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How would this play out in Thailand?
recom273 replied to BKKBike09's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
This was my first thought, by acting as he did Dr. K was playing right into their hands - but, apparently it didnt appear on Weibo or any other of the Chinese social media sites. -
How would this play out in Thailand?
recom273 replied to BKKBike09's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Absolutely, he should not bow down to bullying - but living in Asia, do we not understand different ways of dealing with situations than direct confrontation? The media outlets that seemed to have picked up the story are a bit predictable .. TalkTV, Daily Mail, Fox News. -
How would this play out in Thailand?
recom273 replied to BKKBike09's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I was watching the livestream as it happened - I like boogie woogie, I thought Dr. K was good to begin with, but his playing and content is pretty boring after a while. I agree, he just played the part of an obnoxious Brit (im British myself) - why not just tell them, "yes, of course I will delete your images on a livestream, ok, yes, no problem" and let them walk away - no need to provoke the Chinese, who may be visitors to the country. If it was Thailand, Dr. K would just smile, say yes and then upload, making some excuse how it wasn't possible. I was watching an episode of Panorama, "Is China watching you?" one girl comes from the same group as mentioned in the program, one that harasses Hong Kong dissidents - so there is a little more to this, they weren't just average Joe tourists in the background enjoying the spring vacation holiday like they claim. There was also a Japanese film crew there, filming British station pianos. There are too many random occourences, I dont believe this is setup, but everyone is milking it. The media circus that has been following this - like c'mon, the guy has been on TalkTV, Piers Morgan and Fox News - what an embarrassment - no such thing as bad publicity, right, this guy makes a living from YouTube views, as long as he keeps dragging this out, he's quids in. While I agree that he's well within his rights to perform and film, the Chinese have no rights to request he delete footage, but he should respect their right to ask without appearing as a sarcastic British <deleted> and the rail management should just remove the security guards from Elton Johns piano - it hasn't stopped anything, he has just moved to another station with his predictable playing. -
What's the best brand of frozen chips (french fries)
recom273 replied to Cardano's topic in Western Food in Thailand
Have you seen Talley's frozen peas, sweetcorn and mixed veg in the freezer section - the best around. I'm a fan of Farm-Frites, but my Makro stopped selling my favorite, the big square ones. Anyone else? -
Do i need a degree to teach in high school ?
recom273 replied to steph83's topic in Teaching in Thailand Forum
What? I am agreeing with you. I taught in Thailand for over 15 years, I worked in two Mathayom schools and they both had foreign language programs which included French and Korean alongside compulsory English, but I have never taught in Issan. After moving to Issan, a friends kid told me he has a western French teacher at his school in Khon Kaen city. —- I also can’t agree with the poster who talks about agencies in a bad way. I worked for both agencies and directly with schools, the best jobs were with agencies - generally we only taught the classes we were scheduled to teach, we did “some” activity days and ceremonies whereas direct hire schools would demand more work, the teachers had to be in school at all times, unpaid weekend activity camp every term, a weekly assembly performance. Wages were the same. I would rather work for an agency with a few schools on their books. -
Do i need a degree to teach in high school ?
recom273 replied to steph83's topic in Teaching in Thailand Forum
Meaning, I have taught in Thai government Mathayom schools that have run French programs, but although I live in Issan, have never worked here .. You also mentioned German too, which I agree with - Many posters think that English and Chinese are the only foreign languages that are taught here. I think we are on the same page. -
I have a couple of 8 drive PCIe card labelled LSI and Dell, they don't make them any longer and you can pay a lot for an second hand original - They can be flashed into IT mode, the same as the original cards can. I think most home server guys run these counterfeit cards. They haven't let me down yet. As you say, these days. components can be manufactured the same or as near to the original for a fraction of the price of a used card. Would I use conterfeit RAM? probably not.
