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What is this? I’m having trouble picturing what this virtual currency might look like in practice if it’s not linked to a bank account. If it is, it’s just card or phone payment, which already exists, but the article says it’s not, so, I’m at a loss. Is it buttcoins with Chinese characteristics, or what?
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Yah, is this some dumb bullshit like Deus Ex credit chits or what the hell? Doesn't everyone already pay by smartphone? What possible utility could this have, even for spying on people?
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Apr 21, 2020 14:26
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Maybe because the work has all already been done, and they only need to copy alipay and wechat pay, then they can act like it's a big accomplishment? Some guy needed to look like he was doing his job so he just took an already existing idea and ran with it? I dunno it doesn't make much sense to me, but if you made me come up with an explanation that'd be my guess.
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Apr 21, 2020 14:31
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I wonder if this is what Chinese tinder scammers are trying to get me to invest in
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Apr 21, 2020 14:42
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HerStuddMuffin posted:What is this? I’m having trouble picturing what this virtual currency might look like in practice if it’s not linked to a bank account. If it is, it’s just card or phone payment, which already exists, but the article says it’s not, so, I’m at a loss. Is it buttcoins with Chinese characteristics, or what? its a scheme to get rid of physical currency so that every transaction can be monitored
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Apr 21, 2020 14:56
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but then hows everyone gonna do cool shady stuff?
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Apr 21, 2020 14:57
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BrainDance posted:but then hows everyone gonna do cool shady stuff? that crime app from the current season of westworld
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Apr 21, 2020 15:55
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If they have to "issue" it to people, and indeed if there even is the ability to "issue" it at all, then that means it's an entirely separate currency, not just a digitization of RMB.
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Apr 21, 2020 16:16
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It's gonna have to be pegged to the rmb though, right? If it wasn't, wouldn't that make a lot of problems, having two different currencies whose values fluctuate independently of each other?
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Apr 21, 2020 16:20
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no why
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Apr 21, 2020 16:23
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Bitcoin with chinese characteristics
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Apr 21, 2020 17:57
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i thought this was a pretty good joke https://twitter.com/CRTejada/status/1252468034179985409?s=20
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Apr 21, 2020 21:16
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haha that is pretty good
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Apr 21, 2020 22:11
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Context: There is a saying in Chinese that means something like "let's go!" or "you got this!" Or "gently caress yeah!". The phrase is "add oil.' January: Wuhan add oil! Feb: China add oil! March: World add oil! April: ... ... we added too much oil It's loving funny.
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Apr 21, 2020 22:34
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What's everyone's prop bet on KJU's mystery illness? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...l-idUSKBN223011 Given his rumoured diet I'm taking gall bladder surgery with a side wager on enlarged pancreas.
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Apr 21, 2020 23:06
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"Step on/Hit the gas!" was the translation I was given most often.
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Apr 21, 2020 23:06
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I'd treat hearsay about Nork leadership as exactly that until something with a little more evidence can come out. Preeeeetty sure they'd keep this clammed up, even with the success of Un's purges.
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Apr 21, 2020 23:10
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Roumba posted:"Step on/Hit the gas!" was the translation I was given most often. In hindsight that makes a lot of sense and even makes it work better idiomatically.
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Apr 21, 2020 23:34
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Shumagorath posted:What's everyone's prop bet on KJU's mystery illness? He's apparently a chain-smoker as well.
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Apr 21, 2020 23:57
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that's just being a korean dude
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Apr 22, 2020 00:00
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Roumba posted:"Step on/Hit the gas!" was the translation I was given most often. That does work but thinking about the phrase as one big oil metaphor just seems wrong to me.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:08
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bob dobbs is dead posted:that's just being a korean dude If we're going to generalize, then his liver is probably in pretty rough shape as well. (S. Korea ranked #17 for alcohol consumption per capita) His dad was a phenomenal Hennessy hound and was their best customer (which also includes chain bars, hotels, airlines, and clubs) for a number of years.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:15
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Blistex posted:If we're going to generalize, then his liver is probably in pretty rough shape as well. (S. Korea ranked #17 for alcohol consumption per capita) They dropped that much? When I lived in Korea they were tied with Russia for #1.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:19
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the thing goes, soju counts as liquor by many standards but has half the abv as vodka so if youre measuring by liquor volume its korea tied w russia but if its volume of etoh korea is just solidly up there
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Apr 22, 2020 00:22
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bob dobbs is dead posted:the thing goes, soju counts as liquor by many standards but has half the abv as vodka so if youre measuring by liquor volume its korea tied w russia but if its volume of etoh korea is just solidly up there The stats I remember had Korea's volume significantly higher than Russia, but when you corrected for alcohol it was the same. Korea's drunk as poo poo, in any case. That's part of why it's fun. I am not for a minute believing Japan's numbers. Japan isn't as drunk as Korea but there is no way they only drink half as much. Especially considering Korea has a ton of evangelical Christians who don't drink at all.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:24
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Grand Fromage posted:They dropped that much? When I lived in Korea they were tied with Russia for #1. It's no longer the Korea we know and love man. . . <pours a bottle of Chamisul on the ground> Edit: Just a reminder that one of my coworkers in Korea was a lady from Scotland who decided to move there and work for a year so she could, "dry out".
