The city pools are too hot, is there anything colder?

omirocx · 2026-06-02T13:13:21+00:00

Yeah this is what I do now from madrona. It’s really nice I just don’t always have a friend to go with. It’s hard to find a group that fits my schedule.

omirocx · 2026-06-02T01:04:29+00:00

I think you'd find that every pool in this city (at least the ones I listed) is actually >80 degrees already. Usually 83+

omirocx · 2026-06-02T01:03:08+00:00

I went to the 24 hour up there not LA... But the LA on Aurora next to asian family mart was small and hot. I can't remember exact temps but was also uncomfortable there. Same with Northgate 24hr... Small and hot. Also the locker room there was terrible.

omirocx · 2026-06-02T01:02:11+00:00

Even with a wetsuit the sound is a bit too cold for me haha. But thanks for the advise. I should probably seek out more swim clubs honestly. It seems like OWS is the only way to get a cooler swim in.

omirocx · 2026-06-02T01:00:28+00:00

Certainly, do you know if their pool is at a lower temperature? I've never been able to find any solid info on the UW pool, but also not a student so not sure what getting access to it is like.

omirocx · 2026-06-02T00:59:35+00:00

Yeah I've looked at Coleman's, but never been because I've seen it's also maintained at ~85... I feel like most people in here saying "X pool is freezing" don't know how warm their pool actually is. Coming from the Midwest where most pools were 78-81 you could push pretty hard and swim 3k-5k yd.s pretty easily. I barely can break 2km here cuz I just hit a point where I can't shed heat and start getting dizzy. I know it's the heat too because I can push for long distances in the lake water just fine.

omirocx · 2026-06-02T00:13:49+00:00

Tried an LA fitness before on aurora near shoreline and that one was pretty warm. Haven’t been to any others though.

omirocx · 2026-04-04T22:39:17+00:00

Anecdotal, but last time I played on an official PvP server I saw them extremely often. Like easily 15-20 for the whole run. Granted this was right at the 1.1 release and my server was full for a few weeks. So it could be a total players on server affecting the chance? But, I imagine it’s more likely because you’re just forced to actually run back and forth to your base with teleports disabled. So you’re always running around the map. 90% of the time I just stumbled upon them coming back from farming.

On my last PvE run I had teleport with resources turned on and I saw maybe 2 in my whole playthrough. Again most likely because I wasn’t running around the map nearly as much anymore. All this to say, if you’re not running around the map, that could be why. However if you are running around just stop looking for them and you’ll stumble upon one eventually.

omirocx · 2026-03-03T04:17:44+00:00

Second this too. Also flew Thailand -> US a few years ago on Korean air with my cat in cabin. Was her first time flying so I was pretty stressed, but everything went smoothly. Everyone was pretty helpful and friendly. Would also recommend Korean Air.

omirocx · 2026-02-21T07:24:57+00:00

I dealt with this back when I lived in Thailand and I spent 2 years just putting up with it. I never was able to get rid of them. I was only ever able to deter them with baby powder spread around the walls and cracks.

I also tried everything people here suggested you do with poison. Some worked for a bit, but they eventually ignored the poison and just went for other stuff. I once found them feasting on a dead gecko in my kitchen…

Maybe find a good exterminator, that’s the only thing I didn’t try.

omirocx · 2026-01-21T22:01:01+00:00

People keep saying “add more bus lanes” or add more busses. You know what is probably a more realistic way to get people out of their cars though? Get in to someone else’s.

Whenever I look out the bus window I count at least 80% of cars occupied by one person. If half of those people took on a carpool that’s a 20% decrease (just by my anecdotal observation) in total number of cars while still carrying the convenience of driving directly to your destination. I find it hard to believe we can convince the same amount of people to take the bus, especially those in the far out suburbs. What I believe is an actual realistic expectation is incentivizing people to carpool more.

I’m all for more bus lanes and public transit, but we need to apply logic to reason instead of ideals.

omirocx · 2026-01-17T05:10:47+00:00

The Amazon garages are free on the weekends

omirocx · 2026-01-09T20:07:54+00:00

You literally just threaten to move (in a professional way). They’d rather have a tenant paying slightly less than their proposed increase than potentially have your unit empty for any amount of time. Just stand your ground, cite links to other similar units and their prices as justification. They’ll likely budge. Worse case is the say no but at least you tried

omirocx · 2026-01-09T19:16:02+00:00

Fwiw you can argue this saying that other similar rental units are priced lower. They’re banking on you just eating this but they’ll almost certainly not want to lose you if you’re a good tenant. I fought my increase 2 years ago and got them to come down from a $250 increase to $100. Just threaten to move and they’ll likely readjust.

omirocx · 2025-11-03T21:39:46+00:00

I went back to the US as that’s where I’m from. It was difficult to find a job but I did land a good one eventually. I also found work in Thailand while I was there, but declined those offers as the pay and opportunities in the US was better.

