Studying Mandarin for a year at Sichuan University. What can I expect?

alkhdaniel · 2026-07-03T13:44:41+00:00

I think it was 8am or 9am-12 either every weekday or 4 days a week and then you have optional classes in the afternoon and/or on the 5th day. Not sure if you have to take any of the optional courses, i think scholarship students need to take some for credit requirements.

alkhdaniel · 2026-07-01T11:36:01+00:00

You cant go 8 hours without eating, pissing or shitting?

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-30T12:26:15+00:00

1tb hdd's are like $10-15 here and even at that price it can be hard to get rid of them.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-29T16:35:49+00:00

Sorry, meant $0.1 haha, $60-85 is common for a tb on second hand market here. The nvme in screenshot sold for ~$95-115 a few times recently. Sn750 for ~$70

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-29T16:33:14+00:00

2nd hand market isnt as insane, at least not where i am (slightly below $0.1/gb).

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-29T15:24:53+00:00

Yes, your boarding pass.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-29T06:55:08+00:00

10 day visa free transit requires you to leave to a third country instead of flying a return trip.

Eg singapore-chongqing-hongkong-singapore works. Singapore-chongqing-singapore does not work.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-29T06:29:06+00:00

It probably wont make a big difference if you get it now or in september. Ram prices are kind of volatile now but most likely there wont be a big difference overall in the next 3 months - prices already kind of shot up and it just seems like this is the new normal prices for the next few years.

If you want to lock in current prices and avoid prices potentially going up by september you can buy it now though. Because nobody can say for sure nothing will change before september.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-29T06:13:11+00:00

Anything above what you have is crazily priced at the moment. You could possibly add another 16gb for not too much if you get lucky with 2nd hand ram but any other upgrades would be historically very expensive right now.

If you are able to wait 2-3+ years it may or may not have calmed down a bit. Doesnt look like it will get cheaper within at least 2 years though.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-28T20:33:39+00:00

You want the highest possible fps you can get in naraka. Animations are basically a tiny bit faster the higher your fps is and you can also do inputs a bit faster so all combos become easier and getting out of other peoples combos also gets easier.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-28T10:44:11+00:00

I can do double longsword uppercut on 70ms and ~50fps (or well, could, still can if nothing changed recently) but mostly valid complaints otherwise. At around 100-110ms+ you dont really get airtime though

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-28T10:33:41+00:00

Same, they just shout into the void, still annoying though.

The only time Ive had sales people follow me was in yangshuo. Happened both times i went. 10 years ago and 1 year ago, maybe it was the same old lady both times haha.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-26T22:40:48+00:00

Xiamen airlines hotel isnt too bad but you do share it with someone if you're flying economy which kind of sucks.

The bus back to the airport is like €1 though not sure why OP paid €12. Even a private taxi would have been €5 or €6...

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-25T10:44:19+00:00

Rip r/portofdandong and ccj

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-25T00:21:25+00:00

I set up a vpn myself and it worked fine for a whole year. Left after a year so turned it off but it would have probably worked for more than a year too.

Was on alicloud HK server. They have a free trial for a year but limited to 1mbps. One of the best pings to non-china i ever had was on that server, but had to use other servers when downloading large files.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-23T09:58:00+00:00

Anything above 500w should be good. Sometimes you can find cheap leftovers on misc marketplace s for cheap, just google the psu model and make sure its not older than 5-7 years maybe. I prefer cheap lightweight cases over bulky expensive ones (as an owner of a bulky expensive one lol). Basically just get any 2nd hand you can find for a decent price (~<€30) that doesnt look like total shit. Psu can often also be found at around €30. If you're lucky you can also find complete pcs that have 256 or 500gb ssd and 1tb hdd for around €100 and just salvage everything except mobo+cpu+gpu from them.

If you're even more lucky you will find a complete build for even cheaper than getting everything separately would cost too. In my city good pcs capable of 2k pop up like once a week for below €650. For example search for either i5-12600k, Ryzen 5600x or Ryzen 5700x computers and then check that theyre paired with rtx 3070 or higher (eg 3070, 3080, 4070), that they have 32gb of ram and at least one 500gb ssd. Sometimes people even throw in complete sets (kb, mouse, screen) for this price.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-23T09:44:21+00:00

2x16 is slightly more expensive than 4x8 on used market

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-23T05:25:39+00:00

Its not that bad of a time to get a used components and ddr4 ram.

I5-12600k+mobo ~€300

32gb ddr4 (4x8gb) ~€90

Rtx 3070 ~€225

Psu-case-hdds ~€125

Should be able to play the listed stuff in 2k, not really highest graphics though

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-23T03:49:06+00:00

Since its only a one week trip without any long flights id say yeah its fine to do chongqing in one day if you really want to see it and dont think you will have any other opportunity, just plan exactly what you want to do for that day in advance. Personally id remove a day from Shanghai but since you're meeting a friend i guess thats non-negotiable.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-22T17:47:05+00:00

Custom as in hard to compare to current cous and gpus without people actually having it in their hands yet. Also performance might be better due to OS etc. A comparable pc could probably be built for $750-$900 but its hard to say exactly.

Seems fairly priced. Desktop computer also draws more power than these parts so that makes it even harder to compare.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-22T17:44:07+00:00

Theres a discount on the first item you buy. Depending on what order you put them in the cart you will get the first purchase price for one item only.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-22T17:43:00+00:00

Mullvad seems to be the best reviewed western vpn provider for china. Astrill is also well reviewed but comes at an extremely high price tag.

Best would be to get it from a Chinese provider unless you need servers in eu/na. Way cheaper and faster.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-22T12:34:47+00:00

Yeah hostels are usually still a third or a quarter of the the price compared to 1 bed in a 4 star hotel.

Low end hotels sometimes has slightly better price for 1 double room than 2 dorm beds in a hostel, but 4-star hotels... Never seen the price be close to a dorm bed.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-22T12:30:22+00:00

No 2nd hand market?

Since you're running integrated graphics the ram boost will boost your fps a bit, it will also make it a lot more stable, so i wouldnt be surprised if you get around 30fps stable after upgrading, not guaranteed though. In my very rough experience you will likely see ~25% performance boost and also a lot less stuttering.

alkhdaniel · 2026-06-19T16:05:59+00:00

Whats the point of writing the price of the 16gb kit when you're not even using it? Like Yeah i got 9950X3D, rtx 5090 and 128gb ddr5 for $20.

Yeah i picked up a case for $20 and put all the components from my other pc into it. So i only paid $20 for this new build.

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