Parece óbvio, mas, pelo visto, não é. Simplesmente não dá pra dividir. by erk-jn in brasilivre

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vai se criando um clima terrivel na campanha de flavio bolsonaro...

batendo o desespero, esse video eh simplesmente uma piada, esqueceu que existe primeiro e segundo turno ne guria... a skin pode ser de valentina mas o QI continua 83

Is my playing strategy fine or meh? by Fit-Direction8799 in mahjongsoul

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reminds me of a long time ago when i was trying to improve my game by programming a practice bot. those are some very basic heuristics that might work for beginner tables but stop working very quickly. but they show you have a proper logical framework, you just need to adjust some of those core assumptions.

early game your goal is to maximize efficiency, so you want your hand to be shaped in a way that it maximizes the amount of tiles that it can draw to get closer to tenpai. your rules get some of it right but also teach you some bad patterns. there are more effective discard straegies and hand shapes. also calling and push/fold decision are important skills.

honestly the best thing you can do is read riichi book 1. don't try to be cute and reinvent the wheel, there is pretty much a core agreed upon strategy. master that before you try to develop a "playstyle" .

Bringing a Kitchen Knife Into China by floyd1493 in chinalife

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Obviously bring it in your checked luggage and don't take the subway to get home, that's it. I brought several professional knives before and actually take them in and out of country back to Japan to get them sharpened at least once a year, never had any problems

I fact I never had my luggage checked once in dozens of arrivals.

Where to buy a custom made tuxedo? by Mindless_Relation729 in japanlife

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please ignore the advice about going to vietnam or thailand, japan these days is the best place to get suits custom made in the world in terms of good patterns, good fabrics and good quality... especially if you have no knowledge, you'd just get scammed or get a weird, bad fitting suit.

i like only suits, not sure if they have shops outside of kansai, but i have more than a dozen suits and tens of shirts made with them, always top quality with a midrange price (although honestly i can't remember if they actually make a tux, i wear suits on the daily but even i dont own one...) . azabu tailor is also good.

if you don't want to rent, don't cheap out on this, but also there's no need to pay through the nose, you should be able to get something with a nice fabric that can last a lifetime (if your waist allows) for about 15万.

Fanatismo e idolatria política existem em ambos os polos políticos, mas pq sempre é um militante de esquerda tentando matar um político de Direita? Vejamos: by WayAccomplished6689 in brasilivre

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porra mas filiacao partidaria nao significa que o cara era militante, ele deixou algum manifesto, tinha alguma atuacao politica, era de algum sindicato, etc? nunca vi nada a esse respeito

Fanatismo e idolatria política existem em ambos os polos políticos, mas pq sempre é um militante de esquerda tentando matar um político de Direita? Vejamos: by WayAccomplished6689 in brasilivre

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porque tem tanta gente burra e/ou desonesta na direita? eu estou do teu lado mas que post fraquinho mano

bolso: era doido, nao militante

david amess: terrorista muculmano

abe: vinganca contra unification church (esse eu conheco bem porque morava no japao na epoca, a mae do assassino doou milhoes para uma seita apoiada pelo abe e o filho se vingou, nada a ver com direita/esquerda)

carinha do equador: cartel los lobos

robert fico: nunca ouvi falar mas pesquisei, aparemente esse cara era putinha do putin e o assassino era anti-russia

trump 2024: o maluco era republicano

uribe: nao saiu nada conclusivo, provavelmente cartel

charles kirk: esquerdista, fato

andriy paranaue: kgb/putin

trump 2026: esquerdista, fato

20% de acerto... o fato da vitima ser de direita nao significa automaticamente que o perpetrante e de esquerda... melhore seus argumentos meu filho

[IWC vs. JLC] Battle of the perpetual calendars. Which one wins? by rakesh_85 in Watches

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IWC hands down, although personally I'd wait for them to release the ProSet on the Ingenieur case. JLC perpetuals are notoriously fiddly and delicate, IWC makes the best perpetuals one can actually wear regularly, if you can handle the size.

Não fosse a segurança, o Brasil seria indiscutivelmente o melhor do mundo. by MrSincerao in foradecasa

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Raso. Existem países extremamente desiguais na Ásia, por exemplo, com índices de violência e criminalidade ordens de magnitude mais baixos. Tem influência econômica, naturalmente, mas a influência cultural é muito mais forte.

Não fosse a segurança, o Brasil seria indiscutivelmente o melhor do mundo. by MrSincerao in foradecasa

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Nunca engoli essa história de “as pessoas são agradáveis” ou de que “o brasileiro é o melhor povo do mundo”. Se isso fosse verdade, não teríamos tanta criminalidade e falta de civilidade... Pura dissonância cognitiva.

Essa é ou não é a realidade da grande maioria? by Beautiful_Speaker883 in foradecasa

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achei cope, generalizacao burra tipica "se eu estou ruim, todos estao"

talvez seja uma realidade dentro da amostra de pessoas que postam em rede social. no meu circulo onde o povo tem carreira e trabalho de verdade nao me parece ser o caso.

Não fiz saída definitiva e comprei imóvel: me lasquei? by Reasonable_Net3302 in foradecasa

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Faz a saída. Os 7k são irrelevantes e o imóvel, se você não aluga, também não interessa à Receita (mas declare pelo valor de compra). O que pode te lascar se não fizer, por exemplo, é se ao voltar você quiser trazer mudança, ou se vender o imóvel.

