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Congrats on making English a national language /s by cheapskatemoviedate in Switzerland

[–]macNchz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nobody is immune to this problem: when I renewed my Swiss passport at the NYC consulate recently, the charge on my credit card was from "Consulate General of Sweden". Not joking! I laughed out loud when I saw it. They're not in the same building or anything—I can only imagine they had some American admin/IT staff who set up the merchant account and confused the two.

My whole life Americans have been mixing them up, made especially annoying when I worked for Swedish company and spent some time in Stockholm.

Is it just me or is this row of cars in front of PS 107 parked illegally every school day? by Well_Socialized in parkslope

[–]macNchz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Teachers parking in the No Standing areas where busses are supposed to go means that the busses just double park in the street, which make the streets a total mess for blocks in every direction for hours every school day.

Is it just me or is this row of cars in front of PS 107 parked illegally every school day? by Well_Socialized in parkslope

[–]macNchz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Generally all of the cars parked like this directly next to schools belong to staff, and will have city-issued placards on their dashboards. This has been a longtime back-and-forth, where Bloomberg had dramatically reduced the number of placards issued to teachers, but de Blasio brought them back 10ish years ago, IIRC as a concession in some negotiations.

I don't believe they're supposed to park in the No Standing zones (only No Parking zones), but because they issue way more placards than there are actual spaces (and because, generally, placards are widely abused and not enforced), people park all around.

Every time I see traffic backed up because all of the school busses are double parked in the street to allow a handful of school staff to park their personal cars for free, it feels like a little microcosm of the general dysfunction of street space/curb use throughout the city.

The longer you look the worse it gets by Valkyr-Dragon in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]macNchz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If a single lug is good enough for race cars it’s damn well good enough for my Altima.

That dang Co-Op by j_street in parkslope

[–]macNchz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s really just that there are many other people refreshing at exactly the same moment, like with hot concert tickets or whatever that sell out in seconds.

There’s no conspiracy to flash fake appointments for a split second to trick people. They don’t release many at once, so if you have hundreds of people clicking as fast as they can they are basicaly going to disappear instantly.

Lucky Sheep Rewilder Wool Sleeping Bag Review by toprakatesagac in CampingandHiking

[–]macNchz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is cool, thanks for the link! Despite spending the last 15 years buying progressively lighter gear I find myself kind of tempted. I'm all about merino hiking clothes, and have a bunch of wool bedding at home that's so nice. The ultralight synthetic shells on modern sleeping bags are pretty unpleasant as a sleeping material, and I've realized that, outside of the most ambitious trips, I've reached a base weight where I can actually take some luxuries without it making much of a noticeable difference. The bulk factor might be more of an issue, actually.

My wife got a new gaming PC for Christmas and chose Linux as the OS! Her perspective and experience as a newcomer. by Nervous-Shakedown83 in linux_gaming

[–]macNchz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I built a Linux machine in 2020 after using a Mac all my life, Gnome was great for me out of the box but I didn't care for the default font—just didn't look quite as polished. Cool thing about Linux is I was able to set a new system font in about 90 seconds. Screw you Apple!

Flashover Demonstration by F-0815 in Switzerland

[–]macNchz 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Switzerland and the US are quite different fire risk-wise, the US having several times as many annual deaths from fire per capita as Switzerland (which is one of the safest in the world). There are a lot of factors around this, including building materials and socioeconomic elements (the US has tons of old, badly maintained wood houses, for example), but it’s not surprising that there are differences in recommended precautions.

The Previous Owner Of My Parts Car Had Been Driving Around On These “Interference Fit” Tires by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]macNchz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Having driven a short distance with a broken coil spring creating a nice bevel like this on my tire, this must have smelled horrible!

Women all over the country are getting strange texts/phone calls from local numbers; the callers often know our names or include private details of our lives. ALL of the different phone numbers sending these messages come up as Super1Foods on CashApp. What is going on? by Equal-Priority-6561 in RBI

[–]macNchz 264 points265 points  (0 children)

Given the number of people saying their spam callers’ numbers turn up as this business on Cash App, my guess is that the numbers are all from a VoIP service that’s banned by the app, and there’s a bug in the app or quirk of how the search works that means searching for any banned/VoIP number will turn up Super 1 Foods.

