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Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

I saw a Chinese woman walking tonight. She was wearing the typical lower-class Chinese lady clothes of high heels, stretchy black capris, and black and white striped t-shirt. She was that sickly, anemic pale that comes from a lifetime of hiding from the sun, so it made me think she was not one of the Northeast Indians.
I was so shocked I had to get out my phone and tell some Chinese friends, who all told me I shouldn't try to bang her. Come on, I did not put that intention out there. I was just surprised to see another foreigner in these parts that wasn't Russian. Anyway, I couldn't find her on People Nearby. Drat.

Chaoshan Girl has been bothering me to move back to Shenzhen, saying maybe it's better for me than Bangkok. She's been looking on those apartment apps and sending me ones way outside the city that seem like a good deal, and trying to pitch them as "It's not that far, and they're building a Metro line there soon!"
I kept telling her that all the ads are fake, and when you go to see the room they will at the last moment tell you that room in the photo is taken, but here's a heck of a beater you can get for a higher price. She's telling me what the ads are saying, and it appears that "Good air" is one of the common tidbits listed in the info for places not directly in the city, even though places not directly in the city are where the factories are and the air and water are exceptionally poor. I guess it's a common superstition there that not being directly in the city = so clean air.
Anyway, no. I told her she can visit me in BKK. It's $100 USD each way, and CG sometimes makes up to $8k USD per month just goofing off in the electronics market. It's chump change for her.

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Hey, it's only a year more than China. I won't be over on this side of the world forever.

HerStuddMuffin posted:

I want to believe these people are not so much bad drivers as they are confused about reality not being a GTA game, and very enthusiastic about finding all the secret areas.

After I got my new notebook, which was a gaming notebook, I made it thing that at some point when a girl would come to my room, I would at least once turn on GTAV and let them play it while I was in the shower or cooking or cleaning, etc. I'd show them how to steal and car and drive and let them go on their own. It was usually met with horror or anger once I would figure out that they could drive on the sidewalks. Only one of them liked it, the rest thought it was pure evil and shamed me for owning it.

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# ? May 22, 2024 13:29

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/79nd6e/when_did_your_something_is_very_wrong_here/

quote:

The following is reposted from an earlier thread, but it's even more relevant here.

A former co-worker, Jason, told me this story. Jason was working at a dock in China that looked something like this, and unloaded shipping containers from huge international cargo ships. A typhoon had just passed, and many of the inbound ships had been delayed for days due to the extreme weather. Once the weather cleared, there was a backlog of ships waiting to be docked and unloaded. To make matters worse, a tropical depression had just been upgraded to a tropical storm, and was expected to make landfall within 48 hours.

It was organized chaos as the dock workers frantically tried to unload three times the volume of shipping containers in half the time. Jason was a Senior Cargo Agent, and his job was to verify that the information on the offloaded shipping containers matched the information on the manifest, and to visually inspect shipping containers for damage. A cargo agent had to sign off on all cargo before an unloaded ship could disembark. As there were a limited number of spaces for ships to dock, it was crucial that the cargo agents verify the unloaded shipments as quickly as possible so that another ship could dock immediately.

Everyone at the dock had walkie talkieies (hand-held portable two-way radios), and Jason heard Dock Manager 1 going absolutely apeshit because an unloaded ship had been waiting in the dock for nearly two hours, and no cargo agent had verified their delivery. Jason radioed Cargo Agent 1 assigned to that area, but there was no answer. He then radioed Cargo Agent 2, and still received no response. He then radioed the next closest Senior Cargo Agent 1 and asked him to drop everything and verify the cargo immediately.

After thirty minutes, Dock Manager 2 radioed that the ship was STILL docked. Jason then radioed Senior Cargo Agent 1 who he had sent over there, and did not receive a response. He then radioed Dock Manager 1 who had been screaming into the radio, and again received no response. Jason was now the only Senior Cargo Agent in the area, and it now fell to him to verify the unloaded shipment and get the delayed ship out of port ASAP. As he got into his truck to drive over, a nagging feeling of dread kept telling him not to go. He ignored the feeling and drove there anyway, all the while trying and failing to radio anyone else in the area. When he arrived at the unloading zone, he couldn't bring himself to get out of the truck, and later said that it felt as if he was being physically pushed back into his seat.

