Are you sure wood, not trash or paper money burning? If so, please explain why they (or whom) would burn wood.

Edit: nevermind, to keep warm, duh.

Edit: Regular method, not via the TourPass. The mini program failed to download: "This service is available for select users only." Perhaps for those 90-day visa tourists. Someone with this type of visa should try.

I just tried the regular method, and will report it here.

After binding my overseas Visa credit card to Alipay, I attempted a mobile top up for 100.

End result, 3% extra credit card fee was shown prior to payment finalization. So the 99ish top up came out to 102ish. I subsequently cancelled the transaction.

I'm guessing exchange rates will depend on rates set by your home bank.

So it appears to work. May be useful option in cash strapped emergency situations.

Staying on dog topic and to bring closure to our negativity bias discussion...

Taking your side of the argument, I can see how negativity bias may have motivated the call and enactment of mandatory vaccination for all Kunming dogs. A worthy initiative to curb the runwanted suffering of the 1% few from rabies-related deaths, or worse, a potential rabie-pocalypse outbreak in Spring City.

Yet, adding caution not to cull all strays, or quarantine a million domesticated dogs in an enclosed camp, when majority of them pose no threat.

I have yet to see doggy poo bags in those wooden boxes. Not once. Not anywhere. Perhaps one day you will see me donning a 文明昆明 vest handing them out sparingly. For their dogs & babies.

To be fair, I can't speak for xiaoqu compounds. Social etiquette character, or 素质 (suzhi), of residents may vary drastically depending where you reside. But even the wealthy may lack suzhi.

Morning musings, Day 2:

Scientific, evidence-based peer reviews are about removing personal biases.

When human biases are introduced in observational studies, the accuracy of experiment design as well as data collection, processing, and interpretation is compromised. All of which are systematic errors that skew the truth of our perceptual interaction with nature, and in this case, with each other.

In short, observer bias of any form is the enemy of the scientific method. It inadvertently distorts reality by not taking into account all variables in the environment.

So outside your proposed benefits, negativity bias may sharpen the proverbial double edged sword that severs the union of society.

Emotional fueled disapproval of opposing ideologies may strengthen, as rift between feuding factions exacerbate. Where chasm to mutual concessions widen, disharmony spirals bi-directionally.

For me yes. Qunar asks for bank card verification, which also binds to your real identity. 2nd optional authentication.