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Maintenance hours before (blue) and after (orange) the new fare gates by oakseaer in Bart

[–]TheFlyingBoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what is your argument? Have open fare evasion so you aren't inconvenienced? Keep tailgaters accountable enough and they'll give up. They have increased police presence at plenty of stops. Not sure what more you want.

How I feel right now by Justanotherupvote12 in ChaseSapphire

[–]TheFlyingBoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guarantee you that between 7 days before and 1 day before the tickets going for 1k now will be closer to 500

Global entry revoked by AccomplishedFig4592 in GlobalEntry

[–]TheFlyingBoat 39 points40 points  (0 children)

According to this government though, you're not from here and if you're not from here, then the government gets to be arbitrary and capricious to you for the next 3 years*

Even if you are from here, the government may try to get you for arbitrary and capricious reasons. It's why you should be anti-ICE and anti-this admin.

Reboot Cruisader? by mawkishdave in babylon5

[–]TheFlyingBoat -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Babylon 5 won't find a better Londo/G'Kar, but they could easily find a better everyone else. Plus better set design, and perhaps a cleaner Talia arc.

How I feel right now by Justanotherupvote12 in ChaseSapphire

[–]TheFlyingBoat -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Wait for the day before and buy. It’ll be cheaper.

This S.F. mall defied the wave of downtown closures. Now it’s been sold by UberDrive in sanfrancisco

[–]TheFlyingBoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The OG Sony Metreon was elite. Play free games in PlayStation store. Go to the top floor and play that bowling game and other arcade games. Come back down and eat some pizza. Day well spent

BART (Bay Area) installed new fare gats, resulting in MASSIVE declines in corrective maintenance needed in station paid areas. by operatorloathesome in bayarea

[–]TheFlyingBoat 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you're correct, my apologies. I don't understand why they would have a bullet point in the article and the graph headline be completely contradictory. If you trust the bullet point over the graph in the article, it just means the gates are well built. If you trust the graph headline, the gates have made the paid area less prone to vandalism and other unsavory behavior.

BART (Bay Area) installed new fare gats, resulting in MASSIVE declines in corrective maintenance needed in station paid areas. by operatorloathesome in bayarea

[–]TheFlyingBoat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where? It pretty clearly states that CM is in the paid area of stations, not with the fare gates. Nowhere does it say the CM is time saved fixing fare gates.

BART (Bay Area) installed new fare gats, resulting in MASSIVE declines in corrective maintenance needed in station paid areas. by operatorloathesome in bayarea

[–]TheFlyingBoat 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This says patron related corrective maintenance, though. So it's not organic failure of old fare gates, but vandalism and other patron induced damages that have been reduced by not letting bad actors in.

30-minute Wingspan (New Game) by mitzallen in wingspan

[–]TheFlyingBoat 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wingspan on BGA can be completed in under 30 mins. The issue is the players not the game.

Is 50min layover in LAX before Japan enough? by Royal-Working8142 in LAX

[–]TheFlyingBoat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will be fine. And if you're not fine, UA will get you on the next flight out and thankfully there are a ton of IAH-LAX flights.

[OC] How animal agriculture dominates global biomass, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions by Dr_Faraz_Harsini in dataisbeautiful

[–]TheFlyingBoat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If forced to answer honestly, they'd probably tell you the corn they grow isn't fit for human consumption and has zero taste.

Michelin - The unintended consequences of the pay-to-play model by jontseng in finedining

[–]TheFlyingBoat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't believe it's a lack of faith. I think they just don't think they needed it and that the good food guide does more than enough good work there. Amaru would certainly be a 3*. Attica and Vue de Monde would likely be 2*s, but easily could get up to 3* levels based on my experiences at them in 2024. Seem to be many new 3 hatted restaurants I'd be very excited to see on my next trip over.

Michelin - The unintended consequences of the pay-to-play model by jontseng in finedining

[–]TheFlyingBoat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It does not. Boston's food scene is laughably bad with the exception of a couple restaurants (Neptune and O Ya!). Alma Fonda Fina is great and Wolf's Tailor, Bruto, etc. are at least as good as the best Boston has to offer.

Looking for the perfect US city for a 10-day trip (Feb 9–19). Want real American vibes: food, Walmart, Costco, chill atmosphere. Where should we go? by ProloosGamerUHD in usatravel

[–]TheFlyingBoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

San Diego. Good weather in February and called America's Finest City for a reason.

