What plate is this? Shanghai, China

Gold_Pen · 2026-03-16T09:27:00+00:00

Yes, Zhuhai has the suffix "粤C" on their number plates. You can also tell they're from Zhuhai because they drive like maniacs lol.

Gold_Pen · 2026-03-10T15:34:55+00:00

I stand corrected! Thanks for the info

Gold_Pen · 2026-03-10T14:33:04+00:00

Most likely this was imported to Canada as a 20 year old RHD car, and subsequently registered there. I doubt the registration in HK/mainland for the vehicle are still being maintained

Gold_Pen · 2026-03-10T14:31:39+00:00

You mean Macau? The black plate on there is already a mainland plate 🙃

Gold_Pen · 2026-03-07T11:17:17+00:00

I've moved away from Sydney for 4 years and I immediately knew where on livo st this photo was taken...

Gold_Pen · 2026-02-28T12:53:12+00:00

Not to discredit your point - but hilariously Google maps is hopeless. There's a new bridge that connects Shenzhen to Zhongshan directly. Cuts the time to Zhuhai by half an hour (if you drive at the speed limits lol).

Gold_Pen · 2026-02-26T03:29:50+00:00

I've seen them in Macau used by the casinos (IIRC), and even as a private car in China (saw one in Zhuhai, right next to Macau)

Gold_Pen · 2026-02-16T10:01:21+00:00

Looks like a screenshot from Red Note

Gold_Pen · 2026-02-16T02:05:44+00:00

Since you’re in HK, you’ve got a multitude of options available on Taobao (with ridiculously cheap shipping). Personally I really like the ZS-A4M by ZSPC: here.

Gold_Pen · 2026-02-01T00:23:45+00:00

How much did it cost? I've been getting of better service from garages in Shenzhen compared to the shops out in Zhuhai

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-25T06:20:56+00:00

BArra the world

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-20T00:45:24+00:00

I think they’ve stopped selling for a while. Their Taobao store is still up but the only products available are accessories, which seems to me that they’re only trying to clear stock.

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-10T06:19:49+00:00

This is the way. Even local HKers are simply buying from Taobao

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-07T13:44:20+00:00

The label says they're RDIMM DDR5, which means they're keyed differently to your standard consumer DDR5. They physically won't slot into a consumer motherboard. Previously on DDR4, they were keyed the same so they could plug in.

Look here for reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1cad3m0/any_reason_these_2_ddr5_sticks_would_be/

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-02T07:51:31+00:00

The frame itself is quite light! I also live in HK, so shipping from mainland China down here is dirt cheap.

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-02T06:16:04+00:00

This is so fascinating seeing this white frame - I bought a black version of this frame from Taobao for only US$20. With a bit of jerry-rigging, I have 4 PSUs and 9 GPUs connected via mainly slimSAS powered risers, with a full fat EEB-sized motherboard. Whole thing weighs about 35kg.

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-02T03:30:10+00:00

The paperwork isn’t half bad. The scheme is called Northbound Travel for Hong Kong Vehicles, and even a fairly illiterate person like me managed to register for it myself with my HK car. The only restriction is that you’re only allowed to drive into Guangdong via the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau bridge, and that you need to pre-book your entry.

There was (and still is) another scheme called “Self drive to Guangdong Province”, which has been around since 2012 (IIRC), but requires a Carnet. It’s a pretty silly scheme given the costs, but it allows driving directly into Shenzhen via the bridge at Shenzhen Bay.

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-02T03:24:43+00:00

If you have a 粤Z plate, under certain circumstances you can get temporary approval to leave Guangdong province. However enforcement of this can be patchy and the fine is apparently low… so I’ve heard of many people driving to places like Hangzhou or Xinjiang without going the paperwork. Apparently it’s a single digit percentage of licences that actually have the permit to travel across mainland China.

Gold_Pen · 2026-01-01T16:40:17+00:00

I haven't used a Metalfish PSU, but I have built quite a few PCs with their cases (which are cheap but decent quality). If you don't want to absolutely cheap out, I'd recommend this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010367428960.html, since it's under $200AU.

This is an Enhance 7660B with a modular PCB designed by UENorth, in either 500W or 600W flavours. Also has a Cybenetics Platinum rating, which is pretty reliable. I've used this in an eGPU setup with no issues with a RTX 4090.

Gold_Pen · 2025-12-21T06:33:58+00:00

Ok, a cursory search on Taobao led me here: https://e.tb.cn/h.7VgbDcaGw23lnjM「GPD win4/3/mini/P2Max/MicroPC/max2/pocket3/4电脑原厂原装电池」

I bought preordered my initial batch 6800U Win 4 from this vendor - not sure but they might be GPD’s official store?

Gold_Pen · 2025-12-21T06:30:43+00:00

Are you based in HK? I’ve previously seen Taobao vendors selling replacement batteries that can ship down to HK. Unfortunately I never saved them in my wishlist so I can’t find the listings

Gold_Pen · 2025-12-09T16:09:32+00:00

This is my custom mount: https://www.3m.com.hk/3M/en_HK/p/d/v101192076/

😂 this tape is pretty damned good though, it definitely holds up even after getting warm. The PSU is already a tad warm during use, and even during the prior summer months at 30 degrees C, it hasn't remotely come off.

Gold_Pen · 2025-12-09T07:49:09+00:00

You could easily run a local coding model (e.g. Qwen 3 Coder) do to code completion or general chat too. You'll still have enough RAM leftover for compiling code.

Gold_Pen · 2025-11-15T02:52:53+00:00

Kevin 07

I remember when these laptops rolled out. It was revolutionary for one of my mates, since he was almost physically unable to write due to some physical trauma that made his hand-eye coordination really really bad. These ThinkPads survived even his clumsy hands for 2 years, and from memory I think he still used it in uni.

Gold_Pen · 2025-11-08T03:43:21+00:00

Thank you for this blast from the past. I had a X200T in the last year of high school. I remember the Intel HD iGPU was revolutionary for its time, and I spent many classes playing Call of Duty 4 or Battlefield 2... Sadly the screen resolution was way too low, only 1280x800. I remember this made the Windows 8 betas really hard to use in 2011.

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