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The Champagne Cabana / Re: What's Making Me Happy!
« Last post by Escaped Lunatic on October 08, 2024, 08:05:42 PM »
Thanks!

I may have some time to play with one or the other during my own "What's Making me Happy!"

Small sad intro - my schedule hit some speed bumps so I am not on the train with the other charity members heading to FengHuang today. ananananan ananananan ananananan

But I am heading to Xiangtan next week, and finally also sponsor a student there.  When that's done, I'm not heading home.  Instead, I'm heading to FengHuang by myself for a week (at least).  I need time away from everything to work on my book on Dragon Boats.  Also, if I can find enough words that rhyme with paddle, I may be able to put together together some poems for the book.

So hard the Lunatic paddled
That his brain became deeply addled. ahahahahah

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The Bar (ON-TOPIC) / Re: What are the best Rent-a-Bicycle Apps? Free Yellow One?
« Last post by kitano on October 08, 2024, 12:19:22 PM »
Just the one that you see the most is probably the best bet. The yellow one is in every city so it's a reputable company kkkkkkkkkk or they own a lot of bikes anyway lol

I was in Shanghai when there was that rental bikes craze, it was insane, people were just leaving them everywhere and there were bikes all over the shop
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The Champagne Cabana / Re: What's Making Me Happy!
« Last post by kitano on October 08, 2024, 12:15:02 PM »
Sorry for the late reply, didn't see this...

I use a one called Wondershare which costs about 500rmb to own or you pay a subscription. I use it because it's really simple, I think that the best one in DaVinci which is free for basic, but I couldn't get my head around it (I didn't try to be fair
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The Champagne Cabana / Re: Happy 75th Birthday to China!
« Last post by never2late on October 02, 2024, 07:42:27 PM »
 agagagagag  agagagagag  agagagagag  bjbjbjbjbj  bjbjbjbjbj  bjbjbjbjbj

Happy birthday, PRC! And many more!

BTW, today (a day late, but consider tht's just how I am) I'm fixing dinner for the family. Roast beef and apple pie. Filling's about ready, dough for the crust is chilling, time to wash veges. should be a good holiday dinner
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The Champagne Cabana / Re: Happy 75th Birthday to China!
« Last post by AMonk on October 01, 2024, 10:49:40 PM »
yAy!! We just LOVE  akakakakak parties !!  Especially Chinese Birthday parties !!  cecececece axaxaxaxax Happy 75th, PRC  agagagagag
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The Champagne Cabana / Happy 75th Birthday to China!
« Last post by Escaped Lunatic on October 01, 2024, 03:37:42 PM »
Happy 75th Birthday to the People's Republic of China!


   cecececece   cecececece   vvvvvvvvvv   cecececece   cecececece


agagagagag   akakakakak   agagagagag   akakakakak   agagagagag   akakakakak   agagagagag   akakakakak   agagagagag   akakakakak   agagagagag
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The Bar (ON-TOPIC) / Re: What are the best Rent-a-Bicycle Apps? Free Yellow One?
« Last post by Escaped Lunatic on September 23, 2024, 04:55:03 PM »
I've got no clue.  In the overall scheme of things, hacking a bike is very low on the priority list, but consider this - if a foreigner is caught breaking ANY law, even a minor one, the low end punishment is to not allow renewal of residence permit (accompanied by a reentry ban ranging from a few years to eternity.  The option above this is a free ride to the nearest international airport where you'll have to buy a one-way international plane ticket.

I'd also like to point out that software designed to do something against regulations often comes with extra security issues (like trying to hijack confirmation messages from your bank, etc.).  After all, who's going to file a report that begins with "I was using malware to steal free access to bikes and the malware did something malicious to me!" down at the local PSB.  If some does this, they can finish writing their report about how they got some instant karma from inside their administrative detention holding cell.

Bike rentals are cheap. Is it really worth risking your ability to live here to save a few kuai?  Also, if enough people do this, the company offering the Yellow Bikes will end up going out of business since it won't be able to pay for maintenance and for new bikes.
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In China, you can get a pre-paid plan.  The offerings change lot, so I suggest checking at a phone store and seeing what options from China Mobile, China Telecom, or China Unicom fit your "secret phone" plan the best.  ALL numbers in China are now registered to IDs, so bring your passport.  So, if your wife storms the carrier's office waiving your passport around, someone might cave in and let her know about it.  On the other hand, if there's a carrier that NONE of your phones (or even your home internet is on), it may be worth a little more each month to use that, since your wife won't have a pre-established account there that might somehow be connected to your primary number already.

Some plans come with phones, others don't.  Most "with phone" plans I've seen in China are monthly billing.  On the other hand, the carriers are always trying new marketing gimmicks.

Where to get either or both?  Simple - Phone stores are VERY common and many would offer plans from more than one carrier.  Or, if you already have a preference for a carrier, they also have customer service places that also have phones for sale.

Personally, if I had this issue, I'd first find a low-cost phone with all the features I'd need from a shop in a neigborhood far from my home. Then I'd find an acceptable low-cost prepaid plan to go with it from a carrier that doesn't tie to any current phone, TV, or internet plans used at home.  Using this approach should reduce the chances of your wife catching you, unless she reads this thread.

I leave where and how you hide the secret phone up to you.  Just realize that if she finds out that it exists, she'll likely do terrible things to you.  bcbcbcbcbc

Oh, and in other phone related horror stories, my wife was at a small shop yesterday and the shopkeeper's daughter proudly showed off how she had recently added an app to her father's phone that let her listen to his phone at any time, even when he wasn't using it.  Such software is of course stongly against all local regulations, and is also likely to come with other security issues both on the altered phone and the one listening in, but it is available.  You may want to start your journey at a reliable phone repair shop with your current phone's battery already removed.  Ask to have your phone checked to make certain your wife doesn't already have tracking/monitoring/listening software already set up on your phone.  If she does, you need to decide if you want it removed (informing her that you know about it) vs leaving it active, but having ways to temporarily disable it (such as battery removal or leaving the phone in a secure location when you want privacy).  Otherwise, if such software is installed, she may find out all about your efforts to get a new phone and number before you've even completed the purchase.

You may say to yourself "She'd never install that sort of malware." but at some point, you also didn't realize that she would take your phone and edit your contacts.
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Hi Escaped Lunatic et. al.,

1. Can you type, in Chinese, what this prepaid phone is called?

2. Anywhere I can buy it?

3. In the US, I would simply go to a grocery store or pharmacy and get "prepaid phone."

All I need is some console with WeChat. Then, I can call or WeChat friends, etc. It just needs to be an entirely new phone number, and new account.

I am not sure if that is possible, given that the Chinese government has someone's ID card connected to their phone number, unlike USA, etc. numbers.
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The Bar (ON-TOPIC) / Re: What are the best Rent-a-Bicycle Apps? Free Yellow One?
« Last post by Ivyman on September 22, 2024, 03:39:12 PM »
I heard people hacked into the Yellow bikes.

This supposed app lets anyone use it, and get free Yellow Bikes in Beijing.

Where can I find info about that?
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