Treating #ai as your colleague is pretty accurate. Except that you can wake it up at 2:00 a.m. and bug it with nonsensical questions he won't report you to HR https://scatterarrow.com/content/en/all-your-coworkers-are-probabilistic.html

#eydc2025 Day 3 Favourite actor discovered this year Chen Zheyuan in Fated Hearts! He was 100% a surprise discovery for me. The fact that he does his own voice acting, and that it was so good, put him in the "actor to watch" category. So many actors don't even do this bare minimum, so I was […]

[HK Fires (a little sad about the state of geopolitics)] Hesitated to post this, but this has bugged me the whole day. I don't like dumping sad stuff on my readers. At first, I was angry seeing all the spin the BBCs, Sky News and ABCs were doing around the HK fire. At a time when so many had […]

#EYDC2025 Day 2 Favourite actress discovered Oof, this is a difficult one, because most of the actresses I like are not exactly new. So, to be honest, I did not discover anyone new or exceptional that I can call "favourite" this year. However, I really enjoyed […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Still loving this song. Ironically I understand the Cantonese lyrics better than the Teochew one.* I thought the Hakka version of the song was the most beautiful. * I say ironically because Hokkien is a close cousin of Teochew, so I should understand what she's saying but I don't. Probably […]

From China's state media, Xinhua, about the #hongkongfires

A very comprehensive multimedia article about the Hong Kong fires; how the fire started, the timeline of events and more. https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/hong-kong/article/3334304/taipo_wangfuk_fire/index.html?display=plus&module=content_discovery&pgtype=homepage #hongkong […]

Perhaps it's not as advanced as Gemini 3, but Qwen's open sourced free version of Deep Research will do just fine for me. It's even able to create a podcast. (Gemini's deep research capabilities has always been addictive for me :P) #ai #qwen #qwen3

[Ranting at social media people re: China/Chinese stuff] It’s exasperating how often even a neutral or positive comment about Chinese culture, like enjoying a drama, sharing a travel memory, mentions about their tech, gets met with a comment that “China = evil” insinuation. Can we acknowledge […]

Honestly, Qwen is really more than I need for my needs. The fact that I can use audio to "write" my prompt? Appreciated. The fact that it has Deep Research is another bonus. It's like having paid Gemini and Chatgpt. I like that it's open source and has lower energy needs/cheaper compared to the […]

"AI won’t fix everything, but when used strategically, it can give you back energy you’ve been spending just trying to keep up. And that’s worth a lot." https://nicolleweeks.substack.com/p/an-ai-guide-for-adhd #adhd #ai

It seems like most every other browser is all in on AI. We have chosen a different path at @Vivaldi If you would prefer AI not to be integrated into your browser, but still like a feature rich browser, I welcome you to try Vivaldi. https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/ #vivaldi #ai #llm […]

Impossible to say why people are returning to torrenting https://www.theverge.com/news/834655/netflix-phone-casting-chromecast-support-killed

A walk around Wang Fuk Court, two years ago, before the fire. https://youtu.be/c6JrPvo-MlU?si=0l-faQSpr1z7GSug #hongkong #hongkongfire

#eydc2025 Day 1 Which country's dramas have you watched in 2025? Without a doubt, it was China's :P. I suppose the main reason is that it's all consuming. With one drama having at least 30-40 episodes, there's little room for anything else :P. Also, I've gotten really used to the bredth and […]

Oh apparently Penang Peranakans are also included in the "new" sub-ethnic group in Malaysia. Yay, I am now not just Chinese but Peranakan 🤭. This would probably be confusing to non-Malaysians, but it's a big deal, I guess, because my ancestors have been here for hundreds of years, with Malaccan […]

Uh, apparently I can now be a different ethnicity besides Chinese? But then again, I am Penang Peranakan, so maybe we are not Baba Nyonya enough 😅 To my most prob confused non-Malaysian friends. I am actually Peranakan, a unique "Creole" group in Malaysia. My ancestors, the Penang Peranakans […]

When I was at a hospital they took my vital signs four times a day. I quickly discovered that my blood pressure can be easily influenced by my thoughts. Even the nurses were amazed. That was one time when I was fearfully anticipating my first wound dressing and my BP was really high, about 150 […]

So I was messing around on brid.gy and somehow I now have a bluesky account lmao (at least I think so) https://bsky.app/profile/liztai.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

I think one of the nicest things someone on #mastodon said to me was, "I usually look at a person's feed to see if I should follow them. I looked at yours & scrolled 40 posts and can't see a common topic in any of them so I decided to follow you" Lol, this is the best way to write an […]