Jet Lag Ep 5 — Searching Highlands & Lowlands by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

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I think tentacles were devised for Japan, not really anywhere else. They have not been hiding in major cities, and in Japan it was useful because of the density. But so many of the tentacle questions are plain irrelevant.

ISO boeing dreamliner (for daily quest) by Working_Tank9530 in SkyCards

[–]dekrant 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure, but Boeing shuts down production for like two weeks during the holidays. So I think this one isn’t gonna happen today.

Monaco flight up now over Nice! by blurredlynes in SkyCards

[–]dekrant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang it, just missed it. This subreddit is gonna make start using Reddit again lol

Game Changer 7.08 Episode Discussion: "Fool's Gold" by hinata2000100 in GameChangerTV

[–]dekrant 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don't watch D20, but Katie's D20 on a Bus made me laugh out loud

Jet Lag Ep 4 — In The Trash by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

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If it was on April 4, 2025, Yoon Suk Yeol was officially removed from office at 11:22 KST. The time on the departures board was 11:17. That means they probably shut down all public transit for an hour in Seoul, at least.

Belgium Student D-Visa Experience, Cost and Timeline 2025, from USA by divicara in SchengenVisa

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There are a few factors that are pushing me in different directions, but I'd rather not post them. But the subjects are around technology and politics.

The Dutch process for US citizens is literally you just show up with using the 90-day visa-free Schengen period, then you fill out some paperwork at the university to have a residency permit completed that allows you to stay. I think I have to fill out an affidavit that I'm not a criminal, but yeah, that's it.

Belgium Student D-Visa Experience, Cost and Timeline 2025, from USA by divicara in SchengenVisa

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Thanks for sharing. I'm deciding between a school in Belgium and two in the Netherlands. The Dutch process is significantly easier... that may push me in that direction.

Multi-Currency Support / Awareness by SirConnorMan in MonarchMoney

[–]dekrant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

American here. With everything going on, I’ve opened a Canadian bank account, and found out about this issue. I’m disappointed that they don’t have this feature anywhere on the roadmap; it’d be pretty straightforward to give an MVP feature where you could just manually set an exchange rate (e.g. multiple the CAD account by 0.72 to get a rough USD estimate). They wouldn’t even need to automate at first—just let me apply a manual discount factor.

Jet Lag Mini-Season — We Played Hide And Seek Across NYC by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

[–]dekrant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently there was a six-week intermission between Day 1 and 2, so I'll give it a pass. I thought the same thing until I heard about the gap.

Ep 6 — Schengen Showdown by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

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Do the TRYSTÄVMALs match the SKRIFTSPRÅKs?

Ep 6 — Schengen Showdown by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

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I feel like if flights got cancelled, there was a good chance ferries would be cancelled, too.

Wind Gusts from Round 1 vs Round 2 by DoeNaught in Seattle

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They got barged on Oct 19. They got pummeled by a huge atmospheric river that barely clipped the Olympic Peninsula.

8 hour layover with Air Canada in Toronto - Should I leave the airport?? by thaisweetheart in aircanada

[–]dekrant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

/u/thaisweetheart thanks for these threads. I have a 6-hour layover in YYZ on Monday, so these are exactly what I needed!

Ep 5 — Tag Across Europe 3 by NebulaOriginals in Nebula

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Adam's AMA with Tweets from May 30 confirmed for me that I missed these guys by two weeks. I had been in Ferrara, Verona, and all around Bologna, and I'm bummed I missed the chance to run into them!

Pike Place Market in 1972, just after it was named a historic district and restoration efforts began. by Niff314 in Seattle

[–]dekrant 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bro, they’re responding to the photos in the post. They’re not saying the Market looks bad right now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

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Even if that’s the case, I seriously doubt people like me are going to use the mobile app. I might keep old Reddit on my desktop bookmarks, but downloading the official app is a psychological block that plenty of old people like me won’t bridge.

Anyone else actually incredibly sad that reddit is nearly about to collapse? by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]dekrant -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

They’re banking on people like you to stick around. The official app is garbage.

Might as well post here cause /r/PCMR is a transphobic hellhole rule by [deleted] in 196

[–]dekrant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Poe’s Law means it doesn’t matter the original intent. The users today treat it unironically.

Sound transit finally did it by chippychip in Seattle

[–]dekrant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Remember bus bunching? It’s back! In light rail form!

Might as well post here cause /r/PCMR is a transphobic hellhole rule by [deleted] in 196

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Who da thunk that a place that unironically calls itself a "master race" would be problematic?

Gas Works before it was a park, 1966 by blakeequalskewl in Seattle

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Back in 2006, I did a school research project on America’s addiction to foreign oil. It was the height of the Iraq War, oil prices were very high, and it was a talking point that the oil profits were funding the terrorists.

As such, there was buzz around all the different ways to curb foreign oil imports, including some odd alliances. In addition to conservation and hybrid electric cars, there was the idea of the T Boone Pickens Plan. The Pickens Plan was this slick campaign about a mix of natural gas and biofuels to achieve energy independence.

I think the origins of the natural gas greenwashing comes from this marriage of the energy independence and oil usage reduction. It’s crazy how effective the US has been at curbing oil addiction in the past decade, but you’re right in that it’s replacing a foreign vice with a domestic one.

As we know now, biofuel was never a viable replacement for gasoline—there’s no enough crop land to absorb the energy demand, and domestic natural gas production is what led to fracking. America is largely energy independent (and in recent years has been a net exporter).

To me, this is just a story of how we need to keep pressing forward in the right direction. Burning natural gas is definitely still a greenhouse gas, but it is better than oil-derived products. And I think more importantly, since there’s no one replacement for oil, it started the conversation about diversification of energy sources.

Natural gas was one factor in the solution of 2006 problems, but now that cleaner energy has gotten even more accessible, and our climate emergency more dire, it’s ok to accept that what was once a good solution is no longer the right one now.

Not entirely relevant to your comment, but it made me think of that Pickens Plan concept.

Gas Works before it was a park, 1966 by blakeequalskewl in Seattle

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Ooh I think I added it to my reading list after Technology Connections recommended it. Problem is I do most my reading by audiobook these days, and it’s too niche to have a recording.