OneMoreFarang

So what should I click if the message has 3 sentences and I understand one of them and the other two are confusing? ;)

I use the confuse icon when mentally challenged members ask confusing questions or make confusing remarks. And then there of course all the people who just repeat what they saw somewhere but they didn't understand it. Last but not least, if I want to communicate with intellectuals, then I wouldn't post in this forum. So, if you think that you are so much smarter than all the others, then maybe ask yourself why you post in a forum with all those people who are not as smart as you. Maybe you should try a Mensa member forum or something like that. But maybe they won't let you in.

The obvious part for our politicians is obviously that it is a multi-billion-dollar project. Any such project will find lots of politicians who want it, all those hundreds of millions on "commissions". It seems 30% "commission" is usual in Thailand. Which politicians doesn't want to be rich. And obviously there are always some reasons why something is a good idea. I didn't follow this project, but I wonder if there are any people or companies who support this idea who will not financially profit from it? I.e. are there international shipping companies lobbying for this? Or are there lots of people who don't want it because they don't see that it makes sense, and they won't profit from it?

In accidents or while being charged? I see all the time reports from burning EVs all over the world. Obviously seeing a couple of videos is not a statistic. But it seems in many cases those fires are a huge headache for everybody involved. If a car burns somewhere "unimportant", then that is no big deal. But let this happen in the parking area of a steel structure building, and that is a huge problem.

Ok, the value of "old" vinyl records is a fact. But it seems now more new vinyl records are sold compared to CDs. Maybe those new records will have vintage value in 50 years, but definitely not now. It seems just one of those fads.

Alleged? How many other prisoners get the same treatment? How many other prisoners ever had a similar treatment? I only remember one mafia boss in Chonburi who got special treatment when he was very sick.

I wonder how long it will take before there are enough EV fires in inconvenient locations to makes this trend stop. Like some burning EVs in difficult accessible parking areas deep in the ground or on a high floor or something like that. How many do we need before EVs will be banned from some parking spaces? I guess this trend will stop. The questions is how long it will take.

Sorry, no, it's not the same. When you listen to music you normally don't look at the source of that music. Now I don't look at my computer to look where the music comes from. And when I was young and had a record player (and a tape deck) I didn't watch the record rotate to somehow make the experience of listening better. How many people would in a blind test think the vinyl sounds better? I don't ask how many will hear a difference because I remember hearing all the impurities of slightly damaged or dirty records. So, what's left is the experience to take the record out, look at it, put it on the record player and watch it rotate. Yeah, what an experience...

One of those statistics. Personally I don't see the point. I know that some audiophiles are sure the sound of those things is different than digital music. But who has the equipment to be able to hear the difference? A couple of speakers for a few hundred USD won't be good enough to hear any difference. So if people want to collect them and never listen to them, ok, do that, if it makes you happy. But to play those records, what kind of stereo do you have?

Some steps are obvious. But are our politicians willing to do something which will upset their voters and supporters?

That is an interesting question and maybe it will be possible soon - kind of. I saw and interview about AI, I think it was with Sam Altman. He predicted for the near future (I guess worst case a few years) that there will be AI trained on specific people or even books. So you could chat with Albert Einstein or Newton, and I guess possibly also talk with them - AI generated. Another development will be to basically talk with a book. Instead of reading a book you could talk to AI which knows one or many books in details and the AI can use the knowledge and produce a conversation out of that. Personally, I don't have a historic favorite to talk to. I.e. if I would be able to talk with Albert Einstein, what would be talk about? I don't have even 1% of his knowledge and I don't want that he would think: How can I explain that to this uneducated guy...

I have my doubts. I am still working and I have contact with all ages of people in my work. And of course I meet people outside of work. I grew up without internet, without social media and without mobile phones. I got used to mobile phones easily and later to smart phones. I like them. But when I see mostly young people having their phone constantly in front of their face, even when they walk or drive, then I have a problem understanding what they are doing. And I had time to get used to this behavior over many years. I still don't know if they all think they can look at the street and the phone at the same time, or they think they are invincible, or they don't think at all, I just don't understand it. Taking someone who didn't slowly get used to all this and put him in the middle of modern life just won't work. I am sure they would have a mental breakdown or something like that.

I am pretty sure the following it true. When you get your passport back from the embassy it contains the visa sticker. That sticker has dates valid from and valid until. In my case the from was the date when I received the passport from the embassy and the valid to was 3 months in the future. That is the date range when you have to enter Thailand to use this visa. So in my case I had 3 months time. When you enter Thailand then the 60 days or 90 days start counting. When you are already in Thailand and start working then likely your company will go to immigration to extend your stay to a year. And after that you can get extensions from the immigration in Thailand as long as you work in Thailand. About the address: I live in Thailand since forever and I was in Cambodia only for a few days to apply for the visa. When I applied there, I filled in my current address as my hotel in Cambodia. Because that is where I stayed at that moment. The embassy accepted that.

I read this book a long time ago. Interesting. It seems he was really committed.

Your comment was an inspiration to check the pressure with running water. Before: 3bar Flush the toilet, maybe for 1/2s 2.5bar, then steady back to 3bar. I measured the pressure on a valve which is very near to the toilet water supply. Valves fully open.

Not really...

I guess you thought they don't exist...

Sorry, even if it would be possible, it would be a stupid idea. None of them would be able to understand the current modern world. Just imagine you would take a smartphone from today (including internet infrastructure) back 50 years. People would think you must be using alien technology. Nobody would believe what you can do buy touching a little piece of glass. I guess part of the reason why so many things are crazy in the current world is the fact that technology grew too fast for peoples' minds to adjust. If any politician or celebrity writes something "wrong" on X one evening his/her life might be ruined by the time he wakes up. Would any of your former presidents be able to understand this? No.

All that doesn't change the fact that what many Thais do is a mixture of many believes. If they call it Buddhism that doesn't make it Buddhism.

I think even then the pressure is the same. If it burst, then less water will spill. But I guess you still have enough flow to possibly create flooding.

I just bought this for my washing machine. I guess they use similar hoses: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/i2937286518-s15695534410.html More about that, and much more, in this thread:

Buddhism is still Buddhism. But Thais mix it with lots of other ideas and still call it Buddhism. I remember I read a whole chapter about that in travel book when I arrived in Thailand.

I guess there should be some of them out there who follow Buddhism the way they should.

I think there are many good ideas in the Buddhist philosophy. It's sad what some monks do and it's sad that some people demand such stupid actions.