I said Shanghai (and other cities in China) is boring since it didn't have its voice. It's meek. I was wrong.
Rare nationwide protests have broken out in multiple cities in China. Many demonstrators expressed frustration over stringent Covid lockdowns, while others demanded freedom of speech and even the removal of China's leader, Xi Jinping. nyti.ms/3UbSvoO
What happened reminds me of the words carved into the building of Boston Public Library.
"The commonwealth requires the EDUCATION of the people as the safeguard of order and liberty."
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I used to complain about and focus on what I don't have due to internet access and time difference. Now I start to appreciate what I have.
The 9-year-old child had a vaginal tear. Only 5 years. I'm furious.
A Shanghai court sentenced Wang Zhenhua, a billionaire real-estate developer, to 5 years in prison for child molestation. The high-profile case spurred soul searching about how China handles child abuse and protects its wealthiest. nyti.ms/2YFsweI
The real social distancing is that my friends who I feel safe to be honest with are in different countries than mine. I've been practiced social distancing for months.
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How ironic. I'm reading Antifragile while a black swan event (virus outbreak) is hitting hard at this fragile system. Is it really a black swan? The system has so many flaws that it breeds catastrophes sooner or later. People yet chose to ignore signals. goodreads.com/book/show/1353…
I'd like to generalize "well-behaved women seldom make history" to "well-behaved people seldom make history." redhat.com/en/command-line-h…
There's a lethal virus in people's mind called ignorance and arrogance. They don't take what's happening seriously and blindly confident that the g/0/v will take good care of them.
When there isn't a public library nearby providing me with free English books: LibGen the rescue. Regardless of its copyright controversy.
Sometimes I wonder why people default to reproduction, bringing intact souls to this fucked-up world, making them suffer. With these broken systems, it's shameless to say when we have new lives we have hope. We defer our uselessness, laziness as burdens to upcoming generations.
First patch in the server directory got merged. Good luck, my child. Hope you can survive until the release of FireFox's stable version. 😆 (Found the comment in an old bug)
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Bookmark. norvig.com/21-days.html Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years. Remain skeptical of some points but many others make sense.
Extends it a little bit. Some people aren't afraid to be proven wrong since what they care is the truth; some people try so hard to be proven right since what they care is ego.
The best people aggressively look for evidence that they're wrong. Ineffective people aggressively look for evidence that they're right.
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Pathetic. They're so caught up in their ego and can't tolerate any bit of criticism or dissent, not to mention to reflect on how to be better. The backlash to the Gillette ad is exactly why it’s needed bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/20… via @BostonGlobe
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"If you were in their shoes, if you knew what they knew, if you believed what they believed, you might be just as ordinary as they are." userdefenders.com/podcast/ra… via @UserDefenders
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Typical for a foreigner. At step one: selected then clicked continue. All following steps go away.
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