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The Skeleton King posted:The article from CNN said they claim it uses a lithium ion battery about the size of a common assault rifle magazine. I don’t know laser engineering, but I do know enough to have a very light understanding of what you are talking about, namely the fact that you need absurd amounts of energy to do anything worthwhile with a laser weapon. They are. The problem with laser weaponry nowadays isn't the laser, it's the power source. How much it can hold, how fast it can discharge. The new US carriers will eventually mount lasers, which is feasible because they have an entire extra nuclear reactor for powering them. Portable blinding laser weapons are doable since the energy required to blind someone is a hell of a lot lower than for a sci-fi pew pew laser thing. A thousand shots out of a laser rifle in 2018 is something your friend's uncle who works at Nintendo talks about.
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Wow, never thought I'd see such rigorous defense of China in the good China thread. Anyway, as always the war stories from Shanghai Disney never fail to entertain.
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Grand Fromage posted:They are. The problem with laser weaponry nowadays isn't the laser, it's the power source. How much it can hold, how fast it can discharge. The new US carriers will eventually mount lasers, which is feasible because they have an entire extra nuclear reactor for powering them. Portable blinding laser weapons are doable since the energy required to blind someone is a hell of a lot lower than for a sci-fi pew pew laser thing. But what about in 2020?
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hakimashou posted:But what about in 2020? India will be a superpower by then.
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I was at Shanghai Disney Land during Chinese new year one time. It was very crowded, but I had a good time nonetheless.
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As a contrast to that huge fantasy flop: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44876528quote:It is inspired by the true story of Chinese businessman Lu Yong who was arrested five years ago for importing a generic cancer drug. It’s made $390 million so far.
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Over There posted:Woah what is this thread 
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That idiot should know that if people get her nails they can put a curse on her 50000 years of ignorance
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who would notice, if one has already been cursed to be born as 农民
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Why do Chinese people hold their phone like it’s a dinner plate?
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Why do Chinese people hold their phone like it’s a dinner plate? they're very large phones
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MONTREAL (AFP) - A major black bear poaching ring has been broken up in Quebec, as demand for their gallbladders from enthusiasts of traditional medicine remains high, authorities said Wednesday (July 19). https://www.straitstimes.com/world/americas/canada-says-bear-poaching-network-is-broken-up No countries were named though.
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fish and chips and dip posted:MONTREAL (AFP) - A major black bear poaching ring has been broken up in Quebec, as demand for their gallbladders from enthusiasts of traditional medicine remains high, authorities said Wednesday (July 19). naming countries would be racist
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in other news, the USD-RMB exchange rate has plummeted in the past few months, and I lost like 375 bucks off my paycheck since march, which blows, but I did actually get my last paycheck from china a few days ago, which I had completely written off and figured I'd never see. I'm completely done with china. how unbelievably refreshing though I did run into a ton of Chinese tourists in akihabara last week and asked them to stop yelling in a store, and something tells me this won't be the last time I use my mandarin to ask people to keep it down in a quiet public place
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fish and chips and dip posted:
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So GTA what kind of responses do you get when you yell at mainland tour groups for obnoxious behavior? I don’t even yell, I just sigh and tell them straight up. I used to get 什麼！ or deer in the headlights stare back or someone look really confused. Then one out of 10 I get a lady who gets really defensive over FACE LOST Oh I also do it to obnoxious white people in Asia. But it’s more dangerous because they get more violent
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Pirate Radar posted:As a contrast to that huge fantasy flop: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44876528 The Daqing Buyers Club.
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caberham posted:deer in the headlights stare back or someone look really confused. I get this response, occasionally with "is the foreigner speaking Chinese?" added on.
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caberham posted:So GTA what kind of responses do you get when you yell at mainland tour groups for obnoxious behavior? I don’t even yell, I just sigh and tell them straight up. I don't yell at anyone, it was a group of a ton of people borderline yelling in a quiet figurine store in akihabara. I just ask them "hey guys, this is Japan, not china. could you please not talk so loudly?" I get a lot of stares, one or two people say "wasai the foreigner speaks Chinese" and one or two people say "ok, I understand" either in chinese/English/japanese it's never out of hatred or anger, it's always out of like "bro, this store is dead silent and there are 14 people screaming at each other in mandarin...look around. its quiet. please be more quiet" type of comment. people are either shocked I speak mandarin or say "ok I know it" and then try to speak more softly I didn't meltdown in nine years in northeast china, there's no reason I'm going to start melting down about china in a civilized place like Tokyo lol
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tbh people might actually stand up and clap or buy you beers if you get a group of mainlanders to behave in Akihabara
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peanut posted:tbh people might actually stand up and clap or buy you beers if you get a group of mainlanders to behave in Akihabara an actual skill I might put on my resume if we ever move back to Japan
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The Great Autismo! posted:an actual skill I might put on my resume if we ever move back to Japan That’ll just mean you’ll be the one always chosen to take the Chinese business partners out for drinks. The reward for doing a good job is always more work
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fish and chips and dip posted:MONTREAL (AFP) - A major black bear poaching ring has been broken up in Quebec, as demand for their gallbladders from enthusiasts of traditional medicine remains high, authorities said Wednesday (July 19). It's domestic consumption, I think, with how many Chinese have Dr.Radical posted:That’ll just mean you’ll be the one always chosen to take the Chinese business partners out for drinks. The reward for doing a good job is always more work There's a price point where you turn down extra work, though. And when it comes to rear end kissing between businesses, either it's brief or it's obscenely well funded. One thing money can't buy, though: peace and quiet on your time off.
