Tim
@snowgoons.ro
Software engineering nerd, Citizen of Nowhere™, immigrant in beautiful România...
https://snowgoons.ro/
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Is the answer "to generate electricity", by any chance?
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Is the answer "to generate electricity", by any chance?
The mandatory signage on the EU passport lane says "EU/EEA/CH Citizens", in English, plus local language(s).
Honestly, I am unsighted as to what additional verbiage is required to make that clearer. A residence card does not grant citizenship.
Honestly, I am unsighted as to what additional verbiage is required to make that clearer. A residence card does not grant citizenship.
October 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The mandatory signage on the EU passport lane says "EU/EEA/CH Citizens", in English, plus local language(s).
Honestly, I am unsighted as to what additional verbiage is required to make that clearer. A residence card does not grant citizenship.
Honestly, I am unsighted as to what additional verbiage is required to make that clearer. A residence card does not grant citizenship.
...and this isn't even a Brexity wish fulfilment thing. Plenty of non-UK permanent residents who would like to be able to get off the plane and go to their homes without the ritual othering on arrival we are currently subjected to.)
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
...and this isn't even a Brexity wish fulfilment thing. Plenty of non-UK permanent residents who would like to be able to get off the plane and go to their homes without the ritual othering on arrival we are currently subjected to.)
(And yes, FAOD (selfishly) I really wish @consilium.europa.eu would change this - now the non-EU line will be even slower, it just seems spiteful not to let EU residents use the EU lane - particularly as the biometric residence card is technically perfectly capable of operating the eGates as well...
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
(And yes, FAOD (selfishly) I really wish @consilium.europa.eu would change this - now the non-EU line will be even slower, it just seems spiteful not to let EU residents use the EU lane - particularly as the biometric residence card is technically perfectly capable of operating the eGates as well...
But permanent residence holders have never been entitled to use the EU/EEA/CH lanes. So it is true to say nothing has changed for us - we still queue in the same queue, and we won't have to give fingerprints/face scans (not least, because we already did when we got our biometric residence cards.)
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
But permanent residence holders have never been entitled to use the EU/EEA/CH lanes. So it is true to say nothing has changed for us - we still queue in the same queue, and we won't have to give fingerprints/face scans (not least, because we already did when we got our biometric residence cards.)
It's not at all unclear - you are not entitled to use the EU/EEA/CH passport line. The rules are entirely clear - you queue in the non-EU line.
You might *get away* with using the EU line, but that's just luck.
I wish it wasn't so (I also have EU perm residence,) but it's not ambiguous.
You might *get away* with using the EU line, but that's just luck.
I wish it wasn't so (I also have EU perm residence,) but it's not ambiguous.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's not at all unclear - you are not entitled to use the EU/EEA/CH passport line. The rules are entirely clear - you queue in the non-EU line.
You might *get away* with using the EU line, but that's just luck.
I wish it wasn't so (I also have EU perm residence,) but it's not ambiguous.
You might *get away* with using the EU line, but that's just luck.
I wish it wasn't so (I also have EU perm residence,) but it's not ambiguous.
I learned Romanian in my 40s - which has grammar that is an absolute bitch - so everything is possible. Of course living here helps somewhat...
Started on Chinese now. Will probably never make it past 謝謝, but I'm telling myself it will help keep my brain active/delay cognitive decline.
Started on Chinese now. Will probably never make it past 謝謝, but I'm telling myself it will help keep my brain active/delay cognitive decline.
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I learned Romanian in my 40s - which has grammar that is an absolute bitch - so everything is possible. Of course living here helps somewhat...
Started on Chinese now. Will probably never make it past 謝謝, but I'm telling myself it will help keep my brain active/delay cognitive decline.
Started on Chinese now. Will probably never make it past 謝謝, but I'm telling myself it will help keep my brain active/delay cognitive decline.
This is a very good reason to avoid Dreamliners. The other being that it's a Boeing.
(And it's not the pilot doing that, it's the cabin crew knowing they can kick back in the galley for a chat (and hand out fewer freebies) if it's dark. Enshittification of air travel continues apace.)
(And it's not the pilot doing that, it's the cabin crew knowing they can kick back in the galley for a chat (and hand out fewer freebies) if it's dark. Enshittification of air travel continues apace.)
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is a very good reason to avoid Dreamliners. The other being that it's a Boeing.
(And it's not the pilot doing that, it's the cabin crew knowing they can kick back in the galley for a chat (and hand out fewer freebies) if it's dark. Enshittification of air travel continues apace.)
