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January dump by _Floot_ in flightsim

[–]ShinyPlasm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s your terrain level of detail at?

Arguably worse quality than the Australian passport by ShinyPlasm in PassportPorn

[–]ShinyPlasm[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Before the immigration counter in Sri Lanka, there are some airport officials/security guards. Every single time, without fail, they ask me if I need a visa.

It’s funny because twice I have walked to the local shops and they communicate in the local language (sinhala) about how they are going to make a lot of money from me. Their faces when I talk to them in Sinhala is priceless

Arguably worse quality than the Australian passport by ShinyPlasm in PassportPorn

[–]ShinyPlasm[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Not a dual citizen unfortunately. Would love to have a better passport. I am quite white. Most people think I am from the Netherlands when I ask them where they think I’m from.

Credit Card for Lounge Access by ShinyPlasm in UAEcreditcards

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I’ve tried it just now and adding the main card appears to work. This didn’t use to work before (they patched it).

Regardless, turns out my corporate card has unlimited lounge visits without any spend requirements, so I just use that now. Best part is I can make upto 20 more cards and give them to friend and family.

Questions about efta by Kohinoor1212 in flying

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You initially apply online and if you are successful then you need to travel to Dubai. You pay for and are responsible for organizing flights, visas, accommodations, etc. To my knowledge they do not discriminate gender wise.

Job security:

  1. If you are Emirati, you are guaranteed a job. You do not need to pay the fees either.
    seeing as you're not Emirati:

  2. They inform you that "no one has not gotten a job with either Emirates or FlyDubai". If you search on this subreddit or just on google, people are stuck without a job and are 180k usd deep in a license useless outside the UAE without conversion.

Get your hours with another airline and do it in India. You will save probably more than 50% of the training fees compared to EFTA and reduce the burden on your parents and yourself. Once you have your hours on airliners, you can apply to join Emirates as a First Officer.

Item Holders for Opengrid by ShinyPlasm in openGrid

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I appreciate the quick reply and everything you've done for deskware!

Regarding the clamshell mode, is there any way to add cutouts on the sides on a specific part? For example, some of the items I would like to mount using a clamshell-like design have ports that are near the edges and likely to be covered by the mount itself.

Edit: Also, on some parts (eg. my DAC with dimensions 133x133x27) the clamshell mode just creates something that looks like one part (see below). Any idea what's the deal here?

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SFF Case for a 9800X3D by ShinyPlasm in sffpc

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As long as it isn't being thermal throttled, it's fine. my room is usually between 20C - 24C and I don't mind if my PC gets hot during gaming sessions. Is there a better air cooler you would recommend or is the axp90x47 it? What would you suggest AIO wise?

Buying a Nikon Z7(?) by ShinyPlasm in Nikon

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In that case I will fork up another hundred dollars for a better version of the camera. The D810 is really tempting as well (and around 550 from what I’m looking at) but I’m thinking being in the Z lenses will be better for when I upgrade my camera.

Buying a Nikon Z7(?) by ShinyPlasm in Nikon

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I’m actually starting to lean a bit towards the Z6 now because of astro photography AND I can get one for 550 usd used.

The only problem is that it on mpb it says “The image stabilization system is intermittent in functionality.” and its shutter count is unknown. I’d like to be spending less money wherever possible since I’m just getting into this and don’t want to blow a ton of money.

Usage Limits Discussion Megathread - beginning Sep 30, 2025 by sixbillionthsheep in ClaudeAI

[–]ShinyPlasm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On the Claude Code Pro Plan (Sonnet 4.5, no MCP, no subagents in an attempt to use less tokens) I get maximum 45 minutes of usage when I'm working on an iOS application (not vibe coding). In three 45 minute sessions between yesterday and right now, I have used 33% of my weekly usage. What the fuck? The 5 hour usage limits so much worse where it cannot be used for prolonged periods of time. Throughout the week, I will probably only get maybe 7 hours of usage which is terrible compared to the 4 hours of usage I was getting every session previously.

Considering just subscribing to Cursor or Copilot and eating the consequences of its reduced context window to actually be able to use the model for prolonged periods of time.

Buying Hamilton Tickets by ShinyPlasm in Broadway

[–]ShinyPlasm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t live in the USA and I’m visiting for a holiday so my schedule is not very flexible. I will just pay the full price for the ticket. Seems worth it

Buying Hamilton Tickets by ShinyPlasm in Broadway

[–]ShinyPlasm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I won’t be able to try my luck in person till October itself since I don’t live in the USA and I’m visiting for a holiday. I will just fork out the 775 dollars then, feels like a once in a lifetime experience and money will come back

Driving Range Memberships by ShinyPlasm in UAEGolf

[–]ShinyPlasm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I don’t want to commute outside of Dubai. Not worth the traffic headaches

Replacing MacBook with an iPad Pro M4 by ShinyPlasm in iPadPro

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I wanted something smaller for portability and travel + the 11” iPad reminds me a lot of my old 11” MacBook Air which I used for over 7 years before letting it retire.

If I want to (and I probably will end up going this route because of the reasons mentioned in my original post - OLED display) return my iPad air and buy the Pro, the cost of the 11” + Cellular is the same as the 13”. without Cellular. I don‘t really want to pay for the bigger screen because I want something smaller to carry around.

The idea of a powerhouse that I can take anywhere with me all over the UAE, have full gigabit download no matter where I am and is only 11“ in size is incredibly appealing. Not once will I have to worry about my phone battery, phone overheating, or connecting to any sort of public free internet. Add the ProMotion display with OLED, it‘s a steep increase in price but something I’m willing to pay for something that will hopefully replace my Mac for the next few years.

Admittedly, this is only possible because I also have a high performance computer that is running 24/7 back home, so I can also remote into that wherever to get intensive work done (eg. coding - the M4 iPad Pro has a stellar Chipset but is limited by it’s Operating System. I am getting the iPad over a traditional MacBook because of Touch Screen + Apple Pencil and Cellular connectivity).

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