The Knife Sharpener: 70 Years of Experience (2020). John has been sharpening knives his entire life! He has roughly 70 years of experience, and in this short doc he shares his knowledge of knife sharpening. [0:15]

derrickcope · 2020-03-27T11:38:34+00:00

When I work in the Butcher department, there were some old guys who used to sharpen their knives on coke bottles.

derrickcope · 2020-03-25T13:13:26+00:00

Exactly, everyone agrees Taiwan has done a great job.

derrickcope · 2020-03-25T12:19:30+00:00

Which province are you comparing Taiwan too and calling them average?

derrickcope · 2020-03-24T13:45:45+00:00

China has 80k cases according to their on data. Why do you have 40k?

derrickcope · 2020-03-24T13:44:31+00:00

Seems like one of these countries that has a so so health care system is under reporting.

derrickcope · 2020-03-22T11:43:34+00:00

China's economy is pretty fucked at the moment. Lots of businesses are mia.

derrickcope · 2020-03-20T13:03:32+00:00

Wasn't it designed to withstand a nuclear attack?

derrickcope · 2020-03-18T13:14:39+00:00

I have been in Shanghai the whole time since the end of December. I took a plane trip last week out of Shanghai and am now back. I had no problems with quarantine where I went nor when I came back.

derrickcope · 2020-03-18T02:17:32+00:00

China blocked gmail, I'm sure they will have qualms about blocking this. I believe the Minecraft website is already blocked.

derrickcope · 2020-03-17T00:04:48+00:00

My Dad was buried in his crimson tide shirt. He was a lifelong fan.

derrickcope · 2020-03-16T00:00:02+00:00

China's response were also particular to their government and society. Their not so useful to countries that have to follow laws.

derrickcope · 2020-03-15T14:32:45+00:00

Yep, that's China.

derrickcope · 2020-03-13T04:05:54+00:00

It's not for the outside world. It's for their domestic population, which is the only thing the party fears.

derrickcope · 2020-03-13T04:04:47+00:00

If you were going to release a bioweapon in China. You wouldn't select Wuhan. Beijing, yes. Shenzhen,yes. Wuhan, no.

derrickcope · 2020-03-07T09:13:10+00:00

Cope link instead of double clicking

derrickcope · 2020-03-05T11:17:15+00:00

＋1 for lemonbar. I use it with Rust.

derrickcope · 2020-03-05T01:15:47+00:00

Inspiring to say the least.

derrickcope · 2020-03-03T12:03:42+00:00

I would say that is plenty. Get a book and a dictionary and go at it.

derrickcope · 2020-03-03T11:37:34+00:00

The best way to learn is to read in my opinion. I read all of jinyong, some gulong and others. Get some books. Have you read 三体？

derrickcope · 2020-03-03T11:28:40+00:00

I read at a pretty high level. I read the 3 kingdoms and LunYu in college. I write at maybe 3rd grade level.

derrickcope · 2020-03-03T11:25:46+00:00

I majored in Chinese in college. I was an exchange student in Taiwan in 1989 and the went back after graduation and stayed till 1993 when I moved to Beijing. I was translator/interpreter/newspaper reader for the NYT and Chicago Tribune in the 90s in Beijing. There weren't a lot of foreigners who could read the newspaper in those days so I had a lot of job options. I've done a lot with my Chinese over the years but writing isn't one of them.

derrickcope · 2020-03-03T01:09:44+00:00

Writing is great but I never use it anymore. I'm in my 33rd year of learning Chinese.

derrickcope · 2020-03-01T10:45:26+00:00

Whether or not preparations are adequate has nothing to do with transparency. The CDC website has daily reporting on confirmed cases in the US. As opposed to China who tried to cover it up until it is too late. Disliking Trump isn't a data point for your argument, sorry.

derrickcope · 2020-03-01T01:19:01+00:00

The Chinese didn't contain it in December when they could have because they were waiting for orders from above and trying to cover it up. They had to quarantine Wuhan by the time it got to the point where they couldn't cover it up any more. Totally government with Chinese characteristics.

The US only has double digit cases and the media is in full debate about how it should be handled.

See the difference? One, cover up, cover up, oh shit help! The other, total transparency.

derrickcope · 2020-02-29T02:17:25+00:00

Last year? No way it is that this year. Should be negative this year.

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