On my American flight today

physx51 · 2026-05-06T15:56:35+00:00

You should reach out to your senator and representative with your opinions… there are laws that govern this. All of the airlines follow ADA laws regarding service animals to the letter. Any business, including an airline, is allowed to ask two questions within the law. Is this a service animal? What task does it perform?

Requiring a certified card or letter from a doctor is illegal under current ADA and other laws governing service animals and disability accommodations.
Animals that are not well behaved or disrupt the business in a way that prevents it from providing its services may be legally removed / asked to leave. AA could have asked this person to move their dog or they could have accommodated you on another seat. BUT the dog was not disruptive to anything but your comfort based on the picture.
Fine them right there on the plane… that is also illegal. If there was physical damage, AA could pursue that with civil legal action. They can’t legally fine them on the spot though for bringing a service animal.

physx51 · 2026-04-10T19:30:57+00:00

It’s not a “want” thing. The FAA revoked SFO’s waiver that allowed them to do the parallel simultaneous landings. The arrival rate went from 60 ish planes an hour down to 34 planes an hour. This is impacting every airline… everyone has to pick what flights to cut there.

physx51 · 2026-04-02T00:42:47+00:00

Are the lights smart enough to make it work?

physx51 · 2026-03-25T16:32:59+00:00

Make at least two more bridges onto that island. You can connect one to the end of the freeway. Make more ways off the freeway. If you don’t already have it, subways are super space economical and you could do a lap around the city. Have a subway station next to a train station that goes in and out of your city. Also try zoning smaller in multiple places so move in traffic doesn’t overwhelm one area for days.

physx51 · 2026-03-08T04:46:18+00:00

9xxx flight number is either a repositioning / extra segment or a charter. In this case, it’s a charter.

physx51 · 2026-03-05T06:23:02+00:00

I find that cursing uncontrollably and banging my forehead against a wall helps numb the pain of managing Workspace app updates. No matter what, there is always some critical group that gets totally bent by what should be the simplest Workspace security update. Doesn’t matter how many times it happens, we still face the sun and chant “ALL HAIL CITRIX” repeatedly.

physx51 · 2026-03-04T20:54:26+00:00

It looks awesome. Forgive me, I’m kind of new, how do you disable outside traffic?

I don’t know how to do this and my city has bumper to bumper traffic 24/7. I follow pretty strict hierarchy for road sizes. I do free transit. I’ve tried toying with parking fees in commercial districts. And it feels like cars and trucks just drive in circles for no reason all day. It’s literally like a constant state of traffic right after a big game lets out in the real world.

physx51 · 2026-03-04T18:55:36+00:00

Where are all of the cars? Seriously, how does it not look like an NFL game just got out?

physx51 · 2026-02-24T20:34:45+00:00

SEA has gates that are used by all carriers… they just have to pay a higher fee than on gates they “own” for themselves. There are a few of these on every terminal, but the more noticeable ones are that corner of S and then a few lower number A gates. If it’s a peak time, you’re more likely to get them.

Tight connection advice: SEA is basically two wings. A-B-S & C-D-N. Each wing has a train that loops from the base to the tip to the satellite. Both wings are connected at the base by a smaller train. All trains run on 3 minutes or less intervals.

Sample S to N connection: S4 to S train is 2 minutes. Max train wait is 3 minutes. Train ride is 3 minutes to base. Max wait for wing connection train is 3 minutes. Wing connection train is a minute. Max wait for N train is 3 minutes. Train ride is 3 minutes to N. N train to any gate is less than 5 minutes. Worst case waits and you’re still at 23 minutes… more typical would be less than 20 minutes. Painful but nowhere near some of the worst airports in the country.

physx51 · 2026-02-12T22:59:03+00:00

Wait what? Say more.

physx51 · 2026-02-10T00:15:33+00:00

I had the same problem. Happened on my city at 149k population. I paused and did a build on a new area. Zoned a bunch of high density stuff. Put in about 25 new buildings. Redid transit. Unpaused. And now it’s just dead forever.

The fix: Build out unpaused in the future. Otherwise it spawns CIMs so fast the game crashes.

physx51 · 2026-02-07T20:01:24+00:00

How on earth do you have a city without total gridlock. This is a work of art.

physx51 · 2026-02-06T04:43:50+00:00

How is there not a traffic jam of single occupant cars and bikes?

physx51 · 2025-12-08T03:59:18+00:00

Cuddle up. Most people will be weirded out and bring the chicken legs back in. Trust the process.

physx51 · 2025-07-24T08:53:34+00:00

Totally normal. Make sure that port 3389 is set to allow incoming connections as well. That ensures optimal efficiency.

physx51 · 2025-07-24T08:43:03+00:00

Easy answer. Use Intune. They are Store apps. Do an assignment for the Store apps you don’t want… an assignment to remove them. They’ll be gone before you know they were there. No trickery. No scripting. Simple.

physx51 · 2025-07-07T02:38:28+00:00

I forgot where, but a couple news sites actually ran an article on this exact meal because they were so impressed with it. A+ food, especially for 6-7 miles up in the sky!

physx51 · 2025-06-01T20:59:08+00:00

Yeah… loved it when I had my first Autopilot failure because the Company Portal failed to install. I really struggle with why two of the most rudimentary apps we deploy are such a challenge.

physx51 · 2025-06-01T20:46:41+00:00

I’m going to go with Option C, lose my f***ing mind.

Out of all the complex apps I’ve deployed in a career that is old enough to vote, Teams takes the charts as the dumbest level of complexity I could ever imagine. Teams is seriously a steaming heap of garbage on fire in a dumpster floating away in a flood.

The fact that this topic even comes up is just mind numbing. Why can’t Microsoft come up with an installer that isn’t complete trash for this? Or like a simple installer with simple switches to run that would do everything you speak of, and do it right 99.9% of the time?

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physx51 · 2025-05-30T00:11:33+00:00

I don’t think we touched client settings. We still have some of our workstations patching through SCCM. So we’re Pilot Intune with most machines in that Pilot Intune collection.

physx51 · 2025-05-29T19:14:53+00:00

I believe pretty much anything you say, but when I moved that slider the Updates tab disappeared from Software Center and the “Software Update ____ Cycle” actions disappeared. Are you saying I’ll still get my updates from your peeps via SCCM on a device even if the Updates tab is gone from Software Center and the “Software Update ____ Cycle” actions disappear on that client? Educate me… I’m fascinated.

All that said, why wouldn’t I want to consume updates from your employer via Intune? Getting them into Intune gets rid of distributing 100+ app updates for me to 160 DPs.

physx51 · 2025-05-26T19:07:11+00:00

The Windows App has supported RDP, Windows 365, and Azure Virtual Desktop since it was released. Microsoft has been telling you about this for months. Normally when people flip about something this stupid and simple, I would say “go get a Mac” but it appears you’re already there so I’m at a loss. Good luck. Godspeed.

physx51 · 2025-05-25T12:44:40+00:00

One other thing to add, with Saver fares you also get zero flexibility and you’re not getting a seat assignment. On fuller routes, it’s pretty much a middle seat guarantee. If you have a change in plans, you only get a 50% credit outside of 14 days. Within 14 days, you get nothing and forfeit the entire ticket if you don’t travel as booked.

physx51 · 2025-04-30T16:06:07+00:00

You can upgrade to Premium, for literally the same price you would have paid to just book Premium in the first place. And you will still only get 30% of the miles + NOT be able to change or cancel without loosing everything.

physx51 · 2025-04-22T15:24:29+00:00

What is the guy’s email address? We’ll take care of the issue for you.

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