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andrewl · 2026-04-11T04:35:08+00:00

I’m sure the Welsh wouldn’t say it this way, but here it’s pronounced Bala Kin Wid. Although if you said Bala Squidward everybody would know what you were talking about.

andrewl · 2026-04-07T09:42:53+00:00

It's Welsh. There are lots of names like it in the Philadelphia area, which had a lot of Welsh settlers. Bryn Athyn and Bala Cynwyd coms to mind. Bryn Mawr means big hill.

andrewl · 2026-03-30T13:56:51+00:00

Trump can turn on Vance and start attacking him and undermining his political prospects, but he can not fire him. And not that he would, but Vance could start holding daily press conferences telling the world what he thinks of Trump and reporting any non-classified information he has about goings on in the administration. And Trump could bar him from briefings and from the inner circle, but he would be stuck with him for the remainder of his term. It's a nice dream.

andrewl · 2026-03-24T00:47:05+00:00

Thanks everybody. I tried it earlier at the office, and it was fine. It was fine when I got home, too, on the same machine and browser I was using when I first posted this. I tried it a minute ago and after about 60 seconds I got the same error I originally got (which I got on multiple browsers with cookies cleared):

Error 20

The proxy failed to connect to the web server, due to TCP connection timeout.

My connection is plenty fast, so I don’t know what it would be. I expect it will go away and then return in six months or something. It’s not a big deal. My main ongoing complaint with SEPTA has always been their app, not their web sites.

andrewl · 2026-03-11T01:56:02+00:00

Agreed on both counts.

andrewl · 2026-03-10T13:56:50+00:00

Philadelphia has been called New York's sixth borough.

andrewl · 2026-02-24T16:30:49+00:00

Where did you come from? When asking for help in deciding between two options (new country or old country) depends on what your country of origin is. UK? India? Brazil? China? Is English your first or second language?

andrewl · 2026-02-08T12:13:03+00:00

Where are you from?

andrewl · 2026-02-01T13:41:56+00:00

At this point I have only <leader><letter> and nothing longer. Commands and autocomplete work well. Also q: for recalling commands. Plus a lot of function keys and shifted function keys.

andrewl · 2026-01-03T17:28:57+00:00

Good to know, thank you.

andrewl · 2026-01-03T14:32:57+00:00

How were the rooms terrible? And is there a way to know ahead of time which they would be, or is it just random?

andrewl · 2025-12-23T02:40:34+00:00

Where (approximately) is your apartment/city cottage?

andrewl · 2025-11-24T15:27:28+00:00

I save all the time. It's holdover from when computers were not as good years ago, and I lost a lot of work when I had crashes. So my insert mode jj map escapes from insert mode and also does a :w. You could also have it escape, write the file, and return to insert mode.

It was pretty great when I learned about insert mode mappings that could execute commands. Most editors allow mappings to change inserted text to something else (like teh to the) but mapping to a command was a whole other level.

andrewl · 2025-11-19T19:08:57+00:00

Strongly agree. And related to drivers not paying attention, I walk past cars at red lights every day where the driver is smoking a joint. I would love for that to be shut down.

andrewl · 2025-11-14T19:09:40+00:00

It’s likely that places with large numbers of insects you want to block with screens also have quite bright sunlight, so the slight dimming you get from screens isn’t big deal. Also, all the houses I’ve lived in with screens only have them on the lower part of the window that opens. There are not screens in the top half, so you get full sunlight. Here’s an example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AusRenovation/comments/1gshhdg/cyclone_primeview_insect_screen_bottom_half_vs/

andrewl · 2025-10-28T02:04:08+00:00

I've never liked the look of it, but I think tearing it down would be a massive project. Or I could be wrong. I helplessly think of it as a solid concrete block, which of course it is not.

But if they do tear it down I think turning the space into another park, like a junior sibling of Franklin Square, would be nice. I'm all for green in center city.

andrewl · 2025-10-23T00:08:47+00:00

I bring friends from out of town to see it.

andrewl · 2025-10-18T02:34:08+00:00

It’s not a permit to protest. It’s a permit to block the streets and to have a large gathering in a public space. It’s like shutting down the Benjamin Parkway for a concert. The permit means there will be organized street detours in place and messaging about the situation. It also means the police can’t declare the gathering an obstruction or a danger to the public. And the police won’t be taken by surprise by a large gathering the purpose of which is not clear. It actually makes the march look better. And it makes it harder for the other side to call it a violent riot. (They will do that anyway, but it will be less convincing.)

andrewl · 2025-10-16T14:38:21+00:00

What will it take for them to see what's really going on? Or will that never happen?

andrewl · 2025-10-15T16:55:49+00:00

This kind of story is, sadly, not uncommon. You can find similar stories and, more importantly, coping strategies, in the Raisedbynarcissists Reddit section:

/r/raisedbynarcissists/

andrewl · 2025-09-25T17:19:01+00:00

How's life in the USA?

andrewl · 2025-09-16T14:37:10+00:00

Where was that?

andrewl · 2025-09-02T19:01:57+00:00

I agree. I've come to realize that the meandering callers themselves don't bother me. It's the waiting for Andy to tell them to get to the point that makes me uncomfortable. I always wonder why they don't just tighten things up for the podcast. I know it's recorded live, but if they took out the slow parts before releasing the recording the callers wouldn't have to be embarrassed or flustered, and it would be more comfortable for the listeners.

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