New York City Tours

21 Best Views In NYC At Night To Take In A Manhattan Skyline View 
* One World Trade Center 
Empire State Building 
Rockefeller Center Top of the Rock 
Hudson Yard The Edge 
Columbus Circle 
The High Line 
Dear Irving on Hudson Rooftop 
The Crown rooftop 
Central Park Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir 
* Roosevelt Island Tram 
Refinery Hotel bar rooftop 
Randall's Island Park Bronx 
Gantry Plaza State Park Queens 
Hunter's Point South Park Long Island City 
Queensbridge Park 
Brooklyn Bridge Park 
Domino Park Brooklyn 
Harriet's Rooftop & Lounge Brooklyn 
WNYC Transmitter Park 
* Staten Island Ferry 
* Liberty State Park, Liberty Statue Crown tour 

Taking public transit to New York-area airports 
How to get to Manhattan from JFK Airport 
How to get to EWR Newark Airport on public transit 
Getting to NYC from LGA LaGuardia Airport 

Rubber gloves

Rubber glove, natural rubber = latex, nitrile, vinyl, neoprene, pvc

Sex verification in sports

Sex verification in sports, List of intersex Olympians 

Differences/Disorders of sex development (Intersex 雙性人): Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (Androgen insensitivity syndrome), XY gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer syndrome) XY性腺發育不全 

Paris Olympics row over Imane Khelif gender: What’s the sex development disorder that some girls are born with? 

Olympic boxing and disorders of sex development 

AI accelerator

AI accelerator Neural Processing Unit NPU, Digital signal processor DSP trillion operations per second 

Apple A10 2016 iPhone 7/iPad 6/7 A10X 2017 iPad Pro 2 
Apple A11 2017 iPhone 8/8 Plus/X ca, Neural Engine, 600 GOPS 
Apple A12 2018 iPhone XS/XR cw/iPad 8/iPad Air 3/A12X iPad Pro 3 ce/A12Z 2020 iPad Pro 4, Next-generation Neural Engine, 8 cores, 5 TOPS 
Apple A13 2019 iPhone 11/iPad 9 ks, 8-core, 6 TOPS 
Apple A14 2020 iPhone 12 mini jl/iPad 10 jl/iPad Air 4 cw, 4-6 GB, 16-core, 11 TOPS 
  Apple M1 2020 iPad Air 5/iPad Pro 5 ca, 8- GB, 16-core, 11 TOPS 
Apple A15 2021 iPhone 13/13 Pro/14 kt, 4-6GB, 16-core, 15.8 TOPS 
  Apple M2 iPad Air M2 kt/iPad Pro 6, 8- GB, 16-core, 15.8 TOPS 
Apple A16 2022 iPad A16/iPhone 14 Pro/15 ca, 6 GB, 16-core, 17 TOPS 
Apple A17 Pro 2023 iPhone 15 Pro, 8 GB, 16-core, 35 TOPS 
 Apple M3 2023 iPad Air M3/Mac 8GB, 16-core, 18 TOPS 
Apple A18 2024 iPhone 16 jl, 35 TOPS 
 Apple M4 2024 iPad Pro 7, 8GB, 38 TOPS 
Apple A19 2025 iPhone 17, ?? TOPS

Qualcomm Snapdragon systems on chips: Snapdragon_8/8s Gen 3 (2024) 

Google Tensor with Tensor Processing Unit (Edge_TPU) used in Pixel Phones 

Microsoft Copilot+ PC Blog 

A guide to AI TOPS and NPU performance metrics 

Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops in decades

* Qualcomm Snapdragon X series Elite/Plus DSP 45 TOPS, GPU 3.8-4.6 TFLOPS 

* AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX Series 300, Ryzen AI 300 series, 365/370/375 28W (15-54W) 50 TOPS, 375 55 TOPS 375 vs 258V Unified memory: Ryzen AI Max 

* Intel Core Ultra 2 200V Series Intel Core Ultra 17W (8-17-37W): 2x6V 16GB, 2x8V 32GB; Core Ultra 5 228V 238V 8MB cache 40 TOPS, Ultra 7 258V 268V 12 MB cache 47 TOPS, Ultra 9 288V 30W 48 TOPS 

