Maybe I need a proper teacher. Since I originally decide to learn the flute by watching youtube videos. Apparently, my neighbors are super disappointed when I keep practicing for months but got no progress. Considering how poor my house's sound insulation is and how loud I play (I don't know how to play quietly, I mean, you can put something on the violin so it generates less noise, but flute? I don't know.)
My first flute is about $50. When I was praticing, everything just weird, like the note is way off. Then I bought a $500 Yamaha one, which is much better (to me).
But today I was still bad at playing the flute. Because I code 40 hours a day (no).
Apparently, I like music and coding, but somehow coding is more interesting to me.
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We Try the Cheapest (and most useless) Violins from Amazon
by TwoSetViolin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnNLTKa-VFw
买完东西回家的路上,远远地听见了一个女人嚎啕的声音。夜色中,两个人抱在一起,向我的方向走来,其中一个在不断地嚎啕
喝这么多啊,我觉得有点好笑。他们从我身边走过时,忍不住回头看了一眼,发现其中一个的裤子已经掉了下来,屁股露在外面。难道精神失常了?他们走到马路边,等红绿灯。马路对面是医院。我站在路边,看着红灯变绿,他们跌跌撞撞地过马路。马路很宽,斑马线分成两段,中间是个交通岛。即将抵达交通岛的时候,被搀扶者突然倒了下去,搀扶者也没了力气,两人一起倒在地上。听不出具体内容的嚎叫在夜空里回响
要不要上前帮忙呢,我有点犹豫,因为担心惹上彭宇案那样的官司,也担心精神失常的人会伤到我。绿灯在我犹豫期间又变红,还好路上车不多,零星几辆开过来,都准确地绕过了他们。一家四口走到了我身边,看长相应该是维吾尔族人。男的立刻不顾红灯穿过马路去帮忙,我受到鼓舞,在绿灯亮起后也快步赶了过去
走近才听明白是怎么回事。不是酒鬼也不是精神病人,是一个青年女人扶着老父亲去求医。老人的腿突然不听使唤了,硬挺着朝医院走,到这里走不动了,摔在地上。我们一起把老人搀了起来,我提醒女人帮老人重新穿好裤子。来帮忙的男人脱下外套交给他妻子,他汉语很差,比比画画的,表示要背老人往医院走。我问,可以吗,会不会太重,他的妻子生硬地重复了一遍我的话,又说了几句维语。老人无法配合,最后没有背成,但有了男人帮忙架着,很顺利地度过了第二段斑马线,坐上了医院工作人员推来的轮椅
一边走,女人一边拖着哭腔打着电话,对着电话喊,人死了你们才管是吗,你们有没有人性?医生从医院快步走出来,伸出一只手,做出安抚的姿势:你冷静一下,病人怎么了,哪里不舒服?女人哭喊着,我爸爸吃晚饭的时候,突然腿动不了了,手也动不了了。医生让老人抬手脚,只有一只手能动。医生很利落地说,这是脑梗,四个半小时内必须做溶栓治疗,我们医院做不了,从他发病到现在多长时间了?现在是九点半,从几点开始的?两个小时,那还来得及,你们马上去X院的脑梗中心
女人哭喊,去不了,我们怎么去啊,救护车前面排队300多人,我怎么叫都叫不到,我爸是硬挺着走过来的啊,你们不是医院吗,怎么治不了
警察来了。原来刚刚电话那头的人是警察。见到警察来了,那一家维吾尔族人立即离开了。我目送他们穿过马路,消失在夜色里。在经历了系统性的种族灭绝罪行之后,他们还是毫不犹豫地帮助了汉人。而我到了这一刻才意识到,我连一句维吾尔族语也不会说,我不会说谢谢,也不会说对不起
警察问怎么回事,女人已经情绪崩溃,语无伦次。我代为回答了一下,问是否能帮忙送老人过去。警察表示不行,他们不能随意离开辖区,而且去X院路上要穿过好几个辖区,需要和领导请示
医院工作人员偷偷抱怨,什么时候了还讲这些虚头巴脑的东西。但他自己也得追着女人要轮椅的押金,办理轮椅租借手续。都是规定,没得办法
请示完毕,领导当然不许。警察又说,其实我们自己也阳了,如果开车送老人,说不定更危险。我们跟120是两个系统,不是我们叫了他们就会来的,不然我们帮你们拦出租车吧
对啊,还可以叫网约车。我赶紧问女人有没有试过叫网约车,女人问我,我不会,你能不能教我?我说算了,我帮你叫吧。好在立即有了应答,距离我们不到两公里。警察说,那我们帮你们盯着
女人加了我微信,要给我钱,我说不用不用,没有多少钱。我想,我是第一个发现你们需要帮助的路人,却没有立刻施以援手,我很惭愧
医院的工作人员说,你快给X院打电话,就说有脑梗病人马上过去,让他们做准备。说完转过身,去接待另一对来求医的老夫妻。网约车抵达,警察们把老人抬起来,艰难地挪到后座上。车子疾驰而去,我和警察互相向对方道了谢,感谢彼此对陌生人的善意
那真是一个非常奇妙的时刻
Tea cooling PC.
Yes, they use tea, not water.
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This PC Will Break YouTube
by Linus Tech Tips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdsy1F5dqTU
“中国社会一直没有建立起“边界”的概念。不仅仅是家庭内部普遍没有个人边界,整个社会的众多结构单元也都缺乏基本的边界意识。”
我要的边界 — @meditic’s Blog (博客)
https://meditic.com/personal-boundary-awareness/
This youtuber write a game from scratch, aka without using a game engine.Although in this video, she switched to unity.
But still pretty interesting.
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Creating A 3D Pixel Art World
by Lente
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoU6wBSULuc
Storj 是一家分布式云存储服务公司。有 Hacker News 用户提到,Storj 的 Warrant canary 在 10/21 [1] 至 11/14 [2] 之间被移除了。
Warrant canary 是一种特别的通讯渠道:由于政府有时会禁止服务商公开自己执行政府命令的情况,部分服务商会通过停止更新本应定期更新的 warrant canary 的方式,隐秘地告知大众自己曾执行了来自政府的强制调查命令。
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34192336
1. web.archive.org/~
2. web.archive.org/~
#Storj #WarrantCanary
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「Lesser composers borrow, great composers steal.」
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Film Music that Copied Classical Music
by TwoSetViolin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN3vl-JnUF8
Another predicament.
When I'm trying to close a crypto exchange account, they asked me to do KYC first, but they don't accept Chinese clients anymore, so I can't pass the KYC, which means I can't access my account setting page and close my account, or change my password.
Apparently, you need to properly figure out what your user can do under what status. And Apparently again, changing password and closing account should not rely on KYC.
Well, YouKu requires you to download their app to delete your account. But the process is much smoother than Baidu. Just two sms code and your account is deleted.
**I have a job now!**
I'm a Chinese shitizen, but I generally don't post in Chinese to avoid being suffering from other Chinese.
I'm physically a male, but I don't care how people think about my gender. I can be male, or female, or cat. But if you ask, I'd prefer to be referred to as male. Also, I support LGBT+ people, and I'm a copyleft. I don't think I'm too aggressive in arguing things, but sometimes I do. You should handle it with care.
I post about programming (most time is Java and Kotlin, unless I have a new love), and some random things I find interesting. I also post about my mental health, which is in a stable state of instability, thanks to my parents and Chinese society.
Anyway, if you want to follow me, I'm glad to see you. And, have a nice day.
Alt: @skyblond