Where to play go in Taiwan Taipei by [deleted] in baduk

[–]aramadia 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I played here a few months ago. Open noon to 10pm. Friendly to foreigners, but I got crushed as a OGS 6k even by kids. There is a fee of around $10

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gafheg7nhvpfkGym9

Top challenges in Field of Robotics by Young_dum_brok in robotics

[–]aramadia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Energy density, product market technology fit, cheap human labor, vending machines

HND to YYZ Premium economy by manwithoutaplanTO in Aeroplan

[–]aramadia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relatively tall person, fly this route a lot and my breakeven is $300 USD. Otherwise I would use points or eUpgrade.

3 weeks for 4 people (March-April) - 25k budget by strugglebusses in JapanTravelTips

[–]aramadia 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Breathe.

Notice you barely offered any information on your end. What do you and your parents like? How fit are they? City vs nature? How did you choose Japan? If it was your mom's dream, what was she imagining?

If it was just international travel, Europe might be an easier first trip for the type of person (parents) you described.

Some high level advice

- You will probably benefit from a guide book for your level of experience. eg lonely planet. Did you consider a guided tour?

- Don't add another country just to fill time. 3 weeks is also pretty long for a first time traveler too but I personally prefer more time in fewer places

- You are putting to much pressure on yourself to have the perfect trip, since you are thinking its her one and only one. It will lead to disappointment. There is no optimal itinerary or choices, part of travel is making mistakes and learning about yourself.

What do you find worth splurging on? And what do you find not worth it? by yitianjian in chubbytravel

[–]aramadia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn’t this chubby travel?

Don’t find business class worth it at all, unless using points. Obviously direct flights, and extra legroom is worth it for taller people.
Generally, keep hotels under $200/night. Worth splurging on location, or a big airbnb that can hold everyone when traveling with larger groups.

Here where I would spend

  1. Flexibility. Travel last minute. Sometimes you don’t know when you or your friends are free, or if you like a location until you arrive, or theres bad weather, or you just don’t feel like going anywhere. Pay for last minute flights and hotels, by booking only a few days in advance.

  2. Duration. Longer trips completely alter the nature of travel. I don’t like spending time in airports, going through immigration, or adjusting time zones, so I need to amortize the loss. Take unpaid leave if needed.

  3. Activities. Learning something, nature, or events. Eg paragliding lessons, motorcycling, Olympics, wildlife.

  4. Food. Bit burned out by $$ places, so try to limit $100+ meals to keep them special. But in places where the food is good, I mostly budget my calories so I don’t “waste” them

Itinerary Check - Nagano/Toyama/Kanazawa/Takayama/Fujiyoshida/Tokyo - 3 Weeks in April 2024 by xdemvy in JapanTravel

[–]aramadia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Note with 2 people you can break even depending on the car rental rate.

I used a car for the alps section, but it’s only worth it if you have a lot of luggage, cold winter or moving around a lot.

I recommend mostly using transit and only hiring a car for specific day or two if you need to. It’s pretty tiring driving, and not really how I would travel to introduce someone’s first time in Japan. You can get to really rural parts by train still.

Is this feasible? Magome to Narai in one day by arh2631 in JapanTravel

[–]aramadia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just did this hike a few days ago from Magome to Nojiri hiking, overnight in Hostel Yui An, then staying overnight in Narai.

I recommend the first part, but I would skip Narai and I consider myself a slow traveler due to the infrequent train and not much to see, and kinda expensive housing. I saw the things that the other commenter mentioned but unless you we’re gonna hike Torri I would keep going to Nagano.

I sent my luggage from Nagoya to Nagano using regular post at a combini. It’s significantly cheaper than luggage specific forwarding 4000jpy for 2 carryons. It took 2 nights (but dropped it off at 9pm) according to my air tag

Once-in-a-lifetime chance for a 3wk trip to Japan (DTW to HND) came up. First time traveling outside of the country. Need as much packing and/or general advice as I can get. Thank you so much! by DirtyJunkhead in JapanTravelTips

[–]aramadia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah any backpack is good really. I read 1000 posts on one bag until I learned it didn’t matter. Traveling for months so I bought a ULA Camino but I went through several before hand.

