Marcin WicharyThe sum of all fears
(13 missing because of classic superstition. 4/14/24 missing because “4” sounds like “death” here in Taiwan. 2 missing because the lobby is tall.)
rayslava@rayslava Good question! I hadn’t even noticed. Maybe no one will object to “staying” at B4.
Mike
Allan Chow
Magical Thinker™ 80lvl
ɹ uɐp 
my favorite is the elevators which stop at every floor on some days because in some religions it's not ok to push buttons on those days
Walter
@winghongchan @dannotdaniel Nice Gorton panel, too.
@mwichary @winghongchan I have no idea what this is 😅
Argie@dannotdaniel @mwichary @winghongchan I tried to search for it and didn't find anything – seriously, what is a Gorton panel?
Advanced Persistent Teapot@mwichary @SemAntiKast @dannotdaniel @winghongchan omg, this is not an article or a blog. It's a *love letter*
Perry 🦆🦫🥚
quello che perde i pezzi
@lowlevel Fascinating page!
@mwichary discussions aroud kosher are fascinating. this literally drives me nuts
https://www.ou.org/life/technology/is-the-kosherswitch-kosher/
https://www.ou.org/life/technology/is-the-kosherswitch-kosher/
Is the KosherSwitch Kosher? - OU Life
Note: The Orthodox Union does not endorse this product. We’ll begin by saying, as OU staff writers, we don’t know and that the halachic authorities at the Orthodox Union have not yet stated a position on it. But given the attention this invention is getting, we thought we’d offer you a quick look at the
Jef Poskanzer@dannotdaniel @mwichary I wish subway elevators which only have two floors would enable this option every day. More than once I've gone into an elevator after a long bike ride, sat there in an exhausted stupor for a minute, and then realized it wasn't moving because I hadn't pushed a button. It should just go!
Canageek@jef @dannotdaniel @mwichary Right, the building I work in is only two stories tall, why do I have to push a button, there's only one option!
@mwichary @jef @dannotdaniel If they were fun buttons to push, I'd be fine, but they're really not good feeling buttons to push. The metal always feels weirdly greasy, so I don't want to touch it.
FiXato
Magnus Ahltorp@jef @dannotdaniel @mwichary Many metro and commuter train lifts in Stockholm have this feature. Many even press the outside button by themselves if you go near the elevator. Bicycles aren’t allowed in the metro, though, only on commuter trains.
adamrice@dannotdaniel @mwichary And the opposite, elevators that don’t stop on any floor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift
@mwichary yeah but you can tap them again to cancel a selection and the close button actually works!
Let me know if you need food recs in taipei :p
@mwichary any dietary restrictions?
@grumpasaurus Nope (well, trying to low carb it all, but that might not be possible in Taiwan)
@mwichary nearest MRT station?
@grumpasaurus Dongmen/Guting/Taipower
@mwichary https://share.google/R3FZAHJO0jZt93LvB
Beef noodle soup. This is my dad's favorite and has been around forever.
@mwichary honestly any roast duck place. Your socks will be blown off
@mwichary almost tourist trappy breakfast but super good get all the carbs within carbs
@mwichary the coffee scene is legit good in taiwan
@mwichary if you happen to be remotely close to here this place is so good.
@mwichary OK this is technically not low carb because sugar but it's pork "paper" jerky
@grumpasaurus Thanks so much for all these!!!
@grumpasaurus Also passing along to friends who will be staying in the area for longer.
If i think of a dish that's low carby I'll let you know lol. But i think roast duck, stinky tofu with pickled cabbage, night market grilled crispy chicken thighs are what i can think of lol. Century egg and tofu.
@mwichary oh. Yakiniku is super popular too
@grumpasaurus I have been informed I have already been here ha
@grumpasaurus @mwichary In Japan it’s normally double-tap to cancel. But in lifts with several panels you might not be able to cancel taps from all other panels.
Makoto
Toni M.
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Alexf24
ꙮ 𝄃𝄁𝄂𝄀𝄀𝄁𝄃🇫🇯🇱🇨🇱🇧@mwichary In my alma mater, the floor system was a much more complex system of mezzanines and attics. -1, 0, 1, 1, 1a, 7, 2, 3, 4 etc.
Colin@mwichary I wish they didn’t just remember the floors. It seems like a cop-out to still use the “unlucky” ones normally yet number them something else like that suddenly makes it ok all of a sudden.
Fully commit to the bit or don’t do it at all xD.
(Still have service elevators get to those floors though… make use of them for mechanical purposes or something at least).
Fully commit to the bit or don’t do it at all xD.
(Still have service elevators get to those floors though… make use of them for mechanical purposes or something at least).
Maya🌙
Heathen 🐈
Kevin Granade@mwichary surely it's the difference of all fears? :D
SnowFox@mwichary Others have pointed out that they didn't skip B4, but why did they skip B1? (Another really tall floor?)
@snowfox Might be. I also wonder if people might press B1 expecting 1? Just a speculation. Contrary to America for example, I haven’t seen a universal symbol like asterisk to denote the “exit floor.”