Re: Job Offer

On 3/22/2025 10:16 PM, John B. wrote:

On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:32:30 -0400, zen cycle
<funkmasterxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
 

On 3/21/2025 10:06 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:27:18 -0700,
    Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
>

   I could use some opinions here.  Is this video of China for
   real? "This Video Will Change Your View of CHINA! (no more
   lies)"

>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED9iaYliMSg> (11:17)

>

   It presents a very positive view of China from the point of
   view of a resident who emigrated from England 13 years ago.
   Is all of urban China like that, or is he cherry picking the
   best and most modern areas?  Do the videos look like they have
   been "improved" with AI?

>
  From about 2005 to 2019 I made something like 20-30 trips to
China.  The largest number were to Beijing, but I also spent some
time (multiple days each) in Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Jinan,
Chengdu, and probably a couple others I'm not recalling.
>
I only watched the first few minutes of the video, and thought it
was not terribly off base--though somewhat optimistic.  I've
ridden on the bullet trains, including first class.  It's not bad,
but nowhere as nice as the shinkansen in Japan.  In general,
things are grubbier up close and not uncommonly in need of repair.
>
For example, one conference center I was at had carpet that was
stained and dirty and had obviously been brought in from somewhere
else.  The edges were loose and didn't quite fit.  Cupboard doors
in hotel rooms may have broken hinges.  The air in most cities is
atrocious--unless a front had come through and cleared the air, my
sinuses typically burned from the moment of getting off the plane
until leaving.
>
The nicest hotels are quite nice, and amazingly affordable.  On
the other hand, you can walk less than a mile and find yourself in
alleyways that are somewhat scary--at least I felt a bit nervous
walking alone.
>
Not sure if that answers your question, so please feel free to ask
more specifics if you like.
>

>
nice response/commentary Ted. I lived in japan for just over 3 years but
it was in the early 1970s when my dad was stationed here. Things have
changed quite a bit since then.

 Out of curiosity, where was your father stationed? You have mentioned
(I think) that he was a linguist and we had some stationed at Yokota
A.F.B. with the 6091st Reconnaissance Sqdn.

Chitose air base on Hokkaido. He was part of a military intelligence unit and worked at a facility with a number of large dish antennae aimed north towards the USSR territories. I was _very_ young but remember the dish array was just being built at that time. Decades later he told me they were listening to soviet air traffic across the sea of okhotsk.