Jason then picked up his radio with a shaking hand and broadcast, "Unknown threat near unloading section four. All workers evacuate immediately. This is not a drill." And just like that, a multi-billion dollar port was shut down.
A HazMat team was soon dispatched, and found that a shipping container damaged in transit had been carrying heavier than air inert gas. The gas leaked and displaced the air, then became trapped between several rows of closely stacked shipping containers. Every person that approached immediately lost consciousness. Five people were found dead near the damaged container, and Jason was later fired because he did not actually have the authority to shut down the port.

Jason filed the Chinese equivalent to a wrongful termination lawsuit, but was strongly encouraged to settle, or else the Chinese government might find him partially responsible for the workers' deaths. As a white foreigner in China, this was a very real possibility, and he ended up settling for a modest amount. Jason still blames himself for the death of Senior Cargo Agent 1, and gave the settlement amount to the man's widow.

LOL

# ? Oct 30, 2017 19:15

angel opportunity: Sep 7, 2004; Total Eclipse of the Heart

https://twitter.com/gaodawang/status/925114210589147136

^^ good chinese photographer to follow on twitter

# ? Oct 30, 2017 22:39

Power Khan: Aug 20, 2011; by Fritz the Horse

PUBG faces China ban for deviating from 'socialist core values'.

As foretold.

# ? Oct 30, 2017 22:55

The Great Autismo!: Mar 3, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

two good stories from last night

my coworker is locked out of his apartment. he can put his key in the keyhole, but when he turns, nothings happens. we realized this around 6pm after work, so we called HR. the HR lady then called a student representative. the student representative called us and then told us that we needed to call a locksmith. so we called a locksmith. we wait over an hour, probably closer to an hour and a half, for the locksmith to arrive. he finally shows up and takes a look at the door and the lock, and has the analysis of "this lock is broken". we are like "yeah, we know". he said "ok, well, I'll go home" and we were kinda confused "wait, can't you help us get into the apartment?" to which he wasn't sure if he could, because he doesn't know if we live there or not. we said "why did you come all the way out here then" and he said "I came to have a look at the lock". :ughh:

we called HR who talked to the guy for a while and finally took out his tools and opened the door. I love the idea, though, that maybe this wasn't our apartment, we found the key, know the right apartment but can't get in, and he comes along to tell us "yes, I can see that its broken, but I can't help you, you may be a thief" or whatever his line of thinking was.

while all of this was happening, my old roommate who lives in wuhan was having an even better story.

he went out this past weekend and left his kindle at the bar. he went back last night to get it. when he got to the bar, there were some people drinking there, smoking, but there wasn't an employee there. he asked the people "where's the employees?" and they said "we don't know". a bar with some people but no employees. so he contacts the bar owner, who says they will have an employee come over to help him find his kindle. this takes over 30 minutes, so he just waits at the bar and has a beer. the employee finally shows up but doesn't know where the kindle is. there's one locked drawer in the entire bar, and the employee guesses it must be there. but they don't know who has the key. they call the owner, who now isn't picking up, so it takes a bit to find the owner. the owner says its not in the drawer, another employee took it home. that employee will come in and give the kindle back to my old roommate. so when the employee shows up, my old roommate thanks him and turns on his kindle to start reading, and he realizes in the time he lost his kindle, someone went on the kindle store and bought the Dr. Suess book "Fox in Socks". so now every time he starts using his kindle, he is reminded that losing it cost him about 8 bucks so that someone could enjoy "Fox in Sox" on his Kindle while he didn't have it.

china.txt

# ? Oct 30, 2017 23:23

Devils Affricate: Jan 22, 2010

JaucheCharly posted:

PUBG faces China ban for deviating from 'socialist core values'.

As foretold.

