|
Line and WeChat are the bigger ones now. WhatsApp seems to have kind of fallen off a bit. Also typhoon season is off to a great start - there's a good shot at one this weekend.
|
#
?
Jul 9, 2013 18:02
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 5, 2024 01:33 |
|
|
That's what I was afraid of. I wish the FTAs would affect air fare too. Welp, anyway, Taiwan in a typhoon on vacation is still better than Korea in a typhoon on vacation. I keep walking by our soysauce braised pig feet places in Korea and it reminds me of this distinct Taiwanese food smell. I smell it in the little bento like boxes on the train and in a lot of meat dishes. Sort of spiced soy and it's the most wonderful glee inducing thing.
|
|
#
?
Jul 9, 2013 18:10
|
|
|
TetsuoTW posted:Also typhoon season is off to a great start - there's a good shot at one this weekend. Looks like it is quite a ways off, and the kind that will dissipate before it actually reaches the island. Still, that means the weather will probably be poo poo this weekend.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 01:39
|
|
|
HappyHelmet posted:Looks like it is quite a ways off, and the kind that will dissipate before it actually reaches the island. Still, that means the weather will probably be poo poo this weekend. Better be enough rain to cancel my open house this Saturday morning.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 01:48
|
|
|
TetsuoTW posted:I'm torn on that. Like I really feel like people should feel free to use their actual names - the world got over (or at least around) names like Thaksin Shinowatra, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, they'll learn to deal - but then I hear some ostensibly professional newsreader or whatever say "Li Kekiang" instead of "Li Keqiang" and I want to slap someone. I think with a lot of these names, most people settle in on a "most correct mispronunciation" that everyone agrees to use. It's also a bit different since these guys aren't really trying to engage the English speaking world as an English speaker.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 02:20
|
|
|
RE: Hebe and Eason Hebe is the "English" name of a singer from the group S.H.E., that's why there's quite a few women in Asia who picked that English name. Also, Eason Chan is a singer from Hong Kong, hence the Easons. hitension fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Jul 11, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 02:22
|
|
|
Random Taiwan news I found pretty funny/awkward: So that Taiwanese doubles player won at Wimbledon, and China is offering fat stacks of cash for her to represent China, which apparently would involve her giving up Taiwanese citizenship as well, with Taiwan scrambling to figure out how to keep her in Taiwan. On Taiwan's side, the government gave her 100 sports-themed vases.(Apple Daily's the source unfortunately, one of you who can read properly can probably translate the article instead of using google/gf)  That pink thing on the right is in fact, the vase.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 03:50
|
|
|
duckfarts posted:Random Taiwan news I found pretty funny/awkward: Well, that's a nice... gesture. I guess. Wouldn't blame her for going to China for all that money, but she would be reviled in Taiwan if she accepted.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 04:00
|
|
|
Hey so I'm really behind the times telephone-wise and I bought both my first ever smart phone and my first ever phone plan only after I moved to Taiwan, don't make fun of me. If I want to buy a new phone and I'm halfway through a TW Mobile contract, can I just pop my SIM card into the new phone and have it, like, be my new phone and poo poo? Keep my contract and my number, just have a fancy new phone that isn't a busted-rear end old dog? I tried this at my local Myfone, but they told me I wouldn't be able to get the discounted rate on the new phone. And the phones at Myfone are super expensive, so I walked out, but I know a place that sells pretty cheap phones, I just wanna know if it's as easy as just sliding my SIM card into the new phone.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:00
|
|
|
Do you need to buy a phone now? The Xiaomi m3 is coming up soon and that means you can get a discount if you buy the current model xiaomi m2s. Price/performance wise knocks everyone else out.quadrophrenic posted:Hey so I'm really behind the times telephone-wise and I bought both my first ever smart phone and my first ever phone plan only after I moved to Taiwan, don't make fun of me. If I want to buy a new phone and I'm halfway through a TW Mobile contract, can I just pop my SIM card into the new phone and have it, like, be my new phone and poo poo? Keep my contract and my number, just have a fancy new phone that isn't a busted-rear end old dog? That's pretty cool, that means you never switched phones, broke your phone, lost your phones, or impulsively bought new poo poo  Yeah, just switch the sim card into your new phone and people can still call you and stuff. If you want to transfer contacts from your old phone, there should be a menu items under settings, save your contacts to sim. That way, when you do get a new phone, all your contacts remain. But that's so 2003  Just have all your contacts managed under google contacts or some online address book. That way any changes you make on your phone or computer will be synchronized. Oh and install drop box/wechat/skype/PLECO (optical chinese character reader)
