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Pity Shopee need to provide click farm service

endymeon — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:08:34 +0800

I know Shopee is retrenching but i can't believe they start to venture into click-farm for their merchant.

Without technology, we simply wouldn’t have games.

endymeon — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:49:05 +0800

I'm reading the following article, but he start his article with this statement "Without technology, we simply wouldn’t have games."
I started to wonder what technology we use in scissor, paper, stone

It really make me think the author view are too WIDE

Razer Phone 2 Review – Powerful Simplicity

How to check if a food chain is halal?

endymeon — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:57:21 +0800

I found a website http://www.halal.gov.my/v4/index.php but it is death.

Any other way to check the officially halal status for a food chain? In fact, I'm organizing a lunch for my department, few of my colleagues are very particular about this certification.

Someone told me Bitcoin Mining has higher risk?

endymeon — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 18:01:39 +0800

somebody told me Bitcoin mining have higher risk, conversation summary

A : Current Bitcoin market is good. Do you have any investment?
Me : The market raise a bit since end of June. It been dropping since May
Me : Do you heard of bitcoin mining?
A : It's market is unstable, big drop and big raise
A : I heard of bitcoin mining before
A : Bitcoin Mining has very high risk
Me : Haha... high risk... indeed high risk.. haha
A : Are you mining?
Me : As i said i'm software engineer. I've mined before. It bonus are good that time, now many people are mining, not so worth it anymore.
A : Of course, rare thing are more precious. If it is being mine by many people of course earning is much lesser

Razer is going to have a office in MY

endymeon — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:50:49 +0800

Wanna get hired so can get cheap Razer product.

Our government after GE.

endymeon — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:59:36 +0800

Dash Cam Suggestion

endymeon — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 11:00:06 +0800

I'm Public Transport user but recently i was ask by to purchase Dash Cam for my sis-in-law, preferably pricing around rm100 and i need 2 units.

What criteria should i look into for Dash Cam? Any suggestion and anything i should avoid?

Can non-muslim berhijab?

endymeon — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:02:29 +0800

Can a non-muslim berhijab? Does "hijab" only applied to Muslim?

This is real bloody idiot

endymeon — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:44:17 +0800

[YOUTUBE]m0Qd2usmPWY[/YOUTUBE]

First, it was the “gallon challenge” and the “cinnamon challenge.”

Then some teenagers started playing the “bath-salt challenge.”

They have dared each other to pour salt in their hands and hold ice till it burns, douse themselves in rubbing alcohol and set themselves ablaze, and throw boiling water on unsuspecting peers.

Now videos circulating on social media are showing kids biting into brightly colored liquid laundry detergent packets. Or cooking them in frying pans, then chewing them up before spewing the soap from their mouths.

Experts say the game, dubbed the “Tide pod challenge,” is dangerous.

“You’re really taking a chance — and to what end?” Alfred Aleguas, managing director of the Florida Poison Information Center in Tampa, told The Washington Post last week. “It’s pretty foolish behavior.”

On Wednesday, YouTube said it would "work to quickly remove flagged videos that violate our policies," spokeswoman Jessica Mason said in a statement.

“YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit content that’s intended to encourage dangerous activities that have an inherent risk of physical harm."

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Ciplak Minzhen

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Can you hear this silent gif bouncing?

endymeon — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:27:37 +0800

I do, do you?

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'Battlefront II' investigated for promote gambling

endymeon — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:02:55 +0800

Sooner or later our sensitive religious zealot will start to block games like Overwatch, Battlefront II for promoting gambling.

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EA isn't only getting a lot of flak over Battlefront II's loot crates, it's also under investigation from Belgium's gambling authority. According to VTM Nieuws, the country's gaming commission is in the midst of taking a closer look at both Battlefront II and Overwatch, since add-on boxes that have to be purchased before you can see what's inside might constitute gambling. As Commission chairman Peter Naessens points out, random loot boxes are a game of chance.

Authorities are especially concerned over the fact that the games are marketed towards children. Naessens says kids could feel forced to spend a lot of money under social pressure. EA made earning heroes easier after facing backlash, but players might still end up spending serious money on the game -- according to a computation by Star Wars Gaming, it will take at least 4,528 hours of gameplay or $2,100 to unlock all its base content.

We reached out to Blizzard to find out the developer's stance on the investigation. In a statement provided to GameSpot, EA made its position clear and insisted that Battlefront II's loot crate mechanics aren't gambling:

"Creating a fair and fun game experience is of critical importance to EA. The crate mechanics of Star Wars Battlefront II are not gambling. A player's ability to succeed in the game is not dependent on purchasing crates. Players can also earn crates through playing the game and not spending any money at all. Once obtained, players are always guaranteed to receive content that can be used in game."

