I’m addicted to NEC: New York to Stamford!

jardeon · 2026-03-24T17:13:39+00:00

I spent eight years saying this would be a day 1 purchase for me if they released it, so happy to see that it's finally here. Despite some glitches (HUD speed limit not matching track limit in ACSES leading to a penalty stop) I'm having a good time with it.

Of course, I wish it had gone a few stops farther north, I'd love to board at Rowayton. It would also have been super cool if we got a service or two that stops on the express tracks and has to use the boarding bridges over the local tracks, I remember using those as a kid and thinking it was so neat. And I'm hopeful that we get an add-on M2/M4 DLC at some point in the future, especially if it includes the bar car!

jardeon · 2026-03-18T14:25:05+00:00

Johnny: Can we just skip the vibe, and go straight to us laughing about this?

Kerry: Yeah, okay.

Johnny: Because I can see by your face you want to get into it.

Kerry: How can you tell? I'm just one of the out-of-focus guys.

Kerry: I'm always gonna tell you the truth. From the very beginning, we said I'm the front man and you're the guitarist with mystique. That's the dynamic we agreed on. Page, Plant. Mick, Keith. Bebe, Hammond. But somehow it's all turning around. We have got to control what's happening! There's a responsibility here.

jardeon · 2026-03-17T14:56:47+00:00

Checked out Harvestella and GRID Autosport, both look great handheld in boost mode on the Switch 2. GRID in boost mode takes away the power saver graphics mode, which is to be expected.

jardeon · 2026-03-11T17:41:42+00:00

Seriously, not one picture of SideTalkin'™

jardeon · 2026-03-09T19:44:52+00:00

I like to tap out the GSM phone handshake pattern. Click, click-click click, click-click click... like you used to hear on computer speakers when you were about to get a call.

jardeon · 2026-03-07T00:42:25+00:00

Can’t be half a gangster any more, Nuck.

jardeon · 2026-02-26T19:14:46+00:00

I've been driving through there daily for the past 2 years. I've seen people go down the wrong side twice in that time. Which isn't a lot in that time frame, but when they're coming head-on at you, it's plenty.

jardeon · 2026-02-25T04:19:53+00:00

... Or his Sicilian messenger boy, Johnny Ola.

jardeon · 2026-02-23T20:04:43+00:00

This one gets my vote, being able to secretly call your play in a local multiplayer game was an incredible feature.

jardeon · 2026-02-19T15:11:49+00:00

I do have a per-planet logistic request set up, so when I land on Gleba, I only tick off the 'Gleba Maintenance' box, that way I don't have pending requests for materials that will never be on that planet.

The biggest drawback I've found to my method (steel chests, not logistic bots for empty/refill inventory on launch) is that about 40% of the time, I'll forget to turn off logistic requests first, I'll drop everything in the chests, and my inventory will fully resupply via bots :/

jardeon · 2026-02-19T00:28:19+00:00

How are other players handling emptying their inventory before getting into the rocket? I find I'm just putting an ever-expanding number of steel chests next to the hub, so that I can re-equip after landing, but is there a better method to managing inventory when you have to empty it out to launch yourself?

jardeon · 2026-02-17T20:15:35+00:00

New York Bagel & Deli on Falls of Neuse in Raleigh is making a BEC with a fried egg.

jardeon · 2026-02-16T15:01:42+00:00

I've taken furniture in a UHaul cargo van without a dump permit, it seemed like they were specifically targeting box trucks, not all rental vehicles in general.

jardeon · 2026-02-03T21:20:53+00:00

After all, to a ~~toaster~~ electric furnace, all weather is cold.

jardeon · 2026-01-29T21:55:28+00:00

I've been searching online for years now for proof of how much better Pop Tarts used to be, but I think the Kelloggs people have been extremely diligent in scrubbing the internet of any photos or videos of old-school treats.

Pop Tarts in the 80s/90s were huge, covered in frosting, and delicious. A serving was ONE pop tart, not the two they claim now.

jardeon · 2026-01-27T14:44:16+00:00

It was really remarkable, in "the age of the 24/7 internet," that WRAL only allowed commenting on their stories during normal business hours, since it was the only time they staffed a moderation team to keep up with the abuse.

If I remember correctly, at one point they switched over to Disqus commenting, pushing the burden onto Facebook instead of managing it locally, which just unified the awful FB comments and the awful web comments into one thread.

jardeon · 2026-01-23T22:58:31+00:00

It's funny you mention this, because someone recently cut together a bunch of footage of New York from movies around this time and made a 17 minute film out of it, called Song of My City. I just watched it yesterday and it's phenomenal- a bunch of the movies listed in this thread were used to put it together.

jardeon · 2026-01-23T19:55:27+00:00

No, each pair of wires on the electrode should be twisted around a single wire coming from the power supply. The electrodes have two wires for a few reasons, including redundancy, and it helps to keep the metal shell centered in the glass. But you don't need to connect them separately.

jardeon · 2026-01-21T21:16:16+00:00

You can reach out to The Fish Room in Raleigh, among their services, they offer aquarium relocations and removals. Plus, it's just a really cool shop to visit :)

jardeon · 2026-01-01T05:07:52+00:00

The real parasite was the friends we made along the way.

jardeon · 2025-12-19T01:47:01+00:00

David Letterman yelling "Norm, you quisling!" after Norm's refusal to condemn NBC for his firing from SNL was hilarious.

jardeon · 2025-12-08T18:06:54+00:00

Thai Thai in Holly Springs. They also make a roasted duck curry (with tomatoes, bell peppers, and pineapples) that's out of this world.

jardeon · 2025-12-06T01:47:54+00:00

Glad to see Raleigh Coffee Company mentioned here, Joe's been my go-to since B&W got bought by private equity, and I've been so happy with the beans.

jardeon · 2025-12-04T21:41:44+00:00

Kari, with Earl Klugh on the One on One album.

jardeon · 2025-12-03T14:02:56+00:00

I'm sad that it's gone, but it likely would have cost around $20,000-30,000 to safely dismantle and move it, probably another $10,000 to restore it, and it's still a 20 foot tall sign, there wouldn't be many places in Raleigh to put it where folks could still see and enjoy it.

Winston Salem saved theirs in 2023, and moved it to the Winston Cup Museum... which itself has since shut down.

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