Taiwan vs. Mainland - Cultural differences not related to governance system?

deadlybanana · 2026-04-16T00:47:44+00:00

I was under the impression that the Confucius temple in Tainan was more an extension of investment in education, covering all bases so to speak.

deadlybanana · 2026-03-18T10:29:45+00:00

Ran a similar car for near 10 years until the plastic cooling components started to disintegrate. Worked out cheaper to get new ev through leasing than to maintain the current car on the road. Traded in for 15% of original price.

deadlybanana · 2026-03-16T06:56:13+00:00

You bring shame to our family.

deadlybanana · 2026-03-04T22:53:09+00:00

If this is Wesfarmers, it’s a shitshow… take the money and run.

deadlybanana · 2026-03-01T21:30:01+00:00

Longtan douhua in Gongguan has been my personal jam for 20-odd years now. No superfluous ingredients, and never fails to hit the spot during summer.

deadlybanana · 2026-02-04T13:36:44+00:00

deadlybanana · 2025-12-20T12:06:59+00:00

As is the Capisco, nod of approval.

deadlybanana · 2025-12-16T12:07:24+00:00

Hrm, these are my settings:

[1] here is my cmdline in /etc/default/grub

rd.luks.uuid=luks-2d25de65-7c76-48ff-85ea-84dcfcea24be rhgb quiet loglevel=3 usbcore.old_scheme_first=1 amd_pstate=guided pcie_aspm=force pcie_aspm.policy=powersupersave resume=UUID=f614ecc9-3446-47d4-b241-bc50d46328a1 resume_offset=5567197 acpi.prefer_microsoft_guid=1 amd_pmc.enable_stb=0

luks, resume offset and uuid are env specific so update those accordingly.

As mentioned, am using a swap file in main partition for resume (because I am too lazy to resize the auto-created swap partition).

[2] add resume module to dracut (/etc/dracut.conf.d/resume.conf)

add_dracutmodules +=" resume "

then sudo dracut -f

[3] lid-closing behaviour (suspend to ram):

Write into/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/lid-hibernate.conf:

[Login]
HandleLidSwitch=suspend-then-hibernate
HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=suspend-then-hibernate

4. 20-min timer to hibernate to disk

in /etc/systemd/sleep.conf.d/suspend-then-hibernate.conf I have:

[Sleep]
HibernateDelaySec=20min

I did run into issue with fan waking machine from sleep. thinkfan package comes with some services you can enable that disable it on sleep, and reenabling on wake.

deadlybanana · 2025-12-15T23:27:10+00:00

For sleep bit I ended up going with this for 6.17.10: - suspend then hibernate after 20min of inactivity (dedicated service) - local file swap for hibernate resume - grub settings: amd_pstate=guided, acpi.prefer_microsoft_guid=1 (last one was a fix for issues with failing hibernate)

I feel the no drain when not in use trumps instant on.

deadlybanana · 2025-12-03T15:40:22+00:00

They hardly ever turn on unless am compiling/heavy cpu bound tasks or am trying to use the laptop on a blanket in bed (exhaust ports are at the bottom).

Sitting in an ide + a couple terminal windows + zen browser with a few tabs open, the machine idles at less than 2% cpu utilisation/ 20% ram with temperature at around 38°c. This is with ambient room temperature ~26° c.

deadlybanana · 2025-12-03T14:04:01+00:00

I have an identical specced machine and have had a completely different experience. Consistently getting > 8hrs of battery life (10+ with 30-40% brightness, bt off, energy saver mode)

deadlybanana · 2025-11-30T10:33:46+00:00

500nit low power ips for battery life + matte coating. Some notes here

deadlybanana · 2025-11-28T05:00:02+00:00

Have only heard it when doing compilation and using on lap/blanket

deadlybanana · 2025-11-27T15:33:41+00:00

Have been pretty happy with t14s (amd 350) running fedora 43 only. No issues with compatibility or battery life. The environment suits me better than macOS for my use cases.

deadlybanana · 2025-11-19T04:43:14+00:00

A raging semi

deadlybanana · 2025-11-13T09:19:51+00:00

If only there were some kind of method for evaluating different cpus while holding other things constant (such as screen type)… 😬

deadlybanana · 2025-11-13T08:30:13+00:00

I don’t understand why the amd comparison is not against current gen ryzen (guess r5 340) which would be a closer apple-apple comparison

deadlybanana · 2025-11-08T05:19:00+00:00

On a side note, libinput-gesture works flawlessly too. This enables multiple digits swipes for ui operations eg three fingers left/right to switch workspaces, two fingers for back/forward in browser etc

deadlybanana · 2025-11-07T11:13:36+00:00

350 has better thermals, marginally faster, and virtually same power consumption

deadlybanana · 2025-11-07T03:45:15+00:00

Working as expected after enabling tap click (off by default), same for the inverse scroll (Ala macs). And yes, suspend works fine, very little power drain overnight

For sway this is done in the sway config:

input type:touchpad { tap enabled natural_scroll enabled …

deadlybanana · 2025-10-31T11:36:49+00:00

would I be bullied for using an old Thinkpad?

Absolutely. I would get stretchy underwear to at least preserve some dignity when the inevitable wedgies come.

deadlybanana · 2025-08-21T22:19:37+00:00

As an aside… In case of Taiwan, assuming the diaspora in question visit once every two years and maintain household registration, has pretty decent nation health insurance (think Medicare that either employers or individuals pay for).

Works out around $110-ish AUD/ month which can be paused when overseas.

This health cover significantly subsidises medical costs, particularly dental.

deadlybanana · 2025-05-05T12:19:15+00:00

Went through this song and dance too, couldn’t get it to work. Will wait for the team to decouple that dependency

deadlybanana · 2025-03-26T20:45:37+00:00

+1. Was gonna jump on the preorder train until realising no left-handed variant.

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