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jago25
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Hitchhiking's alright.
In cuba, it's illegal not to offer a ride. I like that. How's about we find a way to do that everywhere. Wouldn't that be more efficient?
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Buy a ledger HW1.1 or ledgerwallet nano if you need ETH.
Split the recovery phrase into 3 parts using http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/demo.html on a secure offline computer (difficult...),
print it out after testing and send 2-3 parts via registered post to different relatives who live at different addresses to store somewhere safe.
This is a total PITA by the way but I wasn't able to find something better.
An alternative could be find a cheap phone, install Mycelium on it and just put the backup phrase in a safe but that's only as secure as the safe. Possibly just split into 2 parts but without properly splitting with teh shamir method. This again will probably be fine on the basis that hopefully people won't know what the words are and have the ability to fix the split but it isn't the best
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Google search came up a bit thin with wood sculpting - I'm looking for furniture making and similar.
Just wondering if any of you know of a nice work working course in Thailand or indeed anywhere in SE Asia that might be cheap?
Just checking because it's a bit expensive in Hong Kong.
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My company asked me if I'm OK with flying into an infected area last week... "With careful hygiene the risk is very low"
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The UK invaded Afghanistan.
Time the UK stopped clearing all the messes of others.
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Funny thread
So we have:
- an investment decision gone bad, not wanting to lose face
- just generally loving cows
- the tradition from parents
- emergency fund; for when not paid for rice
Of these the emergency fund seems to make sense to me. I saw a similar but less extreme thing with old cars in Argentina. It makes sense to put a lot of work in if you're getting economically shafted every 10 years.
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There is always a choice.
If someone kills someone you love, you can always choose not to be reactive.
Life is that harsh. That is the test.
I know there is a possibility someone may try to effect me this way. I do what I can to be prepared.
By doing this you appear to allow your enemy some ground but this is the price. It can take a long time and a lot of loss before change- that passion has to overpower the virulent nature of violence. This is the determination required to win a war, not lazily hitting straight back into the cycle of violence. If you win through violence then you never really won at all, such as the allies in WW2 are discovering right now - the energy just bounces around and comes back. That's what we see here with Russia and Israel. Time to let go.
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Perhaps Thailand needs some assistance in calling out lies in an assertive and friendly manner. Some people act the way they do because no one has ever called them out on bad behaviour.
Doing this is so unexpected so if you do it in a kind way then all you get is stunned silence as coming from this direction you are saving them face.
I really enjoy doing this. Curb your enthusiasm as it takes some skill to get right.
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Think of all the money that will be lost. This doesn't seem like a good idea. Taking money out of an economy rarely makes it grow. Strange.
The idea is to stop the illegals from staying here. If I am not mistaken it is the same in most countries. So if you are going to stay here it is simple - just follow the rules and don't make up your own.
It can be this simple but it's never always this simple. The heartbreak of immigration is a global thing, whether that's in Europe or Asia.
With globalisation people are mixing. When you meet a partner how does a visa effect a relationship? I've been in this situation twice before with 2 different countries. I'm going into a similar situation for a 3rd time now.
These situations are only increasing. I'm not saying immigration rules shouldn't be enforced, I'm just asking for awareness that there is a heavy price to pay for bureaucracy and to have compassion for those caught in the crossfire. By compassion I mean considering the full spectrum of people in situations other than oneself.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out, how accurately immigration manage to filter out those they want. Many on here have good faith in the filter so that's a good sign.
I want to state the obvious because it is not always obvious for those inside Thailand.
A major attraction of Thailand is that it's a place perceived where you can go easily and have a sense of liberty. That includes a perception from countries with a bigger GDP that you're not going to have visa hassles. We all know lots of people who have come to Thailand and stayed. It's a cliché to be an expat in Thailand - that's how big this is. What do people think of when they think of Thailand? Beautiful surroundings, prostitutes, maybe drugs, elephants and buddism if you're lucky but a big one is the white guy who never came back. It seems like everyone knows a guy in the UK who has gone to Thailand and never came back. Regardless of how much one may loathe this image, it is there. Of all the places in the world, if I asked a random sample of people where might be a good place that's cheap to leverage geo-arbitridge from a richer country, then Thailand would come up as #1. Ahead of every other country on the planet including India. The one well trodden path of geo-arbitridge escapism.
So a change in visas is very big news that goes well beyond this forum.
Another obvious thing to state. Most people view each other as different according to which country you're from. That is, to see borders. You might say someone is British or Thai. Not all of us think like that and there's a complicated spectrum inbetween which causes threads like this to go out of control and it is testament to the people here that the thread is civilised.
My compassion for each nationality gets easier as I get to know citizens from each country. I'm at a point now where I'm really at odds with people from every country in the world in that they see borders, skin colour and nationalities and I don't. As a result there is nowhere I feel I can call home. Does anyone else feel this way?
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My thoughts and sympathies for all those individuals and families caught up in this.I've never been to Thailand. It a place I keep on the radar to motivate me at work in the west with a dream that someday I might be able to bring enough wealth to the country and form a more natural life somewhere in the countryside.Well done from a military perspective. This is clear leadership and this sends a very strong signal - that Thailand isn't the laid back holiday destination outsiders view it as. This plays into the military coup holiday makers have heard in the news and just exagerates it even more. You are not welcome is the message I'm getting here. I don't like to take holidays to places like this.No matter what country this kind of thing happens in, it always happens when the country is in a mess. When times are good, people vote in a certain way, when times are bad people vote in a way that typically makes economics even worse in a self fulfilling spiral. And the whole thing goes round in predictable cycles. Same with immigration.
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Visas are ultimately about territory. Territory is emotional. Expect trouble.
However...
people, (like tax systems) are still a market and the market usually wins eventually.
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I'd like to know a bit more about what's going on here.
You say that it's due to ignorance, but is it? Plenty of Brits (embarrassingly I have to add - it makes me wince it really does) joke with this. John Cleese's famous goose step in faulty towers of course. Later, was it Prince Harry who also got caught trying to get mileage out of the taboo with his Nazi costume (such is art, everybody's interpretation is different... I thought it was either a brilliant political comment or a fascinating insight into the insecurities of a young king-to-be...)
Terribly insensitive for gypsies and jews of course. The Che parallel was a point well made even if it's not quite the same situation it dies highlight the ignorance of the young in particular.
Personally I am trying not to find it hilarious. If you see this, need to reprimand these kids and tell them why.
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A bit flamebait but how else to put it...
Is calling this a scam an ignorant unintended slur on Thailands tantra heritage?
Overseas pensioners cheated by the British government
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I didn't know I could renew my UK passport here in Hong Kong. More info?? Thought it was international post only