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by saryant 9y ago
I beat the crap out of a Canon Rebel XT for about 12 years before finally replacing it. Still worked fine, no issues, I just wanted better high ISO performance.
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by saryant 9y ago
TSA doesn't operate at the border. That's CBP.
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by saryant 9y ago
It's a book review, not the book itself.
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by saryant 9y ago
In theory it still shouldn't be possible. The passenger owns the ticket, not the purchaser. But that doesn't mean a smile and polite word won't get you around that...
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by saryant 9y ago
Since when has The Economist ever been pro-communist? They don't even like Piketty.
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by saryant 9y ago
Houston was the first city in the US to elect an openly lesbian mayor.
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by saryant 9y ago
The Denver-Boulder train isn't going to happen for a very long time. IIRC the current target date is 2044.
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by saryant 9y ago
So many of the oil companies have left downtown I have to think Amazon could snap up a good chunk of it. I moved away years ago but did anyone even fill up Shell Plaza after they moved out? That said, I doubt it'll be Houston.
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by saryant 9y ago
Income tax is only assessed on deposit accounts that offer sign-up bonuses. Credit cards aren't deposit accounts.
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by saryant 9y ago
Some states now allow juries to question witnesses. I think that pushes the balance back a bit.
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by saryant 9y ago
Barclays is already rolling out an Uber credit card: https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-and-lyft-look-to-hail-cred...
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by saryant 9y ago
Urban legend has it that dead bodies have occasionally been found in rooftop water tanks in Hong Kong.
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by saryant 9y ago
Yep. Been through those too when I lived in Wyoming. Fortunately never anything larger than an F2.
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by saryant 9y ago
> Obviously the people who tout their gun ownership are just asking for trouble > And I have a Glock 17 and a years' worth of ammo, so I don't need to stockpile the other stuff, you are doing it for me. Uh-huh.
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by saryant 9y ago
No. Even a driving test isn't necessarily required to get a driver's license. I never took one.
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by saryant 9y ago
Well, for one I live in Colorado, not the Bay Area. Two, you're assuming that I also don't have a firearm. I actually don't, but you're still making a big assumption that whoever you try to steal from can't fight b
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by saryant 9y ago
I've been in a number of major natural disasters at this point. Fukushima, Ike, Colorado's 2013 floods. I've also been in two shooting incidents (where fortunately only the shooter was hurt). My point is, I've been lu
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by saryant 9y ago
Etihad too. I had a chance to try that out last year on their Abu Dhabi-JFK route. It's a remarkably dumb feature, pure novelty.
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by saryant 9y ago
Maybe it's just me but the slog of getting to an airport works up enough sweat and dirt that I sleep better on the flight if I'm freshly showered.
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by saryant 9y ago
Yep. I've flown a few 14+ hour ultra-long-haul flights in business or first class and it's a pleasant enough way to fly. Key for me is to shower at the lounge before departure. That makes a big difference in comfort.
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by saryant 9y ago
This is 100% anecdotal, but a number of swing dance legends have lived to very old age. Frankie Manning, founder of Lindy Hop, died at 94. Norma Miller, the Queen of Swing, is 97 and still alive. This is a video of Frankie at 92 ! ht
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by saryant 9y ago
People doing this (me included) have just been flying under the radar. We know it's not legal, but Thai authorities have generally not been interested in going after expats working remotely so long as they don't overstay or do
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by saryant 9y ago
Most are advertised through large employers or direct marketing emails. So if you're sending everything from United to spam, you won't see it. Some airlines still just hand out free status based on your employer (I have Cathay P
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by saryant 9y ago
Here's an 800 post thread—with wiki!—on the best seat on United's three-class 772: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-airlines-mileageplus/1... Yes, the frequent flyers know this stuff by heart.
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by saryant 9y ago
Also, a $900 premium for business class on a Singapore Airlines trans-Pacific flight doesn't sound right either. Plus their business class has (gigantic) lie-flat seats.
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by saryant 9y ago
There are status challenges available to address that issue.
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by saryant 9y ago
Churning to the degree described in any of the major blogs by and large doesn't exist outside the US. No other market has as many airlines and banks competing for the same business, not the mention the relative lack of regulation.
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by saryant 9y ago
I tried to monetize my knowledge of credit card awards. The problem I ran into is that in order to find awards for customers of the same quality that I do for myself, I'd need to charge >$1000 per passenger to make it worth my time
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by saryant 9y ago
I think that was true up to the point where the US-based programs all devalued and largely put a stop to churners. The game is hard enough if you're only willing to deal with domestic reward programs that I think the vast majority giv
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by saryant 9y ago
I've been playing this game for about six years now. In that time I've earned and burned just over 2.5 million points. Certainly the game isn't as easy as it used to be but it's still very lucrative if you're dedic

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