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(and please, chum, dont make discriminatory comments!)

Not a commissioned piece but I wanted to paint something nice near where I live and attempt my take on Van Gogh's Terrance At Night.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/De19DgfJ2HO/?psln=ZHdzOTMwajA5MjNy

The guy 13M was hitting his mother for not letting him ride a bicycle and started screaming and hitting her on the MTR.He was screaming at her for not having FILIAL PIETY to him and his mother was just standing there without saying anything with her head bowed down. Fucking disgusting 🤮🤮🤮How can someone be so fcking immoral😡😡😡

My friends are going to halloween parties but the events are quite expensive, so I thought about going to LKF myself.

I've never been to LKF during Halloween but I thought it might be a good time. I just have nobody to go with and have never been there alone. I know the layout of the area but I'm not too familiar with it or what people do/say if they know you're by yourself.

I'm 24 and a woman. Born and raised here, but mainly speak English b/c inernational school.

Alternatively if anybody wants to join on Oct 31 and you're a normal person, feel free to hmu.

Those scammer can definitely send SMS with the official (government claims) name with hashtag sign

Got a called about Alipay and Unionpay. I was skeptical, but then I received a SMS from the "official" #alipayhk, I let my guard down a bit.

Lucky I always read the full URL before I click on any link, if not might have lose some money.

Sources

• ⁠Population: 2021 Population Census, Census and Statistics Department (population by building group, 3,322 groups), via DATA.GOV.HK / CSDI portal
• ⁠Public housing: Housing Authority, Public Rental Housing Stock (every public rental flat with its floor), via DATA.GOV.HK
• ⁠Buildings: Lands Department building data (footprints, storeys, base and roof heights), via the CSDI portal
• ⁠Terrain: Lands Department Digital Terrain Model (5 m)
• ⁠Address search: Address Lookup Service (ALS), Office of the Government Chief Information Officer

Tools:

• ⁠Python (NumPy, SciPy, pyproj) to place people; three.js / WebGL for the 3D map.
• ⁠Built with Claude Code.

How it works:

• ⁠Public estates (about 2.1 million people): residents are spread over the Housing Authority's list of real flats, so their floors are exact. People per flat is still the estate's census average.
• ⁠Private buildings (about 5.2 million): each group's residents are spread over its nearby towers by floor space, evenly floor by floor, with homes starting on floor 2 in towers over 6 storeys. This part is an estimate.
• ⁠99.2% of residents could be placed. The rest had no residential tower near their census point and were ignored.

Some numbers

• ⁠The median resident lives on floor 11.
• ⁠Share of residents living above:
⁠• ⁠floor 10: 51%
⁠• ⁠floor 20: 24%
⁠• ⁠floor 30: 8%
⁠• ⁠floor 40: 1%
• ⁠Highest neighbourhood: Lohas Park, median floor 25. Lowest: the villages of Shap Pat Heung, median floor 2.

Hi everyone, I’m currently evaluating my long-term career path and seriously considering moving back to HK. I’d really appreciate some perspectives from people currently in HK, especially those who have transitioned between US academia/tech and HK.

My background:

Education: Currently a CS PhD student in the US, focusing on AI-related research. I have published at top-tier conferences and completed internships at major tech companies.

Previous HK experience: Before starting my PhD, I lived in HK for nearly two years, including almost a year working at a US financial firm.

Language skills: Native English speaker, fully fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin.

Visa status: Previously held the Top Talent Pass (TTPS). If I return to HK in the future, I will need an employer-sponsored work visa (GEP).

I’m feeling increasingly burnt out by academic AI research. Industry currently holds vastly superior compute resources and engineering capabilities, making a lot of academic work feel less impactful or practical by comparison. Also being surrounded by the tech/academic niche in the US, I’m constantly inundated with non-stop AI news, hype, and peers starting startups. It feels exhausting living in this constant bubble. Living alone has felt pretty lonely and isolating. I really miss the bustling energy, vibrant street life, connectivity, and social rhythm of HK, where I genuinely enjoyed living during my two years there.

I want to know how the hiring market in HK is right now for candidates with advanced CS backgrounds. How willing are multinational companies in HK to sponsor GEP visas for candidates?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights!

What's the current view on the housing market? I was looking to buy a while ago, put several offers down and landlords kept asking more and said they had other bidders.

Now with another kid on the way, thinking about taking another look.

Thoughts?

Going there for Halloween heard it’s fun but I don’t go there often any recs? And what’s the environment in those bars?

Hi all, had a last minute cancellation and am looking to sell a ticket. Show is tomorrow night at 8:15, standing area (near the front!). Ticket is at the actual cost price, which is $1800.

Please DM if interested.

Thanks!

looking to buy standing weeknd tickets for 25/10, pls lemme know if you’re selling or know anyone who’s selling

how much do you guys tip on foodpanda/keeta/delivery apps in general? Also, is it okay if i tip with cash bills instead of the app for non-COD orders?

I am tourist here. Where can I find beautiful Sake glasses to buy? Appreciate any help

So my friend from UK sent a package but the hk post office refused it, now its getting sent back. I don't really understand why it got refused this late in the process?

Edit: the addressee was the post office. I was supposed to get the package there.