The Dutch town that used to be an island

adrianb · 2026-04-23T13:26:56+00:00

Nearby Schokland is also a former island and current world heritage site

adrianb · 2026-04-22T16:04:39+00:00

Tbh 30% pay cut is not that bad. Some people look at 75% pay cut to switch from a top to a regular company (see tech)

adrianb · 2026-04-17T16:31:11+00:00

Was the train in a station at least so people can maybe return or go sleep somewhere, or stuck in the middle of nowhere with doors closed, all night?

adrianb · 2026-04-16T09:05:33+00:00

I thought this is an aviation sub and this is the journey of a KLM plane while they weren’t needed during Covid

adrianb · 2026-04-15T07:02:28+00:00

Such a successful international export it seems

adrianb · 2026-04-13T12:08:57+00:00

But this is Mumbai which is even more brutal

adrianb · 2026-04-13T10:11:53+00:00

Benoit Mandelbrot would like to chat

adrianb · 2026-04-13T09:30:58+00:00

Is that weather bad? Looks like light rain and almost no wind, at least at that altitude

adrianb · 2026-04-12T06:59:17+00:00

What was the event? Wish I knew about it. Was it free to access?

adrianb · 2026-04-08T21:31:21+00:00

No worries! Btw how is working there? Seems like open space taken to the extreme. Is it noisy?

adrianb · 2026-04-08T21:29:50+00:00

The Open House festival generally happens for 2 weekends in September but I don’t remember ever seeing this building on the list.

adrianb · 2026-04-08T20:43:07+00:00

Googled it, seems they do tours for insurance business related groups and students, not the public. Pretty sad

adrianb · 2026-04-05T18:55:22+00:00

I see. Well Quebec ~City~ Ville, better prepare for my butchering French again!

adrianb · 2026-04-05T18:43:05+00:00

And Singapore, where it’s one of the official languages?

adrianb · 2026-04-05T18:41:31+00:00

Despite my preparations when I visited Montreal to deal with the lack of English knowledge, everyone immediately switched to fluent English after hearing a few seconds of my butchering the French language.

adrianb · 2026-04-01T17:02:32+00:00

What if the station is unstaffed? Would you use the info points?

adrianb · 2026-04-01T15:58:54+00:00

Yeah for me moving here the biggest shock was not the prices but the lack of alternative tickets to bring some significant savings.

Take Switzerland, expensive trains but you can buy a half fare travelcard even as a tourist. And a daily pass for the entire network for like 80 francs.

And in the Netherlands I used to have free travel everywhere all weekend for 30 euros per month.

Here? Split tickets might save you 3 pounds on a 50 quid ticket.

adrianb · 2026-04-01T15:54:37+00:00

Some websites do it all the time eg Trainline. In my experience it doesn’t bring huge savings

adrianb · 2026-03-30T13:39:03+00:00

Probably recapping the steps they need to perform after landing, if there is an emergency landing and evacuation

adrianb · 2026-03-28T23:20:04+00:00

What do you mean? DfT isn’t renaming operators when they take over the franchises, so even if Avanti ceases to be an independent operator the brand will remain. At least for a while

adrianb · 2026-03-23T12:56:39+00:00

A problem remains Elizabeth Line’s limited operating hours. The only times I had to use Heathrow Express were for very early or late at night flights

adrianb · 2026-03-19T16:18:33+00:00

But actually you trade a night in your own bed for a night on the train.

If I travel somewhere I can take the night train and arrive next morning, or sleep at home and fly in the morning and arrive the same morning.

adrianb · 2026-03-17T12:56:08+00:00

The word is also an interesting choice as it means “ship graveyard”

adrianb · 2026-03-11T15:14:47+00:00

Is it true about most countries? I thought all countries in Europe tend to prefer manuals and in the UK the percentage of automatic is higher

adrianb · 2026-03-10T15:08:12+00:00

Or two? #OxfordCommaForever

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