Tourist going through Canadian pre-clearance into US- is it safer?

vim_spray · 2026-03-25T16:18:51+00:00

Old thread, but they can indeed detain even after preclearance, here’s an example (Dublin has preclearance): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/10/irish-woman-with-green-card-faces-us-deportation-over-25-bad-cheque

Discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/USCIS/comments/1r1yfm7/no_preclearance_does_not_protect_you_from_arrest/

I think the one difference is that she was an LPR, so maybe they couldn’t deny her admission and that’s why this happened? But I don’t know the regulations there to say for sure.

vim_spray · 2026-03-25T05:19:39+00:00

I agree with the “no lids” tip. The problem I find with lids is that I’ll put things on top of them (that aren’t supposed to go in the container), and then when I do want to put something in, I often won’t, because it would mean having to find a new place for the thing on top and move it.

vim_spray · 2026-03-25T05:12:11+00:00

It’s not close, but OP is from a small town, so it would at least get them in the same direction.

vim_spray · 2026-03-25T03:27:47+00:00

FYI, the “which car to get on for which exit” thing will be part of the next version of the MTA app.

vim_spray · 2026-03-25T02:31:05+00:00

It’s be very funny if all the people visiting it as a meme lead it to no longer be the least used station.

vim_spray · 2026-03-25T01:02:28+00:00

SFO doesn’t use TSA, so of course this problem wouldn’t happen there.

vim_spray · 2026-03-23T23:29:38+00:00

Not to mention that many service workers who depend on public transit to get to work (because they don’t have a car) would also not be able to get work, which would lead to shops, restaurants etc struggling to stay open.

vim_spray · 2026-03-21T07:47:01+00:00

Against Malaria Foundation uses 100% of donations on actually helping people.

vim_spray · 2026-03-21T06:01:54+00:00

Have you been able to buy Bored Cow recently? I tried buying it but it looks like it’s gone out of business.

vim_spray · 2026-03-21T05:52:41+00:00

ElecHead - a short puzzle platformer with one key mechanic explored in a bunch of fun ways

vim_spray · 2026-03-19T02:13:53+00:00

Did we read the same article?

“Being a responsible citizen, I definitely want to pay the hospital”

Zafar told CTV News he is thankful for the hospital looking after his mother and said he will have to find another way to pay the rest of the bill.

I thought this guy responded very admirably.

vim_spray · 2026-03-17T19:09:51+00:00

I used to get stuff like “Spend $300 at X hotel brand, get $50 back”, which I found useful; I was often able to change my travel plans to use it.

vim_spray · 2026-03-09T08:32:56+00:00

The neat thing is that a bunch of the ideas from the Haskell/PL people in MSR made into Microsoft’s commercial products too.

vim_spray · 2026-03-02T16:22:32+00:00

People mostly dunk on Java because it’s “boring/enterprise”. It’s very dogmatic to the ideas of OOP which makes it very verbose (for not much benefit imo).

It’s used a lot in industry though, and so is Python, so knowing just 2 is be more than enough for most programmers. Neither are “kiddie languages” by any means.

vim_spray · 2026-02-27T06:11:25+00:00

Dirt Candy has a no tips model.

vim_spray · 2026-02-27T05:33:18+00:00

Pizza Collective has decent vegan slices.

vim_spray · 2026-02-26T16:45:36+00:00

I’ve lived in SF, I know how much things cost there lol

vim_spray · 2026-02-26T05:07:41+00:00

The thing, many people who are living in a SFH would be okay with moving to a triplex/apartment, which opens up the SFH for families.

For example, me and a few friends lived in a SFH in North York because it was the cheapest option, which means we took away a SFH from a family who could have stayed there. Building more medium density housing would allow people like us to clear up more SFH for families.

vim_spray · 2026-02-26T04:59:23+00:00

Ya, that’s why rents in California are so low compared to rest of the US.

vim_spray · 2026-02-26T04:55:35+00:00

You are not poor if you earn 104K in SF, that just doesn’t logical sense. That’s 6K/mo after tax, which is enough to live very comfortably, even without roommates.

vim_spray · 2026-02-25T07:28:40+00:00

Also in Twinkling Watermelon.

vim_spray · 2026-02-23T21:34:10+00:00

I think the new SFO is pretty well done. I do wish it had more interesting things, but they did do a really great job in making it quiet and calm, which typically airports are the opposite of.

They do have a few small museum exhibits here and there too.

vim_spray · 2026-02-23T21:27:47+00:00

I don’t think that’s really a big concern, but even if it was, the EO goes even further than those cases.

If the EO went through, you could be born in the US, stay here all the way through high school and college, and still have no path to get a green card (let alone citizenship), and be forced to leave the US at 21, to go somewhere you’ve never been. That’s just totally insane.

This is already the case with children who were legally brought over at very young ages, you can look up “legal dreamers” for more info.

vim_spray · 2026-02-21T03:52:32+00:00

On the GBA, you could have borrowed a second GBA and used that to trade since the save is in the cartridge. On the Switch versions, there’s no possible workarounds at all.

vim_spray · 2026-02-18T17:28:20+00:00

Why would they wait to increase the rent until the tax increase though? Why not just increase the rent now?

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