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Will we look like bigots to our kids because we don’t recognize their robot love?

Always glad to have an excuse to post the Krazam sketch.

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Yeah, I've watched a few interviews with her and she hasn't really dwelt on her father's history when people have brought it up, nor has she brought it up unprompted. I'm sure she's got some brainworms, but she certainly doesn't strike me as an anti-China crusader.

Also, since literally no one is talking about her actual figure skating: please, check out her Olympic free skate^[I think that link will be geoblocked outside of the States, but I'm sure you can find it on YouTube from your local broadcaster]! Has to be the most joyful skating program I've ever seen; she seems to be someone who has genuinely found happiness in skating after rejecting the grueling training of her childhood, coming back to the sport on her own terms, and focusing on enjoying herself and expressing herself rather than on results (which I know sounds like corny athlete PR speak, but if you listen to her and watch her you'll see that it's from the heart). I think she's going to be an inspiration for people from within and without the figure skating world.

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 1w ago

[CinemaSins ding] That lyric is actually from "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 1w ago

Full resolution version (you can get this by taking the ?resize=1536,1075 off the end of the embedded image URL)

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 1w ago

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 2w ago

I learned an old-fashioned Japanese word for "abortion" recently ({堕胎|だたい}) and this song immediately popped into my head. All-timer, for sure.

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 2w ago

obligatory ProZD

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 2w ago

Oops, forgot to respond to this! It's the same model that was already mentioned, the SS-106.

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 2w ago

sick forum sig :o

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 2w ago

Seconding this! I got some as a gift easily over a decade ago and they're still sharp as ever—leagues better than whatever crappy drugstore ones I was using before.

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 3w ago

Quality reference

https://youtube.com/watch?v=071cXxCNj5A https://youtube.com/watch?v=qAXzzHM8zLw

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AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 3w ago

Transcript of the first five minutes, emphasis mine (the rest is channel logistics)

Inside China Business started on YouTube two years and two months ago. I've been in China since 2012, since May 31, 2012. These [holds up two books] are my prayer books. And I—the most important people in my life are in here: my family and closest friends, my business associates and colleagues, and it's also a chronicle of my Christian walk in China. I put prayer requests down here and I write down as they're answered and move on. I pray to Him every day, and every day I pray for also the peace of countries and nations, the leaders back home and the leaders here.

And for many years, I was praying, among many other things, that God would bring reform to China. That there would be a lot of changes here. And it was just something that I was—something I did for years and years. And one day I was in my living room, in one of those buildings behind me, and I was praying there, and God spoke to me. He said, "I need you to stop doing that right now. I am using China to bless the world, and I need you to start paying attention." And He spoke to me as clearly as if you were sitting there right me in my living room. I heard it audibly. "Stop doing that right now. I'm using China to bless the world, and I need you to start paying attention."

And at the time it happened in my life, where—it was a funny time. I had been asked to teach a course in university here in supply chain management, supply chain optimization. And it was from University of Arkansas. And University of Arkansas in the United States partnered with Walmart, the huge retail supergiant. And as I was putting information and material together to teach the course, I wanted to find case studies that the Chinese students would apply to them, so they could see how Chinese supply chains work. And I came to realize that I had everything upside-down. That it was actually China who owned the supply chain, it was China who did supply chain optimization. And all our companies are doing—our top companies were just taking product designed, manufactured here and put our companies' names on the side

I started looking for examples of products that we made in other markets that we did not need China for. I know that there's guys who can chop down trees in North Carolina and Pennsylvania and make good furniture. I'm talking about mass-produced manufactured products. It became kind of an obsession of mine [chuckles] when COVID came and I had a lot of free time. I wanted to find examples of products that we didn't need China to build...and I'm still looking. And that caused me to examine everything else. I started going through old notes, people I met in Shanghai—people who are the architects of the financial system. And remembering the things they would explain to me, and the things that were right in front of me that I saw but didn't understand. I was talking without listening to what was happening.^[没有调查，没有发言权]

I know how it looks, I know how it sounds that we explain that I put prayers on, that we are praying for you, that in the closing scenes especially you can hear us praying for the viewers of this channel. And it's because we cannot afford—you cannot afford to waste years of your life the way I did, where you're—I have the benefit of standing here, in China, seeing it for myself, and I still wasn't seeing it properly. I hope and pray for you that you do not waste decades of your life as I did, because we don't have decades to lose anymore. So...I get messages and emails—phone calls, even—from people saying, "It looks strange that you do that. You shouldn't do that." And I don't care—they're staying on.

The CPC has the Mandate of Heaven confirmed.

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 3w ago

Full text

Leading chipmaking engineer Xu Zhenpeng said the United States no longer offered the freedom that researchers once expected – a key reason for his decision to continue his work in China.

Xu, who joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) as a tenure-track assistant professor in January, left behind a team leadership role at Atomic Semi, a California start-up with high-profile backers that included OpenAI’s venture fund.

Before his departure, Xu led a team that was developing a new kind of chipmaking machine using 3D-printed parts that would be smaller, faster and cheaper than today’s large, costly production equipment.

“In my previous role in the semiconductor sector in the US, increasingly strict policies and corporate compliance requirements limited my international mobility, which became a constraint on sustained research development,” he told the South China Morning Post in an email last week.

Xu said his decision to return to China was motivated by long-term academic goals and a desire for a more independent research environment. “Meanwhile, China’s advanced manufacturing research ecosystem is evolving rapidly,” he added.

While Xu did not specify which corporate compliance rules he was referring to, such policies are typically designed to ensure companies follow government restrictions.

In recent years, the US semiconductor sector has come under tighter government export controls, as Washington has sought to prevent advanced chipmaking know-how from strengthening foreign competitors or being used for military purposes.

In practice, compliance restrictions can limit overseas travel, require approval before working with foreign partners or discourage researchers from pursuing certain topics or international collaborations altogether.

Xu said he chose SJTU for its “internationally recognised strength in manufacturing research and close industry ties” – a combination he believed would offer the ideal platform to build his research programme.

In Shanghai, his work will focus on developing high-precision 3D printing for next-generation electronic devices. Xu said he aimed to produce components that combined conductive metals with specialised materials for insulation or sensing, all with micron-level accuracy.

One research direction he intends to pursue involves developing ultra-lightweight antennas for satellites. In a previous study, Xu and his team achieved 3D printed versions 100 times thinner than a human hair, for use in 5G and 6G networks, wearable devices, and compact aerospace systems.

Xu said he planned to refine the process using more advanced materials and fabrication methods to create antennas capable of withstanding extreme environments, including space.

He is also exploring how to simplify chip integration – the step where microchips are connected to other electronic components. Xu’s approach involves 3D-printing the housings with built-in electrical connections in a single step, potentially reducing manufacturing time and costs.

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 4w ago

Ooh, I have some of these! Didn't really get into collecting them because they're just not as cool as actual Pokémon cards, but I got at least a pack or two.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_the_First_Movie_Trading_Cards

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 4w ago

I was confused af until I realized it was a counterfeit...like, wtf is going on with that layout?!

AernaLingus [any] @hexbear.net 4w ago

Citations Needed

is one of the few unscripted podcasts I can stomach because the hosts know what the fuck they're talking about, articulate their thoughts clearly, and actually stick to the topic at hand. What a concept!