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That's what I do, too. But after riding around in Chinese E-Taxis that have 12-15" (and bigger) screens, I want one of those. Or as close as I can get without selling a kidney to pay for it. Next project is to shoehorn it in.

Please tell me the guy was getting some road head and lost focus. He didn't even try to swerve.

Good info. I suspect it's the same reason that the Pad Pro (wifi) doesn't have GPS and the Pad Pro 5G (LTE) does. And they list GPS as a communications feature, as opposed to a location feature. Which led me to believe it's part of the LTE chipset. But it's not clear on their website. Especially when it's translated to English.

Thanks! I'll look into those sites. My concern is that most sites (like GSMArena) don't seem to fully address the differences between the same model number in different countries. The CPUs may be different, the features are different, etc. I fear that one country's models may get GPS while another country's models may not- even with the same model number. You have to specify the Part Number. For example, I first read about the Redmi Pad Pro 5G in an India centric site. I can't find it on Amazon in the USA.

I bought that one for the GF, with SIM. It's a great pad. But does it have GPS? I haven't dared to touch it since I gave it to her and she programmed it in CH. That's why I'm focusing on their Pad Pro 5G. Strangely, I can't find one in the MI shops in China. Just the Pad Pro without SIM.

Title kind of says it... Can anyone recommend a nice tablet that's available in Thailand with cellular capability and GPS? Preferably a known brand like Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple, etc. I've got this wild hair idea to use it in a car (in place of a tiny screen) for running Google maps, etc. But it seems that most tablets don't have GPS. (And some of them that claim to, don't really have GPS, they use other methods to estimate location.) I was hoping someone has bought one that they like, or one that they recommend staying away from. I've been doing a lot of seaching and the results are confusing and certainly not Thai specific. The most promising one that I've seen so far is the Redmi Pad Pro 5G, but that's just online (Lazada). I haven't seen them in any shops. And most Redmi Pad Pro listings don't have LTE, nor GPS. (apparently, they added GPS to the model that has 5G LTE?). And some vendors are touting 5G, but that's 5G WIFI. Any recommendations? Full disclosure, I just ordered a cheap tablet from Amazon that claims to have LTE and GPS, but I'm expecting to be disappointed. It was cheap, and they ship international... It may arrive in China before my next flight to Bangkok in 10 days...

You need to watch Oliver Stone's "Ukraine on Fire". He produced it in 2016. That part of Ukraine was anything but peaceful. Ethnic Russians were being murdered in droves. While you're watching, take notes and then Google the events he mentions. I'm not a big Oliver Stone documentary fan, but he got a lot right.

There's a lot of room on the continuum between best bud and sworn enemy. I think most MAGAs want the dying to stop, the atomic doomsday clock to get ratcheted back a few minutes, the rebuilding to begin and for the Euros to quit freezing because they can't afford energy.

PEK has several non-stops a day, but that adds another 3-4 hours (plus safety cushion) to take the high speed rail to Beijing, then take an hourlong taxi to the airport. Longer if I take the BJ subway. About the same price as a Tianjin one stop ticket at $250-$400, depending on the day and whether it's a holiday. Which is amazingly cheap. Before Covid, I flew non-stop all the time. But it cost about $600-$750 R/T. Now I'm a cheap bastard, and I'll take the layover to save that kind of money. Back when I was working, not so free with scheduling. I haven't taken the high speed rail other than TJ-BJ and in Shanghai. My contacts in Weihai claim it's a 7 hour trip, and I haven't priced it out. Maybe next fall for the Weihai fishing show. It's well worth the trip, but this year I had scheduling conflicts with my GF's health care issues. Edit: All prices are in USD, which is how my little pinhead works. I get confused dealing in CNY, THB, KRW, HKD, Malaysian whatevers and Singapore dollars, so I convert them all to USD in my mind to stay clear. I've made some bad decisions when a price looked real good, but I was in the wrong country...

They'll be using zeroes. And ones. The next World War will be fought on the energy grids, drinking water systems, communications, and all the other connected systems that we count on to make modern life possible. Nobody will be safe anywhere, unlike WW1 and WW2. Aircraft carriers will be a side show, a distraction. If that.

