Posts by astrid@woem.space
(DIR) Post #B0oteoD498T8B8fO5I by astrid@woem.space
2025-11-22T15:53:46.632251Z
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played mahjong with my grandparents this week at a place with BIG TILES (standard poker cards for scale)
(DIR) Post #B0otm9FGKrZxRiC4B6 by astrid@woem.space
2025-11-29T16:05:04.857414Z
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i did some research and i today i learned the following: tiles in china are bigger than tiles in japan (40mm+ vs 28mm)chinese people are surprised going to japan when they encounter small tilestiles in sichuan are UNIQUELY big (50mm and growing???) due to omitting the winds and dragons and flowers, only using 108 rather than 144 tilesthis is why the market we went to today had 50mm 108-tile sichuan mahjong tilesets, but not 50mm 144-tile tilesets that had winds and dragons and flowers
(DIR) Post #B0otmGr62b0B34wsca by astrid@woem.space
2025-11-29T16:11:36.680799Z
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supposedly it's due to taiwanese manufacturers miscommunicating with chinese consumers, when deng xiaoping lifted mao zedong's ban on mahjong and everyone wanted new mahjong tiles, and over time the mahjong became bigger and bigger and bigger until you eventually had the chonkers you have now. at least, that seems to be what a chinese quora post says. take from that what you will https://www.zhihu.com/question/48554384?utm_id=0
(DIR) Post #B0ukkFA5dKx6ZsYCvI by astrid@woem.space
2025-11-18T23:24:36.956764Z
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i found a fascinating interpretation of the story of sisyphus in the form of a chinese bookstore chain named Sisyphe Books
(DIR) Post #B0ukkNeA5PlCtSgKuG by astrid@woem.space
2025-11-18T23:32:08.447598Z
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https://spjg.com/2022/12/31/sisyphe-books/Founded in 1993, this chain of over 360 shops in 80 cities across China is named after Sisyphus in the Greek myth. The website explains:What Sisyphus is engaged in is a continuous movement, without purpose, without success or failure, good or evil. This action seems to be ineffective, but it contains awesome power. In the sense of stoicism, and with a touch of sacrifice, we hope to be the Sisyphus of the book and culture industry.fascinating
(DIR) Post #B0vCz2lAp5X3Ark3bU by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-04T18:30:36.043306Z
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if i were in the chinese room experiment, i would simply learn to read chinese tbh
(DIR) Post #B1051tjX0niwClcilk by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-07T08:59:55.483905Z
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@solidsanek potato fries that you don't want to get too oily
(DIR) Post #B105NAxIAzSRhPCpqC by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-07T09:02:58.267962Z
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@solidsanek idk then. in general baked goods in an air fryer do seem to turn out crispier
(DIR) Post #B105NCK15zEHwAqUts by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-07T09:03:23.786875Z
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@solidsanek putting them in a pan means you gotta add oil to fry it tho
(DIR) Post #B107SJixCYbkFd4wds by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-07T08:54:47.915257Z
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@julia taking the wifi card out and blowing it like an NES cartridge
(DIR) Post #B11XsZHkl9Tw0cUgC0 by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-08T01:37:48.652773Z
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i found something extremely cursed in a vending machine in china and simply couldn't *not* buy it
(DIR) Post #B12GcxLU24zBvzAVG4 by astrid@woem.space
2025-08-20T07:20:16.051600Z
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these captchas are getting out of hand
(DIR) Post #B18V42Li6MHtZuqE4G by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-10T23:05:09.689859Z
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starting to write my todo list in chinese. pros: slightly increasing my learning ratecons: slower due to having to constantly look up wordsvery likely cons: potentially it is write-only because of my dogshit handwriting and poor reading ability
(DIR) Post #B1968Ra1vqLJIEVIzA by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-11T02:51:13.326705Z
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TIL that the word 貓 (māo, meaning cat) is sometimes used to mean networking modems (as a loanword from english MOdem). so that means 光貓 (guāng māo, literally "light cat") refers to fiber optical modems
(DIR) Post #B1AGwvgtRsKHrIO0GW by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-12T05:04:23.958226Z
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another pair of react CVEs has dropped??? https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/11/denial-of-service-and-source-code-exposure-in-react-server-components
(DIR) Post #B1C1o2THl98bHlFAHY by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-13T02:47:44.046615Z
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onions have lairs. just like vampires
(DIR) Post #B1ERS5NpEqiZ4PnnSi by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-14T07:14:44.668079Z
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westerners: this word in $LANGUAGE has such a deep meaning,,, it conveys a nuanced cultural understanding of a concept,,,,,,$LANGUAGE speakers: yea that's just the word for "poop"
(DIR) Post #B1FvZd77Q2stUfSe2q by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-15T00:26:42.305336Z
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san francisco centre, san francisco, the dead mall in the middle of the city
(DIR) Post #B1FzFyiVmzdYWGpuJU by astrid@woem.space
2025-12-15T01:11:24.546683Z
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@Cocoa @enigmatico @Starcross @DefinitelyNotRabbit i received a mailer the other week announcing that some restaurant was applying to sell alcoholic beverages, and that, according on city law, they are required to mail every resident in a 500 ft radius to allow them to complain within a 30 day notice period. i think that it's absolutely ridiculous that you need to do that. why the hell should i care as long as they keep their clients in line
(DIR) Post #B31BMxt625YeEFgTRY by astrid@woem.space
2026-02-05T17:19:17.226701Z
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qr code found????