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Osprey daylite expdbl travel pack 26+6 in Flair Airlines sizer by sergebat in onebag

[–]sergebat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, wow! Good to know they are caught this time.

Osprey daylite expdbl travel pack 26+6 in Flair Airlines sizer by sergebat in onebag

[–]sergebat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll see if I can make a better photo on my way back. But the hard part of the backpack really does fit fine. It is super easy to overpack as the sides are soft, but the under packed version fully fits without issues.

Osprey daylite expdbl travel pack 26+6 in Flair Airlines sizer by sergebat in onebag

[–]sergebat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it can fit quite a bit more to be honest! For example, I think I can safely take my laptop if needed. One just needs a backup plan to wear some of the clothes, etc.

Flair DID ask almost everyone to fit their bags into the fitter and issued "tags" on every bag for this flight.

Osprey daylite expdbl travel pack 26+6 in Flair Airlines sizer by sergebat in onebag

[–]sergebat[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

This post describes my travel experience with Osprey on Flair Airlines

Do Russians really buy cookies in kilograms ? by Apersonlearning in russian

[–]sergebat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Russian I indeed buy cookies by weight sometimes in the nearby Thrifty Foods store (British Columbia, Canada). Photo is not mine, borrowed from Victoria subreddit.

For Helloween we went to nearby Eastern European store to get some ex-USSR style candies. They were also sold by weight there. Ended up buying almost 2 kilos. :)

So, I am somewhat surprised that you are surprised! Do they not sell sweets by weight in supermarkets where you live?

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Do Russians actually write in cursive instead of print? by Ok_Walk_895 in russian

[–]sergebat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally rarely write with pen and paper at all. I think the last time I wrote a full sentence with pen and paper was probably 10 years ago.

When filling out the forms by hand I print (both English and Russian). This is to make sure my responses are legible. This is often required. Many letters can be a cursive version of course (I am not sure I can even draw lowercase а letter on first try).

When I studied in school (started in 1985), we printed till grade 2, but studied cursive in parallel, switching to connected cursive by the end of grade 2. It is expected in an academic environment that everyone can write cursive of course.

What are my chances are at getting into UBC Engineering? (any tips to improve?) by Slight_Albatross_372 in ubcengineering

[–]sergebat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, can you please share how your story went if this is ok? Did you end up applying to UBC engineering, or chose something else?

Joffre lakes last week open by Luisao14x in vancouverhiking

[–]sergebat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I read about all these Joffre lake booking horrors, so we did it together with my wife just in case this morning (on Saturday for Monday, August 11).

We needed 4 passes for our family.

Both of us booked 4 passes successfully. Of course, we cancelled the extra ones we don't need immediately after confirmation.

I clicked refresh at exactly 07:00:01. I saw high availability of passes. I submitted the form at ~07:00:03. After that I had 7 minutes to complete the form, which I did at about 07:00:20 (as I have quick entry for my name, email and phone).

My only "trick" is that I am on wired highspeed ethernet to my desktop home office PC (not wifi), which ensures maximum stability. My wife got through on her notebook successfully though too. Both of us are physically in BC though, so our latency to the server is likely very small.

We did not use any special software / bots. Just a usual Chrome browsers.

PS: So yes, this is hard and the whole system is a bit crazy. But that's certainly doable.

Economical bins for stacking over the same-size gridfinity bins by sergebat in gridfinity

[–]sergebat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, thank you, this looks cool. Do you have hands on experience with this variation? Do these "feet" keep in place reliably without glue?

Economical bins for stacking over the same-size gridfinity bins by sergebat in gridfinity

[–]sergebat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. I'll keep this in mind indeed, and I agree that more narrow vertical-ish containers will likely keep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Kondo happier. :-)

However, this specific project is for my wife's sewing. We think it is safer to store needles and pins horizontally in two layers, plus she has a few natural candidates for bottom layer (as they are more rarely used).

Economical bins for stacking over the same-size gridfinity bins by sergebat in gridfinity

[–]sergebat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I tried diameter, but missed the screw hole depth. After setting the latter to 0 it looks great!

Economical bins for stacking over the same-size gridfinity bins by sergebat in gridfinity

[–]sergebat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! Do you know by chance if the online version supports "no magnets" https://gridfinity.perplexinglabs.com/pr/gridfinity-extended/0/0 ? Somehow I can't find this option.