Intel AMX XMX Advanced Matrix Extensions in CPU, Xe Matrix Extensions in GPU 

Microsoft Copilot+ PC 40 TOPS, 16 GB memory, 256 GB storage 

Apple Intelligence ChatGPT-4o Code Completion 16GB 

Best chatbot ChatGPT alternatives Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini for live data, Microsoft Copilot creative, Perplexity research, Inflection Pi personal, xAI Grok social, Llama open source, MetaAI fun, Poe more choices comparison 

全球43大AI工具排行榜，Perplexity、Gamma⋯有哪些必收好用AI App？ Perplexity, Claude Anthropic, ChatGPT OpenAI 

Taiwan - United States Banks

富達投資（Fidelity Investments）實現零手續費匯款的新選擇， Fidelity > Charles Schwab, 7-11 中國信托 > 全家 台新/國泰世華 local currency/deferred conversion/delay conversion exchange rate 延遲/拒絕匯率轉換, foreign exchange Wire transfer 電匯匯款 

Charles Schwab 

Capital One 360, 全家 國泰世華, 兆豐、遠東 ATM, 延遲換匯 

* CTBC Bank Chinatrust 中國信託商業銀行 中信銀 China Trust Financial Global Transfers 全球速匯, 
CTBC Bank USA locations 
東京之星銀行 Tokyo Star Bank 
中國信託全球速匯介紹（美國匯款到台灣篇） 

台灣帳戶設定為 beneficiary account, 再用 single wire 轉錢到台灣 

* 滙豐(台灣)商業銀行, HSBC Bank USA Premier 

* O-Bank 王道商業銀行 臺灣工業銀行, EverTrust Bank 華信商業銀行 

史上最大金融鬆綁，拚留住台灣錢！高雄直擊9平方公里「富人新邊境」崛起, 「亞洲資產管理中心高雄專區」啟動揭牌 全台首座示範專區 對標全球金融市場, 金管會持續放寬銀行辦理高資產客戶財富管理業務, 1億元高資產客戶爭奪戰開打！誰能脫穎而出? 可投資資產淨值及保險商品價值達1億元以上 

Long-term historical exchange rate: USD/TWD - US Dollar Taiwan Dollar USD/TWD Interactive Chart, View Taiwan's Exchange Rate against USD from Oct 1983 to May 2023 in the chart 

Internal combustion engine efficiency

Internal combustion engine ICE, Hybrid electric vehicle 

Hybrid vehicle drivetrain: Series hybrid , Range extender 

BMW i3 Range extender option (i3 REx) 647cc parallel-two, 34hp 41lb-ft @4300 rpm vs 59hp @7500 / 49lb-ft @6000 

Nissan HR engine 1.2L 1.4L e-power 
Nissan Kicks e-Power 1.2L 2020-2024 Kick e-Power 
Nissan Note 2017 model year update e-Power, Nissan Note Third generation (E13; 2020) 1.2L 3-cylinder 

Nissan KR engine Second Generation 1.5L turbo e-power 
Nissan X-Trail T33 1.5L 3-cyl X-Trail e-Power 2022- 

Nissan e-POWER's internal combustion engine achieves 50% thermal efficiency 
Nissan e-POWER control technology 
Nissan The further evolution of e-POWER control technology 

Mazda MX-30 single-rotor Wankel rotary engine 830cc 74hp 
馬自達為何在EV轉型大潮下讓轉子引擎復活？ 

Multipathway Workshop: Toyota, Subaru, Mazda 

Artificial tear drops - lubricants

Artificial tears lubricant 
Artificial tears potpourri: a literature review Liquid Polyol-based outperforms methylcellulose 

CMC/HPMC/Hyaluronic acid 玻尿酸 -> PEG 400/PG/Glycerin ->  Gel/Lipid 

preservative-free PF 10 ml, 0.33 floz, 300 drops 

*** Liquid Polyol-based: PVA/povidone: Alcon preservative-free bottle contact-lens Systane Complete PF Propylene Glycol 0.6%; Systane Ultra/Systane Hydration longer lasting, Polyethylene Glycol 400 0.4% + Propylene Glycol 0.3%, iVizia contact-lens friendly long 8-hrs Povidone 0.5% hyaluronic; Optase Glycerin Intense 0.2%, Allegro 0.35%, contact-lens MGD 0.9%; Oasis Tears PF Glycerin 0.25%; Biotrue Glycerin 0.5% 

