Flyberius

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

London bridge is so naff. Especially when you look at illustrations of the one that burnt down. Now that looked like a fun bridge.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

She's such a chad

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

What has all the tens of billions sent to Ukraine been doing if Russia's "low-bar to clear" military is getting stronger? Does western artillery upgrade whatever it hits?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

To be honest yes. That is the sort of thing that sounds great. I have a little project I'm about to start so I'll take a look

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Oh wow. Fascinating.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Either wasps, or AI hallucinated rubbish.

I'm guessing AI rubbish

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Of course you could. The process will take more energy than replicating a drained battery too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Having spent some time in Xinjiang and spoken to many uyghurs and experienced a lot of Uyghur culture I have to object to the term bigger scale, because that implies there is any genocide going on whatsoever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

He lost his wife and family over this too. He chose to pursue this over his family and they left him. Good fucking riddance.

One hilarious detail is that he tried bribing the local council, saying that he would help set up an education initiative if he found the coins. A school dedicated to teaching people how to trade bitcoin...

Useless people...

Oh, and one other thing that comes up is those people who blame the wife for throwing out the drive (if that's even how it happened). The coins were basically worth nothing when the drive was lost, and it was only years later when their value rocketed, that this pillock lost his mind and started his unhinged hunt

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

That's not what nitpicking means

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's this advert on YouTube shorts for some therapy app or service whatever and it's just vulgar.

It's this bearded dude filming himself washing his face and I guess the camera POV is on his basin or whatever.

The whole thing is meant to come across as though he is an influencer that you've not heard of, that this is a random video of his that you've stumbled across, and that this is just an observation that he's made about therapy that he's relaying to you whilst he exfoliates his putrid flesh.

I've nothing against therapy at all, but this commodification of it, and the way it dishonestly tries to sell it to you is simply capitalism all over. Most people probably need therapy because of the trauma this system has caused on people and yet here it is trying to sell you the cure as well.

To top it all off, watching this 2010s hipster relic scrub his face with soap is nail curlingly vile and I have no idea what the angle is other than trying to make this not appear to be an advert.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd love to see a response to this, but then they've probably had an aneurysm

 

It's all a bit hectic, but it's fun just chatting with people, swapping food and smoking cigs on the platforms when the train stops every now and then.

The idea of being on a train for two days is just so fricking cool

My digs, my dinner and my desert:

CW Meat & Bleach Demon

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

There's the odd things that, with the best will in the world, I'm having a trouble buying on the Chinese high street. What Chinese app (Amazon like) do I need to use to get something delivered to a hotel in China?

 

It comes in an sorts of varieties, from sweet, to fairly bland, but it's so much better than what I'm used to in the UK. Normally I'd never drink the stuff straight, but here it is a different thing altogether, and I'm actually picking it over beer some of the time.

It goes great with youtiao (油条), which is a sort of light fried batter stick that you dunk in a bowl of soy milk, sweetened to your taste.

Anyway, just thought I'd enlighten anyone who didn't already know.

 
 

Anyone else have the issue when using jerboa that when they try to change input language (by holding the space button) the selection menu just flashes up and then disappears?

Somewhat annoying.

 

Friend just made me aware of this ongoing shittery in the UK. Ongoing demonstration in London at the moment. I said I would spread the word.

Pretty sure this is straight up illegal.

 
 

To be used sincerely or ironically. When something is just incredibly fascinating... and modern.

First deployed in this thread.

https://hexbear.net/post/281121

 

I'm leaning towards yes, because despite their inclusivity and the general feel-good vibes of the stories, the characters themselves flirt with police brutality quite a bit, and who knows exactly what they get up to in their lives outside the novels.

Any more nuanced views from my fellow hexbearians (and lemmings)? I'm slightly less articulate than Detritus on a hot day, and I wonder how much the politics and views of Terry Pratchett comes up in leftist discourse.

 

Hi all,

I've been learning Mandarin for just over 6 months but I am having trouble with my listening comprehension. Does anyone have any good resources for listening practice? I am looking for HSK 1/2 level stuff. I basically just need to immerse myself in as much content as I possibly can until all this vocab and grammar starts to cement itself in my brain.

I already use Hello Chinese and a few other apps. Ideally I would just be looking for quick fire phrases and conversations that I can listen along to. Youtube has some stuff but the quality is always a bit up and down.

Thanks

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