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Sina, (edited ) to news in Some wealthier Chinese say they can't afford marriage as economy slows

In order for a man to marry they need to own their own home & have a decent car. This is the societal norm in today’s China, without these things the women’s parents will not approve & they are still a confucianist society to a point, so eloping is quite rare. Now in Shanghai the home owning part is not so easy :-) Though the article is not great, because the “wealthy” part doesn’t make much sense.
(wealth starts with owning a large home, while driving a “Benz”)

Sina, to news in China's Xi says reunification with Taiwan is 'inevitable' in New Year's address

Chinese Intelligence both believe and be good enough at handling bad news to accurately report that up the chain of command

There is some evidence that supports subordinates telling ξι such bad news to be unlikely.

Sina, to linux in Darktable 4.6 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released, Here's What's New

It shows me a very wrongly processed image. It was better when I used Fuji, but even then it was never anywhere close to what an unprocessed bland raw file should like.

Sina, to linux in What's an elegant way of automatically backing up the contents of a large drive to multiple smaller drives that add up to the capacity of the large drive?

This is really is not a good idea for a backup.

Sina, to linux in Darktable 4.6 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released, Here's What's New

Personally i’m okay with the UI, but the default rendering is often so bad that I have to “fix” every single image. To me it’s either Raw therapee or just reboot into Windows …

Sina, to news in Swathes of Siberia freeze in temperatures below -58 Celsius

Please stick to one metric system within one post :S

Sina, to news in Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated

I don’t understand what mother would leave their baby behind while panicking. This is a horrible story that is perhaps more horrible that initially assumed.

Sina, to news in ChatGPT's mobile app hit record $4.58M in revenue last month, but growth is slowing | TechCrunch

The problem is not capitalism, but rather venture capitalism.

Sina, to news in U.S. is sending a carrier strike group closer to Israel and will begin supplying munitions starting today

Buffer zones are a very trendy topic these days, that’s what I expect they’ll go for before the dust settles.

Sina, (edited ) to news in China is flooding Taiwan with disinformation: With elections looming, China wants Taiwanese voters to think America is their greatest threat

Given enough exposure to propaganda you can get the working masses to believe whatever you want.

I’ve seen this first hand in Hungary. 20 years ago everyone was pro EU. Kids such as myself were dreaming about eventually becoming part of the US of Europe & while that was never realistic, the adults were also hoping for a better future in the EU. Before Covid we finally -kind of- got that better future, things have improved tremendously, but slowly over time propaganda completely turned the public opinion around. I’m convinced most people really don’t like thinking on their own about issues… Now even my 10-12 year old nephews know & believe that Brussels is the worst city on Earth with all the people being certifiably insane there. These days whenever I hear people talk politics It always starts with ‘EU bad’… (Though I too am reluctant to talk about my views openly nowadays, so no chance of anyone hearing that)

Perhaps Taiwan or even the US should invest more in more targeted western propaganda to counteract the Chinese influence, but this just sounds horrible, I effin hate propaganda.

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