I had to read the name twice

You're in Taiwan?

Nice! Hope you're liking it here.

Yeah.

@icecream I think the people are nicer but I'm very likely bias

I haven't been to kaohsiung in a long time. It's a manufacturing hub so I bet there's plenty of good chink shit there

Taipei

I just get stuff at guanghua or through ruten, ahaha

weirdly enough, shit's often cheaper through the english chink sites

Ahaha, that's true. The MRT is huge

Kaoshiung has the weeb-tastic KRT girls though

Anime mascot for the metro rail system there

I follow a few japanese on twitter that came to taiwan specifically to go there

Yeah

lol, yeah

sensitive issue since there used to be people who would put hidden cameras in the toilets, they have comprehensive systems in place to detect those now though

I haven't seen them in action myself but they would probably just be a radio receiver that scans whatever frequencies the cameras leak

I know you can detect certain electronics like that, maybe it's based on what they transmit? not sure

When I was growing up here I'd hear news stories about cameras being found

Yeah. Maybe it just detects anything electronic

You don't really expect anything in, like, a vent

I wouldn't be worried, personally

I haven't heard about that happening in a long time

If you have questions about Taipei don't feel shy to ask!!

Hope you keep on having a good time

why not buy a transparent sailor dress while you're at it @porco https://world.taobao.com/item/528636351893.htm

my cousin uses taobao for most of her cosplay

didn't know cgl had a taobao thread, makes sense, i guess

nice

don't think i've seen one in person

those taobao cosplays are pretty shoddy unless you have the right shops

i mean, what do you expect for $15

obviously a minimalist flute

how big of a meme does /p/ consider m4/3 to be

oh, just slightly curious, i have an e-m5

yeah, i dunno if i should have gone sony or m43, but the m-5 was a hundred and fifty bucks cheaper than the comparable sony model when i was shopping

shit architecture photos, various conventions, cosplay, meme photos

i'm a lazy fuck so i've stuck with aperture priority mostly

the modularity is great but i really should have checked how expensive lenses were for each platform before buying

it seems like canon/nikon lenses seem to go on sale every week

while m43 lenses get one sale a year

>not buying modern chink replicas of lenses https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1190008-REG/mitakon_zhongyi_mtk25mf095bk_speedmaster_25mm_f_0_95_lens.html

i really should go and buy some classic lenses

they're overpriced in taiwan though

these russian lenses that go for $30-40 in the states are $80-$100 here

figures, i guess

can you use an american paypal to ship to another country?

my paypal is linked to an address in the states

i found some piston 3s a few weeks ago, the jack was rusted and i had to clean it with alcohol, but damn do they sound good for $12

first actual pair of chink IEMs

chifi, heh

I'm still going on my sennheiser MM70s i bought four years ago

they've been through the washing machine twice

mfw i just use the onboard sound

my father's in the audio recording business and he said they're fine these days

everything else he just uses a focusrite audio interface

you can get those for like $100 now and it's studio quality

lmao

audio engineers in taiwan keep their analog mixing boards around and all the audio racks of hardware equipment

but everything's jusut done in software

with a good audio interface

the hardware's just there to impress producers

i've got a soft spot for vinyl because that's what i remember our family using sometimes

the syntrend in taipei has a floor dedicated to audio

and 1/3 of it is a place where you can buy new or old vinyl records

i doubt i'll ever buy from there but it sure looks cool

http://upload.review33.com/avforum/201607/201607281121453400.jpg it's a nice place

just curious, how big's a meme the m43 platform on /p/?

Ooh, any reason?

I got an E-M5 as my first 'serious' camera and I'm interested in what the limitations of the platform are

ah, right

i noticed that

even without the randomizer aliexpress will force me to log in after a certain number of product views

but if I VPN in from the US it doesn't do it at all

mainland chinese plot against the taiwanese??

it's just strange

it happens quicker on the randomizers but that might just be it going through produts a lot quicker than i think it does

I hear a lot more about lithium fires since it's such an unstable metal

haven't heard much about NiMH fires

i've had nimh batteries ranging from eneloops to cheap who-the-fuck-knows bargain bin shit and aside from the latter not really holding good charges i've never had problems with them

i won't fucking touch chinese lithium batteries though

there's an onlin-only brand in taiwan called Lativ

they seem to just straight up copy uniqlo's designs

and sell oxford shirts for ~~$13~~ $10

i duno what kind of fit i'm gonna get though

lativ is basically uniqlo's fit

I don't think so? I don't think uniqlo's fit is very loose

it's a slim fit

safe weapons like hulk smash hands and wiffle bats can be imported without problem

I think the 64GB Evo Select is the fastest and cheapest non-chink SD card you can get for that size right now at ~$20

has anyone tried one of those gongtian F9 handheld fans?

it seems a bit more convenient than the F95B

literally fake news

funny as fuck though

keycaps more expensive than my AK33

tried PBT at Ducky's computex booth though

they feel damn good

the Ajazz AK33, it's on the infographic

without the backlight it's literally $20 shipped for a mech keyboard

uhh, i get it shipped to taiwan