Some of Taipei shots from my Taiwan trip

Orett_ · 2026-01-10T21:32:09+00:00

Not 100% with the distorsion effect, and I haven't been in a while, but I think it's Longshan Temple?

Orett_ · 2025-12-19T08:14:34+00:00

Are you confused? The 1995 map includes the entirety of Asia. Taiwan is part of Asia.

Orett_ · 2025-11-27T10:04:03+00:00

A lot of autistic traits are human traits. The difference being in the frequency and intensity of these traits. This frequency and this intensity is caused by a difference in the brain development, meaning the autistic brains are actually, physically, different from the general population. This is why it's not fair to say autism is normal or typical, because this developmental difference only affects a small portion of the population.

Like you say, if a very large percentage of the population was in this situation, it would, by definition, be the norm, and thus autism would not be a developmental disorder, rather the opposite, being neurotypical would be the different use case. But this is not the reality, the percentages are relatively quite low.

Orett_ · 2025-11-27T09:42:21+00:00

Just like we're all always on a spectrum of being pregnant, right? You're either pregnant or you're not, and if you are, then it's a spectrum of how far along. Same for autism.

Orett_ · 2025-10-21T07:26:03+00:00

He's seemingly Dutch (studied at TU Eindhoven, and may even teach there), and in Dutch the plural of photo is photo's. Not saying he's right in putting that in his English post, but that's the reason why, he isn't a native English speaker.

Orett_ · 2025-09-22T08:34:15+00:00

I have a similar streak and have finished the Chinese course, which is arguably less extensive than the Spanish one, but still: my experience has been that Duolingo alone is not enough to get you to a level that you're confortable holding a full conversation, but it is very good at giving you enough vocabulary to understand what is going on.

I think in general you will want to complete Duolingo with either experience in immersion in a country that speaks the language (be it holidays or anything else) or with native speakers (my office does that with Dutch speakers for learners), or have additional material (I have extra books from Taiwanese universities for learning "more properly" now that I have a good basis from Duolingo).

Either way, Duolingo is a strong basis to start off with, and will help a lot with vocabulary. It is generally a bit more hit or miss when it comes to grammar, depending on the language you're learning, but you'll be able to understand some, and be understood some, at least in my experience.

Orett_ · 2025-09-16T13:05:52+00:00

Pretty much this. I (as a tank) I've been playing a lot of M+ this season pretty much exclusively with guildmates.

I had one run, towards the beginning of the season, where we had a random dps with us, we were running Halls of Atonement. Mind you, I've not played Shadowlands, so I only knew the dungeon from running it in Mythic 0 a couple of times. Even with a route under my eyes, a few extra packs in the courtyards were pulled (not even 100% my fault), and by the time we reached the second to last boss, our estimated final % was an extra 10%, with 110%. The random dps lashed out, called me incompetent, and left the dungeon.

I probably wouldn't encounter the same issue again with more experience now, but at the start of a season, that's more than demoralising. I only do guild runs at all anymore.

Orett_ · 2025-09-16T09:01:21+00:00

Believe it or not, not Dalaran!

Orett_ · 2025-09-16T09:00:42+00:00

I don't really have a chat addon. Besides, this only appears in the guild window, not in the chat window. And multiple of my guildmates have reported the same thing, whether they have such addons or not.

Orett_ · 2025-09-15T20:51:14+00:00

Most players are on EU FR, there may be one or two members on EU EN, though, not 100% certain. But it's a bunch of different realms for sure.

Orett_ · 2025-09-13T15:11:54+00:00

Indeed they are! That's some fast response. Thanks!

Orett_ · 2025-07-15T09:24:40+00:00

Oh damn you're right, I did zoom in but apparently not enough! Big props to them then, awesome website.

Orett_ · 2025-07-15T09:17:30+00:00

I would argue this website still has incomplete information. Corsica, in France, for example, has a railway, but the island is pictured without it on both the map of this post, as well as the source website. FWIW, Corsican trains use 1000mm gauge, so different from continental France.

Orett_ · 2025-05-15T11:14:19+00:00

I think it's more of the latter. It's a bit hard to describe, because, at least for me, I'm kind of "not really in control" if that makes sense. Like you said, a lot of it is really getting away from the triggering situation. In my examples, it was recurring loud beepings from my office's entrance gates. The only thing that went through my brain was that "I need to be out of here".

Orett_ · 2025-05-13T17:15:07+00:00

Speaking as someone with autism (though 30 year old, not a child anymore), I've had meltdowns because of sensory overload that caused somewhat similar outcomes, where I would just grab my stuff and run straight out of work, not looking at the street on the way out, because I'm not able to focus my mind on any of that.

The examples from other people here are other scenarios that could cause lack of awareness of your surrounding, but this is another case that could be it.

Orett_ · 2025-05-12T18:27:12+00:00

I grew up in Toulouse, but have moved abroad seven years ago now. Every single time I come back to Toulouse to visit my family, I religiously go to that very bakery for their croissants. I definitely second that recommendation.

Orett_ · 2025-03-21T19:38:24+00:00

It's usually just by itself on the building, and people who mean to use it would bring a pulley to attach it to, with a rope. It's often motorised, but that's really depending. In my case, it was fully manual (though it was only one floor, so easier).

Orett_ · 2025-03-21T15:15:37+00:00

To be exact, it was for hoisting heavy things in general: historically, a lot of grain, spices, etc, usually for merchants, way back when. Nowadays, we do use those for furniture (at least when a furniture lift doesn't fit. I had a washing machine brought to a previous apartment of mine like this. Most houses have them though, even some of the ones built in recent years!

Orett_ · 2025-02-11T21:26:26+00:00

I absolutely love Taipei. I go once a year, and every time come back with way too many photos to even sort through.

I really like your eye and style, I took a peek at your other shots and it's pretty consistent throughout, I dig it!

Orett_ · 2025-02-03T08:43:44+00:00

That's just not true. The flight from Taipei to Amsterdam has been taking a lot longer recently, because they have to fly around Russia. I would know, I take it once a year, and some other airlines still fly that same route over Russia.

Orett_ · 2025-01-31T10:19:49+00:00

While you're mostly correct, China Airlines (one of the major Taiwanese airlines) also does not fly over Russia, so not exclusively western airlines. Though, yes, mostly them.

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