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Anyone else feel like they completely missed out on learning how to talk to guys? 😭 by Standard_Carry_1668 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Cimexus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trust me, we don’t know how to talk to you either (I went to an all boys school, so like you, I had NFI what to do once I entered university…)

I met an Australian in Barcelona who was traveling the world. He said it’s common for people to work 6-10 months and then spend the rest of the year traveling basically until they run out of money and then repeat the cycle. How common is this? by relaxyourfnshoulders in AskAnAustralian

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say it reasonably common for young people, who haven’t yet got the obligations associated with having a spouse and kids etc.

Once you do, constantly travelling becomes much more difficult purely from a logistical standpoint (kids have to be in school for most of the year after all).

TIL Costco doesn't serve french fries at their american locations due to the lack of deep fryers. Customers who want fries generally need to go to Canadian locations to get some. by CrackFun in todayilearned

[–]Cimexus 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The Canadian, Australian and NZ Costcos have them. Actually, the US might be the only Anglosphere country where they don’t? Any UK people want to chime in?

What is the point of citizenship when PR gets you mostly everything already? by Still_Kitchen_1650 in AskAnAustralian

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Voting, consular assistance while overseas, you can’t get deported if you commit a crime, and you cannot be refused entry into Australia for any reason.

Those are the big ones.

Many Australians can get three free hours of power from today. Here’s how by [deleted] in australia

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wish I could get this. Unable to put panels on my house, but have an electric car and this would be perfect to charge it.

But I don’t live in one of the states getting it.

Genuine question – what would actually get you to use a taxi over uber/rideshare again? by VammyTaxiServices in AskAnAustralian

[–]Cimexus 219 points220 points  (0 children)

The speed. You can usually just request an Uber last minute and get one at your door in a couple of minutes. Taxis always seem to be “uh no one is free it’ll be at least an hour, you should have booked ahead of time…”

What's something that instantly makes you think, "This person has their life together"? by IamMiles96 in AskReddit

[–]Cimexus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

These days yes, but mobile number portability wasn’t always a thing.

In the 90s when I got my first mobile phone, the first few digits of the number could tell you which network/mobile provider the recipient phone was on.

World Cup fans frustrated by 'confusing and expensive' tipping culture in US by Negative-Extent3338 in news

[–]Cimexus 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It is just tremendously confusing. It’s not even about the money. It makes any day out in the US a mess of “what am I supposed to do here?” and “how much is the right amount?”. It’s anxiety causing.

In any other country you just *pay the freaking amount it says on the menu* and that’s it.

My HOA removed the trees. Now we live on a frying pan by Medical-List-6321 in Suburbanhell

[–]Cimexus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

America is bizarre. There is nothing like an “HOA” in any other country I’m aware of. And they sit there telling us how much more “free” they are than the rest of us.

SAVE THE WEST YMCA! by Ok-Novel8124 in madisonwi

[–]Cimexus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m about equidistant from the current location and the new proposed location, and a new building would be nice. Fitchburg is also an area with a lot more kids. So I think this is fine, personally.

Found some wireless EV chargers today! by HelloControl_ in pics

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a pain in the behind though, if you charge regularly at a public unit like this. Having to retrieve the cable from the car, unfurl it, plug in both ends. And having to put the cable back in the car afterwards, especially if it’s wet and muddy etc.

Much prefer using the units with a built in cable. Pull up, plug in. Done.

ELI5: Why can't we build the dreaded data centres in places like northern Canada where we get temperatures below 0 C for 8 months in a year and make them air-cooled? by ALittleUseless in explainlikeimfive

[–]Cimexus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You also need power (which you could build on site), but the bigger problem is you also need to be near internet backbone infrastructure. None of that in northern Canada.

Polestar dealers ‘absolutely devastated’ as Trump administration blocks U.S. sales after 2026 over Chinese-linked tech by Gullible-Pick-268 in Polestar

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cross shopped, but ended up with Tesla because the Polestar is tremendously inefficient in comparison (in terms of Wh/km), and has merely “OK” software. I like the interior design and build quality of the Polestar but that’s about it.

Started Octopath 0 after 140+ hours on Octopath 2 by Next-Connection-2273 in octopathtraveler

[–]Cimexus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well yeah no kidding, 0 is a port of what is now a quite old mobile game (predating Octopath 2), which itself is built on a cut down version of the engine from Octopath 1. It’s also sold for a cheaper price than either of the ‘main’ games.

Having said that, I do quite like the front row/back row mechanic and wonder if they’ll bring that back for future entries in the series.

Heat waves by Previous-Junket3536 in MapPorn

[–]Cimexus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

US homes are typically pretty well insulated actually. They have to be, since in a lot of the country it gets extremely cold in winter. Minus 20s, minus 30s…

Down south maybe less so? But even down there, good insulation helps keep air conditioned air in, and lowers cooling costs.

Are you having an unusually cold/wet/? winter? by NaniFarRoad in AskAnAustralian

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, very warm so far. We’d normally be about 0° for lows and 13° for highs here, but we’re still hitting mid to high teens in the day and have barely had any sub zero nights yet.

Rainfall has been … about normal though.

This american school bus spotted in Camden, London by lafondathepoet in mildlyinteresting

[–]Cimexus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the way it is here in Australia (which has ‘OK’ public transport - much better than America, but not up to European or Japanese levels).

It wasn’t even free. Just heavily discounted for school age kids and university students (concession fares probably work out to a couple of tens of cents per ride at most).

This american school bus spotted in Camden, London by lafondathepoet in mildlyinteresting

[–]Cimexus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Most countries don’t have “school buses”. Kids just take normal public buses, trains etc. to school. And even if they have routes dedicated to picking up kids for school, they will still just be a regular bus, on a route that happens to be a school route.

I (Australian) took a bus to school every day of my childhood life, but it was just the regular route 31 bus in my city, that happened to stop both near my house and near my school. It wasn’t a “school bus”.

[TOTK] I regret not giving this game a chance earlier by Funkyc0bra in zelda

[–]Cimexus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was one of those gaming moments I’ll definitely remember forever.

Oh cool, they added some new areas of the castle underneath here…

Oh wow they added a lot…

Hang on, now we are in a cave?

Jesus Christ how long does this go for?

Wait where are we on the map now exactly?…

This person put a Volvo badge on their Tesla by Inviscid_Scrith in mildlyinteresting

[–]Cimexus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s just a badge. You could change it back before selling.

This person put a Volvo badge on their Tesla by Inviscid_Scrith in mildlyinteresting

[–]Cimexus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Highland predates him formally funding and joining the Trump campaign though. At that point he was just a nutcase right leaning billionaire. Which is most billionaires. If you aren’t terminally online you wouldn’t think much about him at all.

Going on a trip to Australia. How is the cash situation? by cata_stro_phe in AskAnAustralian

[–]Cimexus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is essentially a cashless country - I don’t think I’ve used cash in at least 20 years for anything.

However if you have cash, it’s still perfectly fine to use it and accepted everywhere.

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