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caberham posted:I say just buy from newegg.cn Do NOT get a chrome book. Google is all blocked so they are worthless.
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Magna Kaser posted:Do NOT get a chrome book. Google is all blocked so they are worthless. I was gonna say, a Chromebook in China sounds like the dumbest idea.
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Jul 30, 2015 12:48
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I forgot I live in Hong Kong! But oh well everything will be the same soon  
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Magna Kaser posted:Do NOT get a chrome book... they are worthless.
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caberham posted:I forgot I live in Hong Kong! But oh well everything will be the same soon Hong Kongers are terrible and the worst and I'm not even joking because I'm incapable fo humor whebn I'm drunk.
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fart simpson posted:Hong Kongers are terrible and the worst and I'm not even joking because I'm incapable fo humor whebn I'm drunk. Hell, even when you're not drunk.
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I bought a cheap chromebook like two years ago, and it is too slow to run stuff now, and the cheap plastic on the touchpad is peeling off like dead sunburned skin
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Jd.com was originally mainly for getting electronics online when they were still called 360buy.com so they have a huge selection and are cheaper than newegg You can probably get a Thinkpad Edge at an okay price
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LentThem posted:Jd.com was originally mainly for getting electronics online when they were still called 360buy.com so they have a huge selection and are cheaper than newegg Yeah Newegg in China kind of sucks. I would choose JD, TMall and Amazon over them.
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When I look on JD there are a bunch of super cheap ones with brands like dere, deffad, WOW, and other poo poo that I can find no other evidence for anywhere on the internet. What the hell are these? Example: http://item.jd.com/1598272775.html
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Jul 31, 2015 04:33
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Chinese brands. Probably terrible.
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buying electronics or clothes or really anything else: if the brand doesnt appear to exist outside of china, its probably a cheap pile of poo poo that youll regret
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I had heard of Chinese manufacturers taking the same parts they make for other companies and selling exact copies for cheap so that was mainly what I was wondering about.
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Grand Fromage posted:I had heard of Chinese manufacturers taking the same parts they make for other companies and selling exact copies for cheap so that was mainly what I was wondering about. This is definitely A Thing.
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So my Shanghai Adventure did not turn out as expected. I'll write an  post once I have some more perspective and can laugh about it. Long story short, even laowai who have lived in China for a long time and seem to be trustworthy and have their poo poo together can be really, really weird. Like, to the point where you don't even want them to have your phone number anymore. Or know where you live.Simultaneously, though, my wife got her green card (we'd been waiting 10+ months for permission to schedule an appointment in guangzhou) so we are processing exit papers for my daughter and will move to the USA in ~2 weeks. Previously I did not want to go back home - I wanted to live in a big city for a while - but after discovering my business contacts were some kind of weird cult like group that takes orders from a 52 year-old black dude who sits around his house all day drinking vodka and shouting at people on the phone - I decided to bail on my plans before they dragged me under. Anyway, there's always new plans. Working on some different projects now, guess I'll have to settle for playing occasional raves back home instead of becoming a celebrity in China. I guess it finally came down to, when somebody (who can't even speak Chinese) calls me up in the middle of the night shouting about how they have so much guanxi and thinks they need to explain what H.N.I.C. means; no dude, you are not my friend. You don't know me. I don't want anything to do with you. bad day fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Jul 31, 2015 |
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bad day posted:So my Shanghai Adventure did not turn out as expected. I'll write an in almost six years in China, I can tell you the amount of people I trust in Tianjin right now on nine fingers (five locals, four foreigners (two who are leaving by October), before counting my wife's friends) ...sorry man. that's life in China I guess
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9 + some large number? I don't even know nine people, let alone trust...
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angel opportunity posted:9 + some large number? I don't even know nine people, let alone trust... I dunno, I thought after being here I was a good judge of character - especially because I'd known these people for many years and they were very helpful. But in retrospect I'd never spent more than a few days around them at a time, and there'd been warning signs all along I was ignoring because they were talented musicians.
