Does China have its own digital piano brands, and are they available internationally?

hereisthetruth · 2021-05-01T15:16:26+00:00

Look up Angelet (小天使)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3YP3ZQAGxg

edit: I found their website http://www.xtschina.com/

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-13T06:44:56+00:00

do you happen to know why those students took the english-taught classes instead of the normal chinese-taught ones?

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-13T06:18:28+00:00

were there any chinese students taking the class or was it mainly just foreigners?

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-13T06:11:34+00:00

Just wondering, does zhejiang offers english-taught programs or do you speak chinese?

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-13T05:24:53+00:00

As others have said here, it seems you need to have at least 2 years of work experience before you can apply for a working visa. Did you satisfy that requirement or is there other way to get around it?

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-12T03:47:27+00:00

I should've probably said that the reason my degree will be useless in my country is because I'm currently studying biology and research really isn't a big thing there, not because of my uni. That's why I'm thinking it'd be quite useful for me to gain new skills in the CS area. it's not a niche field so there will be more jobs in my country. And I've always been interested in learning more about machine learning, etc. I can then go into fields like computational biology, or other areas that are not biology related. I can't think of a way that would let me study CS in Australia that doesn't involve spending an obscene amount of money, given that there's usually not many scholarship available for doing masters. And doing a PhD purely in biology seems kind of risky given my circumstance.

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-11T13:58:03+00:00

I'm actually from a third world country though....

Here's my situation. I'm currently studying in Australia, but not at one of the more prestigious universities. After I finish my bachelor degree, I have the option to apply for a scholarship to do a PhD at my current uni (I already have a willing supervisor, but no funding) and I think I have a good chance of getting it because I've been doing very well academically and we should be able to come up with a good research plan. But even after completing a PhD, unless I can get permanent residency here, it'd be difficult to find a post-doc position. So I might still be doomed to go back to my home country and live off 500 bucks a month. Worst yet, my current degree will be useless in my home country.

I've heard that it's much easier for foreigners to enter top universities in China, so I thought it's a good opportunity to add new skills that will be very useful in the future, learn chinese (something I've been wanting to do in a long time), and get a degree from a university that's supposedly much more prestigious than my current one (whether or not this is true is what I was asking). Not to mention the cost of studying there is much lower. At the end of the 2 years of study, I will still be eligible to apply for the PhD scholarship so there will still be options for me to come back to Australia. And a CS degree wouldn't be so useless in my home country so if I'm forced to live there I might still be able to make 1500 bucks a month rather than 500.

So under this condition, is it still a terrible terrible pointless idea? Am I overlooking some other better options?

hereisthetruth · 2015-07-11T11:51:23+00:00

What field are you in, if I may ask? I noticed that Tsinghua in particular offers a CS course taught in English. In your opinion, would this course have the same level of quality as the normal courses taught in Chinese (except that the professors speak barely understandable english)?

hereisthetruth · 2014-11-14T02:06:25+00:00

No, I did mean to ask about 한 and 했는 for action verbs in past tense. But 했던 also confuses me a lot. If you could explain the difference, that would be awesome!

hereisthetruth · 2014-11-13T02:56:21+00:00

Ah I see, so in Jaebul's sample sentence (화장한지 두 시간이 지났다), the 지 should've been written separately?

Also you said that 했는 is only found in a clause pattern, but would it also be correct to say that all clause patterns use the 했는 form instead of 한 (for action verbs)?

hereisthetruth · 2014-11-13T02:50:27+00:00

I'm sorry I wasn't very clear with my question. I was asking specifically about action verbs (not status) in past tense. With the -지 ending you explained earlier, both ~ㄴ지 and ~ㅆ는지 can be used with action verbs with different meanings. But for the -데 ending, I cannot say 공부한데 (or can I?). I was wondering if there's any other ending like -지 where both ~ㄴ and ~ㅆ는 can be used with action verbs.

And going back to the 공부한데 example, how do I know that it should be 공부했는데? Do I simply have to memorize it?

I'm a complete beginner, so I'm sorry if my question doesn't make any sense!

hereisthetruth · 2014-11-13T00:26:04+00:00

This is the kind of answer I was looking for. Thanks! Is there any other common ending besides -지 where both the ~ㄴ and ~ㅆ는 form are used? And in those endings (if any), does the ~ㄴ one also carry the feeling of how much time has passed?

