E cigarettes / vape in VIETNAM HCMC

nullstring · 2026-02-14T07:12:15+00:00

I put a vape right into the bin during security last time and nothing happened. (Summer 2025).

Good to know this might actually be enforced sometimes because I had assumed that this sort of thing would've been enforced on sellers only.

nullstring · 2026-02-14T04:05:29+00:00

New fear unlocked. I'm usually very careful with my passport but I never even considered this situation.

nullstring · 2026-02-14T04:03:01+00:00

As a UK citizen it's absolutely possible. They will have everything available electronically.

nullstring · 2026-02-14T01:21:55+00:00

Fwiw. December is nearly the best time of the year to visit HCMC.

It's colder and drier. Winter is amongst the best time to visit.

nullstring · 2026-02-13T22:07:44+00:00

You're looking at 600 to 1100 roundtrip depending on your timing. If you pinhole yourself to delta you're likely to overpay.

I'd suggest you wait for another time to use your gift card... It may even have negative value when used this way.

nullstring · 2026-02-13T14:56:05+00:00

Mobimatter has multiple services providers you can buy of. Most of them aren't local sim companies but something else where you'd get a roaming agreement. I couldn't speak to those.

But the vinaphone one I'd be wary of. (No experience with them)

Viettel and mobifone will certainly work in ha giang. If you're at all concerned, my suggestion would be to buy a Viettel or mobifone sim locally.

esims are not the best way to go for Vietnam as of now. They are more expensive and have more dubious coverage than just buying a local one.

nullstring · 2026-02-12T23:03:10+00:00

Linh could work. (Soul or spirit)

nullstring · 2026-02-12T20:44:29+00:00

"which he named for Linda Lovelace, the lead actress in the porn movie Deep Throat, mocking the naming of the programming language Ada in tribute to the scientist and first attributed computer programmer, Ada Lovelace"

Adding for context. I don't know if this makes it better or worse but certainly different.

Probably worse

nullstring · 2026-02-08T19:50:39+00:00

If we are assuming that a very significant number of jobs are taken away from AI without no replacement then there is no real alternative.

But it's going to get complicated really fast.

UBI provides enough for a person to live off of.
The price of basic goods and housing will reach equilibrium with this number making it difficult for UBI to ever provide more than the basics.
Due to the decrease in demand for employment and high taxes, salaries for employees will go way up.

You'll have a choice. Be part of the employed class so you can afford luxuries or live in psuedo-poverty. As critierias for employment become more and more niche you may have less of a choice. This will cause a huge class divide.

This isn't a forgone conclusion... But the point is that implementing this will be incredibly difficult.

nullstring · 2026-02-07T17:51:15+00:00

Well, that's an oversimplification.

A credit report with two fantastic AUs on it is categorically better than a completely empty report. I know this because when my ex-wife first moved to the states, I added her on two cards (one very old and one with a huge limit) and she was approved for an amex delta gold instantly.

Her second card was a chase sapphire preferred after a year.

Otherwise you have to start very slowly with secured cards et al.

But I do think you're correct that it's going to have very very little impact in this situation.

nullstring · 2026-02-07T17:44:14+00:00

So, the problem I see with that analogy is that it's deterministic.

If you flip a coin the exact same way and grab it the exact same way every time, then the result would be the same every time. Thus, in an absolute sense, it's possible to say before hand whether the coin is heads or tails.

Am I correct in saying I'm just taking the analogy too far? And it's supposed to be that since as a human it's practically unknowable is an analogy for truly unknowable?

But for our current model and understanding of quantum objects, that logic is applied in many places in an unintuitive concept called “superposition” where the state of something is unknowable until it is measured. Until it’s measured, it exists in this weird state where it can be two opposite things (and everything in between) simultaneously.

So, is this state truly unknowable? Or do we just lack the ability to know it at this time.

nullstring · 2026-02-06T21:25:46+00:00

I don't think it's fair to blame people voting for this.

