Our government recently handed the CBC a massive funding cut.
Rogers, Cogeco,... these are big companies with enough legal muscle to drown competitors in legal fees.
Baidu is fucking evil, a Darth Google equivalent.
For example, if you search for a specific Chinese hotels using its name, the top search results will be travel agents.
Reaching a fluent level in any language takes many years of serious study. You should understand that you will have to commit 2-3 years of consistent study to get to a useful level.
Depending on the research you subscribe to, an English university graduate knows something in the range of 20,000-45,000 distinct words.
A Child entering primary schooling knows 6,000-8,000 words.
In my experience learning Chinese in China. I can learn about 10 words a day. On a yearly average, I learn a lot less. Maybe 2,000 words a year.
So it takes 3-4 years to achieve basic proficiency.
If you learn a language like German French, you can learn words a lot quicker because many words sound similar to their English counterpart. (Compared to learning Chinese, German is English with an accent)
Lived here (China) for 2 years.
All the women I've met cheat, lie and act childish. I've been single for almost many months now and can't find anyone who catches my eye.
Well, I can get this on China's youtube clone: http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/cd00f1006247o9p0.html
But the front page is covered with earthquake stuff.
At the moment, every CCTV channel (Except for CCTV 11 + the English CCTV channel) is broadcasting the same news program.
Youtube was harmonized (blocked) starting two days ago.
Mathematics was invented.
Take for example Euclidean geometry which requires perfectly straight lines with no thickness. In the real world, nothing makes a perfectly straight line - not even light.
There are no true circles, triangles, parabolas, squares, rectangles. Not to mention planes - which span an unbounded space.
I spent a year lecturing at a Chinese university.
Almost all students are lazy, unoriginal, and plagiarize - much like their administration.
HOWEVER, students who are accepted into western graduate programs are very intelligent and hard working. THEY represent the top 0.0001% of 1.3 billion people.
Top dollar in China is peanuts. For example, Microsoft China pays 100,000RMB(~$14K) a year for top CS graduates; most other places offer less than half that salary. That 0.0001% has no intention of returning to China if they can find a job. It's like, somebody offers you $1 million a year to go work in Shanghai - yeah most of us grab it.
Although North American high school are a waste of time, we make up for it in University.
China has the opposite problem. Chinese high schools are very demanding, and students grind hard for entrance exams. But once in University, graduation is virtually guaranteed.
Why does this get modded insightful?
Anyone who knows anything about writing, web design, public speaking, etc... has either been taught or intuitively understands that:
It's about how your present information.
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Our government recently handed the CBC a massive funding cut. Rogers, Cogeco, ... these are big companies with enough legal muscle to drown competitors in legal fees.
Baidu is fucking evil, a Darth Google equivalent. For example, if you search for a specific Chinese hotels using its name, the top search results will be travel agents.
Murdering your own genes is a huge leap away from screwing over non-relatives.
Standardized math exams amount to rote memorization. No more difficult than ace-ing a Latin exam.
Reaching a fluent level in any language takes many years of serious study. You should understand that you will have to commit 2-3 years of consistent study to get to a useful level. Depending on the research you subscribe to, an English university graduate knows something in the range of 20,000-45,000 distinct words. A Child entering primary schooling knows 6,000-8,000 words. In my experience learning Chinese in China. I can learn about 10 words a day. On a yearly average, I learn a lot less. Maybe 2,000 words a year. So it takes 3-4 years to achieve basic proficiency. If you learn a language like German French, you can learn words a lot quicker because many words sound similar to their English counterpart. (Compared to learning Chinese, German is English with an accent)
Lived here (China) for 2 years. All the women I've met cheat, lie and act childish. I've been single for almost many months now and can't find anyone who catches my eye.
Odd. I am in Qingdao, and am still getting the all-too-familiar connection reset.
Well, I can get this on China's youtube clone: http://v.youku.com/v_playlist/cd00f1006247o9p0.html But the front page is covered with earthquake stuff. At the moment, every CCTV channel (Except for CCTV 11 + the English CCTV channel) is broadcasting the same news program. Youtube was harmonized (blocked) starting two days ago.
I have to disagree with that. Prime example is that all Chinese are taught about Mao, who led a civil war that overthrew the pre-existing government.
Mathematics was invented. Take for example Euclidean geometry which requires perfectly straight lines with no thickness. In the real world, nothing makes a perfectly straight line - not even light. There are no true circles, triangles, parabolas, squares, rectangles. Not to mention planes - which span an unbounded space.
Not to mention almost all of them are psycho.
Seasoned programmers understand what a pain in the ass it is, and hope to make their career exit before it takes over?
Good information is the key. Of which I have a lot of. Once our oil supplies are depleted, the oil company execs go live on the moon.
I spent a year lecturing at a Chinese university. Almost all students are lazy, unoriginal, and plagiarize - much like their administration. HOWEVER, students who are accepted into western graduate programs are very intelligent and hard working. THEY represent the top 0.0001% of 1.3 billion people. Top dollar in China is peanuts. For example, Microsoft China pays 100,000RMB(~$14K) a year for top CS graduates; most other places offer less than half that salary. That 0.0001% has no intention of returning to China if they can find a job. It's like, somebody offers you $1 million a year to go work in Shanghai - yeah most of us grab it.
Having lived in Beijing for half a year I can testify that it almost never rains anyways.
If you think making babies is better than WoW then you clearly have not had enough babies.
Yes, go read Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations". At LEAST read book .
Although North American high school are a waste of time, we make up for it in University. China has the opposite problem. Chinese high schools are very demanding, and students grind hard for entrance exams. But once in University, graduation is virtually guaranteed.
Blocking words is stupid because people can just invent synonyms.
BS. Once upon a time there was ME. Nobody liked ME. ME went away in a whimper.
Vista is the new ME.
$3 is still expensive given the alternatives. Pirated versions go for less than $1. Hell, students can freely download the ISO from their school FTP.
Just don't go preaching. The government doesn't care about what a handful talk about together, it's a crowd they're afraid of.
Why does this get modded insightful? Anyone who knows anything about writing, web design, public speaking, etc... has either been taught or intuitively understands that: It's about how your present information.