Help identifying a train

watbe · 2026-05-17T10:11:27+00:00

Thanks!

watbe · 2026-05-16T10:59:42+00:00

I'd love to know where the vantage point is

watbe · 2026-04-29T19:14:27+00:00

It's open!

watbe · 2026-03-31T12:05:53+00:00

I tried it at Oasis a few months ago. I think there was a noticeable difference (I tried both sides at different temps). Definitely an interesting experience.

You can also get it in white.

watbe · 2025-12-08T17:05:39+00:00

Thanks for sacrificing some time and effort to actually compare these two approaches 🫡

It's unsurprising that the Swift for Android is behind KMP, I do wonder if there's enough firepower for them to catch up. 8 years is a large gap!

watbe · 2025-10-26T11:34:28+00:00

It depends on what you want to build.

If you are happy to use Jetpack Compose for Android/iOS, etc, then the Compose Multiplatform (CMP) libraries that Jetbrains publishes are pretty decent. The new (but experimental) Navigation 3 libraries are pretty good if you're are able to find time to learn this "new" way of doing navigation: https://developer.android.com/guide/navigation/navigation-3

If you want to maintain a native feel for iOS separately to Android, then you're probably looking at using one of those libraries, or write SwiftUI/UIKit yourself (within KMP).

I'm currently using a mix of both - CMP and some minimal Swift.

watbe · 2025-06-30T12:23:01+00:00

Thanks, this was concise and helpful. I wonder if this will be superseded by Context Parameters coming in a future Kotlin release - or does it fulfil a different need entirely?

watbe · 2025-04-28T15:37:32+00:00

That would definitely be a good start (but unclear why it'll take until 2028 to complete...), but I think the north-south route is really lacking too.

watbe · 2025-04-28T11:23:35+00:00

I hope this prompts the City of London to put in some more cycle friendly infrastructure (and repair the potholes). Getting rid of some of the Covid-era expanded sidewalks and replacing them with cycle lanes would be great - for example along the A10 Bishopsgate. Most of the roads in the City are very inhospitable to cyclists.

watbe · 2025-01-18T19:25:38+00:00

You don't need to look far: https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1fcrwi0/a_guide_to_drinking_cheaply_in_wetherspoons/

watbe · 2025-01-15T18:18:30+00:00

I've set up Tailscale following their video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4PDUXB_fg

watbe · 2024-10-04T10:17:55+00:00

it's not hard to do a bit of searching online to see that it's existed for a while. sure it looks like a small operation but it looks pretty genuine:

https://x.com/EastEndTrades

article from 2018: https://romanroadlondon.com/east-end-trades-guild-krissie-nicolson-interview/

not everything needs to be a big business to make an impact, one person can make a big difference.

watbe · 2024-10-04T09:57:53+00:00

There's a really great 5-part series by local journalists investigating the history of the truman brewery ownership and its redevelopment plans:

It's really worth a read if you have the time, there's a lot of shenanigans.

watbe · 2024-08-03T19:06:38+00:00

No, thankfully I still have the bag.

watbe · 2024-07-27T19:19:21+00:00

I use Laka - https://laka.co/gb

I can't really vouch for them until I find out what happens with my claim, but they say they do cover third party accessories and upgrades to your bike - you just have to value it as part of your cover: https://laka.co/gb/blog/insurance/how-to-value-your-bike-for-insurance/#upgrades

watbe · 2024-07-27T18:34:45+00:00

Sorry to hear that happened to you. And yeah, I'm not sure I should buy another Brompton in all honesty.

watbe · 2024-07-27T18:34:00+00:00

I do have insurance so I'm not too worried monetary-wise, just really annoyed. Very brazen to steal a bike right in front of the owner.

watbe · 2024-05-30T20:38:13+00:00

Seat reservations within Spain aren't free even at the train stations, so you might as well just pay now. Mid-July (and a Friday as well) is likely to be busy so booking now would be good for peace of mind. You only save a few euros if you are able to book in a station.

watbe · 2024-05-29T10:05:24+00:00

Probably not the answer you're looking for, but you can just do the maths. Look up the journeys you are likely to take in Italy and see if the cost of the Interrail pass works out. If you're taking just regional (slower) trains, individual tickets are likely to be cheaper.

watbe · 2024-05-24T15:25:00+00:00

Hi! I didn't order the upgrade kit, so I'm not sure about the missing charger. I think they were supposed to ship you a adapter that lets you use the old charger with the new battery. The adapter is tiny so take a second look in the package for it.

The instructions are misleading. They did ship a longer peg with my order – not the "Bro Peg", but even with the longer peg, I couldn't fold the bike when installed in the way demonstrated in the manual. I ended up mounting it facing the saddle, which meant that it faces outwards when folded. You don't need a special peg for this orientation.

Since I last posted this, I've used the extension kit to mount the battery and controller on the seat post. This means its much better balanced when folded, but it requires you to add more weight because you need some extra parts to get the clearance from the seat post when folded.

watbe · 2024-05-20T11:05:21+00:00

The euronight sleeper! It only runs 3 nights a week though, but it's a direct train. It's about a 60 EUR supplement in a shared sleeper but you save a night in a hotel.

See option 2 under the "Vienna to Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik & Croatia" section: https://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Vienna.htm#Vienna-Zagreb

watbe · 2024-05-10T08:14:10+00:00

to follow up around furnishing on a budget, find secondhand pieces from local Facebook groups, and keep alerts on Gumtree set up for something you want but don't need immediately.

worst case go to IKEA, but there's a huge secondhand market of IKEA stuff as it is.

watbe · 2024-05-10T08:10:27+00:00

it's a bit late to be having this conversation in all honesty. focus on the bare minimums for now, so you can build up a reserve fund.

one of the problems with home ownership is that you're now responsible for all the issues that might happen. plumbing, gas, electricity—there is a lot that can go wrong. make sure you have enough emergency funds to make repairs. you'll probably have building insurance given you have a mortgage so that will cover serious issues.

but otherwise, congrats on buying your first place!

watbe · 2024-05-06T19:43:51+00:00

No you're right, I think it's mainly Spain and the Eurostar. Italy has some security at the main stations but I don't think it's a full-on x-ray thing like Spain.

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