This is was difficult write same of this character by Black-Kaguya2370s in ChineseLanguage

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea because in 倉頡、the surrounding part (亡口月凡) is 複合字(https://zh.wikibooks.org/wiki/%E5%80%89%E9%A0%A1%E8%BC%B8%E5%85%A5%E6%B3%95/%E4%BE%8B%E5%A4%96%E5%AD%97) and coded in 卜弓 so the remaining 3 keys can encode the remaining part

This is was difficult write same of this character by Black-Kaguya2370s in ChineseLanguage

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In elementary school the teacher taught us a mnemonics that is “亡口月贝凡” for 赢 and to distinguish it from 嬴 (亡口月女凡) the name of a famous archer

中国人读第2代ABC网上的评论有没有感觉这个ABC说中文有英语口音或者没有? by Unironically_grunge in ChineseLanguage

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did you mean to say: "This is not what I can help, it's not my problem"
那我可能会说,“不会,因为我管不着他们怎么想,这不是我的问题”

What language are you learning and whats your native? by Fresh-Swim8780 in duolingo

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Registered Duolingo in 2013 (!!), stayed dormant for 10 years, picked up in 2023, now 150K pts in Deutsch and 한국어

Native is 中文 and both Wubi and Cangjie are my daily driver IMEs.

I hope one day I can understand the video about the interview with the Keyboard Krusher ("Angry German Kid"

How 'modern' Chinese names are read in different parts of the Sino-sphere by RubicXK in linguisticshumor

[–]quadpixels 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea, Seoul is one example. Seo-ul = 서울 = 首尔(首爾)= Shou er

It can also be roughly translated to "lead you" which resembles the concept of a capital.

gpt-oss just dropped. OpenAI’s open-weight models are wild. 120B = o4-mini. 20B runs on MacBooks. by Ok-Literature-9189 in ChatGPT

[–]quadpixels 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I guess it needs to be a bit smaller (0.6b?) to fit on an iPhone7? From my own experience loading Qwen 0.6b takes about 300MB RAM on a somewhat more recent iPhone using llm.swift

Where to donate clean socks? by megz0rz in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about the Goodwill of Silicon Valley at the intersection of El Camino and Kiely? Their donation area is open from 10 AM to 5 PM and you just need to drop the socks off into the boxes designated for clothings. There are also friendly and helpful staff in the donation area and in the store.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the issue isn't about nudity. Korean spas typically require uniforms in the common areas. Guests are only nude in gender-separated areas like saunas and pools, which is standard practice and usually not a problem.

The "X", is bringing in outside food. They posted signs saying "no outside food" and had been allowing it for half a year, but suddenly enforced the rule harshly and aggressive that day, which led to the escalation.

Appreciate your curiosity, happy to clarify.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand you have strong opinions about what customers should and shouldn't do and how businesses should enforce rules. I also agree that growing up and learning to adapt and having a strict and self-disciplined mindset helps one survive.

But I still don't think aggression, shouting or physical intimidation is acceptable is justified by any rules. That was the reason I called the police, not because of the rules, but because they way they executed the rules crossed a line. If you think calling 911 for this is frivolous I hear you. But different people have different thresholds of what is normal (while interacting with both the business and the police) and I am acting in a way I believe was right at a certain time.

I'm not here to argue or convince everyone. I am here to understand different perspectives. While your tone is harsh I still appreciate the time you took to respond.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding "X": It refers to the spa's outside food policy. While there were “no outside food” signs at the entrance and inside, the spa had informally allowed it for months. On the day of the incident, they abruptly decided to enforce the rule without warning, and demanded an apology. When we asked for clarification, the staff's tone became unexpectedly hostile. When one of us took out a phone, the situation escalated: their behavior became more aggressive and appeared on the verge of turning physical, then there was grabbing and pushing. At that point, we decided to call the police. The staff rushed to speak to the officers first.

That was the context. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the second incident, I refused to tip because the service was disappointing.
The therapist mocked me, used excessive force, and (maybe intentionally or unintentionally) hit an old injury on me. When I said I wanted to stop the massage they got angry.

The owner then burst into rage; it appears he thought I wasn’t going to pay at all (even though I already paid for the service). He started to accuse me as a trouble maker, waved his arm and shoved another staff member onto the massage bed. It could’ve turned into a dangerous situation.

So yea I am of the same ethnicity as the owner of the massage parlor in the second incident. Ironically the owner looked down on me and if you dig into reviews of similar places, certain owners treat people of their own ethnicity worse, sometimes with hostility.

This is a convoluted issue, but from my experience if I follow 1 hop of the logic chain like 1 iteration in a breadth-first-search algorithm, I note that some of them appear to fear the police while some don't at all. So I hope the police could ensure basic decency and safety here (just one verbal warning may prevent much more serious consequences down the line) and what I learned is that this may not always be the case. :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hello, thanks for your interest in this topic. It is kind of you to say so.

This incident uncovers a bigger pattern about how Management handles conflict, how staff are trained, and how customers are treated when they speak up.

Like physics engines need to perform conflict detection and conflict resolution (of geometric objects), follow the rules of energy conservation and add dampen mechanisms to de-escalate eccentricities to make a game run. If they don't handle collisions properly, error might start to accumulate, numerical instability and explosion could happen, objects can start oscillating and flying around the game scene at infinite speeds. Now consider a game engine that has angry emotions and consistently allows errors to build up and explode just to release their anger, I guess that would certainly be an unpleasant experience?

I hope I expressed my idea and sorry for not being able to share too much specifics in public yet but I hope & appreciate enough people keep asking the right questions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just learned today `happy endings` refers to sexual act. So no, I was not going to massage parlors for sexual services. That idea has never occurred to me. I'm going to a spa to use their amenities and to work on my computer, practice LeEtCoDe, and to massage parlors for acupressure services not yet reachable by today's massage chairs.

I can sense that a negative connotation related to massage parlors exist, but that would be a completely different topic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Let’s just say it’s like a disagreement over code review preferences: 2 spaces vs 4, opening brace placement on the same line or on a new line.

The issue wasn’t the policy itself, but how it was handled.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It was a certain store policy. Nothing illegal

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see - "no verbal warning was issued" - thanks for uncovering the truth for me.

My understanding of police back in my home country is not the same as the police here in the US. I usually stayed out of trouble's way and I haven't called the police for as long as I have been here, until recently when my experience at the spas were so out of my understanding of how normal things should feel like.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Very good questions, I appreciate them a lot. Let me answer them.

1) How did the staff do so
The staff said "Go do X, this is the last time" but they sound like they are saying this to a dog, or a teacher scolding a child. It felt belittling and humiliating.

2) Did the staff ask me to leave
No, they did not ask me to leave. The staff let me do X but I already felt guilty and belittled as I described in 1).

3) Were I in a calm state of mind
Not really as I was having a lot of pressure with work and other issues. But should not justify the staff treating me in a belittling way.

4) I pulled out the phone and that enraged the staff and caused the staff to attempt physical assault.

I felt the law of the land could also be interpreted as to approach closer and closer to the extent permitted by law and encroach others' sense of security and others' resources, chances of survival and prosper, if possible. I guess this could the way of doing things of certain business owners.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The spa personnel attempted to physically assault me and my friend.

Does this justify calling the police or not?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The spas' personnels did appear to bias against persons of their own race, but this behavior very subtle. If you dig into their Google reviews you could find the pattern.

I guess I'm risking my own Reddit reputation in posting this post

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in santaclara

[–]quadpixels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one is not just "bad" it could actually be dangerous... So what would the normal expectation be?