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Weka posted:Today I learned tonnage derives from tun, another unit of volume, however the fact that they're both volume measurements isn't directly related. Isn't that displacement?
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Displacement is the actual weight of the vessel measured by how much water moves up because the boats there. Tonnage refers to how much cargo in weight your ship could theoretically hold if you used it as a cargo ship. It was developed because when ships dock they usually have to pay a tax to a port and a ship which can earn more should pay more. It has since been expanded to be used as a way of classifying how large a ship is regardless of purpose since you can be licensed to pilot a 300 ton ship but not a 600 ton for example.
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Apr 14, 2021 04:17
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Fojar38 posted:It would be great if Tencent got crushed hard enough that I could enjoy video games again Doesn't Tencent also own Reddit?
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Apr 14, 2021 06:10
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america has a proud tradition of selling lemon investments to asian countries yes
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Apr 14, 2021 06:17
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wanna see private equity tear reddit apart when tencent has to divest
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Apr 14, 2021 07:32
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Doesn't Tencent also own Reddit? Meh, they have a 5% stake and Reddit users act like they're under the Great Firewall.
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Apr 14, 2021 07:44
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does tencent even own more than 5-10% in anything outside of china???
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Booty Pageant posted:does tencent even own more than 5-10% in anything outside of china??? If video game companies count, sure.
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Apr 14, 2021 09:55
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Not gonna lie, I'd trust a pig over a Tesla autopilot if I'm just gonna dick around on a smartphone the entire trip, and I'm more likely to survive the experience 
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Apr 14, 2021 10:16
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Pigs are pretty smart 
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Apr 14, 2021 10:53
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Not So Fast posted:Meh, they have a 5% stake and Reddit users act like they're under the Great Firewall. I was on Reddit when that deal broke and, holy poo poo, weaponized autism was out in full force. It was like visiting 4chan on a bad day.
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Apr 14, 2021 11:44
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BrigadierSensible, I know a few people who arrived in Japan over the past 12 months so I'm sure your visa can actually be processed. Unless it's the JET program, lol.
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Apr 14, 2021 13:34
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Blistex posted:Isn't that displacement? Ton can refer to all, hence displacement ton, but there are also short tons, long tons, freight tons, gross tons, and the more common metric ton aka tonne. It is very much an overloaded term. Freight is quirky because it can be volume or mass.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:
This sounded like convoluted bullshit to me but I've looked it up and nope, it's true 
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The has published new guidelines for interacting with ChinaTaiwan https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...n-idUSKBN2BW2NO
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peanut posted:BrigadierSensible, I know a few people who arrived in Japan over the past 12 months so I'm sure your visa can actually be processed. Unless it's the JET program, lol. Not the JET Program no. But thank you for the info. Shows there's always hope. The info that I have is that they managed to get my CoE, (Certificate of Eligibility), but to get me over on an Instructor Visa involves a bunch of other stuff from the schools/Ministry that is being difficult to wrangle. Also they are telling me that if they had tried to get me over in December, it would have been a piece of piss, but because I was supposed to arrive in March, I was smack bang in the middle of when the brought the curtain down on new arrivals. BrigadierSensible fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Apr 14, 2021 |
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Apr 14, 2021 23:41
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Stole this from the OSHA thread: https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_qritjuELdz1vy4sqt.mp4
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Apr 16, 2021 23:34
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I randomly found this on Amazon today. Can somebody tell me what it's about?   
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Apr 17, 2021 21:11
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idk but searching for dan&dre got me this 
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Apr 18, 2021 01:58
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https://twitter.com/hollyanndoan/status/1380484126583689220 So China's Canadian diplomat just implied that a small minority of canadian visitors should worry about getting kidnapped.
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Apr 18, 2021 05:09
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Not since Imperial Germany have we seen such a nation of diplomatic skill
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Apr 18, 2021 05:17
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You only need to worry if your name is Michael.
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Apr 18, 2021 05:27
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Gaius Marius posted:Not since Imperial Germany have we seen such a nation of diplomatic skill Well, Imperial Germany after Otto Von Bismark was forced out of office.
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Apr 18, 2021 06:42
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*plays his cards... its all Aces!* Read em and weep, Ameriailures!!!! China rules!!!
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Apr 18, 2021 07:04
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"What's this fifth suit?" "Whataboutism. Very popular card back home."
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WarpedNaba posted:"What's this fifth suit?" Apparently it's a Breaking Bad hazmat deal to protect your actual suit when you're in China and decide to go on a Han-only retribution-style stabbing spree. At least that's what I pieced together.
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WarpedNaba posted:"What's this fifth suit?" Didn't Oohboy get banned?
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Steakandchips posted:Didn't Oohboy get banned? Tends to happen when you advocate for the outright murder of random Chinese people.
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Apr 18, 2021 21:29
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Oohboy's an idiot.
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Dandywalken posted:*plays his cards... its all Aces!* 
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Apr 18, 2021 23:57
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Wasn’t Oohboy almost the pick to IK this thread before he went loving nuts?
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Wasn’t Oohboy almost the pick to IK this thread before he went loving nuts? I was offered, but declined, and almost suggested him. But that was around the point where he was more ranting than posting.
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https://twitter.com/MartijnRasser/status/1383769537829502979 Any Dutch people here better check what phone company they're using. tl;dr Dutch phone company got completely penetrated by Huawei and did nothing despite Dutch intelligence making them aware.
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Steakandchips posted:Oohboy's an idiot. I have more sympathy for him than the usual poster who gets banned for frothing at the mouth bloodlust. He's gone from living in an all-but-in-name democracy, to living in a society of law with authoritarian overtones, to living in a society that generally follows the law however there are a secret police if you draw too much attention to yourself, to living in a new quiet cultural revolution where people are getting arrested for activities deemed illegal retroactively. Having a mental breakdown is kind of understandable. Not justifying, but there is some empathy for him. ...but there's no way I can go back to that post and say, "No, this poster shouldn't be banned for this." It really is across the definitive line. It's still probably better if he never did rereg, and just go silent like caberham.
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LostCosmonaut posted:https://twitter.com/MartijnRasser/status/1383769537829502979 What exactly is China's endgame in hacking a bunch of phones halfway around the world, and in the process making everyone scrutinize them?
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Gaius Marius posted:What exactly is China's endgame in hacking a bunch of phones halfway around the world, and in the process making everyone scrutinize them? No why
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Really though I think they’re aiming more for the fact they can than anything else, if you have back doors everywhere then it gives you more avenues if you want to compromise any given specific person.
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Gaius Marius posted:What exactly is China's endgame in hacking a bunch of phones halfway around the world, and in the process making everyone scrutinize them? To send a message.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Really though I think they’re aiming more for the fact they can than anything else, if you have back doors everywhere then it gives you more avenues if you want to compromise any given specific person. Getting a backdoor discovered is a huge risk though, you'd think they'd be focusing on people who can actually hurt them and not y'know the dutch. Rime posted:To send a message. "It's about sending....a Message"
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Gaius Marius posted:What exactly is China's endgame in hacking a bunch of phones halfway around the world, and in the process making everyone scrutinize them? It's not so much an "endgame" so much as the opportunities it allows. there's what was posted above, but there's also the ability to know who's buying what from who. Business intelligence is a real thing. Why ask an executive over dinner who their clients are and how much they're paying, when you can get the truth from the network router? ninjoatse.cx fucked around with this message at 03:43 on Apr 19, 2021 |
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