Good. They're the only demographic that has been systematically subverting the game's rules. Now they can't complain when they get banned, because they're not supposed to be playing in the first place.

# ? Oct 30, 2017 23:39

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

JaucheCharly posted:

PUBG faces China ban for deviating from 'socialist core values'.

As foretold.

Is speedhacking part of socialist core values?

# ? Oct 30, 2017 23:58

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

blackbox posted:

There's a legitimate (stupid) reason for this. It's the police that determine fault in the case of an accident (not the insurance companies). If you move your car it is classed as leaving the scene and destroying evidence, so you are found at fault by default.

Of course this conflicts with what the driving test says, which says you should not cause an obstruction otherwise you can be fined.

It isn't as if everyone has a camera with them or anything.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 00:30

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

That different cultural orientation also makes sense for why China would have few qualms about advancing their AI development. I don't think people would ask whether a robot could ever count as human...China would be very practical about it and have clearcut ideas about who is and isn't a real human bean.

"Of course my sexbot isn't a human, don't be ridiculous. Who cares if she gave birth to a botkid, I bought her on Taobao and I can't put her in water, she's obviously a robot and not a human."

# ? Oct 31, 2017 00:35

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

Devils Affricate posted:

Good. They're the only demographic that has been systematically subverting the game's rules. Now they can't complain when they get banned, because they're not supposed to be playing in the first place.

Steam next please.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 00:40

Meme Poker Party: Sep 1, 2006; by Azathoth

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

That different cultural orientation also makes sense for why China would have few qualms about advancing their AI development. I don't think people would ask whether a robot could ever count as human...China would be very practical about it and have clearcut ideas about who is and isn't a real human bean.

"Of course my sexbot isn't a human, don't be ridiculous. Who cares if she gave birth to a botkid, I bought her on Taobao and I can't put her in water, she's obviously a robot and not a human."

God damnit we're going to have to change the definition of "AI" just like we did for "literally" because everyone loving uses it wrong, aren't we?

2013: Literally means figuratively now.

2017: Artificial intelligence means regular, non-intelligent machine but with complex algorithms.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 00:43

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

More hot water needed.

quote:

China Has 'Alarming' High Blood Pressure Crisis, Study Reveals

And now we're learning, according to the results of a new and startling study released Wednesday by Yale University researchers, that China may have a gigantic, looming health crisis on its hands. It was determined that more than 1 in 3 Chinese adults have high blood pressure � with 95 percent not receiving the proper treatment or medication for the condition.

With China's adult population estimated at more than 1.1 billion (excluding 300 million children under 18), this would mean its current at-risk population for unchecked hypertension is roughly 350 million people.

That's compared to only 18 million affected adults who are effectively managing their condition.

"The small number of people in China who have this disease under control, even among those who receive medication, is quite alarming," said Dr. Harlan Krumholz, co-author of the study and director of Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation.

Working in tandem with the Chinese National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, this team of researchers conducted the "largest study of hypertension in China ever, involving 1.7 million people between the ages of 35 and 75 in all 31 provinces in mainland China, and 3,362 primary health centers," according to a Yale statement. The study was published yesterday in the Lancet.

Stroke is responsible for 20 percent of all deaths in China annually, and uncontrolled hypertension is a primary risk factor. In addition, the nation has a rapidly growing population of older adults, and with the one-child policy that has been in place since 1979 (only repealed early last year) China is experiencing an acute shortage of working-age citizens that could potentially worsen significantly if this problem is not adequately addressed.

In a separate joint study conducted by Yale and the Chinese researchers, they found that only 37 percent of primary health centers in China carried the four needed classes of medication to treat high blood pressure. If there was any favorable news to come from this study, 11 in 12 pharmacies on average stocked some type of medication.

China, long considered the most populous nation on earth, has between 1.3 and 1.4 billion citizens, but that's recently been in dispute given India's recent explosive growth. Recent figures peg China's population at at 1,376,049,000, a figure which includes roughly 1,074,000,000 adults.

