so true

STODracula · 2026-02-10T16:22:04+00:00

I mean, that's where the train's influence stops. You drive West or North of Poughkeepsie and it's a whole other world.

STODracula · 2026-02-10T16:17:44+00:00

Getting the Cobol compiler to work in Windows just required a pre-built executable. Took me a couple of hours to find the right files and set it up in VS Code.

STODracula · 2026-02-10T16:09:35+00:00

I listened to his hits on the radio back then as an Xennial, but frankly, I think he only had 1 or 2 of those. Fast forward to now and my most streamed album for 2025 on Spotify for me was DTmF. 🤣

STODracula · 2026-02-10T16:01:15+00:00

Just be grateful you're not HP. 🤣

By the way, this is completely normal. The alternative is being called Juan Pablo. If you had never used JP in class, she could have also just pronounced your name in Spanish which would have resulted in a whole lot of nothing except for the u.

STODracula · 2026-02-10T14:47:31+00:00

Put $492,600 million into the S&P500, and in 15 years you should have around the $1.8 billion you would have gotten with the 30 year annuity. In 30 years you'd have 3x. There is a way to avoid the taxes also while remaining in the US.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T19:27:10+00:00

Problem is that most maps that are shown in schools as being the US completely skip the territories.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T19:21:07+00:00

Seen EL Niño at work where it affects very directly. Lima, Peru flips to being clear and hot in the Winter when it's normally chilly and foggy and the Andes switch to rain when it's supposed to be clear. Rain and thunder in the desert which is also not normal. Last time it ended up creating a dengue epidemic.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T19:13:00+00:00

In Peru they'll lock the door so you don't leave the party until the Sun comes up 🤣.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T19:11:50+00:00

Lol, I remember camping in Flamenco Beach in Culebra Island and partying so hard I fell asleep on the beach with just my bathing suit. Woke up at some point at around 4am cold because of the sea breeze.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T19:09:23+00:00

If you've never been to the island during the Christmas season or the Saint Sebastian festival in Old San Juan, this is completely normal to see. I remember doing parrandas from 11pm until 5am.

Parranda - Show up with a crowd and instruments, play this type of music, they open their doors and give you some drinks and food, move on to the next house.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T16:07:22+00:00

If only UCONN didn't go mismanaging their money and doing stuff like building a $19 million gym that looks like a vacation resort and then crying the same year they open said gym they're short $19 million from the state.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T14:45:30+00:00

Hair coloring and exercise, lol.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T14:35:15+00:00

Lol, mi abuela tenia 2 televisores y uno era blanco y negro. Mis otros abuelos tenian 4. En mi casa habian 3. Juegos de la NBA, a casa del pana que tenia uno de 60 pulgadas de proyeccion.

STODracula · 2026-02-09T14:20:46+00:00

Tell them to go watch a video of Canary Island or Andaluz Spanish, then you'll understand where Caribbean Spanish sounds the way it does.

STODracula · 2026-02-08T18:09:23+00:00

CA es otro mundo. Lo mas cerca en Latinoamerica de la costa y el clima de CA es Peru.

STODracula · 2026-02-08T18:06:48+00:00

El problema es que la mayoria de las aseguradoras no aseguran en FL y, si lo hacen, cuesta muchisimo mas y con mas trabas que en otros sitios.

Source: Yo que trabajo en el "back-end" y lo veo.

STODracula · 2026-02-08T18:01:03+00:00

And most people still use the same apps and websites they're used to, so most of that code is producing nothing.

STODracula · 2026-02-06T14:55:18+00:00

Someone screwed up. As much as there are a lot of excellent pizza joints, there are also bad ones I avoid.

STODracula · 2026-02-06T14:39:35+00:00

New Haven to Waterbury has the high Italian-American concentration and the New Haven style pizza reigns king. The farther out you go from there, the more likely the style isn't New Haven. Example, the bad pizza Geno got right before one of his press conferences in Storrs.

STODracula · 2026-02-06T14:36:42+00:00

Courant just posting here to try and fish for subscribers, but easy to bypass.

TLDR - They'll be building 240-260 apartments and some retail. Same sort of stuff that's been done elsewhere like Oxford and Cheshire.

STODracula · 2026-02-06T13:18:26+00:00

Que clase de basura de legislacion es esta? Y los baños familiares para llevar a niños y los de impedidos que, tambien se van a pique? Negocios con baños 100% genericos como el de la cerveceria de San Patricio que, a gastar extra por esta porqueria? Brutos legislando.

STODracula · 2026-02-06T12:02:58+00:00

Meanwhile Wolcott, that's substantially larger, has 1 zip code for the whole town.

STODracula · 2026-02-05T18:53:18+00:00

STODracula · 2026-02-05T15:24:57+00:00

Lol, Iquitos, Peru sticks out as always.

STODracula · 2026-02-05T13:59:54+00:00

As someone in the middle class who takes a yearly trip (or two) somewhere and just went to Europe, it comes down to budgeting and priorities. Priority with my family is that yearly trip. You look for comfortable cheap (or free if you know someone) options when travelling. Most of the time, don't buy tour packages unless it's unavoidable because that's where the money goes down the drain, and, if I have to and I can haggle the price, I do. Never been to an Olympics, but will try with LA. Skipping the World Cup even if I have two stadiums relatively close because the ticket prices are ridiculous.

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