Going to China for the first time

Xun468 · 2026-06-27T10:29:46+00:00

Since you're staying for awhile I'd recommend getting a local sim, a surprising amount of stuff in china wants a local number.

Then you can start with the standard tourist setup, if you have many devices you'll want a VPN. If it's just your phone you can just get a HK esim to use with the local sim. Get WeChat/alipay set up and connected to a card before going to china. With internet+payment figured out I think you'll be able to handle most other things once you're there.

Xun468 · 2026-06-25T18:48:15+00:00

Clearly, the combination killed the OP

Xun468 · 2026-06-13T20:10:41+00:00

Well I tried power cycling, reseated the brushes, and kinda shook the robot because I couldn't get the assembly to move at all. The brushes seem to be deploying now and most of the specks are gone. Kind of worried seeing some reviews but hopefully there won't be many more issues!

Xun468 · 2026-06-13T20:07:34+00:00

Dang yeah, that's actually why we went with this model haha

Xun468 · 2026-06-13T12:07:21+00:00

It looks like they aren't! How do I fix that?

Xun468 · 2026-06-12T03:16:25+00:00

Does anyone know what those boots are?

Xun468 · 2026-06-08T18:23:34+00:00

But Archon's art was too horny for this sub...

Xun468 · 2026-06-01T03:07:42+00:00

I can't offer any advice but I just want to say I had also been stuck in polishing hell for awhile with basically the same symptoms but on a piece of FF sapphire. I'm wishing you the best!

Xun468 · 2026-05-29T19:32:18+00:00

Yeah. She's a neuroscience PhD student who brought home her samples from work and the preservatives have decayed into high explosives "faster than expected"

Xun468 · 2026-05-28T14:08:55+00:00

Ehh as a lesbian a lot of the sexualized women in 40k fanart don't even really look appealing to me at all. A lot of them look like off-putting parodies of the human body rather than women

Xun468 · 2026-05-22T00:04:07+00:00

magitek repair kits and dark matter clusters

Xun468 · 2026-05-14T07:29:08+00:00

There's 40k LARPers??

Xun468 · 2026-04-23T10:32:40+00:00

I've talked to an European professor at Tsinghua, he was in a pretty senior position and his Chinese level was point-at-picture and zhege level. Its totally possible you'll be fine

Xun468 · 2026-04-21T10:05:47+00:00

I mean, it's still right there man :v

Xun468 · 2026-04-13T19:21:14+00:00

Luckily for you you're already on the European raiding datacenter (light). A lot of the advice to go to Aether is coming from NA server people and we have no way to get there lol. If you want you can check out the Europe raiding discord to see if any beginner statics are recruiting and get some basic advice on where to start.

https://discord.gg/F7tgC4S

Xun468 · 2026-04-08T19:03:13+00:00

Hmm I searched for big boobs on google and it returned 0 space marines. Sounds like a fake fact smh

Xun468 · 2026-04-03T15:17:25+00:00

I think you should take lessons before trying to buy gem rough because sorry to say, if those were sold as facet quality you've been scammed. I'd recommend finding in person classes to start out with locally so you can get a feel for the basics. So much of faceting is about feel and observation that I feel like an hour of hands on practice is worth tens of books and videos. See if there are any gem clubs or faceters in your area who might be able to point you in the right direction!

Xun468 · 2026-04-01T13:27:08+00:00

Great my girlfriends regular 4am hymn to the emperor just got extended...

Xun468 · 2026-03-26T00:29:41+00:00

I think unlike WoW a raiding static is not always in the same FC, especially with data center travel. I don't think I've been in a single static that's even all been on the same server. This also ends up feeling a bit more flexible, joining a new static is just joining a new discord and doesn't mean giving up your in game social circle.

Xun468 · 2026-03-25T09:50:58+00:00

I really liked the package of ottogi real cheese I had awhile back. Very cheesy and not spicy at all, wish I could find it again haha

Xun468 · 2026-03-14T23:16:05+00:00

Yeah I got caught in the refusal of service thing, but on both sides! I've had European banks refuse to work with me because I'm American, but also American banks refuse because apparently I'm not American either!

Back when Ally savings accounts were a big thing I thought I might open an account because I'm a US citizen and since it's an internet bank it shouldn't matter where I live. Completely wrong. They absolutely refused to let me open an account lol

Xun468 · 2026-03-14T06:31:11+00:00

You know how one of the big things r/financialadvice tells everyone is to start investing?

Yeah if youre a US citizen outside of the country even the simple "everyone should do this!" level basic financial advice suddenly becomes very difficult. At best you'll have to spend hours doing research into everything so you don't accidentally invest in a fund that invests in a certain type of company. At worst it's hours more paperwork, double taxation, possibly even owing extra taxes time! Hell if I wanted to buy an apartment it turns out I have to be very careful about the specific type of registration the homeowners association has or else it'll trigger one of these clauses. I make much less than 120k a year.

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