If Belgium's gaming authorities decide that loot boxes constitute gambling, EA and Overwatch will have to secure a special permit if they want to continue making those games accessible in the country.

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Is ghey ok? v2

endymeon — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 15:29:27 +0800

The previous topic TS closed the topic but i still think it is an unfair argument.
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4450844/+40&#entry86957500

@eXTaTine

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Out of the Closet, Into the Clinic: LGBT STD Statistics

Statistics show that men who have sex with men— whether they identify as gay, bisexual, or other— have a higher risk of contracting an STD than any demographic, but many factors other than the specifics of how sex goes down in the bedroom contribute to this increased risk. Economic and societal factors such as income, the effects of emotional support on risk taking, and the power and privilege structures of society have all been found to play a role in the likelihood of succumbing to an STD, especially HIV.

Approximately 3.5 percent of Americans identify as gay, bisexual, or other. Despite making up a small fraction of the population, men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than half of all new cases of HIV each year, due in part to an inflated chance of having sexual relations with an HIV-positive partner. Among women, studies have shown that viral STD rates among bisexual-identifying women aged 15 to 44 years were almost three times higher than women who have sex with women exclusively. The same study also documented the difficulty in identifying women as bisexual, finding that even among women whose most recent sexual partner was a woman, more than half of women who have had sexual encounters with both men and women identified as heterosexual.

Skin-to-skin and mouth-to-genital contact, as well as sharing sex toys and exchanging vaginal fluid or menstrual blood through manual stimulation, leave lesbian and bisexual women vulnerable to STD infection like syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia. Bisexual women have a higher risk of contracting HIV than women who have sex with women exclusively, because they also have sex with men whose semen contains proteins that serve as an extremely efficient carrier of the virus.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea infections are statistically more common in women, but men who have sex with men are at a greater risk than their heterosexual male counterparts. One problem with testing men who have sex with men for gonorrhea and chlamydia is that both use urine tests to diagnose, which cannot catch a throat or rectal infection. This is particularly problematic for men who engage in receptive anal sex. Chlamydia can be spread between female sexual partners during oral sex and is diagnosed using a urine test, though the infection can progress without visible symptoms. Gonorrhea is not as common among women who have sex with women, though it is possible to transmit because the bacteria live in vaginal fluid.

By the year 2000, reported cases of syphilis had fallen to an all-time low of 2.1 cases for every 100,000 people in the U.S. By 2013, the rate had more than doubled to 5.3 cases per 100,000 people, with men accounting for 91 percent of all cases. Gay and bisexual men account for the majority of those cases of syphilis (nearly 75 percent), serving as just one example of the increased risk of STD infection experienced by bisexual people, men especially. Syphilis is spread by skin-to-skin contact with a chancre during oral, vaginal, or anal sex. It is easier to contract HIV if a syphilis infection is present because of the elevated levels of white blood (CD4) cells released by the immune system to fight off the syphilis infection, which gives HIV more cells to infect. This can lead to a decrease in the success of HIV and STD prevention methods, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) or strategically choosing sexual partners based on their HIV status, also known as serosorting. Syphilis is very rare among women who have sex with women, but can be spread through contact with a syphilis sore during sexual contact and oral sex.

Most men who have sex with men are carriers of the human papillomavirus (HPV), but show no symptoms and suffer no complications. Some may develop genital warts on the areas covered by their boxers, including the penis, scrotum, anus and/or thighs. An annual or bi-annual anal pap smear is recommended for gay and bisexual men to diagnose and prevent progression of HPV into cancer. Statistically, 3 out of 4 women will get HPV at some point in their lifetime. Many will clear the virus on their own with no medical intervention. There is no cure for the virus, but steps can be taken to help prevent the formation of cancerous cells. Both men and women can, and should, get vaccinated for HPV because using protection such as condoms or dental dams is only effective at preventing the spread of HPV about 60 percent of the time.

Genital and oral herpes are highly infectious and can affect men and women alike, regardless of the sex of their sexual partners. Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1), which commonly causes oral herpes, and herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2), which is more likely to cause genital herpes, are easily spread by skin-to-skin contact, especially if an active outbreak is present. Even if there are no sores visible or they are completely healed, herpes-infected cells can still shed, causing a new herpes infection. The virus can be spread by kissing or by touching a sore before touching another part of the body. Oral herpes can spread to the genital area, and vice versa.

Gay and bisexual men are known to have higher risks of catching an STD, but lesbian and bisexual women aren’t free from risk. The only way to avoid STDs is by getting tested frequently and using protection, such as condoms and dental dams, every time you engage in sexual activities. Even something as innocent as kissing can spread some STDs. No one is immune to STDs, get tested today.

