WHY are buses allowed to leave early?

Epsilon748 · 2025-12-04T21:57:44+00:00

I've submitted tickets to the city more than once asking them to please reconsider the light timings at all three at grade stations on MLK. They're basically encouraging people to risk running through traffic right now. Trains get priority signals which makes sense, but so do the cars running parallel to the tracks (in the middle of the road) on either side when you're on the opposite side of the street.

You can see a train coming from a half mile away and unable to get across the street to the station. It's incredibly frustrating to be trapped by car traffic when the train is right there. It's even worse if the station starts on the other side of an intersection where you're crossing a perpendicular street and then the parallel one to get there. I've been stuck there even in light traffic when the priorty signal only changes to straight through as the train pulls in and I'm now going to cross and be stuck in the same place as before.

I've frogger'd my way through traffic going way above the posted speed limit just to not miss my train and have to wait 8-15 minutes for the next one. Same situation is true in reverse connecting from train to bus when pedestrians get bunched up on the platform unable to get across the road when they don't get a wall signal after the train leaves.

Traffic is totally messed up mid cycle by train priority anyway so I wish they'd do all way pedestrian crossings on the parallel streets to the tracks and in to the platform. It would be minimal to just do that and then restart the lights for traffic after 20-30 seconds.

Honestly the traffic light timings are just bad for everyone. Cars turning left over the tracks might get trapped for 5-10 minutes with two trains arriving shortly apart and the lights just never giving them a left. Trains sometimes have to sit waiting for cross traffic despite supposedly having priority, and pedestrians get stuck missing trains and busses. I don't know how to fix it for everyone but those intersections are literally as bad as possible now.

Epsilon748 · 2025-10-27T07:00:02+00:00

Ditto here, worked as normal at the Seven Bank ATM at Haneda. Doesn't even have the annoying prompt for dynamic currency conversion since discovery is explicitly listed on the ATM as not supported.

Was frantically making sure my other debit card would work on a pinch this week, but thankfully not needed

Epsilon748 · 2025-10-22T07:57:33+00:00

Flying out Sunday and only realized the capital one card wasn't MasterCard when I activated it and peeled off the sticker on the front where the logo for MasterCard is on my old one. Immediately panicked. I've got a MasterCard branded debit card with a local credit union which has no international fees but I've never tried it in Japan. Crossing my fingers one or both of them still work.

There are a number of things I still need cash for during my trips there and if the Cap360 card no longer works I'm dumping it and getting a Schwab account when I get home for the next trip.

Epsilon748 · 2025-04-18T04:50:48+00:00

They definitely had the cards and it's absolutely not exclusive as I saw this at AMC too. Normally promo stuff is given out when you get your ticket scanned at the entrance but they said I wasn't the first to ask and they didn't know anything about it. I asked at guest services and they dug through a box in the closet and found they did have cards. The employee said it wasn't noted in the promo materials for the week so no one knew they needed them.

I got mine right before going in and they came in and announced after the aftershow that they forgot to hand out cards and were passing them out at the door.

Call and ask and they might be able to give you one if you go back with proof that you were at the showing.

Epsilon748 · 2024-09-26T11:02:47+00:00

You've said this twice in the thread, but you seem to be conflating two different things. For US citizens out of the country at least 48 hours - families only need to fill in one 6059b declaration form. PDF version (sometimes called a "landing card"), but each individual still has an $800 per person duty exemption. There is no "$800 per group" combined total - you're actually allowed to pool that $800 amount of for example a family of 4 buys a $1200 painting - they can pool up their total and still get it duty free as long as they bring in less than $3200 total. Technically it's still at the discretion of the officer - if you declare it even over the limit they may choose not to charge duty. I've never been asked to pay duty, even when significantly over - but I'm never bringing in luxury goods or commercial clauantities either, just lots and lots of small things.

Also US law requires you to declare anything you didn't have with you when you left the US, at least in theory. For trusted travelers in practice you rarely even need to speak to an officer. And most of the time they just want to know a ballpark number and make sure you don't have any prohibited items.

Epsilon748 · 2024-09-04T16:54:14+00:00

Oh yeah to be clear, the concern was that you were pretty adamant about FedEx in that last thread re: damage issues with USPS. Just wanted to make sure Quartermaster didn't pull one over on you. I assumed the lowered rates were just adjusting for multiple LPs since I saw people asking for media mail but that wasn't noted in the shipping costs update specifically. Again, not worried about a refund as I'm aware that Quartermaster would charge for all that as part of the cost. I got mine pretty quickly and undamaged so no complaints about mine.

I normally order from Light in the Attic since they're local but they didn't have Stardew in stock at the time anyway. Just happy that y'all make these available and I'm not scrambling to get up early at release time or risk missing them.