** Methylcellulose-based:
-> Carboxymethyl cellulose Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) Thera Tears 0.25% single use, Allergan Refresh eyedrops, Refresh Relieva multidose bottle 0.5%+glycerin 0.9%  
-> Hypromellose hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) Alcon GenTeal Tears preservative-free single-use 36/$15 

OCuSOFT retaine MGD 

Burning Man Project

Burning Man Black Rock City

First Time at Burning Man? Learn From My Mistakes 

Ultimate Burning Man Packing List: 75+ Items to Bring to Black Rock CityUltimate Burning Man Packing List: 75+ Items to Bring to Black Rock City 

Dust, Wind, and Fire – How to Survive Burning Man 

The 9 Best Burning Man Tents: Cool, Comfortable, & Dust-Free 

The 15 Best Tents For Burning Man in 2023 

Tents, Tepees & Yurts Oh My! stake against the wind 

Taiwan Liquor

Kavalan

Omar

鄧爸麥酒 新北馬告啤酒 

輔大 神父啤酒 Father's Beer 紅藜啤酒

Accessory dwelling units (ADUs)

Cupertino ADU no impact fee < 750 s.f. setback 4' from rear and sides, 5' from main principal unit 

Pre-approved ADU Plans qualify? search for a property - not qualified 

Santa Clara County ADU 

San Jose Preapproved ADU vendors: 

* CityPaks Prefabricated flat-pack panels, pak0 455 17'x27', pak1 589 17x35', pak2 723 17'x43' 
* Inspired ADUs Oakland prefab, Panels, Catalogs - Vine 414 12'10" x 32'2" 
* prefabADU panelized kits - dealers: PlusADU Castro Valley, Terra Home Oakland, 
 Micro 150 12'x12'6", Micro 200 12'6"x16', Micro 250 12'6"x20', Becky 288 14'x24', Elisabeth 300 15'x20', Jake 390 pre-approved 16'x24', Pete 451 14'x33' 

 Acton ADU full-service San Jose 
 SF Bay ADU - State-approved factory-built panels 
 GetADU Jennifer Kretschmer Architect 
 Mayberry Workshop full-service 
 Next Stage Design Pre-fabricated, pre-designed, full-custom 
 Blaine Architects Oak and Willow Construction 
 Open Remodel 
 Valley Home Builders custom 
 West Peak Construction with getADU 

 Abodu - Prefab, not feasible 
 Adore - Manufacturing, not feasible 
 Alto Housing - Manufactured home/modules, modular housing, large 1000 ft^2 
 Framework First - Factory built, delivery: Crane Carry & Installation 
 Modal Manufacuring, ADU built off-site 
 Symbihom pre-fabrication 
 Villa Homes manufacturing, delivery 

Redfin searches from the home GPS coordinate 1.2M 

Springwood Apartments Los Altos 1 bedroom 769 ft^2 
Foothill Heights 1 br 750 ft^2 $3000 
McClellan Terrace 1 br 850 ft^2 $2700 

Diamond Rings

The Best Time and Place To Buy an Engagement Ring Costco, Blue Nile, Brian Gavin Diamonds, James Allen 

This Diamond Startup Wants To Change the Way You Buy An Engagement Ring Rare Carat: Blue Nile, Brilliant Earth, Costco 

How Rare Carat’s AI gemologist helps customers buy the perfect diamond 

Diamonds aren't a girl's best friend: Jewelry restorer goes undercover to 'prove' that Tiffany, Cartier and Harry Winston overcharge by 330% for 'identical' stones sold in Costco 

