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Happy 120th birthday on 22/8 to certified cool dude Deng Xiaoping
I’m taking my final exam Friday and then I’m finally done my post-grad infosec program after 2 years of work. I’m VERY broke rn tho so I won’t have much time to relax before looking for work. Thinking of getting rid of discord for the rest of the year. Hearing election shit from american radlibs 24/7 has been extremely grating.
You won’t know what to do with yourself when the studies are over, even with the job hunt. Well done for getting through it and good luck for Friday!
Thanks! I’m a dilettante at heart and I still need my CISSP after this so the studying will continue probably until I’m dead lol. Still, being done with grades and having some kind of official expertise to offer will be nice.
I’m similar. Never stop studying! I’m too curious to not be looking into something all the time.
bangladesh coup not good
I really hope the student protestors are seeing this and realising they need to take to the streets again
The US wants a wide border around China.
I hope you all have a nice week :D
enjoy your week!
Have a nice week, Oppo! 🫡
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You too oppo :D
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“Here, you probably need these, comrade” XD
is this true? if so, what are these leaked documents
can you tell me who gets arrested in China (apart from paedos)?
“If there’s a problem with the company, fine them .002 percent of their annual income. That’ll teach them.”
For every Tesla I see in Mexico(CDMX), there are 5 BYD within my view. Interesting how BYD is slowly taking the EV market in Mexico.
I got a new one yesterday. White guy in Hong Kong says to me “no you mustn’t eat pork when you go to the Mainland, that’s how they hide the bodies.” This was from someone who takes as a point of pride that they read the NYT cover-to-cover every day, but idk where they got this gem from.
So in case anyone’s wondering, according to this guy the “CCP” has been promoting pork as a major part of Chinese cuisine (Which Chinese cuisine you ask? All of them) because it tastes similar to human flesh. He says “you’ve got to tip your hat to them” because it’s evil genius: it lets them hide evidence of their crimes and it solves famine issues.
The best bit, he then says to me, dead serious: “how else do you think North Korea did so well in the Olympics?”
Hasn’t pork always been the main meat source in China?
Yes. But this white guy was telling me it’s because of the “CCP”
At what point do you start thinking people like this need professional medical help
Rereading Heretics of Dune, and I’m reminded why it’s my favorite of all the dune books. Even from the first third or so, from Odrade, it’s got a personal aspect that the first few books lacked (which doesn’t make them any less good of course)
Currently at a Palestinian-Indian wedding. People from all over the world. US, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Palestine, India, whatever. Wish the world could be like this. Just vibin
Ngl even felt emotional when Palestinian music came on. Danced with some people to it and it was beautiful. Just the raw emotion that happened was overhwelming. Free Palestine forever.
Given the complete disregard to human rights and international law demonstrated by the US in Occupied Palestine, wouldn’t Russia be excused in taking the gloves off against NATO in Ukraine?
after the ukraine attacks on russia territory, i think we are going to see an escalation…
How do you convince someone that following the news is important? Trying to radicalise my apolitical friend
“They will use your tax money on whatever the politicians decide. If you don’t pick the politicians, you don’t decide how your money is spent, and if you don’t follow the news, you don’t know the good politicians or good ways to spend your money”
How true is this?
I’ve been playing FF15 and decided to switch the language to English out of curiosity. Gotta say, this might be a rare Spanish translation W. Some things that stand out:
- every quest rhymes in Spanish while most don’t have any wordplay in English
- Noct’s magic abilities are in Latin in Spanish, but have generic names in English
- Many abilities have different descriptions so one or both of these languages must be wrong
Also the summons are called the Sidereals instead of the Hexatheon, the royal weapons have unique names and are called the Spectral Chorus instead of the Armiger, and the Chocobo post is called la Chocoberiza (a play on caballeriza).
Well FF spells in English are different since the first translated game, so they follow their own tradition.
Ah, by magic abilities I mean the special powers he gets from his royal bloodline. In Spanish it’s called the gift of Lux and every related skill has that moniker: warping is called Lux Impetus, perfect guards are called Lux Custodia, the thing that distracts enemies is called Lux Fatua, etc.
I’m not sure what spells are called in either language because I never bothered to craft any of them.
Interesting to hear the English version isn’t as good. I played through with the voices mostly muted and all text in Spanish, so I only saw the poetic side. I can’t wait to have some free time again. All your analyses are making me want to jump back into it. There’s something about FF games that grows on you even if you didn’t quite enjoy it as expected the first time round. Maybe because they’re so immersive?
Did you play in Spanish Spanish or in Latino Spanish? Because I’ve been messing around with languages and found some interesting differences between the two. And do you know how to make tables in Lemmy?, because I might post about it…
And I agree, this game really grew on me too! I thought the main characters were tropey at first but they’ve endeared themselves to me since. I can overlook all the game’s jank because the boys are just that precious. I spent two hours running around in circles with them with illegible text and I’d do it again.
Spanish Spanish. I’m not sure how to make tables. There’s some info here on markdown but it doesn’t cover tables: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/02-media.html
I did read on a hexbear post that you can just copy tables in from open office. I’m unsure if it works or what is limitations are.
Agree about the characters, too. It’s the friendships that hooked me in earlier FFs.
A man was found supposedly murdered in my city’s park the other day. He was found with his hands and feet tied together. Police immediately started an investigation.
He was identified today as a 26 year old Palestinian. The city’s park is in the middle of the city’s Jewish district coincidentally.
Police is still investigating the cause of the murder.
After seeing clips from that Democrat convention, this really makes me sick… Things are only going to get worse. If Palestinians have been abandoned by the liberals then we need to make sure that they are safe in our communities
One of our party’s founders, Jo Cottenier, sadly passed away today at age 70. He saw the party grow from a niche ML student club into a serious communist party with tens of thousands of members. Rest in Power.
People say that Luxembourg is a rich country but when I was there I saw a lot of people begging and sleeping in the streets.
its literally just a tax haven.