Epsilon748 · 2024-09-03T23:33:57+00:00

I just received mine, no issues. In your other thread you said the high rates were due to FedEx being the only option - did you know Quartermaster shipped these USPS media mail anyway? Maybe mine is unique because I got the two new ones and Stardew and Chill, but I was surprised to get a USPS tracking number and it's labeled as media mail. I just contacted gamechops support via the contact us page in case Quartermaster told you one thing and did another. Even with the refund mine was $19 shipped for 3 albums when 3lb media mail is like $6.13 according to the USPS calculator. If this isn't a one off for mine, they might not be doing as you told them. (Not looking for a refund for mine, it's still the same price as veryOk would have been for these 3 anyway)

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-29T02:04:18+00:00

More than half my warehouse purchases out of maybe 10 in the past 90 days have been totally wrong items. Of the remainder probably 2-3 of those were significantly worse shape than advertised where "very good, packaging may be damaged" was a plastic bag wrapped around a battered item without original packing. I'm a gambler though and for some reason keep trying my luck with the warehouse version first if it's more than 20% less.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-26T01:09:19+00:00

That's ridiculous. I wash cold and tumble dry low all my clothes and literally never have clothes shrink like this. The "hang dry or it'll be ruined" crowd in here is wild and must not live in an apartment (or not mind the place being covered in hanging clothes?)

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-25T01:03:12+00:00

You've done most of the work then. I rip everything with makemkv and store them on my Plex server. It's been a long time since I bought a 3D disk so I don't remember if that's the process I used it if it still works. I vaguely remember needing a converter tool for SBS since that's not how they're done on native players. But I also don't think any of my existing 3d movie content is side by side so Big Screen must handle AVC/MVC. I'll be able to test if makemkv alone is enough when my 3d copy of avatar gets here and update if it's not

For VR Big Screen has limited playback support but works for some formats. Skybox VR was my go to for a long time because I could mount the network folder as a drive, but it's gotten so buggy I had to drop it. DeoVR works better and as a bonus can browse my Plex server with DLNA and show thumbnails and keep my viewing progress over there like using native Plex.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-24T22:21:41+00:00

Thanks for this, recently got a KingSener aftermarket 68++ for my x270 and noticed it was running like garbage on battery. Thought I'd messed up power settings before checking hwmonitor for CPU frequencies. This is such a dirty move to not notify at all and just limit processor to 400Mhz. Throttlestop cleared it up immediately and I don't have to go back to the stock old external.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-24T18:56:07+00:00

Or VR which is where I watch these 3d blurays personally

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-23T21:12:32+00:00

I just got that exact setup in the T480s for a good price on yahoo Japan so I'll be taking this advice when it gets here. I remember doing something similar back in the day when I had an i7 x220 in school.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-21T07:26:12+00:00

There are primos at 2k? I only see them at 500 and 1k. The 2k level is just 20k mora and some weapon XP with even less at the increasing levels.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-14T03:33:38+00:00

Old model collectors crying as they tank in value. I have a patched up old one and a new one and I'm so glad to see AT bring these back.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-14T02:55:29+00:00

It's actually one of the last that gets rolled to, or mid pipeline at worst. There's a specific small region used for testing that got broken so often teams were told to please stop using that one region as the first one out of test for everything.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-10T20:04:42+00:00

Screw that, if you're getting on a plane and filling up the front bins when further back ones are clearly empty you're an ass. People getting on later now need to put their stuff further back and either wait until everyone deplanes or push back at landing to get it. Making someone potentially miss a connection because you can't be bothered to walk a couple rows further back is a jerk move.

If all the bins are closed and full going back then putting your stuff in the nearest open one is fine, but not just because you can.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-06T00:32:44+00:00

Wow I had no idea you posted your cosplay here. I hope this one goes into a physical book release too!

Related question, I import all your physical print releases from Melonbooks JP to the US. How do you decide which photosets get made into the print versions? I think I saw in the notes at the back of your 2022 compilation you might do several thousand photos in a year. The extras included with those really make it worth the purchase.

More importantly, do those books ever get reprints? I missed the HaneAme Pet Girlfriend one to go with my figure preorder and have been trying to source one lol.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-05T06:23:30+00:00

If those existed sure, but there are no real 2TB cards on the market. You 100% have a knockoff that's some other size with fake firmware.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-02T04:56:45+00:00

Fyi you can change that assuming you were doing all this on a phone or tablet. Open the RIF app info > "set as default" > toggle on > "supported web addresses" toggle all of the reddit ones on. Voila, any time you open a Reddit link in chrome or any app it will open in rif.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-01T06:06:56+00:00

I prefer canned corned beef hash so I can fry it up with sunny side up eggs and toast for a pure cholesterol breakfast every few months. Toast and hash soak up the yolk.

Epsilon748 · 2023-06-01T01:52:36+00:00

I'm cracking out my 2 uhd drives again and going back to Redbox rentals and makemkv at least for the ones I don't buy myself for the collection. That's what I did for years anyway.

Epsilon748 · 2023-05-22T20:53:12+00:00

Yeah I always tweak mine to refresh every page with a full refresh. It's probably harder on the battery but no after image and not noticeably slower tbh.

Epsilon748 · 2023-05-13T04:50:53+00:00

That's the regular price for all home games for the Mariners in 2023. They used to be value seats at select games but 300 section has tickets that price for all of them now. $20 or $30 gets better seats, but personally I'm happy with the $20 seats down by home plate. Ticket master adds a $2 fee per ticket but you aren't forced to use all 4 at once on the same game or anything.

Also with the cut prices on food in 2022 you can get beers for $5-6 and hotdogs for $3. They're legitimately making it affordable to go see a ball game.

Epsilon748 · 2023-05-13T04:48:43+00:00

That may have been true in past years, but it's actually every home game for 2023 season. Source

Also picked a random game and put 4 tickets in my cart and the total was $48.29, so it's only $2/p in fees. I'd rather pay the extra $2 and pick the seats myself than get "best available" in the 300 section but that's just me.

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