(And it's not the pilot doing that, it's the cabin crew knowing they can kick back in the galley for a chat (and hand out fewer freebies) if it's dark. Enshittification of air travel continues apace.)
Ah, then fair enough. I wasn't listening to the lunatic on the radio so hard to be sure :-)
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Ah, then fair enough. I wasn't listening to the lunatic on the radio so hard to be sure :-)
(Although I suppose it would work if the crime was one with visible consequences - i.e. window not broken/now window is broken, you could use a binary search to find when it was broken quite easily.
I'm over thinking this, ignore...)
I'm over thinking this, ignore...)
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
(Although I suppose it would work if the crime was one with visible consequences - i.e. window not broken/now window is broken, you could use a binary search to find when it was broken quite easily.
I'm over thinking this, ignore...)
I'm over thinking this, ignore...)
Without wishing to argue your basic point, surely a binary search is only relevant when searching in an ordered set (i.e. when you bisect the set, you know if your answer is before or after the cut.) That doesn't seem to apply to searching for a random event in a video feed..?
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Without wishing to argue your basic point, surely a binary search is only relevant when searching in an ordered set (i.e. when you bisect the set, you know if your answer is before or after the cut.) That doesn't seem to apply to searching for a random event in a video feed..?
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I am here to shill for `just` instead. OK, it's not a replacement for what `make` was designed to be good for (but who is using plain make for that these days...,) but it's a much better replacement for what everyone *actually* uses it for.
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
GitHub - casey/just: 🤖 Just a command runner
🤖 Just a command runner. Contribute to casey/just development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I am here to shill for `just` instead. OK, it's not a replacement for what `make` was designed to be good for (but who is using plain make for that these days...,) but it's a much better replacement for what everyone *actually* uses it for.
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
I am here to shill for `just` instead. OK, it's not a replacement for what `make` was designed to be good for (but who is using plain make for that these days...,) but it's a much better replacement for what everyone *actually* uses it for.
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
GitHub - casey/just: 🤖 Just a command runner
🤖 Just a command runner. Contribute to casey/just development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I am here to shill for `just` instead. OK, it's not a replacement for what `make` was designed to be good for (but who is using plain make for that these days...,) but it's a much better replacement for what everyone *actually* uses it for.
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
I really, really like it:
github.com/casey/just
Hell, it's the same in Romania, one of the poorest countries in Europe.
(And yeah, it's imperfect, God knows our system needs investment. But you *will* get care, even if the hospital looks like it might fall down around your ears...)
(And yeah, it's imperfect, God knows our system needs investment. But you *will* get care, even if the hospital looks like it might fall down around your ears...)
October 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Hell, it's the same in Romania, one of the poorest countries in Europe.
(And yeah, it's imperfect, God knows our system needs investment. But you *will* get care, even if the hospital looks like it might fall down around your ears...)
(And yeah, it's imperfect, God knows our system needs investment. But you *will* get care, even if the hospital looks like it might fall down around your ears...)
...is it just gaming isn't your bag (in which case fair enough, although damn I'd love to introduce you to some great stuff ;-),) or gaming just isn't ready to be treated as 'art', or...?
As I say, no criticism, I was just reading & thinking it and figured why not ask. Congrats again on great book.
As I say, no criticism, I was just reading & thinking it and figured why not ask. Congrats again on great book.
October 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
...is it just gaming isn't your bag (in which case fair enough, although damn I'd love to introduce you to some great stuff ;-),) or gaming just isn't ready to be treated as 'art', or...?
As I say, no criticism, I was just reading & thinking it and figured why not ask. Congrats again on great book.
As I say, no criticism, I was just reading & thinking it and figured why not ask. Congrats again on great book.
...of the texts referenced, and I feel like the post-apocalyptic section is missing a whole genre of art (ironic that The Last Of Us gets a callout as a TV series but not the video game that it's a remake of.)
Not intended as a criticism, more a curiosity - why is that, do you think?...
Not intended as a criticism, more a curiosity - why is that, do you think?...
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
...of the texts referenced, and I feel like the post-apocalyptic section is missing a whole genre of art (ironic that The Last Of Us gets a callout as a TV series but not the video game that it's a remake of.)
Not intended as a criticism, more a curiosity - why is that, do you think?...
Not intended as a criticism, more a curiosity - why is that, do you think?...
Linda Yaccarino, Sheryl Sandberg and Carly Fiorina would seriously like a word.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Linda Yaccarino, Sheryl Sandberg and Carly Fiorina would seriously like a word.