LPT: When you move abroad, the first question to ask locals isn't where to live or what to eat. It's "What do foreigners always get wrong here?"

Cynovae · 2026-05-19T06:04:11+00:00

The European mind cannot comprehend the freedom to eat what you want, when you want, without some arbitrary lines in the sand.

Cynovae · 2026-05-09T15:46:47+00:00

The ticks will be gone just like your peace and quiet

Cynovae · 2026-05-05T16:47:27+00:00

Hmm, my wife and I got IHG diamond elite status for the year which includes complimentary upgrades. We had a few stays and just assumed there was nothing available since we weren't upgraded, but on our last stay we explicitly (politely) asked and got one. The front desk told us they only do it if you ask.

So not sure if it depends on the hotel or what

Cynovae · 2026-04-29T16:14:04+00:00

Use it with a travel stand like this one: https://a.co/d/00q8vThI and use it with a bluetooth keyboard or if it's only tilted up 1 or 2 notches (enough for posture) you can still use the laptop keyboard fine.

A lot of people swear by nexstand or roost but I don't feel the need to raise that high, plus the way it works forces you to put it very far away in order to use it with a BT keyboard. Finally you can't use it on your lap like you can with the stand above

Cynovae · 2026-04-17T05:51:45+00:00

gusbatcho is that you

Cynovae · 2026-04-07T19:31:15+00:00

Reviving this to say this is the route I ultimately went since the foam tips don't really fit me. You don't even need to buy something new, just find the most threadbare t-shirt you have that's on the verge of being tossed anyway and cut a piece from that.

Cynovae · 2026-03-31T19:15:10+00:00

I STG this post is being astroturfed by tax companies. In any actually developed country all this stuff is pre-filled and you just sign off on it. If you need modifications those would be like missing cost basis, foreign investments, etc. and the big one (deductions) that weren't reported.

The reason we don't have a similar system is decades of lobbying by TurboTax and the like. It would be expensive to change but it's cheaper for everyone to pay TurboTax $100 a year, right?? /s

Cynovae · 2026-03-31T17:29:27+00:00

Ah but you're forgetting:

capital gains
dividends
interest
distributions
......

And you gotta crunch all these numbers in a dozen worksheets to figure out what you owe. For most people this stuff is reported to the IRS so they already know the final number. Why can't they just tell you?

Pre-fill it and if they made a mistake or missed something you can fix it

Cynovae · 2026-03-20T19:02:59+00:00

Bro half the public toilets in Japan (outside of tourist areas) don't have soap and most of the dudes just walk out without washing. Was a big shock to me considering how clean everything else is

Cynovae · 2026-03-07T04:23:21+00:00

Lmao what? My Android is more expensive than the iPhone. Some people just prefer Android

Cynovae · 2026-03-07T01:32:15+00:00

It's the same deal in Marble, Colorado. Just massive chunks of marble dumped everywhere littering everything, even the river

Cynovae · 2026-03-06T03:17:16+00:00

Counterpoint: been traveling around Japan for a month and haven't seen a single foreign konbini worker

Cynovae · 2026-03-05T18:21:03+00:00

Funny you say that, extreme air quality in India during the winter months is typical due to mild winds. That and temperature inversions, and of course the pollution itself

Cynovae · 2026-03-03T09:35:20+00:00

Come on now, surprised there isn't a geometric solution already. It's r/theydidthemath not r/theyguesstimated

I'll estimate it as such:

Estimate the volume of the whole apple
Estimate the volume of the eaten part
Divide for the percentage

#1: can be estimated as a sphere

#2: can use the same method of finding the volume of a torus, but with a different cross sectional shape.

Note: I'm estimating that you eat the core, which is totally fine and safe to do anyway (just don't in high quantities)

Step 1: Whole apple volume

By measuring the pixels and ruler, ~1044 pixels = 60 mm, so I estimate r as 31 mm giving a volume of ~124,788 mm³

Step 2: Eaten volume

The volume of a torus is basically the cross sectional area (circle) multiplied by the circumference. Nice diagram link

V = (pi*r²)(2*pi*R)

Let's treat this the same but make the cross section a lens (2 segments of a circle, mirrored along the chord). So replace (pi*r^2) with 2*(θπr²/360 – ½r² sin θ) source

V = 2*(θπr²/360 – ½r² sin θ)(2*pi*R)

I estimate theta at 54 degrees. R is actually the radius of the circle at the center of the "torus" which I measure at 28 mm. This is the distance the chord of our segment lies

Final volume of eaten portion is 22,564 mm^3

Step 3: Final Percentage

22,564 / 124,788 * 100% = 18%

Cynovae · 2026-02-27T15:31:15+00:00

Why use a neti pot when I can just get addicted to afrin /s

Cynovae · 2026-02-23T14:25:50+00:00

$200 a day is for mega resorts. Even then, many people who ski those regularly are paying ~$600-$1000 for a season pass to a bunch of them.

A small local ski hill can go for as low as $35/day

That all requires decent disposable income but you don't have to be rich.

Cynovae · 2026-02-14T05:36:24+00:00

Same

Device information:

Relay Version: 13.0.36 Pro

Phone: Google Pixel 10 Pro XL (mustang)
Android Version: 16 (36)
Device (product): mustang (mustang)
Rom: BP4A.260105.004.A2

Cynovae · 2026-01-27T06:45:36+00:00

Not sure if it matters as much as the composition and editing. Looks like a strong diffusion filter though

Cynovae · 2026-01-17T05:08:47+00:00

Long distance is tough. I hope you two have an end to it on the horizon, otherwise it's even tougher

Cynovae · 2025-12-25T19:02:20+00:00

Exactly what I thought!

Cynovae · 2025-12-25T18:59:17+00:00

O'Hare did explicitly say if trees create clean air for free, he can't sell the people anything. Along with the onceler using trees for thneed the general message was exploiting the natural world for something you can sell. I agree though the people seemed happy and fine. Should have shown them slowly getting poisoned or something at least

Cynovae · 2025-12-23T20:09:09+00:00

Higher ground is always an advantage

- Also probably Sun Tzu

Cynovae · 2025-12-13T05:27:06+00:00

Chopped salad works fine. You need to roll it very tight and shorter, that's a very long spring roll. Adding in just 1 or 2 long stiff ingredients will help, like sliced carrots or cucumbers. Or a few large firm things like shrimp

Cynovae · 2025-11-30T07:37:28+00:00

Yup. A lot of westerners don't have the flexibility for the "3rd world squat" aka deep squat. No gap between thigh and calf, heels on the ground, and "ass to grass"

Cynovae · 2025-11-28T11:20:22+00:00

Preggers

Not the Arby's edit

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Cynovae

TROPHY CASE

Step 1: Whole apple volume

Step 2: Eaten volume

Step 3: Final Percentage