Month: November 2019

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Tried to buy train tickets online. Couldn’t figure out the costs (field is blank, FR+SU night, inland, trains only, 2 people). I am supposed to enter payment data tho to book tickets. Phone rang next, session expired, happened. I give up. Will go by 😕

Found some prices during the day and is even way cheaper. Will have to make two stops to recharge. Would have to switch trains twice too. Hours are equal. So it’s expensive nights of uncomfortable sleep vs taking an extra day off and make a nice roadtrip+sightseeing of it.

There is so much wrong with this. Why is the train so gorram expensive? Why is plotting a route such a PITA? Why does a route request cause so much server load that the session has to be dropped within minutes? How can anyone deal with all the other drawbacks involved in this?

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Landesmuseum Württemberg on Twitter (Twitter)
“Schon an der Urlaubsplanung für 2020? Wir haben ein außergewöhnliches kostenloses Angebot: Bei uns könnt Ihr virtuell ins Spätmittelalter reisen! Über die Zahlen freuen wir uns hier: Mehr als 10.000 mal wurde unsere VR-Brille schon aufgesetzt! #lmwstuttgart #digkv #vrmuseum”

Grab a VR set and jump into a medieaval story. Awesome 😀

https://www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de/ausstellungen/vr-reise-ins-mittelalter/

Your huddled masses by an author (gregorlove.com)
I was frustrated today by a clip I saw of Fox News bemoaning bringing more refugees to the United States. The host said some racist stuff about migrants “despoiling” the country and making it a place you wouldn’t want to live. It was sadly unsurprising rhetoric coming from a white supremacist....

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Adora Belle on Twitter (Twitter)
“#gnuterrypratchett https://t.co/7JeIaAfxZY”

I don’t see how sharing this “helps”, Adora Belle. What helps is to fund our donate to specific projects. For example computing power to https://worldcommunitygrid.org – and here any humanitarian project (not for profit) can apply. That’s IMHO the closest thing to science any Average Joe can do to help.

Tears in my eyes by an author (infullflow.net)
The Man wrote something that made me cry: […]I deeply know in my bones what we’ve all gained when freedom of movement kicked in 27 years ago (it’s a tangible sensation every time I personally or professionally do something where there before was a fence), as well as how it makes my professiona...
Self-worth by an author (gregorlove.com)
I saw this prompt that I thought would be interesting to write about: “there’s only ONE MONTH left in the decade. what have you accomplished?” — @stfutony I saw some impressive accomplishments, but Katherine’s response made me stop and think: “I’m pretty close to disconnecting my self ...

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Adulting much today. Switched to winter tyres finally. While the car (and especially the breaks) look fine three of four summer tyres are bust 🙁 Really not happy with the performance of the -tyres that came with the car. Next set will be a regular one. The wear is simply not worth the few extra miles I may gain with the “softer” rubber.