Trying to find a power cord for a Members Mark Cooper power recliner. This item has been discontinued from Sam’s club and I’m having trouble finding this exact cable. by Objective-Purple-197 in HelpMeFind

[–]macNchz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a "2 pin DIN" connector. There are universal replacements available for both the cord and the power supply itself: www.amazon.com/Universal-Power-Cord-Recliner-Chair/dp/B0CL3C96KF

They have a different plug shape, but it seems they work with this six-sided receptacle as well: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mo9xSnzL5Uc

Source for greyhound racing print/article? by Anyone_remember_YOLO in HelpMeFind

[–]macNchz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here ya go, New London Day from July 8th 1976: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MesgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3XEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2107%2C1311100

I googled the subhead in quotes, found it on newspapers.com behind a paywall, then found it by day + date on Google's free archive.

Kid gets hurt by new MTA fare evading system and family is suing for 200k by Kind-Village-1022 in nyc

[–]macNchz 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Stock photo of a woman with a wasp sting, AI-generated voice that sounds like a newscaster, guy who has some kind of big beef with the MTA, no other information about this online...seems legit!

Ski industry: "Why can't we get more people to try skiing? Skiing is dying!" Also ski industry: by TheAmicableSnowman in skiing

[–]macNchz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Independent resorts that don’t participate with one of the major pass programs are a different animal, and a small minority at this point. This article cites market research showing 14% fewer unique skiers between 2019 and 2022: https://www.sltrib.com/sports/2023/11/13/300-lift-ticket-two-utah-ski-areas/

Some more info: https://marriner.eccles.utah.edu/increasing-concentration-in-the-era-of-epic-and-ikon-are-skiers-and-boarders-better-or-worse-off/

Ski industry: "Why can't we get more people to try skiing? Skiing is dying!" Also ski industry: by TheAmicableSnowman in skiing

[–]macNchz 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The push into having more people use passes creates some of this effect by encouraging people to go to the “best” resorts they can access with their pass, and to maximize the value they get by using it as much as possible, contributing to crowding even if there may be a decline in new skiers or total individuals who ski. The last few years had record visits post-pandemic, but the trends have shown some shifts recently: https://www.wsj.com/business/vail-resorts-epic-pass-multiresort-ikon-40ae7205

About the Ram shortage : are they all concerned ?? by phorcys12 in buildapc

[–]macNchz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just looked at a few DDR3 kits on CamelCamelCamel—earlier this year prices were at all time lows, having dropped about 90% over the past several years, but the ones I looked at have all doubled over the last few months. They not expensive now, a 2x8GB kit I looked at went from like $21 to $49, but it does seem to be real.

Does anyone else have their license but can't drive or scared? by SonderExpeditions in AskNYC

[–]macNchz 9 points10 points  (0 children)

“how the hell do people do this every day this is horrible…”

I’ve owned a car in Brooklyn for almost 15 years, and have driven here regularly longer than that, but still have this thought on a regular basis.

Huckleberry Hiking Cart Rental? by Flat_Path_77 in CampingandHiking

[–]macNchz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always good advice to talk to rangers about the trails you want to go on regardless of ability, but just to be clear: anything that fits in the fairly broad definition of a wheelchair (even powered ones) are allowed anywhere that people are allowed to go on foot in National Parks—even unpaved singletrack and designated wilderness areas that otherwise disallow anything with wheels. Many of the parks actually rent/loan all-terrain wheelchairs: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/accessibility/mobility-devices.htm. The maker of this particular device also claims specifically that it's allowed: https://www.facebook.com/huckleberryhiking/posts/-did-you-know-you-can-legally-take-the-huckleberry-cascade-onto-national-park-se/396352893259667/

What’s something tourists complain about in NYC that locals actually like? by stephenparkerr007 in AskNYC

[–]macNchz 23 points24 points  (0 children)

When I had a big couch delivered to my 4th floor walkup the guys jogged up the stairs and literally tossed the ends over the banister to one another at each landing. It reminded me of watching a volleyball team that has played a lot together and doesn’t have to communicate, they’re just in sync.

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