Referring to those who are actively treating their hypertension, the authors say that the "low number of people in control is ubiquitous in all subgroups of the Chinese population and warrants broad-based, global strategy, such as greater efforts in prevention, as well as better screening and more effective and affordable treatment."

https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/26/china-has-alarming-high-blood-pressure-crisis-study-reveals-12036

# ? Oct 31, 2017 00:51

Devils Affricate: Jan 22, 2010

China busy being terrible to the rest of the world again: https://qz.com/1114843/chinas-grand-plan-for-the-brahmaputra-a-1000km-tunnel-to-divert-water-away-from-tibet/

quote:

China is working on an incredibly ambitious water diversion project involving the Brahmaputra, one of India�s largest rivers, which may become another point of tension between the two Asian neighbours.
Chinese engineers are testing techniques that could be used to build a 1,000-kilometre (km) tunnel�the world�s longest�to carry water from Tibet to Xinjiang, a barren region in northwest China, according to a report in the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The project would divert water from the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southern Tibet, which turns into the Brahmaputra once it enters India, to the Taklamakan desert in Xinjiang.

�The proposed tunnel, which would drop down from the world�s highest plateau in multiple sections connected by waterfalls, would �turn Xinjiang into California�,� the SCMP reported, quoting an anonymous geotechnical engineer. Xinjiang, China�s largest administrative division, comprises vast swathes of uninhabitable deserts and dry grasslands.

The feasibility of the proposed Tibet-Xinjiang project is being tested along a 600km tunnel in China�s Yunnan region.

�The water diversion project in central Yunnan is a demonstration project,� Zhang Chuanqing, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences� Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, told the SCMP. Chuanqing, according to the newspaper, has played a key role in many major Chinese water tunnel projects. �It is to show we have the brains, muscle, and tools to build super-long tunnels in hazardous terrains, and the cost does not break the bank,� he said.
The Yunnan project comprises over 60 sections, all of which are wide enough to fit in two high-speed trains, that will pass through high-altitude mountains. �Fault zones are our biggest headache,� Zhang explained. �If we can secure a solution, it will help us get rid of the main engineering obstacles to getting water from Tibet to Xinjiang.�

Over the years, China has developed exceptional infrastructure-building capabilities, some of which have been implemented in the Tibet region. �Nobody thought that there could be a railway line in Tibet, but the Chinese government has done so. So, there shouldn�t be any doubts about China building the tunnel,� Lobsang Yangtso, a research associate at the non-profit coalition, International Tibet Network, told Quartz.
But Yangtso warned that the Tibet Plateau has been witnessing climate change, with water crises in many parts of the Himalayan region. �The region is also earthquake-prone and it could lead to a huge natural disaster,� she added. Moreover, any project that diverts water from upstream Brahmaputra is likely to rile up both New Delhi and Dhaka, as the river is a major water resource for both northeastern India and Bangladesh. India has, in the past, raised objections to Chinese dams being built on the Yarlung Tsangpo.

�There are currently no water treaties between India, China, and Bangladesh,� said Yangtso, whose research has focused on Chinese environmental policies in Tibet. �India will certainly have to take a strong stand as far as this project goes, as it can be disastrous for India and Bangladesh.�

If there was ever any doubt as to why China gives such a huge gently caress about Tibet--a place they hate full of people they hate--being part of their country, this should make things quite clear. I suck at history but IIRC international water disputes have some major precedent to the tune of "nobody cares if the source is in your country, don't gently caress with it", right? I can't wait for the UN to weigh in on this.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 01:32

big time bisexual: Oct 16, 2002; Cool Party

Bajaj posted:

Hey, it's only a year more than China. I won't be over on this side of the world forever.

can you really ignore the siren call of tier 8888?

# ? Oct 31, 2017 01:56

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

They just need to cut china off from the rest of the world's internet. Let them have their own internal internet. Russia too.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:00

OWLS!: Sep 17, 2009; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

hakimashou posted:

They just need to cut china off from the rest of the world's internet. Let them have their own internal internet. Russia too.

