Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University • Hacker News Board

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by 0x0 » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:28 PM UTC

Is Facebook blocked in China these days? It used to be. Must be weird to be there representing a blocked company.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by firman » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:28 PM UTC

martythemaniak wrote: post #6

JSno wrote: post #4

his wife can speak chinese

His wife is American.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150534/Facebook-bri...

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:28 PM UTC

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by throwaway1979 » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

desdiv wrote: post #7

rmason wrote: post #2

Guess the self study has gone well. It appears that he struggles at times but never reverts to English. Betting this video will be widely shared in China.

It appears that he struggles at times but never reverts to English. Funny enough that all the questions during the Q&A session were in English, but he managed to answer them all in Mandarin.

Is there a translation?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by mikek » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

Would someone please translate the jokes?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by desdiv » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:31 PM UTC

0x0 wrote: post #11

Is Facebook blocked in China these days? It used to be. Must be weird to be there representing a blocked company.

It's still blocked.

http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=facebo...

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by mastermojo » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:32 PM UTC

his tones are off, but he has a pretty impressive vocabulary

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by frooxie » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:32 PM UTC

martythemaniak wrote: post #6

JSno wrote: post #4

his wife can speak chinese

His wife is American.

The first question they ask is why he studied Mandarin, and (as the first of three reasons) Mark replies that his wife is Chinese.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by therealdrag0 » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:34 PM UTC

sampo wrote: post #8

thoughtpalette wrote: post #5

Regardless of his technical achievements, learning a second language ( and such disconnected one ) is super impressive. Great job.

> learning a second language [...] is super impressive. Perhaps as an adult. But if you do it as a kid in school, then almost everyone can pick up a language or two.

Per hour, adults are more efficient at learning languages. But kids forced into another language typically get more hours of exposure than adults attempting to force themselves to learn a language.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg Answers Q&A in Mandarin at Chinese University

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Post by xi_an » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 9:34 PM UTC

I dont really see why this is posted or is popular. What about this screams hacker news? Uggh fucking reddit is leaking.

Edit: Really, what am I learning about technology? How is this even interesting? What is hacker news about some guy speaking a language most of people here can't understand with no subtitles. Is it really that amazing that a successful white businessman can speak a language most of the world speaks? Its novel for sure, but I don't think it really is going to give me a better indication on what is happening in the actual tech world.