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Jul 31, 2015 14:30
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but really if you're worried locals may screw you in a business deal, I've heard just as many if not more stories of foreigners screwing each other bottom line is you're utterly on your own in China so sack up and good luck and don't trust anyone, a la Indiana jones in last crusade
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bad day posted:I dunno, I thought after being here I was a good judge of character - especially because I'd known these people for many years and they were very helpful. But in retrospect I'd never spent more than a few days around them at a time, and there'd been warning signs all along I was ignoring because they were talented musicians. Oh, I was responding to GBM, but yeah...I would be super hesitant to trust anyone professionally. I network with some other authors online for certain projects like newsletter exchanges, story bundles, advertising stuff, etc., but it's all stuff that if they totally hosed me over, it would barely hurt me. A lot of erotica/romance authors, once they get really big, start to hire ghostwriters. The going thing people say about ghostwriters is, "If you wouldn't trust them to watch your kid for you, don't trust them to ghostwrite for you." That seems like a good rule of thumb for any business relationship that would get you really intertwined and dependent on someone. It's really good though that you identified early how poo poo it looked and bailed out before getting hosed over
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angel opportunity posted:I would be super hesitant to trust anyone professionally. literal lol
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Jul 31, 2015 14:42
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Why is it funny  I seriously am doing like professional networking with other authors...
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Jul 31, 2015 14:43
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Can I ghostwrite for you? I have this great concept about a Uniqlo dressing room...
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Can I ghostwrite for you? I have this great concept about duck penises and nuclear war.
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Can I ghostwrite for you? I'm literally a ghost.
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Can I ghost write for you? My angry posts give you true inspiration
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I was directed to this thread awhile back and still have a few stupid questions, so I apologize in advance We're flying from JFK to Tokyo next January and have a 24-hour layover in Beijing. I'd like to get out and actually see something in that time, but am having difficulty gauging what's reasonable to assume for one day layover (especially with the whole visa business). The nice thing is that we arrive midday and leave the same time the following day, so we really do have a full 24 hours to use. What would be quick and relatively painless for someone who's never stepped foot in China before? We're pretty adventurous with food and whatnot, but don't speak much outside of English (and limited French, which I imagine isn't terribly helpful). Also I browsed the hotel section of the OP, but a specific hotel recommendation within reasonable distance from the airport would be awesome (otherwise I'll just go from what's noted there). Also, we're flying on Air China - any opinions on this airline? Anything specific I should expect that might set it apart in someway from the other airlines we've used? Thanks in advance to anyone who might have offered some suggestions in the other thread 
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Air China is a member of star alliance, which imposes a few standards on service, quality, etc. In my experience they're fine, not great, they're better than your standard budget/package intercontinental airline. You don't have anything to worry about. I personally prefer to fly Air Canada intercontinentally or one of the better European airlines (KLM, lufthansa) when I can.
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5 star hotel Hyatt Hangzhou : put the complimentary water in the bathroom.
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Invisible Handjob posted:you know I've never stayed at any hotel (fancy or otherwise) in china but I wonder do the nicer ones have hand soap available in the rooms or is it just cold water and luck like everywhere else? Don't be so poor. Just kidding, there's really nice toiletries like occitaine.
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Invisible Handjob posted:you know I've never stayed at any hotel (fancy or otherwise) in china but I wonder do the nicer ones have hand soap available in the rooms or is it just cold water and luck like everywhere else? Nice hotels in China really nice man. Hell the Holiday Inn Express across from my old apartment was like 80 US bucks a night and it was freaking awesome. My parents came to China in 2011 and they stayed in the Tianjin Renaissance and it was absolutely gorgeous.
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Invisible Handjob posted:you know I've never stayed at any hotel (fancy or otherwise) in china but I wonder do the nicer ones have hand soap available in the rooms or is it just cold water and luck like everywhere else? To find a hotel without soap or hot water, you'd have to get into sub ￥50 per night illegal "hotel" territory.
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oh well that's cool, I'll have to keep that in mind. I just stayed with family way out in the boonies and was disappointed at the lack of soap everywhere, even in nicer restaurants. I really don't think I saw it a single time in a restroom after leaving the airport combined with pooping in those weird men's toilets where the stalls don't have doors on the front so people just walk by and see yer junk hanging out while you're squatting there, I wasn't really left with an overably favorable bathroom experience. not to mention the smell of those urinal troughs with no running water where the gravity just kind of pulls the pee away... oh lord.
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Look at this guy, watching people poop 
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Tom Smykowski posted:Look at this guy, watching people poop I wish it were so I was the one being watched, a lot of people did a double take and just stared at me while I was squatting there pooping, it was the most uncomfortable experience ever...
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The time I bent my big toenail in half at a 90 degree angle and had to cut it off at the bend was more uncomfortable than your poops
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fart simpson posted:The time I bent my big toenail in half at a 90 degree angle and had to cut it off at the bend was more uncomfortable than your poops Do you have some old times disease or something? The Louisiana Rickets?
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