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by ghaff 9mo ago
It's not just the gap. The platform can also be a somewhat significant step up from the car. Normally not a big deal but a couple years back I had both real dress clothing and clothes for a long walk in my luggage on a fairly long trip
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by ghaff 9mo ago
The suburban rail in Boston is very much commuter rail. I live about 50 miles west (pretty near a station though I have to drive) and I'll absolutely take it for a 9-5ish urban event. But it's completely useless for anything in
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by ghaff 9mo ago
It's a pretty extensive system and the pretty new Elizabeth Line is great. But if you take something like the Piccadilly Line in from the airport, you probably shouldn't have a lot of luggage because a lot of stations just have st
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by ghaff 9mo ago
It's useful to have an exterior one for a keyring (which credit card sized versions don't work for).
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Never encountered that over probably hundreds of flights. From what I read, it's recommended but not required. I'd probably be more conservative with any controlled substances. (And, based on some things I've read, it's
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Just a lot more people are flying today. Better information flows about flights help to some degree but more planes that are more packed are on the other side of the ledger.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
A lot of people (here and elsewhere) don't get how many people are just terrified of flying. I was on a flight many years ago (on admittedly a pretty rough transatlantic flight) when the woman next to me was basically in tears and grab
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by ghaff 9mo ago
And the fact is that there's been some level of security since the 1970s or thereabouts after a fair number of hijackings. Any serious debate is about restrictions around liquids/knives/etc. (Some of which related to isolated
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by ghaff 9mo ago
I no longer keep multitools in random bags that I sometimes also use for travel. I figure it's just a matter of time before I forget it's there when I'm packing in a hurry. (I don't travel as much any longer but still.)
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Or eveen gravel as in my case.
761.
by ghaff 9mo ago
It's useful to help locate things both at home and when traveling. But, yes, optimizing for potential theft recovery conflicts with disabling stalking and, however uncommon, the latter got a lot of publicity, so it's something App
762.
by ghaff 9mo ago
Outside of some bad areas of some cities, in New England leaving property in cars is perfectly normal.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
And health records, e.g. prescriptions, as well.
764.
by ghaff 9mo ago
That sounds... unique from everything I've heard.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Both would generally be crap in isolation. (Assuming non-overlapping skill sets such as solution/system engineers.)
766.
by ghaff 9mo ago
I don't know if it's good or bad but, outside of some megahit films, people mostly don't regularly watch the same TV series. I don't even have live TV myself.
767.
by ghaff 9mo ago
SpotMinder is supposedly wireless charging though haven't tried. Have one in my wallet. Will probably get some more AirTags.
768.
by ghaff 9mo ago
And it's probably under your deductible anyway. And replacing various cards is your deal with your credit card etc. companies. Relatively few of us carry around a lot of cash.
769.
by ghaff 9mo ago
Yeah. Although I'm normally pretty good, it's mostly what did I leave my wallet under in my house?
770.
by ghaff 9mo ago
I haven't stress tested it but I have a Spotfinder in my small wallet.
771.
by ghaff 9mo ago
I do use airtags for this purpose. I also expect (and I read) that most police departments won't pay the slightest bit of attention to your reports.
772.
by ghaff 9mo ago
Because your average engineer is so good at creating customer relationships and generating revenue. Customer relationships are certainly more important in some categories than others but sales is certainly key in a lot of B2B organization
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by ghaff 9mo ago
I agree with that. It's useful for (most) people to understand the overall environment the company is operating in. Probably less every top-down decision the company is making.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
The basic question is how much context do you actually want if you can't really affect it and it's therefore more of a distraction than useful input. Some is almost certainly useful but it probably varies by individual and situati
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by ghaff 9mo ago
Someone I know used to be pretty senior at a major SV company. Over dinner one night, he told me that the CEO would take vacations with instructions to the effect of "handle it" if something comes up. (Assume it wasn't absolu
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by ghaff 9mo ago
I worked for a small company through the dot-com crash (when I was lucky to get a new position as a previous employer cratered). 20% pay cut. Things eventually recovered with a much later employer.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
They're not really for many people (and, personally, I don't go to any extremes to keep it a secret). But sharing info like that from an HR record without permission feels a bit wrong even if others here obviously disagree.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
I don't really mind but I take a slight objection to supposedly confidential data (like birthday) being widely shared even with good intentions.
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by ghaff 9mo ago
The yellow clock in the sky doesn't have GPS/mileage indicators :-)
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by ghaff 9mo ago
I actually have an Apple Watch that I mostly use for hiking. I just use a $30 Timex most of the time that I don't need to charge.

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