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:12
|
|
|
Plecos little camera chinese reader is the loving poo poo. Screw every century that did not have this piece of technology.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:14
|
|
|
All phones sold in Taiwan are factory unlocked by law so if the SIM card fits it will generally work. The major carriers in Taiwan require 2100 MHz for 3G data, which all but the jankiest of phones should have, check on GSM Arena just to be sure though. edit: If my government gave me those rear end-ugly vases as thanks, I'd consider defecting just to teach them a lesson. USDA Choice fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Jul 10, 2013 |
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:18
|
|
|
That vase got back. Also, TYPHOON INC. Latest update has it dipping south of what was previously estimated, landing in Yilan and going right through Taipei. Should start feeling it Thursday night. Taiwan's weather bureau: http://www.cwb.gov.tw/eng/index.htm Amalgamation of typhoon charts: http://www.typhoon2000.ph/multi/?name=SOULIK
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:29
|
|
|
I bought the cheapest of cheap smartphones when I landed, an Xperia X8, and I am so loving sick of its poo poo, and I just want something that will run a version of Android that's less than 3 years old and can do things like run Pleco and poo poo, and I don't want to wait another year to get a discount. So I don't really need a 1080p display and a quad-core processor, I just want a phone that's not a gimp and I wish someone had held my hand when I bought my first big-boy phone.  Mostly Pleco. All my friends have Pleco and it's great and I h8 u Google Translate.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:38
|
|
|
Sorry for this shill post. Being in Taiwan and China, it's great we can easily get a top dog for half price from the market. If you posted in the forums I'm sure people would have helped  I thought you used a Nokia or something. To be honest smart phones nowadays are just passable. Couple years back they sucked compared to PC's. You do want quad core, and high resolution screens though. Nowadays web content is being altered for retina resolution, apps use more CPU and bloat, and high speed data requires faster CPU as well. A flagship phone now will last 2 years while a cheap entry level won't last as long. It's more expensive but you get a lot more enjoyment out of it.Don't buy contract phones or get locked into a contract. You don't really save any money and pay more in the long term. Luckily, in general parts of East Asia, there's no phone locking bull poo poo. tldr: Just buy a Xiaomi m2s and have it delivered to your office.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 05:57
|
|
|
Last call for Poker Night:quote:Poker on Wednesday July 10 @ 8:00pm
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 09:38
|
|
|
If you don't care too much about a wide library of apps, Windows Phones are actually really good and usually pretty cheap. Most of the must-have apps are there. I'd have a windows phone if I could
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 11:07
|
|
|
Magna Kaser posted:If you don't care too much about a wide library of apps, Windows Phones are actually really good and usually pretty cheap. Most of the must-have apps are there.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 11:42
|
|
|
Magna Kaser posted:If you don't care too much about a wide library of apps, Windows Phones are actually really good and usually pretty cheap. Most of the must-have apps are there. duckfarts posted:I gotta agree that after seeing a winphone, they're pretty nice provided you don't care about apps.  I got a Nokia 920 and it's great. Another dude at work got the smaller 820(I think) and he's super happy too. The apps thing isn't really a bugbear for me, but, I don't know if I'm a typical use case. I really don't care about angry birds. While it was fun to poke about the Play store and grab the random free apps - most of them were deleted around 10 minutes after install, or just forgotten about. That said, I haven't seen an actual bona-fide native RDP tool yet, and that's a bit annoying. (there are a couple of paid apps, but in the main they're not that great from what I can tell)
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 12:03
|
|
|
Am I gonna be able to pick out who you are or is this place gonna be inexplicably packed with goony-lookin laowai?