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Do i need a degree to teach in high school ?
recom273 replied to steph83's topic in Teaching in Thailand Forum
Not in Issan, but I have taught in two government Mathayom schools that reasons beyond me have run French courses. the teachers were Thai. The teachers all had a good ability having studied in France for some time, they would talk with the French English teachers :D I know of one native French teacher working in a Khon Kaen high school - most prestigious mathayom schools will have a couple of foreign language classes other than English, for example French, German, Korean or Chinese. Not saying there are lots of jobs from French native speakers, but they do exist. -
Uni Philippines Open Univeristy degree in Thailand.
recom273 replied to SiamTee's topic in Teaching in Thailand Forum
https://puie.ac/overview/ I believe he's talking about this guy, he started the course at Thongsook, then moved to Siam Tec .. -
Could you demonstrate which type of video file is capable of carrying a virus? I download files via torrent because I value my 1) privacy and the 2) quality - the illegal streaming services that are mentioned here are loaded with trackers. Nothing in this world is free, servers and bandwidth cost money - you are not watching the same file as those who download, its reencoded to use less bandwidth - if you are happy to log onto these services (a lot are run by Russian or Chinese organizations) then that's great, if you want a lower quality picture or sound, then no problem but for me, there are the reasons. I like having the choice of audio and video quality, I dont know anything about steamio / deadbrid / koi plug-in / etc .. the files are the same files as downloaded on torrent, they just use the community bandwidth to stream, it seems a great way to view, but doesnt really contribute to a community.
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I think you got to start somewhere, 1/4 mile isnt so big. My main concern would actually catching someone, then what happens? There seems to be a reluctance of anyone to do anything further (like village headman or police). Put some solar floodlights ontop of the pole along with your cameras further down, and some motion sensors and see what happens. The optimal distance for a post mounted CCTV camera is 2.5m off the ground .. maybe enclose the whole thing in a metal box. They have traffic cameras around my way in metal boxes and the locals way with dealing with it is to take the post, box and camera for a walk, the experiment is never to be tried again. Hope you have an idea on how to get the footage from the sd card every day. I have a dash cam with sd card and I thought to download the footage of a python crossing the road, it was going to take hours to download direct to my phone, that's my only experience with a wifi camera. Hope you get everything sorted.
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What will you do with the footage? Recording to a SD card may be a bit fruitless, wouldn't the thieves just take the cameras? With solar panels you are advertising their location. Im currently playin with off-grid long range PIR sensors. I would rather know when thieves are entering the property and use the sensors to trip floodlights. For me, I want a would-be thief to see the number of cameras as a deterrent, the PIR sensors are just for fun, I hope I never catch anyone, it would be on the same system as my greenhouse monitor system. What kind of distance is the farm, how far away are the ponds / scene of crime.
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They are all on TVC.
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It was from a few years back 2020-21 - there was 3 series of 2-4 episodes, there was this series on BBC2, 24 hours in police custody on C4 and one on sky, that focused on Liverpool, all interesting - I was a little saddened at the outcome of S04, they got the bad guys for a long time, but the ending was a bit sad, you need to watch the final credits and do a google ..
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Just watching BBC2 The Detectives - Fighting Organised Crime looks like a good one. Filmed around Manchester, The last series was 2021. I noticed there was a new series (S04) last November. It took a little time to discover online as it seems to be mislabeled S01. The 3 files are suffixed, ‘taking down an OCG’
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I kind of sympathize, I don't share your opinion about the English language but isn't it time delivery drivers to a) Do their job! - Even my wife tells me how bored she is of it all. At least twice a day we get a phone call "Song Patsadou krup" - OK, send it to the house, just leave it at the door. "Baan You Nai?" - As the OP says, "I do my job.." why do these people not know their job, the address is on the parcel, I know Thai addresses are a little difficult, but why not try? Drive to the village and ask. Even when we tell these people, they often just ignore the clear directions and drive straight past. (before email, I used to deliver financial documents in London, I had addresses but I couldn't rock up to the front desk, I had to know where the goods entrance and post rooms were - any fool can drive a truck, not everyone can memorize the routes, accumulate local knowledge and build relationships with other drivers) b) Learn to speak to people - I have a regular lazada driver, and he's cool, he calls and tells me he is coming even tho' we are never at home. If I dont pickup then he doesnt keep on calling and calling. If it's after 6.00pm I will pickup and he asks me politely (In Thai) if I can wait until tomorrow. How many drivers call and just say "err .. err .." "Darling? Darling?" or "house Baan Baan house".. why not just speak in easy to understand Thai to everyone.
