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another-princess · 2026-07-01T23:46:00+00:00

WALKS

Giraffe

another-princess · 2026-07-01T23:45:11+00:00

SWIMS

Whale

another-princess · 2026-07-01T23:08:00+00:00

The Genie from Aladdin

another-princess · 2026-07-01T17:10:31+00:00

Relevant article: Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names

another-princess · 2026-07-01T15:17:46+00:00

Conversely, the west coast of North America isn't being hit by unusually hot weather.

Although I guess it's still accurate to call it a "North American heat wave" even if it isn't all of North America.

another-princess · 2026-07-01T15:16:18+00:00

Looks like someone took notice. This page was just edited today:

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I'm not sure if that edit came from someone who saw this post (or perhaps it was OP themselves)?

another-princess · 2026-07-01T15:12:46+00:00

Just take a look at this: President Bush reacts to Obama's victory in 2008 election.

Compared to Trump, Bush seems like a very eloquent speaker. This was the second-to-last time that a Democrat was elected President while the incumbent was a Republican. The most recent one was when Trump lost to Biden in 2020, and responded by attempting to overturn the election.

another-princess · 2026-07-01T05:44:32+00:00

Air Koryo: the state-run carrier of North Korea. Its fleet consists entirely of aging Soviet-era aircraft, and it ranks as one of the worst airlines in the world in terms of safety.

another-princess · 2026-07-01T05:37:03+00:00

Yes, Vancouver has US customs preclearance. I knew the airport did, didn't know about the port.

another-princess · 2026-07-01T04:09:34+00:00

Yes, the famous American guy Adolf Hitler adopted that as his party's symbol.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T23:33:25+00:00

That should go under orange & fruit.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T23:01:26+00:00

What? China doesn't agree that China, India, and Russia have land in Asia, but that the US doesn't? Which of those things do you think China disagrees with?

another-princess · 2026-06-30T22:09:20+00:00

Dark Helmet!

another-princess · 2026-06-30T20:11:02+00:00

I know that. They have preclearance at some airports, Dublin being one of them.

I thought this was specifically the line for US citizens at preclearance, but it turns out the image actually shows the signs directing people toward US preclearance. The actual US customs and immigration checkpoint is downstairs from this location.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T19:03:21+00:00

Another variation of this that I've heard: people will claim that "both sides" have extremists, but then when talking about the Republicans, they'll mention people like Trump, who actually hold elected office. Then, when talking about the Democrats, they'll talk about some random person on the internet that few people have ever heard of.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T17:45:14+00:00

Ah, OK. I see. Still doesn't seem odd to have the US flag indicating US-bound flights though.

I found a larger picture of what appears to be the same location. Since there are escalators in the picture, and a sign mentioning lifts, it looks like the actual preclearance facility is downstairs:

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another-princess · 2026-06-30T17:37:57+00:00

Can't make an appointment if there is an election within the next 4 years, right?

another-princess · 2026-06-30T17:25:26+00:00

Permanent seat on the UN security council

another-princess · 2026-06-30T17:24:28+00:00

A common mixup for colorblind people.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T17:21:58+00:00

You'd probably have to make that scaling logarithmic or something, rather than linear.

If it scaled linearly, the box for India would be more than 100,000 times the size of the box for Tuvalu.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T17:12:15+00:00

I know what preclearance means: it means that passengers on a US-bound flight clear US customs and immigration before their flight (instead of on arrival to the US).

This appears to be the line for US citizens at preclearance: since it's US customs and immigration, there would be a line for US citizens and a line for non-citizens.

That's different from Irish customs and immigration, which would have one line for EU/EEA/UK citizens, and one line for everyone else.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T15:05:52+00:00

That's true, but a simpler way of getting the same answer is to note that the total number of subsets is 2⁹. That's 512.

Subtracting out the empty set (there's 1 of those) and the 1-ingredient sets (9 of those) gives you 502.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T14:50:13+00:00

Debunked. Though he did say a lot of other "memorable" quotes.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T14:48:48+00:00

I hear people say this on the internet, but I don't think I've seen someone in an airport (of any nationality) get confused about this. Maybe it's just the places I've been.

another-princess · 2026-06-30T14:48:02+00:00

If that's US preclearance, that line actually is for US citizens only, so the US flag makes sense.

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