As long as you're also banished there, sure.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:01

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

hakimashou posted:

They just need to cut china off from the rest of the world's internet. Let them have their own internal internet. Russia too.

if you can think of another source for dashcam videos let's hear it

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:02

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

ladron posted:

if you can think of another source for dashcam videos let's hear it

Australia

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:25

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

OWLS! posted:

As long as you're also banished there, sure.

Been there done that

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:26

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

ladron posted:

if you can think of another source for dashcam videos let's hear it

we'd have to live without dashcam videos but imo its a price worth paying

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:27

Outrail: Jan 4, 2009; www.sapphicrobotica.com

Platystemon posted:

Australia

*Seventeen hours of a 1998 Holden ute driving down a dirt road until a goddamn idiot emu charges across the field of view and splatters over the bonnet*

"Farkin hell not again!"

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:51

ded: Oct 27, 2005; Kooler than Jesus

JaucheCharly posted:

PUBG faces China ban for deviating from 'socialist core values'.

As foretold.

It's the chinese gov trying to get a payout is all this really is.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 02:59

Hackers film 1995: Nov 4, 2009; Hack the planet!

Chomp8645 posted:

God damnit we're going to have to change the definition of "AI" just like we did for "literally" because everyone loving uses it wrong, aren't we?

2013: Literally means figuratively now.

2017: Artificial intelligence means regular, non-intelligent machine but with complex algorithms.

literally used to mean "of, relating to, or expressed in letters" so just have a rest and some hot water about this bud

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:06

oohhboy: Jun 8, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

ladron posted:

if you can think of another source for dashcam videos let's hear it

Russia.

Let the brainwashing reach greater heights as universities in China open "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" institutes with plans to add his thoughts into every subject and aspects of daily life.

I look forward to asking a mainlander what 2+2 is and getting 8 as 4 is unlucky. Bigger number means more for all via Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/30/brains-hearts-chinese-universities-launch-xi-jinping-thought-institutes/

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:10

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

More hot water needed.

https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/26/china-has-alarming-high-blood-pressure-crisis-study-reveals-12036

quote:

09/04/2013 03:34 pm ET
China�s Diabetes Rates Highest In The World

Nearly 12 percent of Chinese adults (about 113.9 million people) are suffering from diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Tuesday.

Based on nearly 99,000 samples taken in 2010, the study estimates that 11.6 percent of Chinese adults are diabetic, making China�s rate of prevalence of the disease the highest in the world.

�The prevalence of diabetes has increased significantly in recent decades and is now reaching epidemic proportions in China,� the researchers write.

JAMA notes that diabetes rates in China have risen dramatically over the past decades. While less than one percent of the Chinese population was diabetic in 1980, that number rose to 5.5 percent in 2001, 9.7 percent in 2007 and 11.6 percent today.

The JAMA study also indicates that the prevalence of the disease has increased as economic development has given way to overweight and obesity. �Diabetes is a societal and a health care challenge due to complex interplays among genetic, perinatal, lifestyle, and environmental factors, to name but a few. Rapid modernization has resulted in an obesogenic environment characterized by food abundance, physical inactivity, and psychosocial stress,� Dr. Juliana Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong writes in an editorial accompanying the report.

Only one in three patients was aware of his or her condition, and a mere one in four received treatment. �Even when the individual becomes aware of his or her risk conditions, the health care systems in many developing areas are not designed to manage and support a person�s multiple health needs for 30 to 40 years or more,� Chan added.

According to the International Diabetes Federation, more than 371 million suffer from diabetes worldwide, and 4.8 million people died of the disease in 2012. The new JAMA data suggest that China has a higher diabetes prevalence rate than even the U.S., where 11.3 percent of adults suffer from the disease.

