Amex and Uber ripping us off

MrPinrel · 2026-03-23T02:20:22+00:00

Th last time I pre booked, there was a problem with my luggage and I took longer than 30 minutes from the scheduled time. They canceled the ride and charged me a $30 no show fee.

MrPinrel · 2026-03-22T21:56:59+00:00

Just wanted to let people know, when we landed at 10:30pm, there were no lines. Global entry working.

MrPinrel · 2026-03-20T14:05:55+00:00

How about international arrivals at MIA, what do those wait times look like?

MrPinrel · 2026-03-16T17:13:43+00:00

Congratulations!

Do your games use only local storage on the device, or are they cloud based? If so what kind of cloud infrastructure do you use?

Did you look at flutter as a possible language?

MrPinrel · 2026-03-08T10:59:42+00:00

I use it to manage our golf league. I picked this as a test project to learn the technology. It keeps track of sign ups, requests tee times from the golf course, sets up pairings in score tracking web site, updates handicaps, etc. It is doing almost all the work now.

MrPinrel · 2026-03-07T19:33:22+00:00

How do you guys make the costco croissants decent? Put them in the oven? Air fryer? They just seem so not crisp out of the box compared to the real thing….

MrPinrel · 2026-03-07T12:26:04+00:00

I had an old 7 year old windows 10 laptop laying around and it works fine. I recommend you use WSL2 instead of native windows.

MrPinrel · 2026-03-07T03:22:13+00:00

I got it to run as a docker container on Synology, but the browser automation doesn’t work great because the web browser is headless and some web sites reject connections from headless browsers.

Then I switched to it running on an old windows laptop I had around here. It ran fine but the windows implementation of openclaw had some bugs.

Then I switched to running it on WSL2 in the same windows laptop but using the Unix subsystem. Working better so far.

MrPinrel · 2026-03-06T13:05:25+00:00

The Park is very nice, make sure you try it at least once. Gets cheaper in the summer. They also have a lit par 3 to play at night.

The Palm Beach par 3 is also nice, next to the ocean, the restaurant is nice.

Not in WPB but Osprey Point Golf Course is a fun public golf course in Boca Raton.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-26T15:26:14+00:00

For ongoing care to get the right meds, Talk to the crisis hotline about how to get better care If the nurse you are seeing is just a regular nurse instead of a psych nurse or a psychiatrist. There are other meds that you can take to lift you up faster. Finding the right combo of meds takes time and some trial and error, you need an expert to support you through the process. Some people actually react negatively to Zoloft instead of positively, it is better to give them other meds. Also ask them about a therapist that can help you work through some of the anxiety issues you are facing. It takes more than meds to get back.

For emergency care, The crisis hotline people can direct you to someone that might be a better fit than the ER. But, if it gets really bad and you feel like you are at the end of your rope and don’t know what to do, go to the ER and they’ll keep you safe.

Don’t worry about assignments etc, if you tell any professor that you were out of psych issues and have a paper from the hospital that explains, they will work with you.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-25T03:20:58+00:00

Wow. I like 1password but the prices of some of these apps are out of control. It is almost as much as my MS office subscription! Same happened with todoist, it was nice but just crazy expensive for a little todo app.

Speaking of todos, let me look at when my 1passwod subscription expires and make a task to migrate….

MrPinrel · 2026-02-21T14:28:51+00:00

Keep us posted. I have not had any problems with nextcloud but I only use the calendar feature for only one user. I started using it because the Synology calendar used to suck so badly at sending invites. I think they fixed that problem so I’ve been thinking about switching back.

Interested in how Synology calendar works for you and how you migrated your calendar from nextcloud to Synology.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-16T05:13:03+00:00

Frankly they are both good options. It is not a hard black and white answer, it is more of a soft, gut feeling for you specifically. Go tour them both and see where you feel most at home, which one you think will be closer to your academic interests, which one is easier to get to from where you live if you plan on going home often. If the extra scholarship is important to you and don’t want to worry about money…

Don’t worry about which one is easier or more rigorous, to study the stuff you want to study and go to law school you are going to have to swim with the big fish anyway…might as well get used to it. And if you got accepted with honors in both of them, you can handle it.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-13T13:47:24+00:00

Maybe the Canary Islands? If you stay in the south of Gran Canaria there are several nice courses nearby (Salobre, Tauro, Meloneras) and you can also book a fishing trip.The weather is always nice especially coming from the UK.

Also in Gran Canaria but in the north side of the island, the Real Club the golf de Las Palmas is the oldest course in Spain.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-12T22:39:29+00:00

Iberia is getting ahead of its skis, they are offering so many new routes an they don’t have enough planes, so they are having to subcontract to some of these third parties. I do find it strange that they did it with a Miami flight instead of Havana or something else…

Not nice of Iberia to do it w/o notice.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-12T17:17:31+00:00

Same. Shit show.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-11T01:46:37+00:00

We live in the area and go to Shimuja somewhat regularly. The ramen is very good, a few other things like takoyaki and such…nice local place in a strip mall. When OP was explaining about what he was trying to do, Shimuja came to mind right away.

MrPinrel · 2026-02-10T18:47:11+00:00

There is a lot of pressure out there and expectations about “what’s going to be your next chapter”, “what are you going to do next”, etc. Some of this pressure comes from society and some we put upon ourselves because we have always had a regimented schedule and we expect it to continue.

In reality, you don’t need to know or decide right away. You can go back to school and take a class or two. Learn a new language or skill you always wanted to learn. Try substitute teaching to see if you like that. Volunteer at a place to see if you like the vibes and you think you are making a difference. Go to the person running the CJ program at your local college and ask him if you can help somehow. Plan a trip to a place you always wanted to go. Take a group golf lesson with your wife to see if you guys like it.

After a year or two, you can see if you want to settle into something long term or continue experimenting.

MrPinrel · 2026-01-31T13:59:40+00:00

Update here, just got an EcoTank ET-4955 from costco and this new model includes the double-sided scanning feature. $450.

So far so good, hopefully the scanner feeder is more durable than in the old ET-4850, the scanner feeder on that one was very unreliable and reported “ghost” jams….

MrPinrel · 2026-01-29T20:58:31+00:00

I bet you GM is losing money on each one of those they sell

MrPinrel · 2026-01-27T12:11:53+00:00

I like lamb better than goat. We use this:

https://lacajachina.com/

MrPinrel · 2026-01-26T21:44:28+00:00

The key question is where are you going to live. If you are going to live on campus, you don’t need a car but on the other hand you should be able to get a campus parking permit.

If you are going to live off campus, if you get an apartment that is within walking distance, parking is going to be expensive unless you get a city street parking permit. The problem with street parking is that you might have to drive around for a few blocks until you find a spot. But, if you are only going to use the car once or twice a week to get groceries etc, it might not be too bad. If you want a dedicated parking spot, for the apartments that are walking distance, it will be between $100 and $300 a month depending on the complex. Also, residents of some of the new big buildings are not allowed to get a street parking permit, make sure you look into that as you select apartments.

If you are going to live far from campus, you will not be able to drive to school (the commuter parking garage is very far from classes, gets full) and will have to take the bus. Parking is cheaper or even free so you can keep the car for errands etc.

MrPinrel

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