Because the Chinese government (Mao) refused to acknowledge that it was happening. He surrounded himself with yes men so probably did not even know himself until it was too late.

If you own a business, giving your phone number out is a part of doing business.

How sure, exactly?

Amazing that photo was even attempted - how can the tools, that the photographer refers to, capture the faint light of the Milky Way and not be overwhelmed by the light house? It’s the exact opposite of dark skies!

I think the rest of the world should buy the subsidized Chinese solar cells, the Chinese government will go bankrupt and the rest of the world will get cheaper, cleaner energy.

They buried the real information which is that prices have increased 11.6 percent!

Even that one page was a mystery, but some phrases really struck out to me for example ‘brewed by arclight’ gives a right sketchy feel for moonshine.

Windshield is facing the right way, at least.

This is wrong. Home prices were replaced by rental price equivalent: https://www.fullstackeconomics.com/p/why-the-government-took-home-prices-out-of-the-consumer-price-index , for the simple reason that people usually have mortgages and changes in the mortgage rate weren’t included in the old calculation.

His very classy appearance is the exact opposite of his role in the seven samurai, guess that’s a mark of a great actor.

I had some plants but more then because I never got to eat any : how to prevent animals and birds eating them?

30 days punishment to cause a hospital to evacuate, with hundreds of sick kids, doesn’t seem like enough.

I’d like to watch that movie!

China has many barriers preventing other countries from doing business in China. Time to give them the same treatment!

I’m a fan of the Breville smart grinder pro, 200 USD. Primarily used for espresso but I do occasional pour overs. Prior to the Breville I had a cheap mr coffee burr grinder from target, maybe 30 usd. I don’t taste a difference for pour overs.

Nicely framed through the high tension wires

Or, just remember sun, soul, tough. Zero is ‘s’, 2 in ‘n’, 5 is ‘L’, 1 is ‘t’, and 8 is ‘f’

Saw it on IMAX, the action scenes were less exciting than fury road, probably because they were just a derivative of the scenes from Fury Road. The plot was thin, just a run of the mill revenge story. Wouldn’t recommend it unless you are a mad Max devotee.

We (Boston) have bicycle repair stations, that give you the chance to put the bike up on a stand and use some basic tools. They are along cycle paths. The air pumps unfortunately are almost always out of service.

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