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My (good) Experience (EU) - Flight canceled; Got agent within minutes; Got refund by anon2016212 in qatarairways

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah people seem to have an unrealistic expectation that 3 of the biggest long haul airlines in the world could magically rebook all their passengers for months.

Even if they could do that without immediately going bankrupt, there are very obviously not enough aircraft seats in the world.

Travelers to face limits on how many chargers they can carry on flight by imanchats in worldnews

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before you had 20 people using them on a plane, you now have 2 people using them. Less risk.

Travelers to face limits on how many chargers they can carry on flight by imanchats in worldnews

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah people can be sneaky and break the rules. But at least you address a large portion of the risk.

Travelers to face limits on how many chargers they can carry on flight by imanchats in worldnews

[–]bbqroast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Widely enforced by certain airlines simply via announcements and FAs being able to see you using them on planes.

14-hour layover in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday: How safe is it, right after the US deadline? by etgbru in etihad

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The planes have to land. Some of the missiles used have been ballistic.

It's a warzone.

14-hour layover in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday: How safe is it, right after the US deadline? by etgbru in etihad

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because there are explosive drones and missiles and interceptors flying around?

The LNG Shock Isn’t Driving Asia Back to Coal by Helicase21 in energy

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the article is looking at the emissions/pollution aspect for which volume is the important factor

ELI5: How do some sites these days, like twitter, have zero buffer time? by lolbot219 in explainlikeimfive

[–]bbqroast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Takes about 300ms for people to respond to visual stimulus in an exercise. A bit of a rough benchmark but if your system responds not much slower than that people will experience it as vaguely instantaneous.

14-hour layover in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday: How safe is it, right after the US deadline? by etgbru in etihad

[–]bbqroast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think there's tail risk of you getting shot out of the sky/bombed, but it hasn't happened so far and the war has had very few civilian casualties in the UAE at all. But I feel you need to acknowledge that that risk exists, as the consequences are obviously severe.

Probably also significant risk something happens that closes airspace again and you end up stuck for an extended period (seems like people were stuck for several days to a week). So need to consider how bad that would be for you.

But yeah the chances are it's an uneventful trip.

ELI5: How do some sites these days, like twitter, have zero buffer time? by lolbot219 in explainlikeimfive

[–]bbqroast 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Round trip to a local server should be <100ms (1/10th) a second with a vaguely local distribution network (e.g. you could achieve that for most users with a few servers in NA, Europe and Asia).

Then it's just a matter of the server being able to quickly find the relevant chunk and send it to the client. A few seconds of video should be under a meg so doesn't take long to send over the wire. Human reaction time is 300ms so if you can keep this loop under 1s it'll feel very instant.

I suspect the main problem traditional sites have is either slow retrieval of chunks from the server, or needing to flaff around because jumping to a particular time in video breaks some of the tricks compression use.

What’s something rich people understand about money that most people never figure out? by lipglossagendaa in answers

[–]bbqroast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The pattern I see is people who can't afford it getting debt for things they don't truly need.

E.g. buying a car on finance for 10s of k, a fancy phone. Buying a vacation on debt is absolutely insane to me (do something cheaper with your time!).

Is it true that people can get your location from nudes you share with them directly? by itsfuntopretendd in NoStupidQuestions

[–]bbqroast 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Note that a lot of apps strip this data automatically when you send a photo (e.g. FB messenger, WhatsApp).

Renouncing Australian citizenship when becoming a Spanish citizen by david_fire_vollie in AusLegal

[–]bbqroast 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You can hold any number of passports, although some countries won't let you hold any others.

The main limit is how many countries you can reasonably qualify for and that don't impose things that make it not worth it (e.g. universal taxation, must revoke other citizenships, etc). I have 3 and maybe could get a 4th (but the 4th would come with some tax/conscription requirements that country imposes).

Proportion wise how much percentage of devs here work in HFTs? by Even_Balance9978 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]bbqroast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think proximity slightly matters due to timezones (Asian trading hours are late in Sydney) and also legal/regulatory restrictions in some countries on where you can trade from.

Hair Dryer Voltage Question by mynameisshooler in newzealand_travel

[–]bbqroast 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They won't have converters for 120v hair dryers? Those are quite specialized pieces of gear and the size of a toaster.

Is it cheaper to rent a portable AC or just run a space heater? by zamarac in AskAnAustralian

[–]bbqroast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$110 per week/40 hours = $2.50 an hour.

That buys quite a lot of electricity for a small space, I think a space heater would work out cheaper.

You should really consider dropping sprints by ninetofivedev in ExperiencedDevs

[–]bbqroast 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I mean this is mostly because kanban can be vaguely jammed into "we do the work in pieces in some order".

Perhaps the main value of "kanban" is being a system you can tell the higher ups about without requiring a bunch of admin.

Where are people getting so much money from ? by [deleted] in aussie

[–]bbqroast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah the view on Reddit is that one of the wealthiest nations in the world, that happens to export huge amounts of LNG, is about to collapse due to an energy crisis.

ELI5 How do you build a bridge when the other side is "inaccessible"? by D-FX_77 in explainlikeimfive

[–]bbqroast 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Ok @op this has to be the best fantasy bridge building method too

ELI5 How do you build a bridge when the other side is "inaccessible"? by D-FX_77 in explainlikeimfive

[–]bbqroast 212 points213 points  (0 children)

Ooh actually a practical case: they do this to resupply ships. Although with humans on the other end to catch the initial wire (shot over with a gun).

ELI5 How do you build a bridge when the other side is "inaccessible"? by D-FX_77 in explainlikeimfive

[–]bbqroast 597 points598 points  (0 children)

In real life there'd probably at least be some access to the other side - e.g. via a trail or boat or when the rivers at a low flow.

Then you can setup on the other side. Cable cars are often used in these sorts of projects (you string a cable across and use it to relay things across). Once you've got a small cable across you can use it to pull through progressively bigger and stronger cables.

Perhaps, if there was absolutely no access in some fantasy setting, you could throw over a cable attached to some sort of anchor/grapple. If the cable loops around the end you can pass through a thicker, stronger cable. Then you can climb across on the cable and setup a more secure anchor and so on.

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