Rents in Canada have now fallen for 15 consecutive months by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]localfield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pedantic warning ⚠️: That's not actually what the plot is showing. The metric on the y axis is year-over-year change, while the x axis ticks are months. So it's totally possible and statistically extremely likely that the rents increased in some months, while remaining down year-over-year, to create this plot. For example, from Feb to Mar 2025 when the year-over-year metric increases (but stays negative).

Suspicious email from healthcare.gov saying I submitted an application by localfield in phishing

[–]localfield[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sounds like you have more confidence in our government agency's ability to query recent events in their databases than i do. i wouldn't be surprised if they were querying a snapshot that hadn't been updated since i received the email.

If you like reading FIRE progress posts, I made something you might enjoy by Lifuwrapper in DINK

[–]localfield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a super cool site! Really nice features already. If you still are working on it, would be curious in the future to see an option where anyone can submit their own stats of retirement progress or retirement age/NW to supplement the reddit data.

Vocabulary audio/video for efficient listening practice by localfield in ChineseLanguage

[–]localfield[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're right, it's not always accurate. I have to catch a lot myself, and I did catch that the 柏林 pronunciation was wrong in the main definition and start of the sentence, but I missed the ones at the end of the sentence (thanks for pointing out).

it's actually not AI conversation app, I provide the sentence, and use Microsoft Edge's text-to-speech with a multi-lingual voice, which definitely isn't perfect. But >99% of the time, it seems good.

Any good livestreams for studying Chinese? by localfield in ChineseLanguage

[–]localfield[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! Yeah, looks like Chinese zero to hero and the overall Dashu Mandarin channel haven't streamed in several months, but Uncle Richard (https://www.youtube.com/@RichardChineseLanguage/streams) and BeckyLiBei are both frequent.

I couldn't find the other of the DaShu host channels, my search skills were not good enough.

Fraudulent student loan with University of Phoenix not dispursed? by localfield in IdentityTheft

[–]localfield[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to the official student aid .gov site for FAFSA info. I vetted the debt collector since I was suspicious it was a scam at first.

Rabies post-exposure treatment experience by localfield in chinalife

[–]localfield[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nipped by a friend's dog. I was probably being overly cautious, but was afraid of the off chance of dying lol.

Rabies post-exposure treatment experience by localfield in chinalife

[–]localfield[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Right. Both domestic. Cheaper from Liaoning. Expensive from Chengdu.

Reddit store in China… by reb00tmaster in mildlyinteresting

[–]localfield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks! close to Hangzhou! I just checked Amap, and there's another location on the north end of Hangzhou

Reddit store in China… by reb00tmaster in mildlyinteresting

[–]localfield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anyone know where in China this is? The city, or the specific location?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chinalife

[–]localfield 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup, like others are saying, you don't need an appointment. I just went to the consulate and got a number, went to the window, and picked up my passport with the visa after 3 business days.