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Dǎoháng, or how to navigate in China
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No comments on Dǎoháng, or how to navigate in ChinaWhen you request an Uber in Shanghai, chances are they’ll call or text to find out where you’d like to be picked up. This poses a problem for people who can’t speak Mandarin, like myself. What to do? Reply with a single word: Dǎoháng. Supposedly, this means “just go where your mobile phone map tells you…
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The second case in Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective was a lot easier, taking under an hour to fully solve. The game’s mechanics continue to fascinate me and I can see all sorts of ways to extend them with apps…
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Isle of Dogs, 2018 – ★★★½
Funny and impeccably directed but lacking the depth of soul of Grand Budapest Hotel and Fantastic Mr. Fox. And while it’s more about dogs than it’s about Japan, the whole “westerner hero” bit was… odd. Still, I enjoyed it and the asides were magical. Vía Letterboxd – Adrian Hon
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The Cultures Ep 241: Ethics in Tech, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, Social Support Networks
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Listen to episode 241 of my weekly podcast with Andrea Phillips and Naomi Alderman: Ethics in Tech (Stack Overflow Survey, Babylon Health) Can one use Facebook without being part of this bullshit and if so how? (Guardian article, Facebook data info page) When Your Social Support Networks Become Oversaturated
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Voyage, into the deepest darkest blue Tapestry by Dovecot Studios, of a work by Garry Fabian Miller.
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Played the reprint of the classic Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective last night. First chapter was solid, and I was struck by the gameplay similarities with Her Story (in a good way).
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“Cryptocurrencies Will Save The World, Part 294” – this time, from Run2Play Inc
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My Tech Stack, 2018 Edition
I always find it interesting to learn about the tools people use in their work and play – often there are a few things that I haven’t heard of that I end up using – so I’m doing the same in case it’s useful to you. Hardware My main work computer is a 2017 5K…
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An original by any other name
The Chinese have two different concepts of a copy. Fangzhipin (仿製品) are imitations where the difference from the original is obvious. These are small models or copies that can be purchased in a museum shop, for example. The second concept for a copy is fuzhipin (複製品). They are exact reproductions of the original, which, for…
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History suggests a silver lining to Brexit
Linda Colley on the lessons history can teach us about the aftermath of Brexit, and how it could have a silver lining: By instinct I am a Remainer, but I think that some form of Brexit may now be unavoidable. If that does turn out to be the case, I suspect that the resulting disruptions…
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