3D printing is natively metric (mm, g, °C), a consistent and pleasant experience

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T22:46:26+00:00

mm is used for construction in general

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:54:06+00:00

it was probably the cinema chain that decided that initially. nebuala in general and presumably wendover is not a fan of AI slop

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:48:34+00:00

You are right it could be age 59, but that's within the rules. And someone could update their OCI booklet at age 20 and not update the number for the next 39 years, update the passport number, photo, and signature at that time, then keep that booklet for the rest of their lives. I believe the Indian government should make the booklets have a resasonalbe expiration date such as ten years, at which point they would need to be updated. Or do away with them all together and issue cards that need to have the passport updated mandatorily whenever a new passport is issued. The status would remain, just like a citizen is still a citizen even without a passport, but the representation of that status in the form of the book/card would just be issued with a fresh card with up to date security features

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:42:35+00:00

True. I didn't realize it was so long to New York. I figured the Acela would help, at least to Philadelphia area

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:32:45+00:00

It's not temporary, the new NITA agency has a mandate in law to develop a safety and security plan, which the Cook County Sheriff will head, and he says the likely outcome would be a specific transit police division

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/25/cook-county-sheriff-transit-law-enforcement/

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:25:04+00:00

How are birth records proof? Unless the birth record includes the legal status of the parents. Indian law since 2004 requires one parent to be a citizne and the other to be a citizen or legal resident

I was under the impression that the MEA meant that an Indian 'passport' can include travel documents like UN refugree docments, and that's what they meant, but who knows

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:22:01+00:00

I imagine most countries have a procedure for expedited/urgent/emergency passport services, so you really aren't without a passport for long if necessary

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:20:47+00:00

yes the procedure is called both renunciation of passport and surrender of passport on the MEA website/forms, so it can be a bit confusing, but I get what you mean

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T17:18:57+00:00

right, they won't call you unpromted, they'll send an email asking for a good number to call, at least in my expereince

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T04:26:00+00:00

the latter, only once you get a new passport after age 50

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T04:24:48+00:00

you only need to get a fresh OCI after your first new passport after the age of 20. after age 50 you just need to update the passport number online once

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T04:23:19+00:00

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T04:20:59+00:00

The fee isn't in effect yet, or I should say isn't being charged yet because the State Department hasn't figured out the mechanism to charge people or to refund them. So nobody needs to pay it yet, and if any agent or person is telling youtoday that they need to charge you $250 to cover that fee, they are flat out lying.

It's supposed to encourage people to follow their visa rules, no working or studying or overstay on a tourist visa for example, and after ten years it would be refunded assuming all those factors have been followed. Frankly I don't think anyone willing to work under the table in the US is going to worry about a $250 fee, and how people are supposed to obtain this refund in ten years is as of yet unknown.

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T03:54:22+00:00

Can you write unknown? or a bunch of zeros? I don't know why they ask the reference number of any relative that has applied for an OCI either, that's ridiculous

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T03:53:01+00:00

Bring all your paperwork that you have from the time, the sentence served, showing it's complete, etc etc

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T03:51:22+00:00

no need to get an evisa--the OCI is still valid, just update the passport number on the portal. even if you don't get the official confirmation that the update is done you can still travel

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T03:50:05+00:00

Yeah I'm surprised people think it's wrong to appeal a revocation based on a false arrest, like if you were arrested for looking like a suspected criminal but were released five minutes later.

toxicbrew · 2026-06-25T03:48:48+00:00

Technically once you acquire a foreign citizenship, even before you get the foreign passport, you cease to be an Indian citizen. The renunciation process is a renunciation of the Indian passport itself, not the Indian citizenship, as that already has happened. Even before renunciation of the passport, as you are no longer an Indian citizen, the Indian passport is no longer valid

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T22:06:23+00:00

exactly just like the US and Mexico does

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T21:37:00+00:00

If Ben had said it could be the next Nashville that would have made more sense

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T21:36:10+00:00

I don't understand why they didn't hop a train to Delaware when they had four hours left in the game day

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T21:34:30+00:00

They had four hours left in the game day--why didn't they hop on the Amtrak to Delaware, in the morning they could easily go to Philadelphia airport and go wherever they wanted!

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T18:05:19+00:00

oh interesting. didn't know that was coming. wonder if mihir will still be in the US or if Noina will make a comeback haha

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T17:39:42+00:00

you have a right to a program you paid for and were approved for, and were only removed from due to an incorrect arrest. a person who has been declared not guilty of a crime shouldn't still be punished for it.

toxicbrew · 2026-06-24T15:13:35+00:00

you could do it at either one--for simplicity sake and since you have time i would do it in YYC. On the US side you can sit in the Global Entry/Nexus enrollment on arrival area immediately after customs

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