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Am I an invader now  It’s not like I had a choice when I was a 6 year old kid
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The Great Autismo! posted:in other news, the USD-RMB exchange rate has plummeted in the past few months, Since trade battle from June to July: 1 USD = 6.7 RMB Today it closed at 6.78. According to charts, it hasn't been that way since August of last year. I'm stoked.
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caberham posted:Am I an invader now That depends, how many condos do you own?
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my cousin owns 2 but he was born in Canada. He was never rich and was always a frugal and down to earth nice guy. By 27 he owned 2 condos. Then again he’s like a million in one amazing nice human being and his mom was a realtor and encouraged him to buy apartments
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You're probably fine then. Probably. Wait, do you happen to have a "blueberry farm" and "farmhouse" on agricultural preserve land? Those guys are the worst.
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Matched with a foreign girl that teaches here. Her first words were asking me why I was in Shenzhen. I told her just hanging out with friends and making money on the side. She said she hated living here. I said sorry to hear that. She said she can't be friends with me and then unmatched me. I guess I wasn't negative enough about China?
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I lived next to one and grew up in a house with no sewage hookup. Oh sir, please sir make me feel welcome and Canadian! I’m not going to claim benefits and I won’t be a drain to your system 
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Bajaj posted:Matched with a foreign girl that teaches here. Her first words were asking me why I was in Shenzhen. I told her just hanging out with friends and making money on the side. She said she hated living here. I said sorry to hear that. She said she can't be friends with me and then unmatched me. I guess I wasn't negative enough about China? This same girl goes to the expat bar every night and cries because she can't find a boyfriend because THEY ALL DATE CHINESE WHORES *heave* I DON'T EVEN GET IT THEYRE NOT EVEN THAT PRETTY THEY JUST WEAR A LOT OF MAKEUP *honk* OMG I HATE CHINA U GUISE e: bonus points if she "hates China" but has a million pics of herself making duck faces in "traditional robes."
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nah that was just the CCP trying to get dirt on you bajaj good job ducking the entrapment
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Plunge the honeytrap.
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Coolguye posted:nah that was just the CCP trying to get dirt on you bajaj They read his texts, face track his whereabouts, and track his peers and have records. There is no need to honey trap him at all. Unless ChaoShan girl was a spy a long
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caberham posted:They read his texts, face track his whereabouts, and track his peers and have records. There is no need to honey trap him at all. u cannot understand
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:This same girl goes to the expat bar every night and cries because she can't find a boyfriend because THEY ALL DATE CHINESE WHORES *heave* I DON'T EVEN GET IT THEYRE NOT EVEN THAT PRETTY THEY JUST WEAR A LOT OF MAKEUP *honk* OMG I HATE CHINA U GUISE Can I have her number?
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:This same girl goes to the expat bar every night and cries because she can't find a boyfriend because THEY ALL DATE CHINESE WHORES *heave* I DON'T EVEN GET IT THEYRE NOT EVEN THAT PRETTY THEY JUST WEAR A LOT OF MAKEUP *honk* OMG I HATE CHINA U GUISE I met a girl like that in Singapore during a beer party. She was actually a friend of a goon, worked for Bloomberg and is moving to Hong Kong for the sole person of finding a guy because Singapore is “family orientated” She starts to play with tinder in the bar and immediately rejects all Chinese/asian guys. She would settle for any white guy, especially a guy with a dog. And the few times I in my life when I was involved with white girls I was considered “one of the good ones” or not really Chinese. I get really uncomfortable. Well this one time I met this amazing art gallery girl who fell in love with me. Turns out she was 7 years older than me, wanted kids immediately, and is a divorcee who hasn’t filed her paperwork for China visa reasons 
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