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reustle
8y ago
Yeah I use Google Voice for this purpose, which isn't _really_ 2fa anyway (because it's my google account).
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reustle
8y ago
Would Telegram and others please stop using phone number as a primary source of identity? It's 2018, I have a data only sim and I have no desire to have a phone number.
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reustle
8y ago
But I'm not paying for those
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reustle
8y ago
There was a small documentary recently about japanese people who die alone in their houses. One of the inverviewed people said that people have a really hard to adjusting from the community they have at work, and the hierarchical system, to
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reustle
8y ago
So, any pointers on where we can find the data source? :)
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reustle
8y ago
While everyone here is thinking Amtrak implemented the copy protection, this map was actually built using CartoDB. I honestly just think it's something it includes by default. https://carto.com/
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reustle
8y ago
I've been trying to crack the encryption on this for a while. I want to make a free public train status api (I built amtrak.io). If anyone would like to help improve public open data around Amtrak, please contact me. Been also digging
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reustle
8y ago
While I agree it's super helpful, I travel full time and trying to / learning to communicate with humans is half the fun! :)
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8y ago
I'm headed to Russia for a month in 2 weeks. Taking the railroad into Mongolia. Did anything stand out to you in SPb or Moscow that you were really into? Great cafe or neighborhood vibe?
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reustle
8y ago
> Vast tracts of empty land; vast, still-untapped natural resources You say it like it's a bad thing :)
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reustle
8y ago
Stay out of shady bars/clubs, don't go looking for drugs, don't get too terribly wasted if you get aggressive. You'd be surprised how many travelers find themselves in trouble because of some stupid thing.
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reustle
8y ago
For the curious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livermore,_Pennsylvania
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reustle
8y ago
The issue is that the fire constantly moving around the area. By the time you build something it would not be burning there anymore.
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reustle
8y ago
I grew up exploring stuff like this on dirt bikes in eastern and central Pennsylvania with my friends. If you like this you'll definitely love Centralia https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/centralia-pennsylvania.
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reustle
8y ago
In Europe it's totally the opposite. Especially around Holland, I never see people standing in line at McDonald's. Everyone goes straight to the kiosk.
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reustle
8y ago
I often wonder how much time people invest in the following before going off on their own: 1. Finding similar open source projects to what they want to exist 2. Digging into the project to see how close it is to what they want 3. Attempting
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reustle
8y ago
Think about it like professional sports. You're in a bike race, and you're preparing perfectly, but others around you on drugs are blowing by you.
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reustle
8y ago
I've used both mongo and postgres in large production environment. For small projects that I plan on keeping small (like personal tools) I'm often happier when I leave it as mongo, vs dealing with schemas and migrations in the fut
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reustle
8y ago
I'm currently on a trip around the world by train and would love to use this. Currently 33 countries and 3.5 years in.
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reustle
8y ago
I'm not surprised. Semi related, my S8 often never saves photos that I take. It's a very common problem they have yet to acknowledge. https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/7kc8wj/photos_not
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8y ago
What3words is a proprietary licensed database that should be public/free.
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reustle
8y ago
> That sounds more like a charge you would expect in a hostel. I've stayed in hostels in >25 countries and have never had to pay for bed sheets besides there
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8y ago
On a somewhat similar note, hostels in Scandinavia (at least Norway and Sweden) generally always charge for pillowcase & sheet rental (a few euros), which are mandatory. They also don't allow any external sheets or sleeping bags fo
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reustle
8y ago
Out of curiosity, wouldn't the gov just ignore the license if they really wanted to use it? Is anyone really going to stop them or even say something?
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8y ago
While I agree it looks nice on oled screens, most people aren't using those.
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reustle
8y ago
I'm the same age and feel similar. I wonder how my and others actions differ now that my name is tied to everything. Back in those days, it was rare to know even the first name of my friend, only their handle. Now we just craft our pos
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reustle
8y ago
I'm not so worried about this, as long as it's only on their site and when I'm logged in. They're using it to test features and engagement, and can't really learn much about me as a person with it.
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reustle
8y ago
For anyone even remotely interested in the intense connection with nature you get while hunting (even if you're veg) I highly recommend checking out the MeatEater podcast. It's a high quality show with experienced people. http:&#
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reustle
8y ago
They have (had) scooters in Japan with stabilizers on the back do your noodles didn't spill during delivery. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8c/f9/25/8cf9256a7ae56d1186cc...
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8y ago
+1 for reaching out to Ben He's actually one of the people I thought of while reading this post. We spent a bunch of time together in Japan and elsewhere. Solid guy. If OP is still in Japan in Autumn, I'll be around and happy to m
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