From (1) street food to (2) temples to (3) a waiting spot for Uber Eat drivers to (4) elevated (thus protected) electronic infrastructure. Old town life in a rapidly changing place.
#streetphotography, based on our first Silicon Urbanism walkshop in Hsinchu, #Taiwan. A TW-GER happen…
Kleine #Freiberufler-Meldung: Ich bin endlich auch dazugekommen, mir elektronische Rechnungen einzurichten (zu spät? ich weiß gar nicht ob es eine Frist gab oder gibt).
Die Wahl fiel auf das #Latex-#ZUGFeRD
Court orders Samsung to stop "spying" on Texans through its TVs
https://www.sammobile.com/2026/01/07/court-orders-samsung-to-stop-spying-on-texans-through-its-tvs/
Willkommen USA (und allen anderen & Co. etc.) in der veralteten Realität, sprich in der 20ern Technokratie:
»Renaissance einer politischen Bewegung:
Wenn Krisen Demokratie und Markt erschüttern, feiern Technokratie-Visionen ihr Comeback. Zwischen TechBros, Elon Musk und Silicon-Valley-Utopien zeigt sich - Die Sehnsucht nach Expertenherrschaft ist so aktuell wie gefährlich.«
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TSMC reports Q3 revenue up 30% YoY to ~$32.5B, beating estimates, driven by AI chip demand; TSMC's Taipei-listed shares have gained 34% so far this year (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tsmc-posts-q3-revenue-325…
Kleiner #Spaziergang am späten Nachmittag in #Eidinghausen / #badoeynhausen
Epic insights on the #semiconductor industry in #Taiwan. We’re on the second day of our workshop, with a heavy focus on walks.
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The industry came to the island in the freaking 1950s. Here’s a precious IBM machine, infamously transported by horse car 🐎 because trucks were to shaky…
Migrant workers in #Taiwan are mostly from Southeast Asia, the #semiconductor industry esp. pulls from the #Philippines. Entire neighborhoods cater to
Taboo in the clean room: workers in #semiconductor fabs, e.g. TSMC in #Taiwan, face high mental pressure. They cannot eat pizza – it’s too similar to the form of an IC waver. 😬
I will continue dropping these insights, here from clinical psychology. Unions are banned, btw., so better med…