From December 14 to December 21, 2020, the weekly floating oil price updates and latest retail price announcements for gasoline and diesel by CPC Corporation, Taiwan (Chinese Petroleum Corporation, also known as CPC or Taiwan CPC) and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC).
The government shutting down CTI TV Channel 52 is a topic rarely seen in any democracy in the world. I started paying attention to the changes in their live-stream data on YouTube quite early. Well, back when a magazine leaked the Presidential Office's script, I already believed they would definitely be forced off cable TV.
The government's NT$3,000 stimulus voucher (also called the Triple Stimulus Voucher—you pay NT$1,000 and the government gives NT$2,000) issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is about to expire. Those who bound it to the LINE electronic payment may want to know how to check the spending amount they have accumulated so far.
The world's largest online photo album service Flickr's annual photography contest has begun. From now until January 4, 2021, as long as you upload your best photo or your most failed photo to the Flickr contest group, you have a chance to win a one-year free subscription to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan!
December 11, 2020 (ROC year 109), a daily real-time online roundup of trending global news topics. The section collects the headline events and brief summaries of the most important key news from around the world that deserve your attention in recent days, revealing the trajectory of social trends through the flow of quickly listed news events.
Japan's Mos Burger has launched a limited-time new product in collaboration with DASSAI, the brand under renowned sake brewer Asahi Shuzo: a limited-quantity, zero-alcohol Dassai milkshake that has driven many food lovers who still can't travel to Japan into a frenzy.
On December 4, 2020 (ROC year 109), the Food and Drug Administration of Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare issued a Class 2 drug recall notice for 'SYMITEC F.C. TABLETS 10MG,' a rhinitis and allergy medication sold by S.D. Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. The manufacturer voluntarily reported that during the 24-month stability testing of the batch in aluminum foil packaging, related degradation substances exceeded the originally approved specifications, and the product was voluntarily recalled after evaluation.
The Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of China issued a "Class II Recall" drug recall announcement on December 4, 2020, regarding the cough and asthma medication "Asthlax Tablets 'H.S.'" sold by "Hwa Hsing Chemical Pharmaceutical Works Co., Ltd." Following the manufacturer's proactive report that the tablets of the batch in question had spots on their appearance, the drug was proactively requested for recall after evaluation.
In macro photography, the biggest pain points are long lenses blocking light and insufficient light intake at extremely small apertures. This article reviews three major lighting systems—twin flash (Nikon R1C1, Canon MT-26EX), ring flash, and Manfrotto bracket setups—and analyzes the best fill-light solutions for dental clinical work and insect ecology photography.
While editing photos in Capture One, I used the "Load Metadata" function and received a warning message: "Metadata conflicts were found in the image variant. Do you want to replace the metadata you set in Capture One with the reloaded metadata, or keep the Capture One values?" Setting aside the somewhat awkward Chinese translation, this Capture One software...