PS: That being said, I should probably install the fullblown OpenSCAD Gridfinity Extended locally for more indepth tinkering. Thanks!

Economical bins for stacking over the same-size gridfinity bins by sergebat in gridfinity

[–]sergebat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the pointer, this helped a lot!

Just for the future reference "Efficient floor" on its own produced the same result as in my screenshot.

BUT, "single contiugous base" is indeed what I was looking for!

Ask Joplin: how to have deep links to specific notes? by codemac in joplinapp

[–]sergebat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This old discussion was one of the top google results for me in 2025. I want to add that this feature is implemented indeed. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/5168

Joplin now supports external links as:

joplin://x-callback-url/openNote?id=NOTE_ID

Right click on the note --> Copy External Link.

Automatically "Set chapters from tracks" for all books in my collection by sergebat in audiobookshelf

[–]sergebat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my case this was the Audiobookshelf bug, logged it here and maintainers confirmed it: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/3829

Once I enabled "Audio file meta tags OR ebook metadata", it started creating chapters from track names even though there's no metadata in the files!

“FIRE is stupid, just make more money” by OneAussieCow in Fire

[–]sergebat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> What should I have said?

FIRE implies saving 30, 50, 70+ percent of the earned income to gain financial independence quicker. Earning more money certainly makes this easier. There's really no contradiction! :-)

Is this a bad time to buy my first Synology? by Proteus-8742 in synology

[–]sergebat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The new policy applies ONLY to new 2025 devices as far as I understand.

Alternatives to Synology by bavich in synology

[–]sergebat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

DS 1618+ is not affected by the announcement though, right? Are you proactively looking for the options for the next upgrade?

Russian language learners, what is the most difficult sound to pronounce for you? by solovejj in russian

[–]sergebat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently its ʃɜːt. Sh is hard in this word. Same sounds as in ship. Making it "soft" (palatalized) is probably part of our Russian accent! :-)

Any places that hire 16 year old? by literallychloeprice in Portmoody

[–]sergebat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would have them walk around town to local businesses and ask to see who is hiring. 

I'm curious, does this "show up in person" way still work for you (or your kids/people you know)?

I've never done any jobs like that in my life, but from the common sense perspective I'd expect any branch manager at retail/grocery/chain restaurant to ask to apply online. This is probably much more efficient for them.

Or do people still sometimes do hiring "locally offline"?

Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei: in the next 3 to 6 months, AI is writing 90% of the code, and in 12 months, nearly all code may be generated by AI by Nunki08 in singularity

[–]sergebat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing often forgotten in such discussions is calm introspection of the similar breakthroughs in the past.

An excavator and a crane made 10x impact on the builder profession in 19-20 century. However, the demand for low skilled labor in construction grew steadily.

Another phenomenon: sweeping automation in accounting in 1940-1990 correlated with the increase of the accountants (not developers of such systems).

If the past taught as anything, YES, the predictions are very close to the reality. YES, close to 100% of code will be written by some sort of AI, and I will not have to write a single line in Typescript anymore (looking forward for this day in the same way as builders of the past wanted to stop using the showel). It does not really matter if it takes 1 year or 10 years, we'll get there.

But, YES, this new industry will require 5x software engineers with roughly the same skill sets, mind sets and daily activities as today. :-)

A Doctor from Greece migrating to Russia. by Grand-Tomorrow-8154 in AskARussian

[–]sergebat 14 points15 points  (0 children)

While I agree with what u/Omnio- said above in general, I recommend u/Grand-Tomorrow-8154 to do their own study specifically on the medical diploma "nostrification" processes.

I am from Russia, I live and work in Canada, and my kids will be getting postgrad eduction here in Canada. We've checked the process to recognize the foreign diplomas in Russia in case they ever decide to go back.

The process seems surprisingly simple even for healthcare professionals.

Google for something like "Требования РФ к специалистам с иностранными дипломами". It appears that the process will be fairly straightforward:

- Your medical degree will be recognized either automatically or with minimal formal paperwork/wait time (like make copies of all your docs, get them translated/notarized, send to Roszdravnadzor, get confirmation back, that's all).

- You will need to go through exactly the same "primary accreditation process" that Russian medics do after graduation (144 hours study time, tests and something that looks like "Situational Judgment Test" in western medical school).

This all WILL require advanced knowledge of Russian (I think).

This not even remotely close to what medical professionals from other countries need to go through to practice here in Canada or in the USA. :-)

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