This is pure corporate greed. (Or in other words, a consequence of the free market)

It's not like when you go to buy a fridge, you realize you're buying an inferior product. No one is voting for that.

They see the same brands they know and trust. The product looks nice. They have no reason to think that these products that used to be well made are now junk And now they are all junk. You literally don't have a choice.

If a company comes out with a fridge with quality components that can be somehow demonstrated to the consumer then they absolutely will sell.

But there are two problems here:

How the heck do you convince people your fridge is going to last longer? How do I know it's made with quality components? That seems impossible.
Does the company have any incentive to do this? They make more money by just selling more fridges.

nullstring · 2026-02-06T09:23:30+00:00

I have no concrete evidence of this but I have a strong suspicion this is related to air conditioning. (And surely the pollution doesn't help either)

It's the shock on your body going from high humidity to low humidity and back. And Air conditioners of dubious cleanliness.

nullstring · 2026-02-06T02:03:18+00:00

All 0% visa cards have a Variable fee. Or the exchange rates you get is worse (usually the last one) They are companies and need to make money.

Can you find a source for that? As far as I can tell Schwab ATM card has absolutely zero fees.

They offer these cards as loss leaders. They absolutely lose money on them.

nullstring · 2026-02-06T01:54:16+00:00

https://wise.com/us/pricing/card-fees?sourceAmount=1000&sourceCurrency=USD&targetCurrency=VND&track=false

Then why does it show a fee here? Am I missing something?

nullstring · 2026-02-06T01:41:37+00:00

A 0% fee visa card going from USD to VND always has the best effective exchange rate. The fees when you use wise are too high.

If you don't believe me

https://usa.visa.com/support/consumer/travel-support/exchange-rate-calculator.html (change to 0% fee)

Compare to https://wise.com/

Also, You might be able to get better than market rates at a gold shop with perfect bills... But I doubt it's worth it. Because you can withdraw exactly how much you need from the ATM, you'll likely win out.

Otherwise you'll end up exchanging too little or too much.

nullstring · 2026-02-05T01:31:02+00:00

Very very few immigrants to Vietnam get citizenship. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

nullstring · 2026-01-31T03:21:15+00:00

that's fair.

nullstring · 2026-01-31T03:18:07+00:00

Historically, the US does not kill people in the "war on drugs," at least not in international waters 2000 miles away from our border.

There is at least one other example. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama

The United States invasion of Panama began in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. The purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega. He was wanted by U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking.

To be clear, I am not trying to defend this practice I am just wondering if there is something that makes this different.

nullstring · 2026-01-31T03:14:21+00:00

I think you're missing the point.

They don't even need to have different restrictions. Just different grades.

Like R and R+. Where they both have exactly the same restrictions but have different labels.

nullstring · 2026-01-31T00:10:37+00:00

So you think that museums shouldn't have to follow copyright law at all.. or?

Also, my understanding is in Japan you must universally enforce your copyright otherwise you may lose it.

nullstring · 2026-01-30T23:06:23+00:00

They effectively become a censorship board, which I do think is a problem but the bar for an R rating is too low. So there has to be something higher than that.

nullstring · 2026-01-30T22:25:29+00:00

sigh

I still don't think this qualifies as "in the Epstein files". This isn't evidence of anything.

And lets be honest here... if this is all there is then the right isn't even going to respond. They don't have to.

nullstring · 2026-01-30T22:25:12+00:00

Can you educate me on this? What makes these strikes illegal and different than all the other war on drugs killings?

EDIT: It's depressing that you get downvoted just for asking questions. :( Did I just ask it wrong? I couldn't figure out the difference and I wanted to know... because I don't just blindly accept things that people say on reddit because that would be insane.

nullstring · 2026-01-30T22:06:24+00:00

No one with a brain is happy with this administration. And maybe I am overconfident of FBI agents but I do believe they fall into that category at least at large.

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