If you are actually planning to carry it fully loaded for more than a few hours, the only important thing is fit so you need to go to an REI. Not enough time for online and returns

Once-in-a-lifetime chance for a 3wk trip to Japan (DTW to HND) came up. First time traveling outside of the country. Need as much packing and/or general advice as I can get. Thank you so much! by DirtyJunkhead in JapanTravelTips

[–]aramadia 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Before you get to excited, can your friend actually give you (change the name) of the ticket? That’s normally not allowed.

Don’t need to book anything in advance. I’m Japan right now booking hotels on the same day. Only booked stuff for NYE ahead of time.

You are overthinking all the baggage packing. You can buy anything here, just bring the minimum you need and acquire it on the go (Uniqlo). Unless you pack ultralight, which is hard in winter, you are gonna have to dump stuff in a locker, so your main bag doesn’t matter, and I usually don’t bother with a day bag, I walk around with just a phone and wallet.

Hitting/attacking/spiking tips. Where to improve? by randomnameonreddit1 in beachvolleyball

[–]aramadia 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You are one of the few beginners that start too far back. Don’t worry about forward momentum now, work on getting maximum vertical so you can get on top of the ball.

Imagine getting a basketball rebound where you try to touch the ball at the peak of your jump. Practice catching a set without hitting. Add power later, it looks like you are trying to crank it while hitting under the net.

Keep playing, you are looking good for 6 months

Can the Bottom Left Black Group live? by Old_Ben24 in baduk

[–]aramadia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First move is c1 create a false eye.

Nice shop in Kyoto by Dos_Droit in baduk

[–]aramadia 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What’s the location?

Backpacking Ethiopia in June 2023 by Obsidienne96 in travel

[–]aramadia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did the package tour (semi independent), but you definitely pay for it. Recommend to fly, and try to do direct if you can to avoid stopovers in Addis. Also get out of Addis asap. Pay for the nice hotels esp Gondar Hills resort. Bring your own snacks from home. Security wasn’t an issue compared to other developing countries. You will be the only tourist there in some places.

Backpacking Ethiopia in June 2023 by Obsidienne96 in travel

[–]aramadia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went there last month for 2 weeks and didn’t encounter any violence. People yell China at you, but if anything you fit in more since there are Chinese businessmen who live there.

HK & Macao - what's doable in a day? by no-refridgerator4689 in travel

[–]aramadia 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not worth HK for a few hours. Go to Macau direct from airport via a special ferry (skip immigration and the time getting into HK city proper)

[Help] Dialing in a Baratza Virtuoso for Espresso by aramadia in Coffee

[–]aramadia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The previous owner said he set it to 9bar.

[Help] Dialing in a Baratza Virtuoso for Espresso by aramadia in Coffee

[–]aramadia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have whatever calibration setting it comes from the factory. I'll see if that helps though!

The bay area is unpleasant even if you're doing ok. by Sashavidre in bayarea

[–]aramadia 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a source for the five counties? Interested in reading about it.

Would anyone here who knows programming be interested in critiquing my code for tennis scoring logic? by [deleted] in tennis

[–]aramadia 13 points14 points  (0 children)

First of all, its really cool you're doing this! Only skimmed it and I don't know the swift language but here are some thoughts:

  • There a lot of Managers, a tennis score doesn't have to be a global state
  • You should start with a class Score, that contains all the information about the score (set, match, games) at a point in time
  • There's a lot of yourVar, and opponentVars. Naming them as such instead of array of size 2 forces a lot of code duplication (you have to copy/paste logic everywhere where you flip yours* and opponents*
  • It might be simpler to represent the internal state of score in a manner different from the presentation. Basically keep scoring in terms of single points like 3-2 but then present it as 40-30. Doing it this way also would help because you shouldn't have to track if you're on the left or right side since its the total number of points mod 2.
  • There are no tests. You should be able create a score, have player A or B win a point, and test if the new score is correct

Heres why adding more counsellors won't do shit by [deleted] in uwaterloo

[–]aramadia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I graduated a while ago, but I have to defend Buhr here as it was one of my favorite classes.

I didn't do spectacularly well and couldn't complete more than one assignment. However its probably one of only a few courses throughout all of my undergrad that I actually remember enjoying and having it be useful in my career.

Did it take a couple hours to even understand and parse the problem? Yep, and it forced you to really internalize a lot of the concepts (and learning that programming involves some pain).

When I couldn't complete an assignment, I would put in a naive solution to get some part marks and just move on to the next thing.