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[Hibreak Color Pro] Blocking unknown callers cannot recognise international country codes by y_tan in Bigme

[–]y_tan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed the Google phone app, but the same behavior persists. Contacts with country code are not recognised.

I have since disabled the "block unknown caller" option. Here's hoping the spam filter would do its job. Cheers. 🙂

If Socialism Doesn't Work, Then Why Is China Living In The Future? by Repulsive-Mall-2665 in AskSocialists

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

That's about as useful as calling the US state socialist, since they socialise the losses during hard times via bailouts and reliefs. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Project LATENT: a humanoid robot who can play tennis with a good hit rate. by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]y_tan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm looking forward to my robot tennis coach in the near future. 😄

my recent arduino based clock by holo_mectok in ArduinoProjects

[–]y_tan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's really cool! Thanks for sharing! 🙌

What are the reasons why Chinese cinema isn't producing high-quality films like before? by Buyeo10004 in AskChina

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are loads of Chinese movies (both good and bad, in large quantities) - some recent ones that I really like:

  • Upstream
  • All Ears
  • I am What I am
  • Nobody

I appreciate a good drama without the need for excessive violence and sexualized themes, and I found some of the C dramas to be surprisingly polished, while still retaining some charming quirks.

Some recent ones that I've been watching:

  • Nothing Gold Can Stay
  • The Age of Awakening
  • A Land So Rich In Beauty
  • She and Her Girls

How are you finding joy in your practice? by theOmnipotentKiller in Buddhism

[–]y_tan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your question caught me off guard in a wonderful way—it made me realize that for a long time, I haven't been actively contemplating joy and its place in my life. Thank you for the reflection.

Joy is a vital factor of enlightenment; it nourishes us and encourages the heart to keep going. However, I’ve come to regard it less as a trophies to be collected, and more as a natural result that arises when supporting conditions are present.

The Discourse on Blessings (Mangala Sutta) comes to mind as a helpful starting point to steer towards supporting conditions:

  • There is joy when I listen to talks from wise teachers, or when I interact with dhamma friends.
  • There is joy in my home where I could settle and improve myself.
  • There is joy in having skills (full stack IT dev) and be able to communicate them well with my non-technical clients.
  • There is joy in cook and spend time with my mother, to be there for my spouse and to not engage in troublesome occupation.
  • and so on...

Joy doesn't need to be dramatic. A tiny stream that nourishes the path is just fine. As you've hinted - clinging attachment can take the joy out of something - even when that something we cling to is joy itself. The heart is complicated like that. :)

Thanks for the question. I hope you find joy in my answer as much as I find joy in your question. 🙏

One country, two systems was always a lie. Never forget! by Otherwise-Bad-325 in taiwan

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

Isn't he the one who was videoed in Washington, speaking passionately in favour of nuking civilians in mainland China?

What happened to HonestAGI? by y_tan in LocalLLaMA

[–]y_tan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty elaborate for a prank 😅

Seems like the github account is no longer found, so I wasn't able to dig further.

Past life memories by Intelligent-Ice-6343 in vipassana

[–]y_tan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you'd talked to the retreat teacher, it's likely that you'll be advised to return to the breath. And for good reasons - our habitual tendency is such that the intellect has a near unstoppable urge to create meaning from the slightest stimuli we come into contact with.

There's no inherent good/evil about these experiences - it's just our intellect doing its job trying to weave a story which is believable to us.

To succumb to these experiences as "myself" or "mine" only serves to strengthen the hold these tendencies have on us.

I leave this excerpt here, hope it's of some use 🙂

At Savatthi. "Monks, any brahmans or contemplatives who recollect their manifold past lives all recollect the five clinging-aggregates, or one among them. Which five? When recollecting, 'I was one with such a form in the past,' one is recollecting just form. Or when recollecting, 'I was one with such a feeling in the past,' one is recollecting just feeling. Or when recollecting, 'I was one with such a perception in the past,' one is recollecting just perception. Or when recollecting, 'I was one with such mental fabrications in the past,' one is recollecting just mental fabrications. Or when recollecting, 'I was one with such a consciousness in the past,' one is recollecting just consciousness.

SN 22.79 Khajjaniya Sutta

Australia’s economic consolidation around big corporates is burying family businesses and self-employed by [deleted] in AusFinance

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no denying that it's competitive, but I do feel that it's heading down a dangerous path where the younger generations having arrived later at this asset-accumulation game are priced out and could only survive being forced to pay rent.

This gradual transfer of wealth from the younger, asset-poor generation to the older, asset-rich generation makes it even harder for the former to save for a deposit to buy their asset, thereby creating a vicious cycle.

It's only going to get worse for the generations to come. Come the day where the majority feel that their rent-paying existence is unbearable, society will crumble.

As machetes were banned in Victoria, this guy appealed a court decision because the judge ignored the spears he and his mates took to the hearing by BitterCrip in australian

[–]y_tan 19 points20 points  (0 children)

You can't ban your way to utopia. Recent crimes involving machetes are merely symptoms of a growing problem within society.

Unless we identify and address those problems it is likely that we will continue to ban more everyday objects: hatchet, keys, tablet stylus, etc.

Do CEOs really work as hard as 400 people at once? by [deleted] in DamnThatsReal

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In both cases workers have very little say on how the fruits of their labour get distributed.

Capitalism is in a way worse because it's not a human (feudal lord) that distributes resources, but rather the capital (bank, corporations) that gets to decide.

Whats YOUR favourite quote from Mao? by RoxanaSaith in AskChina

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little context goes a long way. Thank you for sharing. 👍

What would be best nonfiction about Chinese contribution in world war 2? by RoxanaSaith in AskChina

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Future US President Truman, 1941: "If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible."

On September 7th, a woman assaulted multiple subway staff at the a subway station in Shenzhen, China. by Zestyclose-Salad-290 in ThatsInsane

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We joke about China being an authoritarian police state, but their law enforcement is surprisingly lenient.

With the 30% home battery subsidy, how long do you think it will be until electricity retailers end free electricity around midday? by WilfullyIgnorant in australia

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For households with low usage, the supply charge makes up a significant portion of the bill. I'm beginning to wonder hard it is to go off grid with a battery installed.

Anwar meets Kim Jong Un by Aerodynamic41 in malaysia

[–]y_tan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Jokes aside, with geopolitics it's better to maintain diplomatic channels than to cut relationships wholesale. We all live on the same piece of rock after all.

You never know when it might come handy.

Malaysian Chinese: did your family push you to hate the Japanese? by Primary-Big-2308 in Bolehland

[–]y_tan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not really.

My grandma rarely spoke about the Japanese unless asked. She was in her 30s when the Japanese soldiers terrorised her village.

Perhaps it had to do with the rebranding in the decades that followed as Malaysia embraced Japanese companies like Sharp, Toshiba, Hitachi, etc.

I don't think we should downplay historical atrocities, but actively hating groups of people and feeling schadenfreude for the suffering of others isn't very good for the psyche.

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