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 12:03
|
|
|
Double post
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 12:04
|
|
|
I think most Android users won't really notice much of a change, to be honest. The only app I use on a regular basis that isn't a weird app I use for work and doesn't have a Windows version is Pleco, I think? People coming from an iPhone will probably notice it a great deal more since the difference between the iOS store and Google Play isn't that dissimilar from that between GP and Windows in some ways. If you've never had a smartphone and don't have your eyes on any particular apps, I'd totally go windows. If you wanna play games, though, nothing comes close to iOS at the moment.
|
|
#
?
Jul 10, 2013 13:05
|
|
|
FWIW: USDA took all my money and we are no longer on speaking terms! Fun was had by all I think. Next up: 7th August 8PM kick off, which gives me enough time to replace the shirt on my back!
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 02:59
|
|
|
All the typhoon trackers are now converging right over Taipei. The storm is huge too. Supposedly we will start feeling it tonight, so Friday and Saturday will most likely be canceled. http://www.typhoon2000.ph/multi/?name=SOULIK Hope you have enough noodles and beer to hold yourself over.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 05:11
|
|
|
7-11 tends to stay open and it's immediately outside my apartment. Should be a good time.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 07:08
|
|
|
All those typhoons in Taiwan? You can blame Li Ka shing. He has a super force field deflecting all typhoons away from Hong Kong. That way, no one can ever have a day off  I mean look at this   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_C_Lik-cheung
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 07:10
|
|
|
Where is our crusader? We have another foreigner up to no good! http://www.ettoday.net/news/20130711/239232.htm?from=fb_share_web This guy actually subbed at a school I work at and the police were there last week looking for him. Looks like they found him!
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 08:47
|
|
|
thegoat posted:Where is our crusader? We have another foreigner up to no good! http://www.ettoday.net/news/20130711/239232.htm?from=fb_share_web Ran that through google translate and this amused me particularly. "For up to one year, until 10 at night, Edward was arrested because of his case, was freed MILF to end this horrible exotic romance ." RELEASE THE MILF!
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 09:47
|
|
|
thegoat posted:Where is our crusader? We have another foreigner up to no good! http://www.ettoday.net/news/20130711/239232.htm?from=fb_share_web Whoa, article says the guy was 25...  e: whew, 1 year off, so that's a relief
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 09:52
|
|
|
Dude looks like he probably subscribed to PUA poo poo. And man, reading the comments makes me start to sympathize with our Uncaped Crusader, except then I realize I'll never meet these people, they will never mean poo poo to me, and they're pretty much all bitter assholes.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 10:13
|
|
|
Anyone want to post a TLDR version for those of us who don't feel like translating word by word?
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 11:57
|
|
|
Atlas Hugged posted:Anyone want to post a TLDR version for those of us who don't feel like translating word by word? Canadian douchebag on expired passport with anger management issues meets Kaohsiung woman online, moves in with her, beats her and cheats on her, makes gently caress tapes, "threatened her with sexual slavery", picks fights with people outside too, cops discover his passport's toast, he goes on the run, cops find him teaching in Kaohsiung, Dongsen uses this as opportunity to blow an entire wind section's worth of dogwhistles.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 12:12
|
|
|
Also something in there about him facing definite prison time I think. Good times!
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 12:36
|
|
|
So with only Yilan left to announce, no typhoon day tomorrow anywhere else.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 14:18
|
|
|
TetsuoTW posted:So with only Yilan left to announce, no typhoon day tomorrow anywhere else. Yeah that's a let down. I have class until 9pm.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 14:19
|
|
|
I would personally prefer that we don't have typhoon days. I actually want to teach tomorrow and Saturday.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 14:50
|
|
|
GoutPatrol posted:I would personally prefer that we don't have typhoon days. I actually want to teach tomorrow and Saturday. Kindy graduation?
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 14:51
|
|
|
Did those two weeks ago. I'm in summer camp hours and I don't want to lose out on five perfectly good hours of work.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 15:37
|
|
|
Moon Slayer posted:Kindy graduation? Just oral tests for the next two days. And I like the kids in those classes and promised them I would bring in my erhu (that I just bought on a whim and haven't opened since.)
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 15:39
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 5, 2024 01:33 |
|
|
Bad English names watch; some guy on a quiz show is named Saker.
|
|
#
?
Jul 11, 2013 15:46
|
|