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Cutting the Cord on Cable TV: Canceling the Lease and Switching to MOD 🎉
Entertainment·

Cutting the Cord on Cable TV: Canceling the Lease and Switching to MOD 🎉

Recently, whenever I go back to my hometown, I hear my mother saying she wants to cut the cable TV line and cancel the lease. This is interesting — on ordinary days, no matter how I try to persuade her, she always insists on continuing to pay the NT$500 monthly fee to watch cable TV. This time, however, it was my mother who took the initiative to say she didn't want to watch anymore, asking me to return the coaxial cable set-top box equipment to the cable TV company to cancel and terminate the service.

Entertainment
Entertainment·

Pure Entertainment Conspiracy Theory: The Origin of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

COVID-19, also known as novel coronavirus pneumonia (abbreviated as COVID-19)[1], at the start of the historically infamous Gengzi year (2020 AD), rapidly caused comprehensive infection on a global scale, plunging the global travel and aviation industries into gloom. We came up with a pure conspiracy theory: that COVID-19 is actually a virus spread by high-level government officials of various countries working together with aliens, specially designed to have a high infection rate and a certain fatality rate.

Scanning Translation Pens and Interpreter Devices: Two Money-Wasting Legacy Tech Products That Make English Learning Worse

Scanning Translation Pens and Interpreter Devices: Two Money-Wasting Legacy Tech Products That Make English Learning Worse

Translation pens (also known as translator devices) have appeared on the market on and off from over a decade ago to the present. Whether they were overshadowed by digital translators in the past or are now being flattened by smartphones, translation pens as a product category arguably deserve a place on the list of the hundred worst technologies.

Keyboard Battles? Why Waste Your Life Arguing?
Career & Growth·

Keyboard Battles? Why Waste Your Life Arguing?

"Where there are people, there is a jianghu." This saying, from the ancient martial arts world to the modern internet world, has always remained evergreen. From the keyboard battles of the BBS era to the sharp exchanges on Facebook, I have stumbled and participated all along. I remember during my student days, I once wrote a long rebuttal to defend the driving school I attended (there were two in the same district, and the other maliciously attacked the one I chose). Now that competitor has long since closed down, and looking back, I just want to say — what does this have to do with me?

Home Table Tennis Table Unboxing and Pros/Cons Review: One Table to Rule Them All? The Real Lessons of Moving Weight and Daily Use
Home & Living·

Home Table Tennis Table Unboxing and Pros/Cons Review: One Table to Rule Them All? The Real Lessons of Moving Weight and Daily Use

Buy a table tennis table and put it at home to fulfill a long-held wish? This article shares the unboxing and real-world experience of a home table tennis table, analyzing hidden drawbacks such as the hellish overweight moving, the base frame blocking the broom, and insufficient stability for office work — plus its unexpected use as a product photography table.

Don't Be Fooled by the Hipster Romance! The Harsh Reality and Productivity Traps of "Café Startups"
Career & Growth·

Don't Be Fooled by the Hipster Romance! The Harsh Reality and Productivity Traps of "Café Startups"

Following Silicon Valley's garage startups, is the internet generation's emerging "café startup" and digital nomad lifestyle really that wonderful? Starting from a meetup on Tamsui Old Street, this article deeply analyzes limited tools, shattered attention, bathroom psychological warfare, ergonomic disasters, and business information security threats — and why truly high-output entrepreneurs ultimately choose to build their own workspace.