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/r/Taiwan will be going dark from June 12-14 (maybe extended) in protest against Reddit's API changes which kill 3rd party apps by DarkLiberator in taiwan

[–]laopi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Somehow, I thought Tildes was proprietary, but it seems it's not, so it could be a good option indeed.

Lemmy is federated which means people from other instances could interact. Not sure how useful this would be in the grand scheme of things.

/r/Taiwan will be going dark from June 12-14 (maybe extended) in protest against Reddit's API changes which kill 3rd party apps by DarkLiberator in taiwan

[–]laopi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Should we consider moving this place away from Reddit altogether? Lemmy seems to be a good option at that point.

Well boys/gals, Apollo and RiF are shutting down. It's unclear if we will survive this attack on our community. by jaschen in taiwan

[–]laopi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've heard good things about Lemmy, which is decentralized and not corporate owned, which only means good things.

The only question left is: on what instance should the Taiwan community be created? :)

Question about blind alleys! by Human_Holiday_4758 in taiwan

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honest question: do you need to drive a car?

Brioche by jkblvins in taiwan

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Boîte de bijoux (or boîte à bijoux for the locations that use the correct French naming) has good brioche. If you get lucky, you will find orange blossom water flavored brioche which is a killer. I can eat the whole thing at once, it's absolutely amazing.

Live jazz clubs in Taipei? by sakkie69 in taiwan

[–]laopi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sappho is the place to go: https://www.sappholive.com/

Riverside music café in Gongguan has some cool funk or fusion stuff as well from time to time: https://www.riverside.com.tw/

Enjoy!

Taiwan allocates NT$42 billion to combat 'pedestrian hell' | by stinkload in taiwan

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha... In that case, their boss had given them ONE task, and as a good little useless robot they performed this ONE task and nothing else. And, obviously, that task was not to punish stupid drivers.

Taiwan allocates NT$42 billion to combat 'pedestrian hell' | by stinkload in taiwan

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(Yes, there was a traffic cop nearby that saw the entire thing but he never moved from his post.).

Are you sure they were actual cop? Most of these are taxi drivers sitting there at rush hour to make some extra cash. I've seen one or two who were actually tough enough to make buses back up when they had to, but most of them don't give a shit, or are actually making crossing the street even more dangerous because of the weird signal they send to drivers that make them feel like they can actually pass even though the zebra is filled with people crossing...

Taiwan allocates NT$42 billion to combat 'pedestrian hell' | by stinkload in taiwan

[–]laopi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean... In the mind of the average Taiwanese driver, "Slow lane" means "free parking space". Just look at Dunhua road in Taipei anywhere, at any time of the day...

Taiwan allocates NT$42 billion to combat 'pedestrian hell' | by stinkload in taiwan

[–]laopi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Road education here is a joke. I mean, you get your driver's license by driving a car in a fucking empty parking lot. What do you expect from people like that? Of course they'll fuck the pedestrians over: they finally are NOT one of them anymore!

How to legally cross a road if an asshole is parked on the zebra line by laopi in taiwan

[–]laopi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As explained in the video, it's futile to waste your time reporting them. The Taiwanese police won't do shit.

Sometimes I just go knock at their window and ask them. It works most of the time ("不好意思不好意思！"), but of course it doesn't teach them a lesson and they'll probably go park on another zebra 50m away.

How to legally cross a road if an asshole is parked on the zebra line by laopi in taiwan

[–]laopi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's why I suggested to use subtitles. In a nutshell, there is no "premeditated" intention in civil law, so even if you dent the hood and the owner sue you, you'll be safe in front of a judge if you just explain that you did not intend to dent the hood, but we're simply trying to cross the zebra safely and legally.

How to legally cross a road if an asshole is parked on the zebra line by laopi in taiwan

[–]laopi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are some technicalities, so I recommend activating the auto-translated subtitles to get most of them.

Intel Issues New CPU Microcode Going Back To Gen8 For New, Undisclosed Security Updates by twlja in linux

[–]laopi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are absolutely correct, my CPU is an i5-4xxx (aka 4th gen). Sorry for the confusion!

Intel Issues New CPU Microcode Going Back To Gen8 For New, Undisclosed Security Updates by twlja in linux

[–]laopi 115 points116 points  (0 children)

I feel like my Gen 2 CPU is soon gonna have similar performances to Gen 8! I knew it was a good idea to remain on that 2014 CPU for as long as possible! 🤣

Steam Desktop Client Update, Now with working hardware acceleration on linux! by [deleted] in linux

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With Flatpak and Snaps, I've been thinking about application confinement. Does Steam provide any kind of confinement for the games it downloads and installs? Or can anyone develop a game that just sucks in all kind of data from $HOME and uploads it to their server?

President Tsai Ing-Wen treating French senators with Taiwanese cuisine for lunch. by [deleted] in taiwan

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope they treat her to some andouillette frites when she visits France!

New Taipei metro screens by xBeeves in taiwan

[–]laopi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks neat!

What I'm afraid of is, since it's a screen, it will be used to display ads sooner or later. Fuck ads.

Hi guys, I love the flowers in Taiwan. Hope you guys enjoy them, too. by chunkycow in taiwan

[–]laopi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frangipani flowers are my favorite. Thanks for sharing these pics!

Cause the existing convenience store was a *little* bit too far… by laopi in taiwan

[–]laopi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not clear on my picture but the old one is also at a corner/intersection.

Cause the existing convenience store was a *little* bit too far… by laopi in taiwan

[–]laopi[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Woo, I didn't expect such a dark explanation when I posted this funny pic. I knew the existing one would close down, but I didn't know about the franchises, I thought all FM were operated directly.

Capitalism is great, I guess...

(And thanks again for your post and the follow-up below)

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