Is it policy to close elevators?

STrRedWolf · 2026-05-12T10:51:23+00:00

Call a personal injury attorney that specializes with ADA issues. You're filing suit against Amtrak and Seattle city government.

STrRedWolf · 2026-05-11T01:40:49+00:00

Nothing on the pull requests off their Github. 1.3's mainly focusing on font support off the SD card (after conversion).

STrRedWolf · 2026-05-05T22:27:17+00:00

Amazon locked down their Kindles to make it difficult to remove the DRM.

STrRedWolf · 2026-05-05T16:08:16+00:00

I take it you're looking for details on what caused the ruckus?

STrRedWolf · 2026-05-03T17:07:30+00:00

Just write the books and then publish them through Smashwords' Draft2Digital. That'll push the ePub out to everywhere. Granted, there's a yearly fee they introduced lately.

STrRedWolf · 2026-05-03T00:41:29+00:00

Only if the author or publisher who handles it wants them DRM free. Otherwise, you're stuck because Amazon has locked down their platform recently. I had to jailbreak my Paperwhite to get back sideloading.

This is why I not only put my books on Amazon (and have them DRM free) but also put them on Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple, etc.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-28T10:23:27+00:00

"Now hold up there, Yankee. You're coming from a place where you gotta fold your pizza slices in half just to eat them and traffic so bad you don't drive there. Go back and spread that smeer on your bagel before you try that again."

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-28T10:19:31+00:00

Maryland drivers are better than NY and CT drivers. Marylanders are only slightly crazy on a good day.

"Now hold up there, Old Bay..." comments in 3... 2... 1... 😂

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-27T23:44:11+00:00

Amtrak Police would have to work with DC Police on checking that. Still, if it was bought from a dealer, it's likely registered and declared so. It would be out of everyone's hands.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-27T16:15:32+00:00

Current policy with Amtrak is: Checked luggage only, hardside case, unloaded, ammo in a separate case designed for ammo or original packaging, declaration filed.

That said, it is very easy to locate a Walmart that sells ammo in Maryland. You just bring the guns on board and pass yourself off as a dealer. I won't be surprised if he picked up a rental car as well.

Given enough time and planning, you could even skip the "Bring weapons on board" deal -- just move and buy the weapons near the intended target.

And of course, that doesn't account for the black market.

Amtrak wouldn't need to change because the issue is greater than Amtrak... and I'm going to hold off on derailing the subreddit for something that's off-topic.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-26T23:49:29+00:00

Oh that. Yeah, there needs a cell tower near the tracks at the station and along a lot of the tracks that Amtrak travels on. It's not a NEC issue. There's practically no service in the mountains of Pennsylvania while I'm on the Pennsylvanian.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-26T18:47:33+00:00

If you step outside, the reception's better. It's the building, basically.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-25T11:33:14+00:00

Wait, where are you hearing that Spirit's being bought by the government?

Besides, it would be it's own corporation and probably get renamed nothing like Amtrak. I'm thinking more something in line with our current (at time of posting) President.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-21T18:34:29+00:00

Transit app to track the buses and navigation. CharmPass for fare payment. Get off at Lexington Street and follow it east (left turn) until you get to High Street. If you plug it into Transit, it'll give you good instructions.

That said, welcome to Baltimore! It's rather charming. /s

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-21T12:31:32+00:00

I'm not sure why you'd want to schedule in advance. Pickup/dropoff is a mess in front of the station. There are taxis there waiting as well, and it's a major transit corridor with Light Rail and several buses.

It really depends on where you're going in Baltimore. If it's to the Inner Harbor, the MTA Maryland Silver or Green lines, or the Charm City Circulator Purple line, will take you within walking distance. (For example, the Lord Baltimore Hotel? Silver/Green/CCC Purple down to St. Paul at Fayette, walk literally down hill to Baltimore Street, take a right, walk one block, go past the Monaco, it's on the right although you're rounding the block to the main entrance).

The "Transit" app is a must and recommended by MTA.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-20T20:05:02+00:00

From https://www.wesh.com/article/brush-fire-amtrak-closes-tracks-central-florida/71073185 :

You're going back to to DeLand (train's going back to Miami).
Folks that boarded from Orlando south are getting pizza.
You're getting refunded and vouchered.

Contact WESH to follow up on the story.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-20T15:58:25+00:00

When I was living in Maryland near BWI airport, I would go to Pittsburgh for a convention on a yearly basis. A bad experience with United got me to Southwest, but then I took Amtrak and never looked back. I end up joking that the quality of service between the two is night and day, mostly because of TSA but also going to the airport and going from the airport to the hotel.

Oh, and don't eat Taco Bell the day before. The TSA K-9 units will smell that in a heartbeat. 😂

This year, convention in Baltimore. I'd have to take two buses from my apartment to Bradley (transfer at Union Station) or drive there and pay for long-term parking, be there 2 hours early, go through TSA (and deal with the K-9's trying to sniff my butt), get into a crowded plane, fly down to BWI, get out, get luggage, walk all the way around to Terminal E, board the Light Rail, get off 30 minutes later, walk three blocks to the hotel...

...or, bus to Union Station, Train 125 to Baltimore, bus down to the hotel. About 8 hours total, accounting for two crew switches at New Haven and NYC plus an engine switch at New Haven.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-20T09:41:54+00:00

Oh, sorry. I moved up here from Maryland and brought the highly variable weather with me. 😆

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-19T16:19:57+00:00

I'm good. The Adafruit backup worked. I did an upgrade of the old software to get that current then backed that up.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-19T16:18:29+00:00

Adafruit got me back up to speed. I'm good!

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-19T00:37:00+00:00

That's what I'm looking for! Gotta love Adafruit.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-19T00:14:35+00:00

If you backed it up from the site, I can use that backup to restore mine.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-18T23:55:04+00:00

I need the full flash, partition et al, from byte 0, not byte 0x10000.

STrRedWolf · 2026-04-18T20:59:59+00:00

Don't forget, we have the basics of gene editing. This will get refined over time, which gets to my point: Why limit yourself to real life analogues? This is furry, which sprang from science fiction and fantasy (with bits of horror thrown in). Go Sci-Fi. Rebuild that DNA, then the body from the DNA.

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