the name specifically. His will stated that there should be prizes for chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.
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by zhemao 10y ago
Alfred Nobel apparently disagreed, and it's still the interest on the money bequeathed by his will that funds the prize. So it's unlikely that the name will be changed.
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by zhemao 10y ago
The Nobel Prizes in science are generally awarded a few decades after the fact. That gives enough time for the impact of the work to become clear.
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by zhemao 10y ago
I read it as "play over Monk". It's a reinforcement of "Don't listen to me, I'm supposed to be accompanying you." But Monk was known to get up from the piano and dance during performances.
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by zhemao 10y ago
> Do you have any actual examples of wealthy philanthropists using "the rest of us" as guinea pigs to cure themselves of disease? Peter Thiel wants to make himself ageless and immortal by injecting himself with the blood of the
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by zhemao 10y ago
It wouldn't be hard to find another set of Chinese words with identical pinyin but completely different meaning, though. It's a very homophone-heavy language. For instance, the words for "buy" and "sell" differ
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by zhemao 10y ago
Ah, I see what you mean. I guess you can think of timbre as a mixture of dynamics and a very simplified version of harmony in which you can only have intervals of an octave.
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by zhemao 10y ago
Yes, a lot of Chinese, especially those who have lived in the West for a time, are uncomfortable with the social expectations inherent in guanxi . My parents usually refuse to accept gifts or invitations to dinner from other Chinese that t
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by zhemao 10y ago
It does implicitly answer the "why". If you have more choice in what you work on, you can choose work that you enjoy. If you enjoy your work, you'll do more of it. It's no longer a paradox when you take into account the
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by zhemao 10y ago
> Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Form, Timbre I think dynamics (or at least dynamic contrast) is also an important element. > Timbre is the easiest to appreciate due to its lack of rich structure It does have a rich structure, we just don&#
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by zhemao 10y ago
That's because music theory books are written for musicians, not mathematicians. It is a theory, just an empirical one and not a mathematical one. The circle of fifths is not magic. Every step you take on the circle of fifths moves one
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by zhemao 10y ago
Just a nitpick, but the transposition is the other way around. Concert B flat is C for B flat instruments.
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by zhemao 10y ago
Yes, but did you learn your first programming language immediately? Because that's closer to the author's situation.
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by zhemao 10y ago
> They aren't free to move out and start their own households Why is that a problem? You don't need to live separately from your parents or grandparents in order to get married. Multi-generational households were the norm until
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by zhemao 10y ago
I mean, what are they supposed to do, kick their children out of the house? In the end, the genesis of Hikkikomori's reclusion is their feeling of having failed at life. They can't deal with society's expectations of them, so
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by zhemao 10y ago
That would happen anyway. Better that they have their basic needs met but have trouble finding a mate than they have to struggle to survive and have trouble finding a mate.
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by zhemao 10y ago
This implies that hikkikomori are accepted in Japanese society. They are definitely not. Which is part of the reason for their social withdrawal.
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by zhemao 10y ago
Well that's a rather euphemistic translation of guan gun . I've always thought of it as "bare stick" or "bare pole". The phallic connotations being 100% intentional.
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by zhemao 10y ago
MS13 was started by Salvadoran prisoners deported from the US, so I guess the whole thing is coming full circle. I suppose it depends on what where you draw the line between violent crime and civil war. Usually when we think of war, we thin
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by zhemao 10y ago
Trust me, you really don't.

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