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tomazbodner

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  1. Remember conversation with 2 Thais some 20+ years ago, talking about crazy farang that grill themselves in the sun the whole day to look like peasants...
  2. That's actually quite a good way of punishment. Better than 500 baht fine. Maybe just need a warning sign first.
  3. Nothing to do with the drunken id!ot driving white sedan, then, he's free to go?
  4. At least we're battling. You just let lung cancer win.
  5. That's where it's needed the most, so they can inform next of kin when inevitable happens.
  6. You take Bolt when you have no money, then kill the driver when he asks you to pay for it? And this is app-called driver, so the company knows exactly who ordered it. Indeed, they are a waste of oxygen, for as much as that 2 cells between the ears can use...
  7. Wonder about this one as it has name in Thai only, but the tickets are in Latin letters, so how exactly do they know that it's "matching name to boarding pass"? If airlines knew what first digit of card number stands for, then they could differentiate between those with permanent permissions to stay and those who would need to get extensions (and I'm confident they don't have a clue), but then how would they know that from driver's license? This is pretty useless unless they tie together the immigration and police databases, and link those to check-in computers of airlines.
  8. What happened to the other 9? Skinned, grilled and eaten?
  9. I use different connections for different purposes, mostly for VMWare Fusion, as the 2 networks are connected to different routers, on different subnets. There's selection in each VM settings which adapter I wish to use. I had (not using now) load balancing between 2 different telcos, which was done by using a Microtik NLB. Relatively cheap thing, quite reliable, but not the easiest to set up. My purpose was to have automatic switching between 2 telcos in case one of them went down... until I realised they both connected through the same exchange and it was that exchange that had issue. Since it had only 1 Gbps ports, and routers are 2.5 Gbps it caused significant drop in speed, hence I've removed it now. The UI that I shared just shows all connections you can create and enable, and order in which they are used. If using Ethernet, and having other Apple equipment, it is recommended to enable both Ethernet and Wifi (even if you don't have Wifi connected to any router) so it can be used ad-hoc for AirDrop, for instance.
  10. Strange. Prudential sent me to hospital for a full checkup, and wanted my entire hospital file before deciding on what I had to pay for it or how much they would cover. AIA did the same a long while back, when I was in 20s.
  11. I was under impression that only first 30 year lease was enforceable. Waiting to hear expert opinions.
  12. Found this on iHerb.com for the Shipping help: Seems couriers won't deliver it (see 5.) but local post can, though it would mean it's quite expensive as you'd be limited to... 90? 180? pills/gummies per shipment, which is basically one bottle. https://th.iherb.com/shipping
  13. There were many attempts to revive it, and several in various conditions are still available for sale on eBay. So is its successor, Amiga.
  14. PASSED AWAY.... PASSED AWAY! The kid really should not skip classes with skills like those!
  15. Mine is still P30 Pro. For a 5+ years old phone, it's incredible how many people still use them, and how well it stacks up with modern phones especially in photography arena. I do use iPhone 14 Pro Max, but honestly - despite what, 4? 5? years newer, it comes close in the day with no zoom, but in everything else, Huawei still takes the crown. You can understand why they were such a threat that they had to be destroyed by the west. But for myself, I wish they weren't, as they were capable of bringing us some magnificent products. They were never killed off anyway. Huawei just overtook Apple in sales in China and they are on the way up, some with stocked up chips from before they were cut off, and some developed in house. That's one thing about sanctioning someone - either they'll give up or die (which was hoped for), or they'll double down and throw all they have into recreating everything by themselves. And once they do - how do you stop them then? Having seen P30 Pro inside when being taken apart, the finesse of design inside and outside was amazing. So regardless of where they are from, what they've done, or what Trump thinks of them - they have my respect for what they've engineered. And I'll keep on using mine till it dies. But due to old Android, not put anything important on it, so I guess when it is gone, I'll be forced to replace it with another brand, and I hope there's something out there by then which can at least beat Huawei at the photography game by then.
  16. I actually enjoy United Polaris, and the service in it, just many seats have no windows, but otherwise, I found it excellent, and better than my usual favourite airline ANA. But all that aside, here many are talking about service quality of the airlines. Not the airports, which is what the title of the thread is all about.
  17. In cities, banning ICE vehicles and burning, like BBQ vendors, makes a lot of sense. You remove millions of pollution producers and replace them with a handful of powerful polluters outside the cities. This way cities produce little air pollution themselves. Now you go to cap pollution on these few large targets, where small actions bring large effects. Particle filters in thermal power plants, as well as capturing the CO2 and redirecting it to greenhouses to increase growth, and using heat generated for some other benefits, like supplying hot water nearby so residences no longer require water heaters, etc. There are many things that could be done. But challenges remain the large scale burning of agricultural land and forest clearing, which cause environmental devastation and vast amounts of air pollution. But Indonesia, when there was still political will, did a lot about that. By using satellites to identify fires, and penalise land owners by banning use or confiscation of land for repeat offenders. There are ways. But is Thailand having a political will beyond signing a piece of paper to put anything into practice? Yet to see, but not holding my breath.
  18. I'll recheck that. I was just there a few of weeks back - to repair a botched battery replacement done by Huawei service center in Fortune Town, Bangkok.

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