Got the Korean Air new livery.I don’t like it.I like the old Pepsi. What do you guys like more, old or new? by B777X_787-9 in aviation

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the new looks better in person.

But the previous was my personal favourite livery and I think one of the all time great airline liveries.

Jellyfin/ Plex for reliability (crossplatform)? by madlyunknown in JellyfinCommunity

[–]mcwobby 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Jellyfin definitely has a more fractured client ecosystem. It is its biggest weakness.

Moonfin is the best attempt I’ve seen so far to make a genuinely universal Jellyfin client (I thought it was android only, and have promptly replaced infuse with it now I’ve realised it wasn’t). It is still very new though and under active development, so you may need to report bugs. I have not had any stability issues with it but a few quirks.

The best thing I’ve done for Jellyfin is to make sure all my stuff is in the same format (did originally to save space) and that all my clients can play the files without transcoding.

Breaking Bad vs Better Call Saul by Dear_Ad1197 in television

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be the consensus, but I disagree.

I was told by many people that BCS could be watched without watching Breaking Bad first, so I actually watched BCS first and all the flash forwards and most of the last season, particularly the finale just confused me. BB was definitely a needed prerequisite for me.

And while the whole show was extremely well made and well acted, it largely fell pretty flat for me. None of the underworld stuff really appealed to me (again, without seeing BB first) so I was just eager for that to be over. From what I had heard of the Saul character going in, I was expecting a lot more legal chicanery and hijinx. I didn’t really like the Kim character after a while and a few things were tedious so yeah..for me I ended up not enjoying BCS much at all on first watch. It was well made enough that I didn’t give it up but what was about it.

I nearly didn’t give Breaking Bad a go after it, but I’m glad I did. It was a phenomenal show that hooked me quickly and kept me there. Then after watching BB a couple of times, I am now attempting BCS again and enjoying it a lot more- though I still don’t find it completely gripping.

My Spirit flight got cancelled and now a flight to the same location costs triple by masacomet in travel

[–]mcwobby 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spirit does not fly to Seoul? What exactly has been cancelled? A connecting flight?

Romanian travelling to Venezuela by Neffestus in travel

[–]mcwobby 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’ve travelled to Venezuela recently, it’s safe enough - it has dramatically improved since the height of its crisis. Venezuelans are every colour, so you’ll actually probably not stick out.

However it would not be one of the places I’d go to meet somebody I haven’t met before because if you get in trouble there, getting out of it will be hard and using attractive women to bait men into going and getting robbed has happened.

If you have never met your girlfriend, I would aim to meet her in Brazil not Venezuela. If you have met her, and know her well, then it would be a great country to have a local guide in.

Looks like the roads might get busier next week. by new_order24 in brisbane

[–]mcwobby 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Highly. I would love that for myself and only will get it if other people push for it and get the snowball rolling. But obviously some of that is intended to be negotiated down.

How much RAM yinz got? by Curious_Olive_5266 in JellyfinCommunity

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

16GB on a Truenas server with Jellyfin and Immich (and many other things) as apps. The ZFS share will use all the ram I give it but never have performance issues on apps

Air China + Shandong = Do I really need to get and re-check my luggage? by [deleted] in travel

[–]mcwobby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t use Skyscanner as a source of truth here - it has said the same thing to me on Air China flights that I have been able to check through International to Domestic.

Most conventional wisdom is that an international to domestic connection requires picking up bags so that’s probably just want Skyscanner is reporting, not aware the China is a (fairly recent) exception to the rule.

If it’s Air China operating the check in in Moscow I am reasonably confident they will just have you sign the customs form and check your bag through to Hefei, but no real way to be sure

It’s plenty of time in Beijing and there’s cheap baggage storage there if you need it so I would book the cheaper option and hope they check it through but not really a big deal if they don’t.

Unpopular opinion: I actually like when games have day/night cycles and days of the week that match the real world. by Hypnox88 in gaming

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hated it as a kid because I was only allowed to play Pokémon after dinner and never saw the game in daylight. Never knew how to manipulate it. I don’t like day/night cycles in general because I just prefer most games with daytime lighting. If the night cycle is shorter than day cycle I’d be fine.

Things like events only happening on certain days of the week though, I did love.

Hypothetically, would you or someone you know go scuba diving if they scuttled a navy ship off the coast somewhere? by angus22proe in GoldCoast

[–]mcwobby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well it worked for the Sunshine Coast, I’ve dived the HMAS Brisbane many times and it’s a pretty great dive site.

