天空вℓσи∂ @skyblond@qoto.org

Yet another normal day in China...

Wait... Running an emulator on NS for NS, you can get immediate performance boost?

Well, now I'm going to hold and see how the new ns works.
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The Nintendo Switch Will NEVER Be the Same // MIG-Switch Dumper Review
by Taki Udon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4A5LR_ipQ4

So I finally figured it out.

I decide to buy a new birdwatching monocular. The one I picked is the same brand with my current 8x42 binocular. And I argued that purchasing a telephoto camera like nikon P950 or Canon SX70 HS is not worth. I generally use phone to take pictures and I'm fine with that. And I don't want to carry extra weight.

Also looks like Nikon and Canon are moving forward from telephoto cameras and now it's too late to go into that line of products. And the performace is relatively similar to my phone. So why don't I just use my phone?

The birdwatching monocular I'm planning to buy has 20x to 60x zoom with 82mm objective lens, combined with 3x telescope lens from my phone, I can get 180x zoom (I hope that's how physics works). And It saves money. That's the main point.

Now I'm looking forward to get my first month of salary 😋
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And when I don't watch bird, I can use it to watch my neighboor. (jsut kidding)

@trinsec Yeah, but people (mostly tourists) feed the cat just because they think the cat is cute. So the cats reproduced in an out-of-control way, and now it's really hard to capture. And it causes a lot of problems for the local people (mostly stealing meat and fish from someone's kitchen).

And our local government didn't offer something like a free TNR program. Some pet stores offer a special plan for those stray cats, but still not cheap.

There is nothing to blame on cats. It's stupid human being, well, stupid. They can't read the sign to tell them to not feed the cat. Since they are tricky to capture and not neutered. But people still do it : (

And... As a measure to attract more birds, I decided to take some action to kick out wild cats from my backyard and feed some birds.

Feeding birds might be better than feeding cats. Homeless cat wondering around is already causing me a lot of problems. But birds know how to keep a distance with humans and don't steal food from my kitchen.

No. I'm not going to buy a camera for bird photography.

Let's see how long this statement stands.

Some birds I recorded in my backyard through last week. That's the part of my daily outside hours I set up to make me not sit indoors all day.

Sorry it's mainly Chinese (the text and subtitle). It was originally posted on a Chinese video website, but that video website offers crappy bitrate and makes my videos look bad. But I don't want to expose my house on YouTube, can't trust those Chinese. So I'd like to share my video here.

2023-Mar-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoqoJf2r2Wk

2023-Mar-20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61YBK8eTDM

2023-Mar-21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQrhZhjNsK4

Mar 22 I was biking and got lost in the city.

I use a cheap (about 20 USD) tripod, and a not so fancy 8x42 binocular with ED glasses, and use Samsung S23+ for recording.

Did see some amazing shots on YouTube, but I don't want to spend my money on camera stuff. Too expensive :(

Hence, I leave a like for the video.

Well, I'm impressed by the channel mentioning real world society problems when casually explaining Chinese memes.

I'm kinda getting used to this kind of shit thing in China, like overtime working issue, bad working conditions for labor. It happens all day so that's hard to not get used to it. But I think/know I shouldn't. Happening all day doesn't mean it's a normal thing. I always appreciate when someone points out the issue and let more people know about it.

Great. Now YouTube thinks I need some explanation about Chinese memes.

Sadly, HongKong is doomed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/19/china/hong-kong-second-national-security-law-passed-intl-hnk/index.html

@AmpBenzScientist It's a country level block based on what I saw.

There are different levels of block in China. Sometimes you got ISP block, they might think you're doing BT or something they don't like, so they either QOS your package or lowing your speed, or competely drop your packages, that depends on your local ISP.

Then the country level, sometimes you lose a port, sometimes you lose the IP, and sometimes you lose the whole block of ip (like vultr, their ips can be easily blocked by subnet). And looks like they have limits too, so generally they don't keep blocking forever, they may revoke those block after a period of time, maybe 1 week, maybe 6 months, reported by other people.

It's not even blocked by Iran

I have a new server blocked by China :(

Now I feel regret about didn't buy the touch screen version of this screen.

I mean, I didn't need the touch screen for like two years after I bought it, but now as I want to use it for document reading, it's very natural to swipe fingers and then realized I need to use my trackball.

That's much better