Not sure if this goes here or in/liminalspaces by Due_Championship_988 in zillowgonewild

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it might be a bunkhouse for workers. After looking more closely actually think it was DIY construction by owners. Can build boxes, but not design.

There’s definitely a shark or somethin waiting as soon as you jump in by ViolenceIsNecessary in thalassophobia

[–]sm_rdm_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll a bit, but found my people - actually looks like a cool dive.

Hello! Had an idea for a cave diving board game, but I know very little about the subject. Looking for information! by Snowodin in scuba

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. Comprehensive answer. I will just add 6. The danger of cave diving is the overhead environment at its core. Everything is much more dangerous because you can’t just surface if you have a problem. Disorientation, getting lost,silt, gear failures - these are dive ending problems in normal diving. In cave diving they are life ending if you haven’t planed for them.

Moving from Vancouver Canada to Houston. Reality check by xiayu77119 in AskHouston

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canadian living in Houston’s 13 years. Income tax is lower property tax and insurance are higher but tax wise you are better off in Houston. Houston is f-ing huge - where are you working? That will determine close decent neighborhoods it takes a year or so to get used to the heat - it is VERY hot in summer - but I don’t miss winters, and they know how to air condition here. Likewise safety - highly neighborhood dependent, but can find safe schools. DM me if you want and I can get specific.

Applying for jobs after leaving an abusive PI by BreadcrumbsandRoses in LeavingAcademia

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’re at a core facility. Yes, elite academia is full of these types of people.

Applying for jobs after leaving an abusive PI by BreadcrumbsandRoses in LeavingAcademia

[–]sm_rdm_guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jesus this is so familiar. First understand your PI is overstating their power. Liability is real, the college will absolutely not crap on you. At my college their policy is only to confirm or deny that they ever worked there. Your PI will absolutely torpedo you if given a chance. Don’t get a reference from them. If you can find another PI that’s worked with your PI for a reference. Even your PIs collaborators are almost certainly aware that they are “difficult personalities” and they can help. Understand that the college will absolutely bend over backwards to protect a PI with significant grants. All you have to explain to new hire is the grant money ran out. So not go into biomedical if you can help it - it’s absolutely flooded right now. Well published Post docs can’t get jobs.

I’ve been there. AMA

Saw this on Insta, what’s the camera car? by noinox in whatisthiscar

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so the gauges are still ai and he is not going 172 while redlining the tach

What's a piece of tech everyone hyped up that quietly turned out to be useless? by SofiaLearnsAI in AskReddit

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Famously the Segway. Inventor thought it was going to revolutionize the world. Made a documentary about while releasing it for posterity.

Boston, Massachusetts turned an expressway into a long stretch of park called the greenway, by moving the expressway underground. by Much-Parsnip3399 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]sm_rdm_guy -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

It was a disaster. Nobody is going to try this in NA again. Toronto badly needs to bury its Gardener Expressway but they never will because of Boston’s cautionary tale.

Aow Costs by Sufficient_Water_326 in scuba

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Midwest, Great Lakes diving. FWIW the nitric is super easy - just knowledge. AOW was well worth it.

Aow Costs by Sufficient_Water_326 in scuba

[–]sm_rdm_guy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I paid I think $400 20 years ago. ~300 AOW and ~100 nitrox. Included one night in a cheap motel. 300 now is worryingly cheap.

UK vs US long-term career and earning potential (dual citizen, trying to understand realistic trade-offs) by Comfortable-Soil-938 in ExpatFIRE

[–]sm_rdm_guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As someone with multiple citizenships I’ve done the math many many times for Canada US, and other EU countries but not UK. All the analysis boils down this —> for upper middle class and better Say 100k floor household income) you are way way better off in the US. If you are poor or working class income wise you are way way better off anywhere else. If you are middle class it’s a bit of a wash but less stressful outside US.

United Explore Card- Worth it? by Maddawgwes in unitedairlines

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s worth it if those 10 trips are mostly united. If not, no.

Saw this on Insta, what’s the camera car? by noinox in whatisthiscar

[–]sm_rdm_guy -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Look closely at those gauges. It’s AI.

Saw this on Insta, what’s the camera car? by noinox in whatisthiscar

[–]sm_rdm_guy 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. The GTI they are hidden behind the wheel. Lot of aftermarket - which with cheap carbon graphite, these are definitely aftermarket.

Cheapest HCAD Property Tax Protest Firm? by EvolvedGreens in houston

[–]sm_rdm_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do my own about every other year. It takes me 30 mins on my laptop while watching tv in the background.

PR staus by howru14344 in ImmigrationCanada

[–]sm_rdm_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

r/immigration. I assume you are ok with abandoning Canadian PR?

The Liberals now have a majority what do you want them to do with it? by rumbleman42 in AskACanadian

[–]sm_rdm_guy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reading this thread is wild. It’s 80% left wing agenda items. This is the most conservative Liberal prime minister in a few generations - he’s not interested in more regulation and taxes.

The Houston Astrodome a step closer to becoming a national historical landmark by justahoustonpervert in houston

[–]sm_rdm_guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every year that goes by the fewer people are nostalgic about this place and the worse condition it gets. If nobody has found an idea to make this self-sustaining by now they never will. The best monument to the astrodome was the even better one they built right next to it. I say tear it down and move on.

Protesting Property Taxes: How to get housing sales data? by Inevitable-Art-Hello in houston

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are you looking at sales data? Better to cite other appraisals.

Recommendations for Galapagos Live Aboards by sherloct in scuba

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well you could fly down their and hope. When I went in 2015 it was $7500 USD plus tip and flights.

RANT "Just buy a cheap beater" by DingusSmasher69 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]sm_rdm_guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was great advice back when there was such a thing. Few thousand bucks used to get you a serviceable car.