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Apr 22, 2020 00:25
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explanation goes, korean and japanese drinking is both highly gendered but japans is way more gendered so women drink less there relatively also its not like a consensus on soju like it is in korea
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Apr 22, 2020 00:26
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I remember the week of freaking out when the base of base soju went from $1 to $1.20 a bottle.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:26
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Grand Fromage posted:I remember the week of freaking out when the base of base soju went from $1 to $1.20 a bottle. I was expecting a million-candle vigil or homemade flamethrower riots when that happened. bob dobbs is dead posted:explanation goes, korean and japanese drinking is both highly gendered but japans is way more gendered so women drink less there relatively From what I have seen of Korean women, (maybe I was just hanging around with extra-awesome ladies) they hold their own when it comes to alcohol consumption when the men are not around.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:27
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bob dobbs is dead posted:also its not like a consensus on soju like it is in korea This is maybe the worst thing about Korea. You have makgeolli, one of the world's great drinks, but you scorn it in favor of industrial ethanol with a bunch of aspartame poured in it?
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Apr 22, 2020 00:28
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Grand Fromage posted:This is maybe the worst thing about Korea. You have makgeolli, one of the world's great drinks, but you scorn it in favor of industrial ethanol with a bunch of aspartame poured in it? Dong Dong Ju 
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Apr 22, 2020 00:29
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Grand Fromage posted:This is maybe the worst thing about Korea. You have makgeolli, one of the world's great drinks, but you scorn it in favor of industrial ethanol with a bunch of aspartame poured in it? traditionally made soju is strongly random but when its good its really good kind of a shame about the ethanol dilution, sure. it does cost 1200 or 1500 won tho, can't have a handmade product at that cost
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Apr 22, 2020 00:32
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Roumba posted:"Step on/Hit the gas!" was the translation I was given most often. Never heard this interpretation and doesn't really make sense. A closer translation is "Go XYZ!" "or "Push forward HK!" as it is a show of support not an instruction. The joke works because it's a literal translation than an interpretation which is was you normally want. Literal translations gets you Chingrish.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:34
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bob dobbs is dead posted:traditionally made soju is strongly random but when its good its really good My friend's father in law makes his own soju (on top of his mountain from ingredients he grows himself) and he's tested some of his variants at +60%. Unfortunately he is a big ginseng fanatic, most of what he makes tastes like dirt. He had a special room in his house customized to be at the perfect temperature, and he has shelves and shelves of homemade soju in massive glass jugs. The best soju I ever had some some 30% stuff he made that his daughter threw a bunch of sugar cane and coconut chunks into. Then she ran it through some sort of charcoal filter a few times and it was like Malibu, but tasted better. You could drink that stuff straight and there was not burn or horrible aftertaste. Best thing I ever saw Soju related was at a Korean restaurant in Beijing where these Russians at the table next to my wife and I wanted to get some liquor with their meal, but didn't know what anything was. I told them Soju, and when they tried it the look on their faces and the looks they shot me were worth it. (they were not fans)
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Apr 22, 2020 00:39
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you gotta go light on the ginseng but peeps here wanting to be extra patriotic on the national liquor so they put too much in
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Apr 22, 2020 00:45
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bob dobbs is dead posted:you gotta go light on the ginseng but peeps here wanting to be extra patriotic on the national liquor so they put too much in Whenever I buy a Vita 500, and Let's Be mild or a Korean Red Ginseng drink I get a little bit of nostalgia for the land of sparkling. Also whenever I drink the Red Ginseng drink my wife says I smell like an ajoshi.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:50
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I'm like three years into saying "I need to make some makgeolli" on a weekly basis and then... not.
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Apr 22, 2020 00:51
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you can get kits on amazon
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Apr 22, 2020 00:52
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I have a bag of nuruk, I just have to actually do something about it. Also I need a steamer basket.
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Grand Fromage posted:I'm like three years into saying "I need to make some makgeolli" on a weekly basis and then... not. I make a big batch of kimchi every few months or so. Takes me back.
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