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Comment on Communism: Inconceivable! by Mr.8X

Mr.8X — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:11:28 +0000

“communist country” & ”
Growing up, all I knew about communism was that it was the direct opposite of America, and some vague images of people queueing to buy bread and toilet paper. I think I somehow built the idea that communism was a system without money: When you were hungry, you were fed. When there was work to do, you did it. When you were tired, you slept.”
) No no..lol

Comment on Vietnam Adventures: Backgrounder by Mr.8X

Mr.8X — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:58:41 +0000

wellcome to VN

Comment on Á-lô, is it me you’re looking for? by Tom Lancaster (@TomRLancaster)

Tom Lancaster (@TomRLancaster) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:17:21 +0000

As someone who has studied a foreign language in depth (French) and has picked up at various times a strong and a weaker further language, and also as someone who has good competence in 3 programming languages and reasonable knowledge of a further three or four I can honestly say that I have no interest in C++

What I meant to say was: it’s certainly my experience that knowledge of a different language, be it human or computer, provides a different viewpoint on situations. I think in my case it’s important that I formally studied one foreign language and one computer language; that theoretical grounding gives you a great leg up when coming to other languages.

On an unrelated note, I think many young vietnamese find speaking in English puts them in a different context by removing them from the Confucian pecking order that’s bound up in the language. Now I think that’s quite a different viewpoint to have. On the other side while many vietnamese-speaking europeans do enter into the confucian game to some extent there seems to be a lot of leeway given to be apart from the system.

Comment on Communism: Inconceivable! by evilinthecloset

evilinthecloset — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:13:51 +0000

If you want a real communism experience here, you’re 20 years too late! We abandoned the ideology and planned economy in the early 90s. If you really want to know what it looked like before that, just googling for “thời bao cấp” (fully subsidized period).

Nowadays communism only existed in the colourful but monotonous propaganda billboards and banners on the streets that no one bother to read. They taught Scientific Communism at all of the State run universities but no student and even lecturer take it seriously.

Comment on Vietnam Adventures: Backgrounder by Á-lô, is it me you’re looking for? « 文字馬鹿: A fool of words

Á-lô, is it me you’re looking for? « 文字馬鹿: A fool of words — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:41:51 +0000

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Comment on Clothes optional: Living from a suitcase by TBBle

TBBle — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

It is now. ^_^

Comment on Clothes optional: Living from a suitcase by maxious

maxious — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:41:00 +0000

For those wondering, PMVs at http://www.youtube.com/user/TBBle
I look forward to the future Vietnamese BigWorld MMORPG with ponies… that’s what I was meant to get from this post right?

Comment on Things that happen when my brain gets full by TBBle

TBBle — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:58:48 +0000

I used “c_lz.zip” (with the double-quotes) and then clicked the ‘Yes, I really meant “c_lz.zip”‘ link when it gave me resuts for “clz.zip” instead.

Comment on Things that happen when my brain gets full by Jorge

Jorge — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:07:11 +0000

can you share your google search string?
I put c_lz.zip and I’m getting tons of college zip codes.

Comment on Things that happen when my brain gets full by TBBle

TBBle — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:16:14 +0000

I can’t seem to find my modified code any more, but the original lzhuf.c I used appears to have come in a file called c_lz.zip which Google just offered me several links for.

I don’t think it’d take long for a C programmer to follow my directions above, but we are looking at three and a half years ago, so I don’t remember any useful details beyond that. >_<