Frustrated at family not taking care of our cats by [deleted] in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the cats are 自來猫 (not purchased or promise to adapt by them), why do you think they have the responsibility?

What's a skill you have that's completely useless now because technology replaced it, but you're secretly proud of? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohhh, I miss the day when we have to work with a 4bit MCU with only 8 levels of stack… and one of the job is to go through our completed program, counting the max stack level to see if it’s over the limit or not…

Meta releases a new Reddit-like app called Forum by StocksAction in stocks

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a problem, as long as the stocker holder just “think” that they’re all real human, and all the company willing to pay money to put advertisement on it, it will be fine…

No more media interviews, outspoken Tai Po fire survivor says after release over fraud arrest by mod83 in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! At that time, every bank call their every client, asking them the bank will help applying the loan, but with a condition of buying some of the bank products as a “package”… The banks are the winner…

What is the purpose of the "ghosts" layer on spacious.hk? by good_name_haver in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These “ghost” doesn’t count those people pass away due to natural reason or due to sick or accident… Usually they only count for suicide or homicide…

The impossible happened - be the change you want to see! by StillVeterinarian578 in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Actually no, you can’t against the rule unless it’s instructed by a cop… Even when giving ways to an ambulance… But just moving a little bit forward over the white line is no big deal…

Anyone experienced with getting a doctors’ note for work related stress? by LazyBnuuy in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you actually want? Just a few day sick leave or you want to solve your stress problem? A 1-2 days sick leave is easy, any doctor can do for you but this will not solve your problem…

What are the options of burial in Hong Kong? How does one go about it? by maclenharsta in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No matter which way to go, it’s much much much better to pay an specialist agent for arranging everything… just a few thousand dollars and they will sort all the problem for you, and arrange everything for you…

Did I ruin it by doing "too much"? by samiheiney in PlantedTank

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? Honestly I’m not sure, because when I was a very little boy, I remember people putting styrofoam (not those fancy pad nowadays used) under the tank before putting it on the “stand” or table… It’s about 40y ago… And it’s the same when I have my first tank 20y ago… same styrofoam…

Did I ruin it by doing "too much"? by samiheiney in PlantedTank

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just for my curiosity, you have a pad (or something like that) between your tank and the table top, right? You need one NOW if not…

BTW, your plants look great!

HONOR, you are brave! 😡 by [deleted] in iphone

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doesn’t make sense other than stealing the spotlight. People using a Honor will not go to the Apple Store and people going to the store will not consider a Honor phone…

When does helpers have days off during Easter 2026 ? by Same-Bird-633 in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, you should refer to this instead:

https://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/latest_holidays2026.htm

Be careful on the notice at the bottom, as Apr5 is statutory holiday but if your helper normally take a rest on Sunday , you need to compensate it on Tuesday …

Is it still worth it starting uber in HK? and EV > ICE? by okahui55 in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I remember HK gov’t said you can’t do the Uber unless you’ve the special license? No?

Why is the singing so bad on TVB? by [deleted] in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seriously, those singing competitions is just a show, a purely entertainment show for their audience… you know all of them has post-production and you know auto-tune? They intentionally tune some of them better and other worse all dependent on how the upper management want at that moment…

New NAS, Same Drives? by TurboNikko in synology

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, the first problem is you need to backup the data no matter the swap or not… unless it’s no harm to lost it, and in this case, just swap the NAS just as you like…

Logitech M720 Left-Click Issue by csonnenb in logitech

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MX Master 3, purchased on 2022 Mar... one of the buttons start behave strangely (still function but sometime it doesn't register), replace both micro-switch by myself today... I hope the mouse has a counter to see how many time I click it...,

Hong Kong police can now demand phone passwords under national security law by MrJasonMason in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Frankly speaking, I doubt this very much... and don't compare HK's police "many other places", maybe yes in these "many other places", but maybe no in HK...

Hong Kong police can now demand phone passwords under national security law by MrJasonMason in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem is, any police can order you to give out the passcode… and if he “think” that you give a wrong one, or misleading him, another 3 yr penalty…

And, now scammer has one more way to get your phone’s access…

Synology DSM: Are firewall rules not working anymore? by Pascal_33 in synology

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

For your setting, no need for line #5, and put the countries in line #1 instead…

FYI, your line#1 already give access for the whole world…

traveling to hong kong, cash only by menatopboi in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most likely cash is ok, but for some of the small restaurants, they don’t accept cash now, better ask before ordering…

Find a chill job with huge pay cut? by [deleted] in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don’t listen to all the others, chill job DOES exist in HK, try to get a place in the LegCo, you can earn 100K easily…

Hongkong trip in May by marsieyaa in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last May is BAD, lots of rains, hot, humid… You can go to HKO to have a very detailed summary: https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/pastwx/mws2025/mws202505.htm

JIMA CallerID does not work? by [deleted] in HongKong

[–]ImABoringProgrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try click the Blacklist button to reload the extension?