My fortune (?) from the temple of Mazu
Which google translate says is this

(Ps. Google translate app is pretty amazing. Although this is a tough ask)
Speaking of google translate. You wonder how long until majority of language differences will be mitigated by technology.

Doesn’t seem very far off.
That Sci-Fi thing of an earpiece that translates sounds in real time is like a decade away. At most?

Or is that asking too much

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Feb 21
Which metro pass to get? (Ps: hello Taipei)
Now I know I’m really in Taipei
Rough outline of tomorrow's walk in Taipei. With lots of stops for Mr Brown coffee and rice-triangles from 7-11
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Feb 18
I'll be in Taipei from next Wednesday till the 10th of March. If anyone there wants to walk a lot and eat things and drink things.
If you can locate me, when not walking, I'll either be in a Mr Brown coffee or a 7-11...
Last time I was in Taipei, the first night was a 6.7 earthquake, the following two days a typhoon.

Hoping this trip is less biblical.
Read 4 tweets
Feb 10
Ready for ten days walking LA (mostly south LA)
Testing if you really need a car to explore LA
LA has a very extensive bus system. And it’s inexpensive (relative to other places).
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Jan 6
Humorous reading this in a very well stocked Amman market after being in similar very well stocked markets in Hanoi, Bishkek, Lima, etc.

Also, peer-review is a metric of how well you fit into your particular subfield & by that measure, his subfield sucks
One of the more shocking things about Amman is how much food everyone wastes. I’ve got that very 70s thing of never throwing food away, but people here order tons of stuff, then eat only about 1/2 to 2/3s, and toss away the rest. And not just in the fancy hoods.
I still get deeply embarrassed at the mistakes I’ve made on past predictions. So much so that I’ve basically stopped predicting stuff (beyond for laughs) since it’s a fools game.

I guess some people can just tweet through it, for like 50 years.
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Jan 3
Lol. You got to be one pretty lazy ass 5 star hotel guy not to not see the differences when traveling.
Every town has that one western wealthy hood filled with NGOs, local elite, and the non profit complex. You have to work hard to stay in it.
Riffing on this a tad more. The gulf between how the wealthy/local-elites/ex-pats live in a 2nd & 3rd world city, versus how 98% of citizens live is huge.

If you stick to those upscale hoods you will come away with a “it’s all the same”. As I wrote a yr ago about Bucharest Image
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Jan 3
1st impressions Amman
1) food outstanding (especially contrast to Bishkek)
2) walking is tough. Combo of geography, rarity of sidewalks, & crazy drivers
3) cold
4) calm city, despite 4.5 mm people
5) everyone exceedingly polite. Like they really want me to like Amman
For the Amman knowledgeable. Todays planned walk. South, to Royal Tank Museum & then Alwhedt market
Not a big fan of graffiti, but devil goat kitty is good
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