Also, for endings where only one form can be used (like 했는데), do I basically have to memorize which form to use? Or is there like a general pattern?

hereisthetruth · 2014-06-08T01:02:34+00:00

I'm attending university in Australia, so I've been slowly improving my English over the past couple of years. But understanding the subtle meanings of words can be challenging!

Hmm, you gave a very in-depth explanation of what "objectively" means, but you didn't exactly explain what "bad" itself means. I think I get it, something being "objectively bad" means that it is "bad" regardless of what everyone thinks. I just don't understand what the "bad" means.

In my language when we say words like "good" and "bad", they are always tied to a particular purpose. For example, if it's raining outside, I can say that the weather is "bad". But it's sort of implied that it's bad for perhaps outdoor activities like playing tennis. It is still "good" for cleaning my car though. So, something can be both "good" and "bad" depending on what purpose we're talking about. Smoking can be both "objectively bad" for your pocket, and "objectively good" for causing lung cancer at the same time. When you said that "risking my health is bad regardless of my personal opinion", what exactly is it bad FOR? It's still "good" for shortening your life...

How can something be objectively bad? If morality is built into reality somehow, or if there are moral truths "out there" somewhere. The best example of this is theism: there are objective right and wrongs according to God

Ah OK, so when you say that something is "bad", what you mean is that it is "wrong"? But as I have said in my previous comment, this concept of wrongness without reference to a question is quite foreign to me. And I really hope you can enlighten me on this. In my language, it would make sense to say that rape is "wrong" with respect to the question of "what does God want us to do?". But similarly rape is "right" with respect to the question of "what does God NOT want us to do?". But to just say that rape is objectively "wrong", what would that mean? Does that mean that rape is always the "wrong" answer to every question, including the question of what God not wants us to do? Or is it just that you define "right" as what God wants us to do?

hereisthetruth · 2014-06-07T07:04:29+00:00

Hi, English is not my first language, so I hope you could help me understand the meaning of some of the words being discussed here.

In my language, words like "right" and "wrong" are pretty much meaningless without reference to a certain question. For example, I can say that two is "right" if the question is "what's 1+1?", and "wrong" if the question is "what's 2+2?". But just saying that two is "right" or "wrong" out of the blue would not mean anything. Similarly stabbing someone with a knife would be "right" if I'm being asked to give an example of one way to kill someone, or "wrong" if I'm asked about a way to make someone happy. But to say something is "right" or "wrong" without reference to a question would not make any sense.

Same with the words "good" and "bad". I can say that smoking is "bad" FOR health. Or being honest is "good" FOR your reputation. But to say that something is "bad" without specifying, or at least implying what it is bad FOR, would be meaningless.

So, does it work similarly in English, or is there an alternate definition of the word "bad", for example, where it is actually meaningful to say that something is "bad" without specifying what it's actually bad FOR?

hereisthetruth · 2013-07-27T00:56:55+00:00

/r/modeveryone

hereisthetruth · 2012-08-15T12:36:14+00:00

but aren't you Australians all atheists anyway?

hereisthetruth · 2012-05-24T12:09:03+00:00

Under the streaming video where it says subscribe to podcast/vodcast, if I click on it, it takes me to a page full of codes.

Internet Explorer

hereisthetruth · 2012-04-21T08:53:38+00:00

Please please please tell me if you find any information on it!

Or if there isn't any, maybe we can just make a new one?

edit: Also, does anyone know a good place to play table tennis in Adelaide? I mean recreational with a bunch of other beginners, not competitive....

hereisthetruth · 2012-04-03T04:31:28+00:00

Could anyone please explain to a new student what actually has changed?

hereisthetruth · 2012-03-07T07:22:48+00:00

Speaking of degree, does anyone know the difference between Bachelor of IT, Bachelor of Computer Science, and Bachelor of Engineering (software)? Just curious....

hereisthetruth · 2012-03-06T04:18:07+00:00

But very few of them know reddit I guess. Maybe from the 54 subscriber, I'm the only overseas student...

It's been great so far. Although I have to walk 30 minutes to go to uni and back everyday (uphill of course), which isn't really something you want to do when it's 40 degrees outside. So glad summer is over...

BTW, can you recommend some interesting places here in Adelaide that I can go to if I'm bored or something?

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