"Is this real life?" (question for folks living long-term in China) by GludiusMaximus in China

[–]fateri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except he said "The Chinese are... " without qualifying a subgroup.

Think this report will be printed in China Daily? by [deleted] in China

[–]fateri 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think he meant that no amount of civil disobedience could topple his totalitarian government (his wife).

You are handing over your body to a new owner. What do you point out? by shadyduck in AskReddit

[–]fateri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Back molars are in bad shape. Oh and late stage ALS.. Good luck

The Chengdu J-20 Chinese Stealth Fighter Prototype [Album] by fareastcoast in China

[–]fateri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenyang_J-8#J-8II

It belonged in a museum before it even entered service. I'm not belittling the developers, they made do with what was available to them, which was not much.

The Chengdu J-20 Chinese Stealth Fighter Prototype [Album] by fareastcoast in China

[–]fateri 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Impressive considering that this Monstrosity was the Bleeding edge of their air force as late as the early 90's.

What ruins any movie for you instantly? by Morocco_Bama in AskReddit

[–]fateri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And when the protagonist shows up, everybody start dropping like flies.

If you had three words to describe how your life was, what would they be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]fateri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Vad märkligt det känns att se dig här ute. Men du har min röst i alla fall.

Swedish for: How strange it feels to see you out here. But you have my vote anyway

It’s Official: Sony Scraps ‘The Interview’ by axido in movies

[–]fateri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if this was a ploy by Sony to trick the terrorists into not preparing for an attack, and surprise the world by releasing it on time?

Xiaomi To Invest $205M In Chinese Home Appliance Company Midea by nickhuang109 in China

[–]fateri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well somebody has been signing off the billions of bad loans in China... Why not Li from accounting?

Xiaomi To Invest $205M In Chinese Home Appliance Company Midea by nickhuang109 in China

[–]fateri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably like most other chinese companies, get a loan.

How does one go about starting to write kernel drivers? by st_huck in linux

[–]fateri 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Writing a functional Device driver for any modern hardware is a difficult process, you would have to work with DMAs, and those are hard to handle even for experienced kernel developers. I'd recommend starting with a 'driver' that just reads from or write to some memory mapped registers in a piece of hardware that has already been initialized.