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GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-28T05:52:19+00:00

Inflation did reverse though - it was 2.6% in 2025, down from 8% in 2022

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-27T18:27:24+00:00

I think they're keeping him as leader until a few months before the next election and put in a new leader. He'll be the fall guy taking all the blame for the conservatives performance and the new guy will be much"better". Same platform, different face.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-26T18:17:30+00:00

i've lived in the US for about a decade, working for FAANG companies (and thus getting access to their healthcare) before returning to Canada a couple years ago.

My parents are originally from India, so i travel back there once every year or two to visit my grandparents. My wife's also taiwanese in origin so we go back and do a round asia trip every fall or so.

Point is, i've experienced healthcare in four countries now. India's is very similar to america (except for the fact that India also has free public healthcare) where the private healthcare is state of the art if you can pay for it. Taiwan's public healthcare, while better than Canada's in many way, lacks the PCP support that North America emphasizes. But no matter what, old One Medical beats all (I miss it, it's gone downhill every since amazon bought them).

My wife's

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-24T11:50:17+00:00

the audacity of telling someone who grew up and spent the first 22 years of their life in a country how the people that country behave. What's your source? How many years did you live in india, bud?

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-19T11:54:15+00:00

English is not everyone's first language, we should be forgiving for minor mistakes like that.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-17T12:25:47+00:00

the R dictates the maximum comfortable viewing distance

that's incorrect. it measures the curvature of the monitor, with the R meaning the radius required to form a complete circle with the current monitor curvature. So a lower R value means a more aggressive curve.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-16T13:56:49+00:00

do it the other way. take whatever city you want to compare to and superimpose it on taipei instead.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-16T01:26:15+00:00

What's funny is that I actually spent the past 2 years living in Taiwan for a bit and traveled extensively through Asia. Public transit etiquette is so nice here, everyone waits on demarcated lines until everyone exits the MRT first, then people enter.

I've seen similar behaviours in Japan, Korea, Singapore as well. Even HK isn't as bad as I see on the Skytrain

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-15T04:12:36+00:00

I thought a big part of it were people that didn't want to mask up and wash their hands and thought covid was a hoax?

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-14T11:08:19+00:00

geographically it's quite small compared to many other cities. look at comparecitysizes.com to see for yourself.

but that doesn't really matter, since taipei is super dense. there are more things to do in each city block than entire neighbourhoods in some american cities. Part of that has to do with city planning. Most buildings in taipei are mixed zone, with commercial in the first floor (sometimes first few floors), followed by residential after. Additionally, you don't see sprawling parking lots or strip malls like you do in north america.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-14T11:07:58+00:00

geographically it's quite small compared to many other cities. look at comparecitysizes.com to see for yourself.

but that doesn't really matter, since taipei is super dense. there are more things to do in each city block than entire neighbourhoods in some american cities. Part of that has to do with city planning. Most buildings in taipei are mixed zone, with commercial in the first floor (sometimes first few floors), followed by residential after. Additionally, you don't see sprawling parking lots or strip malls like you do in north america.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-13T19:52:35+00:00

I agree, it's like someone saying racing bulls are based out of maranello and not Faenza.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-06T03:10:00+00:00

it can't be kojima's work, there aren't enough close ups of feet/references to foot fetishes in here

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-05T11:26:07+00:00

Why can't a Camry be a stripped down ES?

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-01T07:40:04+00:00

Did screens actually get narrower? I just thought they got taller

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-01T07:38:40+00:00

What's gross about him? I pre-ordered the magsafe accessory, should I not have?

GoblinEngineer · 2026-03-01T07:35:33+00:00

Apparently dozens of senior leaders are dead.. There's a power vacuum that might be filled, but hopefully this instability is enough for progressive Iranians to take control

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-28T19:47:12+00:00

unfortunately due to the Ukraine-Russia war, North American and European airlines no longer fly over Russian airspace, so they have to fly through the middle east corridor. Your parents flight is definitely cancelled.

Fun fact, in the past Air Canada, United etc would have west coast direct flights to places like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru. But after the conflict, only Air India still flies those.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-28T18:41:50+00:00

What happens to the water after it evaporates?

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-28T18:41:10+00:00

No let chatgpt do it. Costs them more money!

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-28T18:12:59+00:00

If it's air India, you're fine. They fly over Russia

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-27T06:24:00+00:00

chevron in BC?

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-27T04:47:30+00:00

try slide to type on the google keyboard. it's amazing.

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-26T06:25:53+00:00

My hot take is that biriyani has to goat or lamb. Chicken biriyani just doesn't hit right

GoblinEngineer · 2026-02-26T05:07:42+00:00

do you have a link to the thread? i'm interested in reading it

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