I was referring to actual human turds, like this map from SF, showing all the reports of human feces. Leave it to a lefty to call people "human turds". I hope the Dems stick with that winning strategy in 2026 and 2028.

True. I priced out tickets to go to a fishing trade show in Weihai and it was 3x what I pay to fly 5x as far to BKK. Go figure. Also true. My city only has 15 million people. Tianjin.

It´s great that they reveal an informants name in open media. Now all that are affected by this and his actions know where to go. He's known as "supergrass" in the UK press, since 2019. His story looks more interesting than the guys' he ratted out. Looks like they gave him a new ID... Supergrass has jail term cut after turning back on gang mates - Liverpool Echo From another article in the UK press (Sky news, 2021): His identity is now protected by a court order - although his old name was known to the criminals he helped to jail - as it is feared he will be a target for revenge for the rest of his life.

I'm paying about half of pre-Covid airfare from China to BKK. The trade-off is that they're doing hub and spoke instead of direct flights so I always have a layover now. Usually reasonable, but sometimes a long one. Which is okay if they have reasonably priced transfer hotels like some airlines in some airports. But sleeping on the airport floor is miserable. Edit: I'd add that London to BKK looked a lot closer and cheaper with no Russkie overflight restrictions. One more reason to end the war and start rebuilding.

I don't think we've had an Italian story in quite a while. I guess it's their turn in the barrel.

At least the workers of DC won't have to dodge human turds on their way back to the office after years at home. Like they do in SF. Those who haven't moved out, anyway.

So Trump's really cleaning out Bidenvilles. It's not as if we're in a depression. The camps had become permanent fixtures. Degrading the quality of life of everybody that lives and works in DC. (And SF, and LA, and NYC and... and...)

Washington, D.C. crews began clearing out homeless encampments Friday, just two days after President Donald Trump warned Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser to do so. Another win for the average American. Unless you're living rough near the Capitol. Even they're probably better off. Tough love. DC Begins Clearing Out Homeless Camps Two Days After Trump Issued Ultimatum To Mayor | The Daily Caller He needs to do San Francisco next, then LA, then NYC, then...

They call that strategic ambiguity. A lot of knowledgeable people claim that's how Trump kept Putin from invading Ukraine on his watch. Putin couldn't predict what the hell Trump would do. Obama and Biden were super predictable.

Though you're a lot more likely to fry your phone than electrocute yourself, I always tested my USB chargers and adapters with one of these: This is a Lazada ad (85 baht), but they're all over online. (Very hard to find in bricks and mortar shops, though). There's a wide variety with different price points. I like the ones that record mA-hrs like this one so I can see how much it's taking to charge up the batteries over time. And some cables are wienie and charge up much slower. Some only show volts and amps. My favorite was the Uni-T brand, but that's just because I have always had good luck with their multimeters in China and Thailand. TBH, I don't know if these will test for a direct short to the mains, since they're designed to test from one leg to another. Maybe someone in the know can chime in?

It's already imploding after Trump won 2024. Now some high profile Dems are claiming Musk rigged the machines. The absolutely invulnerable machines that cannot possibly connect to the interwebs.

I don't have an opinion of its value, but I suspect it's a lot lower today with all the other options that they have opened up in the past couple of years. In fact, I recall a couple of fairly recent threads where some Elite Visa holders were rather angry that they had paid so much and now the masses have easy and cheaper options. Still, for someone that golfs, likes massages and gets a lot of use out of some of the other perks, it's probably well worth it. I hope the OP can connect with someone like that. Seems like a win-win.

And then a few months later, someone in a Georgia court proved that Fox were basically right. The machines can be hacked. Fairly easily. But that's the nature of settling before trial. I'm sure they agreed to not ask for their money back.

Not that I'm in the market for a mansion in the boondocks, but could he rent it out, even for a pittance? Or has entropy taken too stiff a toll? I'd rather rent a place out for next to nothing than let it sit empty and decay. And I'm sure there are Thai people who would facilitate that for a commission. Or some expats in the area...

Gosh. Last week, the lefties claimed Trump was going to cancel Social Security for expats. Do they ever get it right?