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I thought the series was slightly different, the Gary Oldman character didn’t feature so much, it was more about River. When Jackson Lamb did feature it was more about his cunning traps and out of character violence. i finished watching The Golden Hour @Mutt Daeng recommended it a while back, featuring Pencil from Mocro Maffia - I don’t know why i didn’t get round to downloading it before. I thought it was good, I managed to watch over 3 nights. Just started on an old series I had queued up - Guyana - about gold smuggling. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5904172/
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Sockets: reverse L and N - consequences?
recom273 replied to STD Warehouse's topic in The Electrical Forum
Is there any replacement for the Haco plug? Something of similar quality? I have a stock of spares but its running low. -
Degree level diploma
recom273 replied to HerbyJFlash's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
I had a teachers job without a degree .. I was a long time trusted employee and the school and the agency I was working for helped me ( actually it was at a time when the government changed the rules so that the employer would be fined and not the employee ) Yeah, the WP was easy enough, I just presented all my education certificates, I was legally teaching (not a teaching assistant / librarian / foreign admin as some suggest, my WP was for a teacher ) the school were aware I was non-degree and it was fine. However, this doesn't give you any leverage with getting a teachers permit or waiver, which you need to get an 12 month extension of stay. Without your own non-O either ME or 12M you stand no chance with immigration unless your school / employer is well connected. Anyway, Off topic - If the OP has any kind of degree, it will get him teaching in Thailand, however he will need a teachers permit or waiver, without an Ed degree it will be a lot of further hard work after the waiver period has finished - not really worth the effort, financially to do this and then work in a government school. IMHO -
You dont need to send your Mac to an official center, the option is studio, which only do the repairs under the direction of apple. I have only had bad experiences with copper wired / istudio. Im not a fan of these guys that repair stuff in (tech) malls. To my mind, this guy is the best http://machomeservice.com - he's an ex-apple tech, from the days when there was only one Apple service center in the whole country situated in the carpark of carefour, Silom. The things I like about this guy is he will try and diagnose over the phone and give you a possible ball park figure, obviously he cant guarantee this, but its a good place to start. To me, this is always a good sign of a good tech that he has seen issues like this before. He speaks Thai in a clear and easy manner for westerners to comprehend. He uses LINE but he's happy to call you up on the phone and speak directly with the customer, I dont like speaking Thai on the phone but he makes things so simple. I think he speaks a little English. I just had an iPhone screen replaced in this place in Khon Kaen, https://www.macupstudio.com Seems quite a professional outfit, a lot of technicians and the correct equipment like a microscope outputting to a TV to show customers the issues, good dust extraction, space to repair computers - but annoyingly they were happier to ask my wife (who was stood next to me) questions about my phone even when she told the reception and the tech that I could speak Thai and to ask me directly. Both these places accept deliveries from Kerry, I have sent my MacBook to Machome twice and never an issue.
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Anutin Orders Strict New Year Road Safety Measures
recom273 replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
How can it be the same as every year? It's a new initiative, it only started last year and reaches its goal in 2027. So that's 5 more years of dicking around on their phones, 5 more years of photo ops and they change the name from "Road Safety Master Plan" to something a little different. A cunning plan. -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
recom273 replied to CharlieH's topic in Entertainment
Try googling the filename Arctic.Circle.S03.1080p.STAN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-FLU Arctic.Circle.S03E01.Return.1080p.STAN.WEB DL.DDP5.1.H.264 FLUX.mkv -
What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
recom273 replied to CharlieH's topic in Entertainment
How about Vigil? I seem to have missed S01, so started on that last night. And Arctic Circle or Ivalo S03 - I need to catch up on, dont know if its worth a look? -
We moved insurance companies after the first year of Toyota arranged insurance. The company wanted to come and inspect the vehicle - she walked up to the garage, said "as new" and walked away. I didn't over think it.
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What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2023)
recom273 replied to CharlieH's topic in Entertainment
Deca Zla or Children of Evil A Serbian mini series adaptation of a book. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21987088/