�Diabetes in China has become a catastrophe,� Paul Zimmet, honorary president of the International Diabetes Federation, told Bloomberg. �The booming economy in China has brought with it a medical problem which could bankrupt the health system. The big question is the capacity in China to deal with a health problem of such magnitude.�

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:14

oohhboy: Jun 8, 2013; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

What health system? If they aren't cutting people up for parts its western socialism and they can't have that. Its got to be Chinese style.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:26

Grand Fromage: Jan 30, 2006; L-l-look at you bar-bartender, a-a pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone, un-underestimating my l-l-liver's ability to metab-meTABolize t-toxins. How can you p-poison a perfect, immortal alcohOLIC?

I still find it weird when I see a table order like three or four meat/veg dishes and eat maybe a third of each while plowing through four buckets of rice. I understand the difference intellectually I just will never get why people who can afford other things would want to prioritize white rice over the stuff that has flavors and nutrients.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:28

Deceitful Penguin: Feb 16, 2011

Devils Affricate posted:

China busy being terrible to the rest of the world again: https://qz.com/1114843/chinas-grand-plan-for-the-brahmaputra-a-1000km-tunnel-to-divert-water-away-from-tibet/

If there was ever any doubt as to why China gives such a huge gently caress about Tibet--a place they hate full of people they hate--being part of their country, this should make things quite clear. I suck at history but IIRC international water disputes have some major precedent to the tune of "nobody cares if the source is in your country, don't gently caress with it", right? I can't wait for the UN to weigh in on this.

They are already diverting huge swathes of water, in some of the largest geoengineering projects the world has seen.

Also Xinjiang, unlike many of their agricultural areas, isn't horribly polluted, so the crops there might actually not contain severe levels of heavy metals. They even have a ready made population of farmers that are used to arid conditions around the oasises, so it will be interesting to see how it would develop.

If it worked.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:46

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

China is a rice culture, you see.

It's also a "cook everything with sugar" culture. And a "feed baby whatever they want all the time" culture.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 03:48

GoutPatrol: Oct 17, 2009; *Stupid Babby*

VideoTapir posted:

China is a rice culture, you see.

It's also a "cook everything with sugar" culture. And a "feed baby whatever they want all the time" culture.

And see "110 million people with diabetes" article a couple posts up

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:03

ladron: Sep 15, 2007; eso es lo que es

hakimashou posted:

They just need to cut china off from the rest of the world's internet. Let them have their own internal internet. Russia too.

oohhboy posted:

Russia.

all those extra suit layers gently caress up your reading comprehension

# ? Oct 31, 2017 04:28

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

Bajaj posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/79nd6e/when_did_your_something_is_very_wrong_here/

LOL

Somehow expected, which somehow makes it worse.

Chomp8645 posted:

2017: Artificial intelligence means regular, non-intelligent machine but with complex algorithms.

So, what, D&D mods?

WarpedNaba fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Oct 31, 2017

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:12

Myriarch: May 14, 2013

oohhboy posted:

Russia.

Let the brainwashing reach greater heights as universities in China open "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" institutes with plans to add his thoughts into every subject and aspects of daily life.

I look forward to asking a mainlander what 2+2 is and getting 8 as 4 is unlucky. Bigger number means more for all via Socialism with Chinese Characteristics.

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/10/30/brains-hearts-chinese-universities-launch-xi-jinping-thought-institutes/

Does Xi Jinping even have any policy or philosophical thought beyond 'Corruption is bad' and 'Acquire more power'? Is there going to be any more to this other than 'Deng Xiaoping, but BETTER'?

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:25

VideoTapir: Oct 18, 2005; He'll tire eventually.

There doesn't have to be; spouting bullshit and using peoples' response to that bullshit as a loyalty test is a time-honored way of securing power.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 05:53

HerStuddMuffin: Aug 10, 2014; YOSPOS

Chomp8645 posted:

God damnit we're going to have to change the definition of "AI" just like we did for "literally" because everyone loving uses it wrong, aren't we?

2013: Literally means figuratively now.

2017: Artificial intelligence means regular, non-intelligent machine but with complex algorithms.

You forgot 2005: Ironically means while looking like an idiot now.

That was the point at which I gave up and became an old. drat kids.

