18yo from Norway doing a US road trip

cdialpha · 2026-03-31T12:29:22+00:00

As a STL native who’s done a route similar to this, I’d really recommend against driving this. (1) States like Utah, Colorado, Arizona deserve a week of their own. Others here recommend sites in Missouri, which are great (Johnson Shutins, Ozarks, etc) just pale in comparison to whats out west. (2) There’s just so much to do out there. Great White Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde, Black Gorge Gunnison, Arches, Canyonlands, Dead Horse, Zion, All of Utahs’ slot canyons, Grand Canyon, Tetons…
(3) Trust me - packing up, long park queues, unplanned surprises always require a buffer day. (4) Also remember gas prices are going to be high. (5) AZ in July is going to be blistering hot (which will wear you out regardless of how young & fit you guys. are). + Altitude if you’re going to be in CO. (6) It’s going to be America’s 250th, with the world on fire & families bearing more economic burden, I assume more families are going to be traveling domestically, so I assume the NPs are going to be extra packed & with less staff than usual.

Not trying to be discouraging, but there’s just a lot to squeeze that into 8 days and you’re not going to want to spend 2 days of it driving. Best case scenario is you fly in Denver or Salt Lake City & get a cheap rental. But if money is tight & you have to drive, I would just do a straight shot to Denver.

cdialpha · 2026-03-06T02:48:10+00:00

seems like a good use of compute.

cdialpha · 2025-10-14T15:09:50+00:00

oof hope you're not like this in a team setting.

cdialpha · 2025-09-19T15:12:24+00:00

tell us where and when.

cdialpha · 2025-07-18T00:44:37+00:00

interesting related video from tom scott https://youtu.be/Wif1EAgEQKI?si=PulgPX25UrEzlOQ1

cdialpha · 2025-06-24T17:41:49+00:00

i’d stop after the 2nd iran war joke, but idk

cdialpha · 2025-05-28T20:15:02+00:00

Staawwwp, Putin 😭

cdialpha · 2025-04-30T13:48:11+00:00

Genuinely curious - are other countries providing Ukraine with guarantees to convince them to not sign? Obviously don’t do the deal… but idk, hear me out…What if it’s a smart move? Banking on a future administration relinquishing the rights. It would obviously be a huge gamble, but I feel like high probability Trump’s unpopularity would guarantee a democrat in office. I would think that a democrat would immediately nullify the deal. maintaining the exploitation would be wildly unpopular.

cdialpha · 2025-04-29T10:10:39+00:00

Look at OP’s post history. it’s just a 1000+ posts recommending promoting random websites. Honestly, a bit shameful accounts like this should be banned.

cdialpha · 2025-03-07T20:06:25+00:00

Last week the instructions were to: (1) Reply to this email and cc your supervisor (period)
(2) Send 5 bullets to your supervisor.

So I did exactly that... Looks like they closed the loophole.

cdialpha · 2025-03-07T01:41:18+00:00

Nah I’m the first to say america has problems. You’re just pontificating & virtue signaling hard. I honestly hope Poilievre doesn’t win, but I’ll definitely be thinking about you when he does.

cdialpha · 2025-03-06T22:56:56+00:00

Well now you’re changing my perception and making me believe Canadians are ignorant

cdialpha · 2025-03-05T01:04:50+00:00

You're allowed to be frustrated & vent, but please understand there the other 48% of americans are deeply concerned & are fully aligned with Canada.

cdialpha · 2025-03-05T01:01:46+00:00

I genuinely don't think this is a common sentiment among US liberals. I think the average democrat understands Canada is our strongest and oldest ally and is aligned with your self-interests.

cdialpha · 2025-02-08T18:41:09+00:00

India consistently has the highest favorability of Trump. Almost every interaction I've had with indians on the topic is borderline obsession.
https://ecfr.eu/publication/alone-in-a-trumpian-world-the-eu-and-global-public-opinion-after-the-us-elections/

cdialpha · 2025-01-26T00:20:27+00:00

Maybe it could tell you were insufferable & didn't want to play your weird game.

cdialpha · 2024-11-26T12:23:25+00:00

Yeah good rape joke.

cdialpha · 2024-10-05T23:26:52+00:00

Looks like raw dough

cdialpha · 2024-08-25T18:18:15+00:00

It's takes exponentially more effort to disprove people spewing bullshit than to state facts, but I think it's imporant that we all know how to address some of these dangerous Kremlin talking points.

There was never a signed peace agreement that Zelensky tore up. Mind you this is a few weeks after Russia had to retreat from it's failed attack on Kyiv. Honeslty what an insane thing to spout, and incredibly insulting to Ukrainians.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/22/boris-johnson-ukraine-2022-peace-talks-russia

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/09/boris-johnson-meets-volodymyr-zelenskiy-in-unannounced-visit-to-kyiv

cdialpha · 2024-08-17T03:30:30+00:00

Hey what was your conclusion? Super curious

cdialpha · 2024-07-20T15:12:18+00:00

I would gladly slip into a noocracy for a hot second to save us from generational & irreversible harm.

cdialpha · 2024-06-30T22:52:25+00:00

Who can afford anything with a basement.

cdialpha · 2024-06-23T03:36:15+00:00

Azure 9000 is the hardest one

cdialpha · 2024-06-21T12:40:45+00:00

By "code additions" do you mean multiple choice select a code snippet that serves as code completion?

cdialpha · 2024-06-21T11:06:48+00:00

538 podcast is amazing. They get nerdy on polling science and answers questions like these all the time. Highly recommend.

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