As his own quoted article, it does mention the increase risk is due to the increase chance of having sexual relation with hiv-positive partner.
If homosexuality is not ok, it doesn't mean homosexuality will not exist, it just hidden. In another word, the homosexual guy (with higher STD risk) will be force to marry your daughter and increase the risk of your daughter getting STD, not to mention the less than happy marriage.

We are playing it wrong entire time

endymeon — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:56:53 +0800

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD-dqI0ejLw&feature=youtu.be[/YOUTUBE]

A very gimmicky piece of art

endymeon — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:44:37 +0800

I feel this art is more gimmicky than what i think is art. After all, she may just paint some random shape claiming she encrypted it.

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Pozanti has three paintings hung around the Peter J. Sharp building and one mural applied directly to an upstairs wall. Each one looks like an abstract shape, but actually has a meaning that’s private to her. “I didn’t want anybody to be able to decipher it,” she tells me. “I wanted some sort of personal input. It’s like an encryption machine.” To that end, Pozanti has created her own alphabet, which she calls “Instant Paradise.” It’s a series of 31 shapes, each one representing either a number, a letter, or both. All of her paintings are combinations of the symbols, cast in vivid colors. So to convey a single piece of data, she’ll weave together symbols that correspond to a set of numbers that add up to the value she wants to express.

For more reading : Source

WeChat has removed what could be considered

endymeon — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:37:22 +0800

Spot the different.

The photo on the left is taken by NASA while the photo taken by the Chinese satellite FY-4A.

Chinese messaging app WeChat dominates its domestic market, as its would-be foreign competitors are often blocked in China. Today, WeChat has removed what could be considered its most “American” feature: a famous photo of Earth called Blue Marble taken from outer space in 1972 by NASA. For years, the image was prominently displayed on the app’s start screen, but WeChat is replacing NASA’s photo with one taken by a Chinese satellite. Both images are Photoshopped to have the silhouette of a human standing before the Earth.

The difference is subtle but political. The NASA photo shows Africa as the center of the sphere, while the Chinese photo shows China. According to Sina.com, WeChat said in a statement that while the African continent is the origin of human civilization, it was also important to show the app’s millions of users the significance of Chinese civilization.

WeChat had used the Blue Marble photo as its start screen since its inception in 2011, but changed it today just as the Chinese satellite Feng Yun-4A was put into official use after months of trial testing. The satellite was launched into space last December. It’s the first unit of the FY-4 series China plans to launch from 2018 through 2033 to track the weather. Its name literally means “wind” and “cloud.”

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We are the ones making the phone more expensive.

endymeon — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:50:25 +0800

Apple, Samsung, and Google will each be offering you a variety of ways to spend MYR 4k on your next phone. Why Samsung thinks it can get away with the escalation in price.

The three key factors are that
(a) it’s not a huge rise from last year’s Note model,
(b) it’s padded out with immediate bundles and sweeteners that get you extras like a DeX desktop dock, and
© Apple’s making the same move, which normalizes it.

For Apple, the iPhone X’s OLED screen from Samsung is surely a pricey component, especially when you consider Samsung’s likely reluctance to share an exclusive piece of hardware (no one else does bezel-less OLED of this quality, not even LG) with its biggest mobile rival. And as to Google and its new Pixel XL? I’m not going to prejudge that product, though it too is expected to have a hard-to-manufacture OLED display with reduced bezels.

The unifying threads between the three companies pushing past the MYR 4k marker are the desire to have an unmatched display (however briefly) and the depth of brand goodwill to convince consumers to come along for the ride. The loyalty of iPhone users is legendary, rivaled only by the degree of dependence that most of the world has on Google apps and services. And with Samsung having sold a few hundred million smartphones of its own, many people have grown attached to that brand too. To push people to spend more than they’ve previously been comfortable with, a strong brand is essential.

Read more here

Agree?

Where can i find anak ikan

endymeon — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:56:45 +0800

i wanna find some anak ikan for my new aquarium, any recommendation

7 lesser known hacks for debugging in Visual Studi

endymeon — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:43:04 +0800

1. Click to Set Next Statement

2. Break when a value changes

3. Reattach to Process

4. Show Threads in Source

5. Step through one single thread without jumping around

6. Debug.ListCallStacks -allThreads

7. Side Effect Free Function Evaluation “, nse”

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstud...-visual-studio/

Domestic Violence Hotline for Male Victim

endymeon — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:05:44 +0800

I was researching about domestic voilence and i was unable to find any association that provide counselling and help for male domestic voilence victim.

Anyone can share some information?