The Secret to Buying the Perfect Diamond 12/2018 

The 9 Best Places to Buy a Lab-Created Diamond Online 

How GIA Is Changing Its Reports for Lab-Grown Diamonds 

Diamonds and Other High-Ticket Items Show E-Commerce Growth 4/2023 

Seven Upcoming Changes in the Lab-Grown Diamond Market 11/2023 

GIA Laboratory-Grown-Diamond, GIA Clarity, mined diamonds, natural, man-made 

Rare Carat search H VS1 Ideal, F VVS2 Ideal 
Color: Colorless (D-F) > 2 carats, G, H > 1.5 carats, I 
Clarity: VS1 > 2 carats, VS2 
Carat: 
Cut: Rare Cut Ideal, Excellent 
Engagement Rings Solitaire Setting, 4-prong, 6-prong 

*** 5 Jewelry Designers That Hold Their Value Cartier, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, David Yurman, Harry Winston 
*** Van Cleef & Arpels vs. Cartier vs. Harry Winstont vs. Tiffany: Which Brand is the Best? 

Graff jewelry 

Harry Winston Tryst Single Row Pave Diamond Wedding Band platinum 0.12ctw $3600 

1884 寶格麗 Bulgari Cabochon ring 18K drop of gold $2720 
Bvlgari Fedi Wedding Band set with pavé diamonds 0.17 ctw $3050 

1847 卡地亞 Cartier Trinity 
  **1895 Yellow Gold 5mm $1580, 4mm $1270, 3.5mm $1100, 2.6mm 0.01ct $930, 2.5mm $790 
  Trinity Ring small 2.5mm $1420 
  Classic Trinity Ring medium 18k white x 2, black ceramic 3.2mm $1860 
  Classic Trinity Ring medium 18k 3.2mm $1960 
  Trinity Ring medium 18k 3.2mm 5 brilliant-cut diamonds 0.06 carat total weight $2810 
  Cartier Vendôme Louis Cartier Wedding Band red box, Love, Fidelity, Friendship Trinity 1924, rose/pink white yellow gold. width: 3.5 mm $1420, 4.8mm $1940 

1896 梵克雅寶 Van Cleef Arpels Toujours wedding band, 4 mm $1140 

1888 戴比爾斯 De Beers DB Classic half eternity shaped band 1.9mm 0.29 ctw $2450 

1837 蒂芙尼 The Tiffany® Setting Engagement Ring in Platinum 6-prong 
  The Tiffany® Setting Nesting Narrow Band Ring Platinum 3 mm $1250V 5.3mm $2150V 
  The Tiffany® Setting V Band Ring Platinum 1.7 mm $1050V 

Tiffany True® Engagement Ring with a Round Brilliant Diamond Style #45258 4-prong 
  Tiffany True® Women's Platinum Wedding Bands 1.5 mm $950 

Tiffany Harmony 4-prong 
  Harmony Wedding Band Platinum 3mm $1200V 
  Harmony Band Ring in Platinum with Diamond blue boxes 0.23 ctw, 1.8 mm $3000V 

**Tiffany Forever Platinum/Gold 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 4.5, 6 mm. $950 $1150/$760 $1390/$980 $1850/$1200 $2200 $2900/$2100

Tiffany Together Milgrain Platinum 3&4 mm, 4&6 mm.  $1500 $2100 $2850 
  Together Milgrain Band Ring in Platinum and Yellow Gold 4mm $1950 
  Together Milgrain Band Ring in Platinum and Rose Gold 3.5mm $1400 

Charles Tiffany Setting Satin Finish Platinum 3 mm $1500 

Elsa Peretti wedding band ring platinum no engraving $1150V
Elsa Peretti Stacking Band Ring Platinum no personalize $1200 

Birthstone 誕生石 GIA Japan UK IGS birth stone birthday jewel 

March Aquamarine (海藍寶石) Tiffany 
April Diamond (鑽石) 
October Opal (蛋白石) 
November Topaz (黃玉) blue topaz, Citrine (黃水晶/石英) 

Star Sign	Month	Colour	Gemstone	Alternative
Capricorn	January	Dark Red	Garnet
Aquarius	February	Purple	Amethyst
Pisces	March	Pale Blue	Aquamarine	Bloodstone
Aries	April	White	Diamond	Rock Crystal
Taurus	May	Green	Emerald	Chrysoprase
Gemini	June	Cream	Pearl	Moonstone
Cancer	July	Red	Ruby	Cornelian
Leo	August	Pale Green	Peridot	Sardonyx
Virgo	September	Deep Blue	Sapphire	Lapis Lazuli
Libra	October	Variegated	Opal
Scorpio	November	Yellow	Topaz	Citrine
Sagittarius	December	Sky Blue	Tanzanite	Turquoise