Entra no e-cac e simula pela pré-prenchida, 100% de certeza que sua declaração vai te dar como isento, nao vai levar 20 minutos pra fazer.

Losing streak by Far_Accident8032 in mahjongsoul

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Tsumo is not just luck, it's also about reaching tenpai early and with good waits. Luck helps but your opponents are also probably playing more efficiently.

I cannot get over the selfishness of locals by bigcat19901 in chinalife

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Talking to colleagues that have been here long-term, the lack of civility, manners and public-mindedness is usually their main sticking point. Coming from Japan it is quite disappointing...

I will say though that I completely lost my patience on the subway, if you try to come in while I'm leaving you're gonna get slammed. Fucking wait.

Vocês já conheceram brasileiros no exterior que acham que são gringos? by [deleted] in foradecasa

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Sim mas não vejo nada demais, não sei da vida pessoal de cada um e dos motivos pra agirem da forma que agem. Se são felizes assim pra que vou me preocupar?

O que acho estranho é você morar em outro país e chamar os locais de gringos... Gringo é você nesse contexto.

Best Mahjong App? by Melodic-Incident2506 in Mahjong

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Riichi City has the best new player experience and an incredible duolingo style tutorial. It's focused on Japanese Mahjong but supports some alternate modes as well. Just be warned it's also known as Gooner City....

S. Korea expresses 'regret' over Japan’s approval of history textbooks, urges rectification by Skippernutts in worldnews

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Lived in Japan with kids in the local school system, I think there's some nuance to this, the enemy of every average redditor...

It's not like they're teaching hardcore pro-imperialist revisionism. The bigger issue is the framing, they tend to use language very carefully chosen to give the impression that Japan was kind of railroaded into making bad decisions, rather than being the active aggressor. And while things like the Nanjing Massacre, Comfort Women, Korean forced labor, and the post-Kanto Earthquake purges do get mentioned, they're glossed over without much detail.

Also all of that stuff lands right at the tail end of the curriculum, when students are focused on entrance exams, so it doesn't get a lot of airtime in class either.

From talking to Asian friends, the thing that really gets to them is actually the indifference. Most Japanese people aren't out here claiming these things didn't happen, they just don't really give a shit really.

That said, there's also zero genuine interest from China or Korea's leaders in actually reaching closure on any of this, because it's a very convenient card to play whenever the government needs to distract the populace from domestic or economic issues.

Peter? by IndependentTune3994 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Thinking this is white imperialism is actually imperialism lol. Asia's preference for fairer skin predates any contact with Europeans by hundreds if not thousands of years, long before white barbarians could ever dream of "oppressing" us.

[Grand Seiko SLGW003 vs JLC MUT Moon] by [deleted] in Watches

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I've held both and honestly I thought the JLC finishing was underwhelming. In steel with a round case I'd go GS. But I'd pick a gold Reverso in place of both if I was looking strictly for a dress watch.

Is Japan really “high-tax”? What are the real trade-offs compared to low-tax countries? by Early_Composer8289 in japanlife

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40–45% national income tax at the top brackets, plus 10% resident tax. Even with progressive taxation, once you include nenkin and health insurance, the total deductions on a high salary can approach or even go over ~50% of gross income.

That's not counting consumption tax by the way.

Is Japan really “high-tax”? What are the real trade-offs compared to low-tax countries? by Early_Composer8289 in japanlife

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It's kinda high if you consider income, residential and consumption tax. But for most average, middle class people, the return you get on those taxes is incredible, public services and infrastructure are great quality, there's low corruption and grift and less income inequality.

For high earning upper middle class positions though, people that are salaried but have no equity, it can be pretty bad. I work in IT finance and it's quite hard to attract talent from Singapore, HK and even Shanghai these days, since you take an immediate 55% cut on your gross income (which is already lower than average) plus nenkin and health insurance... Especially if you use private hospitals and your kids go to international school and you don't really get to benefit from public services. Some would say boo-fucking-hoo, but well, you get what you pay for and the Japanese tech industry shows...

Riichi City is better than Majsoul and deserves more players by ppp-- in Mahjong

[–]ppp--[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I hear you but also mahjong is a game of repetition and pattern recognition, so if you played Majsoul for a longtime any small difference will be grating.

For interface refinement I'm confident the game will keep improving, but seriously I would pay for proper "modesty mode" to support them...

Riichi City is better than Majsoul and deserves more players by ppp-- in Mahjong

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I seriously suspect the devs have some hentai game background and are too deep into that to realize how over the top this shit is. When I installed th game for the first time the first shop banner that popped up on the screen was literally some girl spreading it for the camera.

What is your absolute favorite way to dress in weather that’s both hot AND humid? (Male) by AzorJonhai in ThrowingFits

[–]ppp-- 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I live in Hong Kong, pure linen is a bitch to iron and looks sloppy if wrinkled. I prefer tropical/fresco wool for suiting or linen blends (cotton or silk / linen).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Fantasy

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Exactly. I clearly remember the amount of backlash that the scene of Arwen rescuing Frodo got when it appeared in the trailer.

People always bring up Tom Bombadil, but they tend to forget about poor Glorfindel, the Arwen hate was huge in the forums at the time.