“Please remove before driving” on windshield sunscreens…? That sort of stuff?

That’s user error. “Everything is working fine on our end. You figure it out, champs”.

UTF-16 is fine for the vast majority of Chinese characters. It has been standard since 2008 for C++ (at least for code that wants to be running on windows; Microsoft moved everything to w_string back then).
C# uses UTF-16 natively for strings.
Dunno about other languages

Lucky you! She wrote quite a few of those Meredith Gentry novels if you like that sort of things. She was doing bit lit before it was a thing, really :)

It’s kinda amazing how she started as an Ann Rice wannabe but then the erotic angle took more and more of the novels and then the Meredith Gentry series started pretty much full on porn right out of the gate.

It’s not theDog.walks(), it’s 狗.走()

Conjugate this you anglocentrist fuck!

Now? Laurel K Hamilton was writing A Kiss of Shadows in (checks notes…) Two fucking Thousand! You kids are way behind!

That’s probably what the urban planner who didn’t put a pavement where people are clearly walking would say ;)

The heart wants pavement eh?

It’s like the “is it plugged in?” thing. There is a reason it keeps getting asked.

Those poor planes were probably up in the air to save themselves from the waves lapping at the flanks of their carrier. Can’t be too prudent these days.

Certainly would be a vibe to see the puppet’s video on that set while you’re trapped in that contraption.

It’s called the third hand for a reason!

Bit like wrestlers cutting themselves on the face? Much drama for little actual damage.

Nice apartment! I see you even hot parking space. And how’s the rent?

You never can tell.

I believe abstention is different from being there. They are diplomats who represent their country, some of which don’t have an official position on certain topics. While I wholeheartedly agree that politicians not showing up to work should be punished, this is a slightly different issue.

Oh mate, that’s adorable! I hope you have fun! And just in case Rage Against The Machine is also an amazing band. You probably should give them a listen, if only for your education!

Got appointed by their government.

For sure and that’s alright. But at the same time pubs are called that because they are a public space, hence you usually don’t expect actual privacy and it’s what leads to moments of joy when things randomly fall into place. Could be creepy, could be magical. Anon gave it a try, failed his landing (asking a girl out was a bit much, he could have just offered a drink and joined in on the convo), but he shouldn’t feel so bad about it.
It sucks that he doesn’t have mates he can laugh about it with though. That’s the real tragedy to me.

For real, I can probably count on my hands the number of times I tried cold approaches like that in my life. Especially with a pack of girls. Super duper ballsy of Anon. Much respect.