Giga Press

Idra Group 

力勁 
力勁集團創辦人劉相尚：擦亮「香港製造」品牌的貢獻者 Hong Kong L.K. Technology 
特斯拉，助力中國電動汽車彎道超車的「攪局者」 

Tesla Giga Press high-pressure die casting gigacasting 
Japan's auto parts maker Ryobi to 'gigacast' EV body components 
3分鐘做完三分之一底盤！豐田罕見秀電動車產線，「大象翻身」怎麼突破？ 

Pacific Gas and Electric

Baseline Territory: X.
Electric Summer June - September.  Winter October - May
Gas Summer April - October.  Winter Off-Peak October, February, March.  Winter Peak December, January.  
Baseline Electric:  9.8 S, 9.7 W kwh/day 
Baseline Gas: 0.49, 1.48, 2.0 therms/day 

Rotating Outage Block: 50 

Tariffs, 2023 

Home Charging EV2-A 12am-3pm-4pm-9pm-12am
summer 27.8c-48c-59c 
winter 27.8c-45c-46c 

Time-of-Use 4-9pm E-TOU-C $1,000 
Tiered Rate Plan E-1 $1,025 
Home Charging EV2-A $1,090 
Time-of-Use 5-8pm Weekdays E-TOU-D $1,130 
Electric Home (E-ELEC) $1,180 

Hyundai Ioniq 28 kWh/100mi * $0.27818/kWh = $7.78904/100mi * 52mpg = $4.05/gallon 

Full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (MILC)

Mirrorless camera, Full-frame DSLR digital single-lens mirrorless DSLM cameras
  Full Frame:
2013 Sony E-mount 
2014 Leica L-Mount 
2018 Nikon Z-mount 
2018 Canon RF lens mount 
2018 L-Mount Alliance Sigma Panasonic

dpreview full-frame rangefinder-style mirrorless, comparison 

Panasonic Lumix DC-S9 
Sony Alpha 7C 
Sigma fp: list of L-mount mirrorless full-frame fast lenses: 14mm f/1.8, 23mm f/1.4, 14-24mm f/2.8, 135mm f/1.8, 28-70mm f/2.8 

Androgenetic Alopecia

Male Pattern hair loss 

Nizoral ketoconazole control hair loss associated with dandruff.† †when used 2 to 3 times per week for 6 months 

Minoxidil Rogaine 

German language songs

Missed the ’80s' Nena, and ‘99 Luftballons,’ Alights Live in America Germany Austria 

27 Famous German Songs 

Atomic Blonde 

Nena: 99 Luftballons 

Falco Austrian: Rock Me Amadeus, Der Kommissar 

Trio: Da Da Da 

Achim Reichel: Aloha Heja He 

Rammstein: Du hast 

Azimuthal equidistant projection maps

Equal-area projection: Boggs eumorphic projection, Equal Earth projection, Mollweide projection 

Azimuthal equidistant projection map 方位等距離投影地圖 by amateur radio, Flag of the United Nations

flat earth - equidistant - equal distance cartography topography 

Request an azimuthal map Taoyuan Airport Taipei TPE - SFO Big Great Circle 

TPE Generated using: 25.076389,121.223889, 13000 km, Lat/Long grid, No header or footer, label countries, NA states, cities, Blue background

SFO: 37.618889,-122.375, 15000 km

Etiquette

Etiquette 禮儀

Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition 

Judith Martin Miss Manners 

Thomas Farley (manners expert), Mister Manners 

Nail Clipper

The Best Nail Clippers 

Green Bell 匠の技 Takumi no Waza 

悠遊卡

新一代「超級悠遊卡」開箱實測：功能不夠超級，技術也沒有很突破 nxp desfire mifare apple pay 

系統規格談不攏，Apple Pay 綁悠遊卡「嗶」進北捷遙遙無期 

EasyCard SuperCard