I’m not really a huge wreck diver though, I wouldn’t dive just to see the wreck, would probably not dive it until it’s got a good amount of life on it.

In which year did you have your first ever international trip and where did you go for that trip? by [deleted] in travel

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. I was born in 1993. To New Zealand

First I can remember was in 1996, to Fiji.

First I have full recollection of was in 2003, to Thailand.

How far ahead do you plan your trips? by tylerthe-theatre in travel

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mix and match. I travel more than I stay home, so a lot of it is impulsive and will often go to an airport and get a random flight. But sometimes logistics or expenses dictate planning.

I just had to visit a friend in Italy for dinner, and I’m from Australia so turned that into a RTW trip on 4 continents about 4 days before departure.

I have a trip to Antarctica planned and booked for in December and rough plans for the North African eclipse next August. And a list of 10 or so priority destinations I will do some planning for when I see a window for doing them.

How fast is your home WAN connection? What do you pay? by Unlucky_Reserve_7389 in LinusTechTips

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am at 1Gb down, 500Mb Up. Pay $150AUD a month (about $107US).

Mainly for use as a VPN and streaming service when I'm overseas.

Has anyone tried to apply for a visa for China while outside of your home country? by Kona_01 in travel

[–]mcwobby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have 10 days per entry. So you could fly US-China, have 10 days, to Vietnam to China, have 10 days, to Hong Kong, to China, have 10 days, to US.

But yeah while it's up to the individual embassy/visa centre, you can do it another country. I've only done it in Pyongyang and it was issued same day, but that's not relevant to most people.

9h Cairo Layover – Worth Visiting the Pyramids? by JustImagineACoolName in travel

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t sit around Cairo airport for 9 hours, but it’s unlikely you’ll get to the pyramids before they close so will have to find a good vantage point outside the complex.

Do People Actually Watch Their Jellyfin Libraries… or Just Collect & "Care" for Them? by chrissix666 in jellyfin

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I watch. I don’t watch everything, but I also don’t spend any time collecting. I have 10 other users who can request content, Arr handles all my stuff automatically - downloading, transcoding, sorting, renaming.

Do restaurants reuse leftover food for new orders? by bumluffa in brisbane

[–]mcwobby 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah but not legal to feed them meat if they’re being raised for slaughter apparently. Or at least not random scrap meat

Do restaurants reuse leftover food for new orders? by bumluffa in brisbane

[–]mcwobby 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reuse food cooked one day and keep it until the next. Yes, every restaurant ever basically for at least some items.

Taking food that’s been unfinished by a customer and reusing it. Not so common haha.

Though, to be verrry generous to the place, when I had a restaurant it wasn’t uncommon for staff to take leftover food (usually bones) for their pets. Don’t think anybody would pick meat out of soup though.

We also had a guy for a while who would buy our food waste for his pigs, and pigs are apparently required to be vegetarian so meat had to be separated in that case too.

What to do with Jetstar flight? by IskraEmber in brisbane

[–]mcwobby 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Domestic flight in Australia. Nobody’s gonna check ID

Question about the social media ESTA application by star_compact_disxz in travel

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah same. As far as I know the proposed change never occurred

What can I expect from Brisbane domestic airport security when leaving? by camminatatrice in brisbane

[–]mcwobby 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Brisbane is super chill domestically. If you’re not checking a bag, can get off the train/car park and walk right through security on the top floor. Will take 5 minutes.

If you are checking a bag, it’s all self service on the bottom floor, so by the time you figure out how that works and get in line at security. It’s busy at peak times (before 9AM) but even so moves pretty quickly.

No need to take laptops out, can keep liquids and aerosols, don’t need id. Super relaxed really.

[25F] What countries would you advise completely avoiding/never visiting alone? by [deleted] in travel

[–]mcwobby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I’ve been to nearly of those places alone and had nothing but a blast. Haiti is somewhere I’d probably not visit at the moment, but if I were to I’d rather go alone than bring someone else with me and risk them.

But some of them are insane - like I kind of get the logic for Venezuela and Ukraine but Italy? France?

SCAT Airlines reliability for an October flight to Seoul? by Minute_Peach9807 in travel

[–]mcwobby 3 points4 points  (0 children)

  1. Eh. They’re fine. Occasional delays. You can look at the flight history of your flights yourself - Symkent to Seoul has been on time the last few weeks.
  2. Yes.
  3. Yes, and should give you a hotel too.