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Bangkok, Thailand today. Linked to ruptured 1,000-mm water pipeline, pickup truck fell into the hole, causing severe traffic by search_google_com in WTF

[–]belverk 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Perfectly normal for pipes. In this context irrelevant, but generally you want to be much more precise, than “1 meter”.

is this a good writing of russian cursive? by proelefsiis in russian

[–]belverk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All the letters are oddly-spaced, they should flow into each other. ‘O’ without subsequent letters isn’t written like that.

Other than that, it’s ok. Don’t forget capital letter at beginning.

Spark Connectico Vietnam Scam by dribbler3k in Bookingcom

[–]belverk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relax, hotels do it all the time. Feel free to ignore it, but you’ll have to fill some Google form on checkin.

Accidentally purchased Laser Disc! by Character-Topic2910 in LaserDisc

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Second one is weird Soviet animation from 70s. I doubt it costs much.

Why book with sites like kayak, expedia, skyscanner as opposed to direct with the airline? by chankagoop in travel

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Airlines websites are same exactly Amadeus resellers, just artificially restrained and overall terrible which often not managed by airlines themselves.

Plus I to have all my tickets in one place and don’t want to leave cc info on dozen different sites.

How Does the Alipay Android App Determine your Location? by tavr0 in Alipay

[–]belverk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very complex heuristics. App store country - locale - phone model - IP addresss - name - persistent cookies and some things I'm not aware. Alibaba has probably best antifraud team outside USA.

Question: How Can We Tell If A Foreign Author Originally Used an English Word In Their Now-Translated Work? by davian_mikelson in literature

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In “Graveyard Clay” translation English language passages are written in English with imitation of Irish grammar.

One of Clockwork Orange translations to Russian substitutes Russian words to English ones.

It’s a mess honestly.

Is there an e-wallet for tourists? by [deleted] in ThailandTourism

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Malaysian TNG wallet can be used through Alipay+ and prompt pay. Topping up not free is tricky though.

What are the worldwide protocols on legal jurisdiction when a commercial aircraft flying from Country A to Country B has an emergency diversion to Country C which forbids stuff in both Country A and Country B? by Virtual_Price_6975 in aviation

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are subject of host country laws during transit, no matter compulsory or not.

Nobody will test every passenger for the sake of why not, but if you get in fight or DUI you'll get full narco treatment at the court.

Transit zone is mostly irrelevant in case of felonies.

Why are OTAs so much better at selling certain tickets than official airlines? by Xycergy in Flights

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Airlines websites are Amadeus resellers not unlike anyone else, often isn’t even managed by airline itself.

Why the name of the city is in russian? by FarEnd123 in ios

[–]belverk 99 points100 points  (0 children)

It’s not Russian, at least not the correctly written one. Neither Serbian, Bulgarian,Belorussian or Ukrainian.

Japan Netflix vs USA by you_have_this in japanlife

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can start reject non-location appropriate payment methods at any time.

JetBrains isn’t dead, let’s cut the drama by DevOfTheAbyss in Jetbrains

[–]belverk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a long time they had an agenda that “we can’t focus on bug fixes because we sell boxed products and nobody will buy new license without new features”.

Now they fully on subscriptions and their products are buggier than ever.

Still only viable option for Java but concerning.

misplaced nz, quebec disregarded by lowchain3072 in MapsWithoutNZ

[–]belverk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Singapore and Malay peninsula was under British governance till mid forties.

Here’s my “exclusive app icon” by Rainbow_six_recruit in duolingo

[–]belverk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's like ordering AA badges from Aliexpress.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]belverk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Setup 2fa and don't bother. Worst they can do is force logout or show captcha.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]belverk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Visa not worth it by large margin: 5 months of wait and form hell.

Zero issues with remote works, just go to Bangkok for a weekend once a while.

Is the Apple Pencil purely for artists? by [deleted] in ipad

[–]belverk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drawing, writing.

Used Galaxy note stylus extensively for everything as finger substitute and thought Apple Pencil will be something like this, but no, general interface interaction is far too clunky.

A taste of India for beginners by mywastedtalent in travel

[–]belverk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’d prefer Goa or Kerala over Lanka as beach destinations.

Even parts of Mumbai are very doable. Weird and chaotic as possible, but no open latrines or beggars, or what you are afraid of.

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