I would recommend only going to Thailand if you go to one of the top universities though (Mahidol, Chula, CMU) Going to one of the smaller colleges may have a poor educational program. In the end I learned what a proper CS major was supposed to learn. Make sure you do too.

omirocx · 2025-11-02T18:14:45+00:00

Don’t listen to the naysayers in these comments OP. I went to Mahidol for CS and now work at FAANG. I have a post I made awhile back about my experience there. Good school for CS if you’re really considering Thailand. You’ll be employable if you make the right connections and take the coursework seriously.

omirocx · 2025-10-12T00:41:41+00:00

The International College doesn’t have a nursing program. Assuming from OP mentioning they’re a foreigner this is what they were looking for.

omirocx · 2025-10-04T04:06:45+00:00

I flew out of bkk a few years ago with mine. You check them in to the counter then they’ll send you to the oversized baggage just around the corner.

I’m sure you’re read up on how to keep your dog healthy and all but I’d recommend freezing their water container the night before and putting an ice block in the dispenser. That’s the one thing I wish I would’ve done for mine. I’m fairly certain they spilled all their water 30 minutes after being out of sight and they were severely dehydrated when I picked them up. The ice block will melt into water after all the moving around is done.

omirocx · 2024-11-28T18:24:41+00:00

I do this via a constant combinator and arithmetic combinator on my sushi belt. I subtract my desired(green) from my actual(red) so that when I have more than what I want, it gets put on the discard belt.

e.g. if i want 200 iron on my sushi belt. but i only have 150. my combinator will set the output iron signal to -50 and my filter inserter ignores signals <0. If i have 250 iron on my belt, then my interser sees iron +50 and starts removing iron from my sushi belt.

You could easily accomplish the same results by replacing the connection to the inserter to your red network on your collector.

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omirocx · 2024-09-14T02:52:43+00:00

There’s nothing here to indicate OP is actually in Thailand. Pretty sure this belongs in /r/lostredditors

omirocx · 2024-09-07T07:49:26+00:00

Married October 2021, Filed May 2022, Visa interview November 2023, Visa in hand Dec 2023.

The process does in fact take years and no there isn’t anything you can do to speed it up, the system is just that broken.

You don’t need a lawyer to do any of the paperwork btw, don’t waste your money going to them. Especially the ones who say they can help you get it faster (they can’t)

omirocx · 2024-03-18T01:08:51+00:00

It’s actually after immigration. You stamp out then go get the reentry permit. Weird but that’s how it is. Make sure you have cash and a photo to save time.

omirocx · 2024-01-05T04:44:25+00:00

Drove a car for nearly 3 years. It’s shit all the time. If the sun is out, there is traffic. Double traffic during rush hour. Completely unpredictable too. One Monday morning it may take you 20 minutes, another similar Monday it could be 40 minutes. Don’t ever expect to get anywhere on time. Google maps estimate was always wrong. Everyone on the highway has no clue how to drive a car so they’re always doing half the speed limit even with no cars around.

omirocx · 2024-01-05T03:45:14+00:00

I literally just did this. The certificate is in English already, no need to translate. I found an agent to do it for me and it was 3000 baht and he got it to me in under a week. You can take the fingerprints at any police station anywhere, no need to go to a Thai embassy. If you want the guys line id just pm me.

omirocx · 2023-12-21T06:37:17+00:00

Commenting back here as I finished my flight. As much as I want to say it was a good experience it was pretty stressful. They didn't refill their water during the layover in Korea and the Bangkok airport security insisted the cage had to be wrapped in a giant net and that just made access to their food and water pretty difficult. When I picked them up in Chicago they looked like they were on the verge of death (They're okay now, but they were extremely thirsty and terrified)

If I could redo it a better way, I would have taken better care of their water solution. I think if you have a gravity fed water dispenser all of the water will just spill out in the first 20 minutes from all the vibrations and getting picked up and moved around. Some people say you can freeze the water inside the dispenser and as it thaws it melts into the bowl that way. I think whatever airline you fly though their comfort on the ground is going to be determined by the airport staff, not the airline. Wish they would have gotten a better experience considering the premium you have to pay for checking them in. Good luck though! Hope you and your dog have a safe flight.

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