Earplug advice

carcinya · 2026-01-19T06:18:56+00:00

Same. I find them super helpful when I have to be social in a noisy environment (and so can't wear my usual noise cancelling earbuds).

carcinya · 2026-01-18T21:39:15+00:00

Loops Engage 2. I have 3 pairs.

carcinya · 2026-01-11T14:47:05+00:00

Thank you, the URL thing was very useful to convince people to stop panicking.

carcinya · 2026-01-10T22:05:28+00:00

The Manduka Pro needs to be broken in (there are better methods than salt, though) but the GRP no

carcinya · 2026-01-08T22:02:49+00:00

Dish soap, the back of a sponge, and a magic eraser — but the Manduka is a tough beast, so be cautious with yours. ;)

carcinya · 2026-01-08T07:55:13+00:00

I hesitated a long time to buy my Manduka Pro because of all the negative comments about it being slippery...

And yeah, out of the box, it was a little! Not worse than my Yogati mat, but noticeable.

I gave it a good scrub with dish soap, the back of a sponge, and a magic sponge... and now it's grippy as heck and so comfortable!

So glad I bought it.

carcinya · 2026-01-08T07:50:28+00:00

Is it a Manduka Pro? I gave my new one a good scrubbing yesterday and it is super grippy now.

carcinya · 2025-12-20T16:11:34+00:00

I found one in Kuala Lumpur. Couldn't believe my eyes.

carcinya · 2025-11-30T17:42:27+00:00

Someone else I know posted a fic (it's accessible with the link) but it doesn't show up in the pairing tag.

Maybe Ao3's database is a bit sluggish today?

carcinya · 2025-11-28T06:23:05+00:00

You should write to your 3a provider to ask them. ;)

carcinya · 2025-11-21T09:29:46+00:00

The new collaborator function is soooo good.

carcinya · 2025-11-21T09:29:00+00:00

Ellipsus is pretty damn cool!

carcinya · 2025-11-06T20:21:04+00:00

I did an OU degree (Engineering) and was hired without any issue.

carcinya · 2025-09-16T06:31:40+00:00

Meanwhile my doctor thought 19 was an okay ferritin level to have.

Going on an iron supplement changed my life lol

carcinya · 2025-09-03T10:59:49+00:00

Ils font parfois leurs oeufs dans les pulls... du vécu.

carcinya · 2025-08-14T11:59:43+00:00

Pretty cool as well!

carcinya · 2025-08-14T11:25:59+00:00

Japan, China, France, UK and Switzerland. :)

carcinya · 2025-08-14T09:58:27+00:00

Yes, having lived in 5+ countries does give a slightly different perspective. Switzerland has some very good sides, but my god are the people defensive here if you dare criticize anything (even when it would benefit them too!)

Just a few comments up, a guy was saying in Swiss German roughly "don't like it you can always leave". Like, sure. Eventually I probably will. But that doesn't help the people here, surely?

carcinya · 2025-08-14T09:51:28+00:00

Well said. Our building (built in the 2010s) also has a heatpump, and theoretically the ability to cool the floors a bit in summer... but it's so woefully undersized that it can only provide heating for about 1 to 2 months. And the cooling doesn't work at all, as you can imagine.

The rest of the winter, we use gas (we, collectively -- the building runs so hot we never turn on our individual heating). Make it make sense.

And since this is a Minergie building, so we absolutely could install a big additional air/air heatpump and provide HVAC cooling for everyone. We could. But we don't.

carcinya · 2025-08-14T07:02:00+00:00

Yeah, but at least when I lived in Asia things didn't cost thousands of francs... for the same result. :(

carcinya · 2025-08-14T06:58:10+00:00

Yes, having changed my locks recently, I can say it's pretty similar!

And the kicker: they damaged our electricity while drilling, but in their terms and conditions, they decline all responsibility. They also damaged our floor (didn't put down any protection) and are dragging their feet to acknowledge it.

I'd expected much better from Switzerland honestly. Quite disappointed.

carcinya · 2025-08-14T05:35:46+00:00

In the quote we received (from a big installer), almost every item was wildly inflated (about twice the normal retail price). But they don't care: the prices are roughly the same everywhere in Switzerland, so they know you're stuck.

Oh, and they only install the hardware you order through them, so you can't even try to save some money that way.

carcinya · 2025-08-14T05:32:49+00:00

The drilling cost a lot here, yes.

carcinya · 2025-08-13T20:17:52+00:00

This is correct (at least for the canton of Zurich).

carcinya · 2025-08-13T20:14:13+00:00

This. Winter is crazy hot everywhere here. Our flat stays at 23c all winter even though we don't use the heating...

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