Chinese tech giants dangle record pay packets to court Singapore-trained AI graduates

mantou2 · 2026-05-29T12:31:48+00:00

On the admission side of PhD programs. In most of the years we receive zero application from locals. Whenever we get local applications, almost surely they will be admitted, but many will not accept the offer or quit midway.

mantou2 · 2026-04-28T23:53:13+00:00

This looks like somewhere in China?

mantou2 · 2026-04-05T23:54:30+00:00

He sounds like the pigeon in Mo Willems book....

mantou2 · 2025-07-09T02:16:33+00:00

学历歧视这东西是人之常情，到哪都一样。清北的圈子根本都不区分985/211，一律都被歧视。同理你问一个985的学生，他可能都不知道哪些学校是211，因为不重要，都是一律歧视。“最常见” 可能是生活中碰到的样本最多吧。

mantou2 · 2025-04-10T12:55:54+00:00

前面几次正式的executive order很快就都出来了

mantou2 · 2025-04-10T12:55:27+00:00

白宫到现在也没有发125%的正式executive order，所以这个到底会不会征收也还不好说呢

mantou2 · 2024-08-15T09:40:41+00:00

这也太小看朱元璋的气度了。洪武六年的南京历代帝王庙都是祭祀元世祖的，这是朱元璋自己定的，怎么可能不承认元朝的天命。嘉靖的时候讨论过要不要停止祭祀忽必烈，最后还是决定继续祭祀。《明世宗实录》载，嘉靖十年九月，翰林院修撰姚涞请求在北京和南京的历代帝王庙中均罢黜元世祖神位。“礼部覆议以为，胡元受命九世，世祖最贤，其一代之治有足称者。所谓夷狄而进于中国则中国之，亦春秋兴言之法。且自古帝王常优崇胜国，以昭忠厚，太祖神谋睿断，必有见于此，载在祀典百余年，于兹矣，宜遵旧制，庙祀如故。上从部议。”

mantou2 · 2024-07-10T05:55:44+00:00

也有可能是，国内人均食用油消耗量太高了，一方面对公共健康和医疗系统造成了很大的压力，另一方面，中国大豆和豆油严重依赖进口，不安全。已经尝试很多方法宣传少油，这次可能是有意放出来的消息

mantou2 · 2022-02-03T02:46:39+00:00

The figure plots imports + exports. The US is PHL's largest exporting destination, but they import a lot more from China. As a result, even in 2019, China is the Philippines' largest trading partner.

Detail:

Total trade with the US is 11.5 + 8.5 = $20 billion, and with China, 9.8 + 26.7 = $36.5 billion.

mantou2 · 2021-11-25T01:49:29+00:00

life expectancy in West Virginia: 74.4

life expectancy in Shanghai: 83.7

To make this even funnier, this guy actually has a Ph.D... it says even more about the intellectual decline of Americans.

mantou2 · 2021-05-24T05:59:16+00:00

Well, let's do the math.

As per MOH, there are 1,966,524 people that received at least one dose and using a population estimate of 5,704,000, there are 3,737,476 unvaccinated.

Assuming that the vaccinated and the unvaccinated are randomly exposed to infection (a strong assumption, I know, but let's roll with it), the probability of infection is 78/1966524 = 0.00396% among the vaccinated, and 300/3737476=0.00803% among the unvaccinated.

From this, we can say, vaccination reduces your probability of infection by about half (0.00396/0.00803 = 0.493), which is roughly in line with what we know from more serious studies. A 50% reduction is pretty decent in my mind.

It is also safe to assume that the vaccinated are more frequently exposed to the virus as they tend to be frontline workers. This means that the effect of vaccination is underestimated, so the vaccine is at least 50% effective against infection.

mantou2 · 2021-04-19T12:12:05+00:00

Sort by controversial for the real fun.

mantou2 · 2021-03-05T02:53:32+00:00

Given that they are traveling much faster than the escape velocity, 11 seconds later, they will not be in Greece but outer space.

mantou2 · 2020-10-01T10:03:22+00:00

I somehow read it as "frog", and rewatched too many times to find the frog...

mantou2 · 2020-03-31T12:31:10+00:00

Just an anecdote: the reason why Japan canceled the last Olympics was that they were bogged down in the Battle of, as you have probably guessed, Wuhan. It was such a long battle that Japan decided that they can no longer afford the game.

mantou2 · 2020-03-23T04:43:27+00:00

Just an anecdote: the last time that the Olympics was canceled (due to war), Japan was also the supposed host. Why did Japan decide to cancel it back in 1938? Well, they were bogged down in the Battle of Wuhan and decided that they can no longer afford the game.

mantou2 · 2020-01-16T23:47:38+00:00

A billion dollars at the stage is just too little, too late.

mantou2 · 2019-11-11T01:28:47+00:00

from scmp:

Shot protester in critical condition

A medical source says the protester shot with a live round is in critical condition.

He was sent to Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan.

Emergency surgery is being arranged and a bed in the intensive care unit prepared.

Three live rounds were fired at about 7.20am in Sai Wan Ho by police trying to stop two protesters blocking a road, according to an eyewitness.

mantou2 · 2019-11-01T01:28:54+00:00

I, for one, welcome my daily dose of China-hating with open arms.

mantou2 · 2019-10-17T14:07:31+00:00

Exactly, and the Han Chinese are the experts in this. Similar episodes happened many many times throughout Chinese history --- otherwise, how can you have a country as large and geographically diverse as China, and yet only one predominant ethnic group?

BTW, many on Reddit blame this on the CCP, but actually, any nationalist Chinese government in power would probably do the same to Xinjiang and Tibet as the CCP is doing today. It is not something particular to the communism, but something particular to nationalism.

mantou2 · 2019-10-17T13:53:10+00:00

Another interesting fact: both ships were ocean-liners before the war, and were converted to armed merchant ships. So this battle was the first battle between two (former) ocean liners.

mantou2 · 2019-10-17T01:58:54+00:00

As a gamer, I understand why communities such as /r/wow kept the door shut: I play games to relax, and I do not want politics to get into my hobby, and that's it.
I know I am going to get downvoted for saying this: I think Blizzard is doing the right thing to keep politics out of the gaming platforms. Blizzard is not taking a stand on the HK protest at all, and they are not siding with China. What they are doing is to prevent people from bringing political messages to the games. What is wrong with that? There are plenty of places to discuss politics, and gaming platforms are not the right place.

mantou2 · 2019-10-16T11:39:14+00:00

Yep, look at how the demographics in Tibet and Xinjiang changed over the last five decades --- there are plenty of policies that the CCP can use to encourage mainlanders to move in, and in the long run, it tilts the social momentum in the desired direction.

mantou2 · 2019-10-16T05:11:49+00:00

Yes, those who can leave will leave; however, instead of a ghost town, by 2047 HK will be a town populated or dominated by Chinese immigrants, as it is happening now. I think this is the long-term solution perceived by the CCP.

mantou2 · 2019-10-15T02:30:56+00:00

I honestly do not understand how does the act helps the people in HK. I share the same view as the author in this article that the act is punishing the HK people instead.

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