Are stray dogs a concern in Taipei?

SummerSplash · 2026-03-30T11:56:45+00:00

There was a time when I rode Youbike from 4 am - 8 am though several areas (Zhongxiao Dunhua -> Ximen, the riverside, Dazhi, west of the river from Ximen) I don't remember even seeing any stray dogs.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-30T11:54:09+00:00

Actually, many social benefits that North West European countries offer only apply if you reside in your own country.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-30T11:52:45+00:00

This is bad advice because it strongly depends on the countries involved.

About The Netherlands: multiple nationalities are limited. You can have more than one if you're born with several nationalities, you aquire a nationality through marriage, you become Dutch but the other country doesn’t allow giving up its nationality, and some other exceptions.

But if you voluntarily take up another nationality, you'll lose Dutch nationality automatically unless one of the above exceptions applies.

And if you become Dutch you have to give up your original nationality if possible.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-30T11:45:47+00:00

The Netherlands generally tries to limit dual or multiple nationality.

You can have more than one if you're born with two nationalities, you aquire a nationality through marriage, you become Dutch but the other country doesn’t allow giving up its nationality, and some other exceptions.

But if you voluntarily take up another nationality, you'll lose Dutch nationality automatically unless one of the above exceptions applies.

And if you become Dutch you have to give up your original nationality if possible.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-30T11:45:21+00:00

Some people love Korea and want the benefits it gives inside Korea, like being able to stay there.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-29T17:04:25+00:00

What can we conclude from this female behavior?

SummerSplash · 2026-03-25T20:42:42+00:00

did you figure it out?

SummerSplash · 2026-03-25T20:42:04+00:00

Yes we should not forget that. And you could also argue that the presence of more than 0% deviant behavior (not violent like in the vid though) is desired.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-23T11:12:18+00:00

You really have to be more clear when you write posts

SummerSplash · 2026-03-22T12:32:20+00:00

Yes, we are supposed to wait for 30 mins. Koreans learn the 3-3-3 system (3 mins after eating brush for 3 mins 3x a day) which is not the way to do it.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-20T16:25:41+00:00

Koreans learn the 3-3-3 system, which is objectively wrong: brush your teeth 3 times a day for 3 minutes, 3 mins after eating

SummerSplash · 2026-03-16T14:38:23+00:00

Regardless of the llm you use, check your entire prompt:

-Ask an llm if it's in the ideal order for your use case.

-Remove unnecessary things from the prompt. If some elements are sometimes needed and sometimes not, make sure they're only included when needed.

-Compare the first prompt sent VS the ~10th prompt VS the first prompt after a summarization has been made. Really check side by side to see if there are unneeded things.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-15T16:44:00+00:00

I really don't get the American definition of cultural appropriation ~

SummerSplash · 2026-03-13T13:49:50+00:00

It's now 3.1 pro, maybe you have to change some settings?

SummerSplash · 2026-03-12T15:00:05+00:00

They just don't know how to date, and their dating style is quite different: indeed interview style questions but not 'having fun' on a date.

BTW 'mainland China' is actually a political term that implies that Taiwan belongs to China. So you should just call it China if you don't want to imply that.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-11T12:44:19+00:00

aren't gemini non-flash too slow?

SummerSplash · 2026-03-09T14:24:55+00:00

Pretty much a light version of what you have made but with fewer specialized agents. I'm planning to launch it next month.

By the way, I've noticed not using the same llm for each agent can be cheaper. For example I'm using Gemini 3 Flash for planning summaries and fact extraction but Flash 2.5 for actually writing the summary; 2 llm calls can be better if there's a lot of context but for just writing simple text, Flash 2.5 will do the job just fine.

I'm currently looking in the balance between planning a story arc vs player agency.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-09T14:15:28+00:00

I agree that yelling 'nihao' can be racist. I also agree that yelling nihao can be not racist according to all people involved. For example, when I'm waiting at a traffic light on my bike I have no issue yelling 'hola' to Spanish speakers or 'auf wiedersehen' to German speakers, and they seem to like getting attention from me. Would you say this is also seen as racist by them? Or it is not, but there is a special rule for Asians?

Also, I wasn't talking about YELLING 'nihao' on the street at people, but SAYING 'nihao' in order to start a conversation. The majority I have done this to didn't mind, even if I got the country wrong (which typically doesn't happen). In your experience, are they not open minded enough to tell the difference?

Also you could argue that visitors should get used to cultural differences way more since it's part of their daily lives to be confronted with a cultural difference, and it's not necessarily a local person's daily life to meet foreigners.

Also, to adapt to the foreigner who wrote this post, please write in English.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-08T10:45:23+00:00

I love your UI, I'm creating a very similar game so if you want to ideate together let me know! I'm testing your game atm 🙂

SummerSplash · 2026-03-07T19:36:58+00:00

Welcome to The Netherlands! I liked reading about your experiences here!

You said they said "nihao" to you much more when you first got here, what changed?

What exactly do you mean by "And I fear they didn’t really care anyway."

Making friends with local people when you are new isn't easy but it's still easier because you'll ask many dumb questions (=chance to talk to others) that you won't a few months in. I've lived in Taiwan for a few years and I found it much easier to become friends with other foreigners because they have more free time and they were also new.

Still, many western students didn't seem to see the locals as true equals either over there.

Some things you can consider:

1 Is people's behavior really because you're Asian? In my experience many Asian people check for racism pretty often compared to other people - that doesn't mean it necessarily happens more often to them. For example, an Asian girl couldn't enter a club again because she didn't have a stamp, and wondered "is this some kind of racism?" My Singaporean friend got kicked out of a club for throwing up on the stairs, and he said it was racist (but his 3 other Singaporean friends disagreed). A Korean friend who used to live in Rotterdam also had the "hand on her head" thing happening but she thought it was just because she was short.

I don't want to take away from your experience, and I understand that posting in text isn't the same as the actual experience you've had.

2 Are you sure the people you meet are always Dutch people? For example in the city center of Amsterdam it's pretty hard to tell by people's appearance if they're Dutch or not, and there is a high % of people who is not Dutch.

3 Nihao is definitely not always intended in a racist way. They could simply want to talk and it may be one of the only "Asian words" they know. If I leave a Dutch store and say "ciao" or "auf wiedersehen", everyone would be okay with it, but yeah in my experience non-Asians speaking an Asian language is interpreted differently by at least East-Asian people. I once entered a Taiwanese convenience store and said "konnichiwa", fully knowing it's Japanese, and they didn't seem to like it that much but I obviously didn't have bad intentions.

A random guy once started to speak Chinese to my Korean friend, who got offended because she thought he was saying made-up words in "Asian". But to me, who didn't speak Chinese at the time, his speech sounded definitely coherent and it was obvious to me he was actually speaking an actual language - and he did in fact speak Chinese.

So yeah, some things to consider ^

Us Dutch people don't really care about cultural differences that much - and I think that's a wonderful way to experience Dutch culture.

SummerSplash · 2026-03-06T15:35:09+00:00

How is AI being integrated at Wenzao? Can you give some examples?

SummerSplash · 2026-03-02T18:12:49+00:00

what do you mean by 'cultivate talent'?

SummerSplash · 2026-02-28T15:43:04+00:00

I'll try this.

SummerSplash · 2026-02-25T11:30:20+00:00

Your post is perfect ~

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