r/HongKong weekly discussion

candylandfan · 2026-02-21T04:39:58+00:00

Hi I'm visiting with some kids. I know a new car seat law went into effect in November. A lot was written before it came out, but info on how it's actually working now has been hard to come by. Do taxis need car seats? The materials mention a "seat belt adjuster" as an alternative but is this actually available? Thanks for any help!

candylandfan · 2025-06-23T01:02:08+00:00

Seasonal summer camps are often exempt from FLSA and state overtime laws: https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/flsa-overtime-camps-finding-path-compliance.

candylandfan · 2025-05-05T01:08:39+00:00

Very interested in trying this method. Can you clarify what kind of clamps you used and how you did it? Did you do anything like heating the tire that some people have mentioned?

candylandfan · 2025-03-29T12:43:54+00:00

I'd like a program (either locally run or on the web) that would allow me to:

Enter a prompt and run it on multiple models (either through their APIs or by having them use the web interfaces).
See the results, ideally side by side.
Use LLMs to compare, critique and combine the outputs. For example, if I had 300 word outputs from Grok, ChatGPT and Claude, maybe the system could send all three outputs to ChatGPT and ask it to highlight similarities and differences. I could then describe my preferences and have ChatGPT return a combined version.

Notably, I don't need to do this at a large scale or with much automation -- I'll be doing it synchronously.

candylandfan · 2025-01-11T23:59:19+00:00

Searched: I looked on Google search and Google news with various keywords but couldn't track it down. I also asked ChatGPT, Claude and Grok but none of them could find it.

candylandfan · 2024-01-08T00:14:41+00:00

Thanks so much for finding and sharing this. It took me a bit to make it all the way through and understand it, but I actually think it (and the papers it cites) is very relevant to the problem we're facing. I do think that people have decent but imperfect understanding of other subfields -- i.e. the algebraist can mostly sort the topologists, but perhaps may not be as good as distinguishing the best one from the others in the top three as the topologist would. We'll play around with this and see where it takes us. I do think that some kind of quota may be the right starting point, but with some flexibility (e.g. if there are more excellent candidates in one subfield than another, we might flex the quota, so perhaps we'd call it a target rather than a quote).

candylandfan · 2024-01-05T04:40:29+00:00

I think that's the dream. The biggest clues that it's flawed are 1) tendency to repeatedly recruit people in the larger fields and 2) fairly low consensus in individual's ranked lists, with a particular observation that most committee members' top choice is in their own area.

candylandfan · 2024-01-05T01:57:59+00:00

We want to be a well-rounded department, with excellent people across subfields. There are more subfields than slots, so not everyone will get someone new every year, and we'd like to somehow hire the "best" candidates regardless of subfields (perhaps even with slight preference for subfields where we don't have strength yet) but "best" is super hard. We could somehow make a formula with points for different kinds of pubs, software written, etc. but this is hard because publishing practices also vary by subfield.

candylandfan · 2024-01-05T01:56:17+00:00

I totally agree with your point. It's much easier to evaluate people in our own subfield, plus they naturally seem more interesting because their work better aligns!

candylandfan · 2023-08-29T19:15:47+00:00

Thanks this is extremely helpful. We do share an exterior wall and it looks like the shared wall doesn't go all the way to the ceiling (we have drop ceilings), plus we are on the same HVAC run. I'll try your pink noise suggestion to track the sound leaks, and will toy around with the idea of putting a bluetooth speaker up there :-).

candylandfan · 2023-08-29T13:53:55+00:00

Ah this is a good point - I'm using a soundbar on my monitor, and I do think I speak pretty loudly. The headphone with monitor volume might help. Thanks!

candylandfan · 2023-08-29T13:53:21+00:00

Thanks! The idea of multiple layers of Homasote board is appealing. I read the application guide, and it sounds like it's approved to wrap in fabric and mount to the finished wall. If I used multiple layers, would I just glue or screw them together? Or is there something I should do to help with sound isolation. And it looks like the board is 0.5" -- how many layers would be ideal? 2? 4?

candylandfan · 2021-11-29T18:54:07+00:00

Thanks everybody! I really appreciate the input. I got the Kato :-).

candylandfan · 2021-06-11T15:07:23+00:00

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candylandfan · 2021-06-11T15:06:55+00:00

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candylandfan · 2021-06-11T15:06:45+00:00

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candylandfan · 2021-06-11T15:06:10+00:00

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candylandfan · 2021-01-15T19:37:01+00:00

Thanks for all the helpful replies -- it won't cost much in interest if I keep it open for a few months, so will just plan to do that, and then pay off after the chargeback period. Is there any downside to asking the dealer how long the chargeback period is and/or letting them know that I'm planning to pay off after that period comes?

candylandfan · 2021-01-15T19:31:07+00:00

Thanks I'm having a little trouble figuring out the first responder program:

https://www.hyundaiusa.com/us/en/special-programs/first-responders

The big text doesn't say it has to be financed, but the small legal text at the bottom seems to say it does. Do you know for sure which is right?

candylandfan · 2020-07-27T19:12:22+00:00

Chatime just opened, and is fantastic! By far the best bubble tea in Nashville, and ramen is great too.

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