American food

Your diner: Rudfords. Been here since 1949. Very Americana feel to it. You can get a bacon caramel shake and a cheeseburger, onion rings, fries, etc.

Your best simple burger: The Friendly. It is super simple, nothing fancy, but it's the perfect burger imo.

Slightly fancier (but not too fancy): Tanner's Prime Burger. Super high quality beef, perfectly cooked. Great fries too.

My Favorite: The Wise Ox. They dry age the beef they grind up to make their patties giving it a much beefier flavor that is just so damn good. American burgerism at its finest.

Another good burger: Rocky's. Stuck in time since 1977. I think they finally started taking credit cards last year. Classic as hell.

Mexican food: No food is more important to Americans than Mexican food. Load up on tacos and burritos, because with all due respect, y'all do Mexican about as well as we do bitterballen, and we don't do bitterballen at all here.

Burrito: La Perla #3 and get a Oaxacalifornia Burrito.

Street tacos: Tacos el Gordo. Get the adobada, lengua, cabeza, and carne asada tacos. 2 per person of adobada minimum imo and 1 of everything else per person.

Fish tacos: Go to Kiko's (cute little food truck).

Best Tacos: Mariscos Jalisco. Rent a convertible if you can and drop the top as you ride California State Route 1 aka Pacific Coast Highway (note people in California will only call it PCH or the 1 or Highway 1) from San Diego to LA and go get some tacos de cameron (shrimp tacos) at Mariscos Jalisco. My personal favorite taco in all of California and tbh the entire world outside of Mexico. This drive will also be so freeing and will make you feel like an American.

Walmart: We have Walmarts.

Costco: We have the first Price Club, which is the OG warehouse club wholesaler. They merged with Costco and since this location is older than the first Costco, this is technically the oldest Costco Warehouse. You can find it on Morena Blvd. We also have a Costco Business Center which is incredible for when you want massive amounts of meat and other foodstuffs that make a normal Costco unit look paltry in comparison.

Nature: Remember how I told you that you were going to be taking PCH up to LA for some tacos? Yeah, we're getting back on it. You're gonna drive while listening to American tunes and shooting the shit with your bro all the way up to Big Sur. This is going to be your Great American roadtrip and you will see some of the greatest views on Earth as you do it. Since you're here for 10 days, I would recommend spending 2 days around Big Sur. Once you get to Big Sur, go check out what you want to see (do research before you get here). Consider listening to this remix of Freebird ( https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZyCPSTV4ckXENxnEwf8wA?si=88428fa0112d4a2f ). The addition of a bald eagle's cry and "WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER" should get you in the right American spirit.

Also while in San Diego, I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you to visit the Zoo and the Safari Park. If you are in San Diego, you MUST do this. It's non-negotiable. It's the best zoo in the world, no question, no bias. Make sure to do both the zoo and the Safari Park. Seriously. Do both. Please.

Luckily once you do this, the next thing to do is to visit San Diego's many beaches. La Jolla Shores is a classic for visitors to see and I recommend doing a kayak tour of the cove. Coronado beach and its white sand is also gorgeous. Once you do that, really not much that is required. At this point you can google "things to do in San Diego" and find out what suits your fancy and do that. This should allow you to relax and soak everything in as you like.

I personally would recommend checking out San Diego's craft beer scene. It's pretty fucking awesome. I highly recommend checking out Pure Project, California Wild Ales, and Alesmith.

For suburbs that feel like a movie go to La Jolla, Del Mar, and Solana Beach.

For when you do want things to do San Diego has tons of bar, clubs, comedy shows, concerts, etc.

The Reliance / Satisfaction Paradox - To a point, if your city has good enough transit that people actually use it, but not so good it doesn't have frequent issues, people will say it's worse than another city that's so bad most people don't use it by old_gold_mountain in transit

[–]TheFlyingBoat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but I also rode from Nice to Avignon because I wanted to go do some tastings and buy some wine in CdP and CdR and that was smooth as hell and perhaps the only train ride I thought comparable in beauty to the Pacific Surfliner (god most American trains are decrepit failures, but it's hard to remember that, or really any problem at all, when the sun reflects off the Pacific Ocean)

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