Anyway, back on topic, anyone who expects the U.N. to do anything should remember China is a permanent member of the security council, with veto power over any resolution that actually has any teeth, while the general assembly can pass whatever resolution it wants but has no actual power.

Oooohboy post the suit.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 07:20

champagne posting: Apr 5, 2006; YOU ARE A BRAIN
IN A BUNKER

How did china get that position in the first place? Both diabetes and UN Security Council

# ? Oct 31, 2017 07:22

Bajaj: Sep 13, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

The Great Autismo! posted:

someone went on the kindle store and bought the Dr. Suess book "Fox in Socks". so now every time he starts using his kindle, he is reminded that losing it cost him about 8 bucks so that someone could enjoy "Fox in Sox" on his Kindle while he didn't have it.

loving LOL. I think 99% of people that saw my Kindle (Paper white 3) thought it was a tablet, and 100% of everyone told me I will rot my eyes using it, because it was somehow worse than the phones they spend 12 hours a day glued to.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

More hot water needed.

https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/26/china-has-alarming-high-blood-pressure-crisis-study-reveals-12036

My favorite part about this is that there is nothing possible to get them to stop raising their BP levels. The food is just painfully too salty and full of heart-clogging fats and slimes with total imbalance of the omega oils and cholesterols, sugar is in everything possible, nobody ever drinks enough water, very few exercise (while still not drinking enough water), everyone is constantly dehydrated, caffeine consumption is high, doctors are useless and will try to sell them some TCM remedy instead, smog and pollution tends to raise BP, and everyone avoids the sun and sweating if possible. Pretty much everything in the list of "Don't's" for raising your BP are ingrained cultural traits that will never go away, and everything in the list of "Do's" for lowering it are against their cultural traits.

Grand Fromage posted:

I still find it weird when I see a table order like three or four meat/veg dishes and eat maybe a third of each while plowing through four buckets of rice. I understand the difference intellectually I just will never get why people who can afford other things would want to prioritize white rice over the stuff that has flavors and nutrients.

"I will get fat if I eat the other stuff. Rice won't make me fat! I should eat more rice."
*Eats six bowls of rice*
*Tops it off with a bubble tea and some cake*

VideoTapir posted:

China is a rice culture, you see.

It's also a "cook everything with sugar" culture. And a "feed baby whatever they want all the time" culture.

Every other culture that eats beans: "Dude, eating these makes me feel full and strong. We should add some salt and make a variety of dishes with these beans. It would be a good staple food, and we can even store them for long periods in case there's a food shortage."

China: "Heh, so funny. Looks cute. Let's add some sugar and eat them as a dessert once or twice a year during a festival. Rice is better."

# ? Oct 31, 2017 08:16

HerStuddMuffin: Aug 10, 2014; YOSPOS

Boiled Water posted:

How did china get that position in the first place? Both diabetes and UN Security Council

For the UN, like the other four, by being an early adopter of nuclear weapons. Israel, India and Pakistan (and NoKo?) joined the nuclear club too late to get seats, which is just as well. The world needs fewer obstructionist rear end in a top hat nations, not more.

For diabetes, by falling into global capitalism like the rest of the world.

# ? Oct 31, 2017 08:23

Mr. Fix It: Oct 26, 2000; 💀ayyy💀

Chomp8645 posted:

God damnit we're going to have to change the definition of "AI" just like we did for "literally" because everyone loving uses it wrong, aren't we?

2013: Literally means figuratively now.

2017: Artificial intelligence means regular, non-intelligent machine but with complex algorithms.

What you think of as "artificial intelligence" is what experts call "artificial general intelligence". You're right that the popular understanding has been shifting, but I think it's for the better.

Bonus: when you hear "sentience", the thing you think of is probably "sapience".

# ? Oct 31, 2017 08:36

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Bajaj posted:

beans: "Heh, so funny. Looks cute. Let's add some sugar and eat them as a dessert once or twice a year during a festival. Rice is better."

sweet beans in poo poo is the scourge of asia

# ? Oct 31, 2017 09:42

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