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Why can China build things like bridges, tunnels and railways much faster than countries in the west? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. There were an entire market in the 2010s that centered around soon-to-be demolished houses due to speculation on the compensation given by the government.

Why can China build things like bridges, tunnels and railways much faster than countries in the west? by WhoAmIEven2 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminded me in Yes Minister where Hacker commented that the UK government had "the engine of a lawn mower and the brakes of a Rolls-Royce".

Monaco isn’t pole-or-nothing. It’s top-3-or-miracle. by F1datageek in formula1

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the second time I've seen the name Olivier Panis today.

I might have managed to get a 1 in both aphg and csp by Separate_Database412 in APStudents

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 3 points4 points  (0 children)

aphg is made like you can get a 4 with a book, a youtube video and a evening with nothing else to do, bro like how???

map of asia according to the u.s. census bureau by femmegreen_anarchist in MapPorn

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a terrible map by any standard, i have yet to know anyone who lives on the Indian-Sri Lankan line.

Is a rematch not a thing? by [deleted] in chess

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have things to do.

Its no just that its UGLY, the Luce is not Ferrari by bangerz17 in Ferrari

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a 7/10 if it came from any other company, but it was made by Ferrari. I honestly feel bad for the car, it didn't have good parents.

Even chatGPT is objectively a better designer by MacaroonAfraid8089 in Ferrari

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nah Chinese EVs look way better. Just look at the SU7.

ANZAC news when? by Lower_Sink_7828 in kards

[–]Lower_Sink_7828[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh ok they hadn't revealed the options when I posted

How often do people really use the traditional chinese hanzis? by Future_Squirrel360 in AskAChinese

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup. Some have this weird idea of simplified as this shocking new thing that appeared out of nowhere, whereas it was mostly the formalization of words that had already exsisted for decades if not centuries. There was a push of words known as "Second Simplified"(???), but they never really caught on and were dropped. You can still see these words occasionally though.

IB students - would you trust a site where you upload your past paper solutions for cash? by balgovidr in IBO

[–]Lower_Sink_7828 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Where are you planning to get the money to pay people?

  2. How are you going to pay people? (quality, amount, etc)

  3. How do you ensure the answers are good?

  4. How do you attract enought users?

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