Maneki Neko posted:

Does this have some amazing other meaning in Chinese?

"THE AMAZON ECHO is remarkably useful. Alexa, the digital personal assistant within the cylindrical black gadget, plays music, helps with recipes, and orders stuff online. One thing it cannot do, however, is speak Chinese.

The LingLong DingDong can."

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/behold-chinas-answer-amazon-echo-linglong-dingdong/

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

The DingDong, which costs the equivalent of $118, provides news, weather, and stock updates. It answers questions, manages schedules, provides directions, and plays music and audiobooks.

The gadget weighs about 3 pounds and stands 9.5 inches tall. It is circular at the top and square on the bottom, and available in white, red, black, and purple.

Still, the company claims the DingDong understands roughly 95 percent of the population.

So far, customers primarily use the DingDong for music,

But the company plans to incorporate artificial intelligence to make DingDong smarter.

Ceciltron posted:

The dingdong automatically updates your sesame credit with treason demerits if you listen to degenerate foreign music.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Actually it can't play foreign music, it couldn't understand what Beyonce means.

fish and chips and dip posted:

Something I found interesting is that you presented the demonitzation as a good thing, but both my (left leaning if that makes any difference) Indian friends were not happy about it at all, they both expressed their feelings through this Buzzfeed India video https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedIndia/videos/1261080817285736/?pnref=story

LentThem posted:

I was in Delhi for maybe 2 days (internet wasn't too bad but most free wifi wants to send an SMS and China Unicom was being a bitch and not letting me roam even though I unlocked it). I was in the Andamans for the rest of the time, so that's why internet and mobile coverage got bad and we also had brownouts daily. On the plus side the prices were maybe 30% of Shanghai prices so the early days where there was a 4k rupee conversion limit at banks was generally enough to last a few days, though the following week the limit was changed to 2k and later 2.5k.

Being in a laid back Indian Hawaii meant a lot less rioting, but I saw some seriously pissed people in Delhi, including foreigners. At Taj Mahal I saw a group of Chinese tourists get hosed and have a blowout with their driver/guide, as the admission fee was 500/1000 rupees per person and they only had the 500/1000 notes, meaning that the 3 hours 1-way trip was for nothing unless maybe some good samaritan could swap notes with them.

That newspaper I took a photo of included a great story about how hosed the ATMs are from this change. All of the ATMs need to be recalibrated to only handle the valid (and new) notes, meaning a technician needs to physically go to the machine to fix it. The article explains how this would not only be a hassle for the rural areas, but that logistically this is loving hard because the process involves coordinating five people (techs, transport, bank employees) to service the ATM, and there are very few qualified people. There are also reports of banks nationwide having problems storing all of the invalid cash pending govt collection after everyone running on the banks, and in rural areas many banks still haven't been issued the new notes (new 500/2000)

but at least i got to chew on sugar and fennel seeds after every meal and have people say "excuse me" in the rudest way possible when they want to get around me

Deceitful Penguin posted:

fish and chips and dip posted:

Hahahah, China want's to become a hockey superpower before the 2022 Beijing olympics. Fuuuuuuuuucking lol. https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/china-wants-to-be-the-next-hockey-heavyweight

Fojar38 posted:

Remember when everyone was crowning China the latest soccer heavyweight and then they lost to Syria at the championship qualifiers lol

quote:

Case in point: Both Xi and Vladimir Putin were on hand to witness the official signing of Kunlun into the KHL last June. When was the first time Barack Obama and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau attended a hockey-related event together?

a friend of mine posted:

ATTENTION ADVENTURERS IN NEED OF WORK! My brother is currently teaching English in South Korea and is looking for someone to fill a teaching position next year! It's an absolutely amazing opportunity that pays *very* well and is pretty life-changing. Let me know if you're interested and I can send you his way here's his post:
"If you have a 4 year degree, zero-some teaching experience, and want to experience living in a new country, let me know!
My co worker is quitting in february of next year, and ive been asked to help find a replacement. I work at a cultural center (a sort of secondary school) and teach english to kids and adults. Ages range from around 8-15 for kids. You have a lot of flexibility to make your own syllabus, though the center has established book material for each class to use.
The job is a 30hr work week and pay is 2.1 million won (around $1900). After taxes and pension you have 1.9 million a month, and you are provided a small apartment for free. Cost of living in korea is also quite cheap, so there is a lot of opportunity to save and pay off student loans.
The only requirement is a 4 year degree, though any other teaching experience is welcome.
Also, for better or worse, youll be working with me and we may be neighbors!
Let me know if youre interested! For anyone who's really serious, I'll be talking directly to the bosses to work on getting you an interview and get the process started."

Dicky mouse posted:

So the china sports thing I find funny.

Its good to set a goal and try to raise your profile.

But it takes years to build the talent pool to really compete.

I've often said the only way America will ever win a world cup would be to ban all football and baseball thus deverting all the talent to soccer.

Thus I wonder how the propaganda machine runs when reality directly conflicts with the statements or if you just say we are going to spend resources and build a competitive team.

Dr. Killjoy posted:

The job is a 30hr work week and pay is 2.1 million won (around $1900). After taxes and pension you have 1.9 million a month,

Khorne posted:

Is it normal to lie about your weekly wage ($1900 which is decent for teaching/amazing for teaching english to non-college students) but then say you make less than that per month.

Jimmy Little Balls posted:

I think you might need an English teacher.

fish and chips and dip posted:

Hahahah, China want's to become a hockey superpower before the 2022 Beijing olympics. Fuuuuuuuuucking lol. https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/china-wants-to-be-the-next-hockey-heavyweight

Jimmy Little Balls posted:

Diving.

Fauxtool posted:

the trick to dominate every sport as China is to have a team made up of 0% chinese players

Fauxtool posted:

At this point we dont really know who is the best at badminton since most of the top players have a lifetime ban for match fixing

Dicky mouse posted:

You have got to be kidding me

fish and chips and dip posted:

Hahahah, China want's to become a hockey superpower before the 2022 Beijing olympics. Fuuuuuuuuucking lol. https://sports.vice.com/ca/article/china-wants-to-be-the-next-hockey-heavyweight

Dicky mouse posted:

You have got to be kidding me

Dicky mouse posted:

I think the only way I can understand this match fixing is if you explain to me, in terms of a dragon ball Z tournament

Haier posted:

INCOMING HAIERESQUE TOPIC!

Girl came over last night. She had this in her backpack. The balls move. She said it was a face massager she bought on Taobao. I laughed and laughed. I said it was advertised as that, but no way it was a real face massager. She got angry and showed me how to use it on her face and shoulders. I had to take a photo. Things happened, and I snuck it into bed and then into her. She got angry and immediately called me an idiot and that it is NOT for that purpose. She got up and washed it with soap and set it next to my dishes, while continuing to call me names for how idiotic I was for thinking it was anything more than a massager.



Am I wrong?

Sheep-Goats posted:

Suppose one combatant and two other combatants purposefully lost a battle (and didn't even attempt to disguise it) because losing those battles would result in their next match being against an easier opponent than if they won.