As a valid work visa holder in multiple countries, they already have my biometrics as they were a part of the visa process. Having the same data in my passport just speeds things up.

As long as I can enter/exit without showing more than my passport, I’m OK with it. My JD Vance memes stay locked the fuck down.

Probably because the charging circuitry would make the electronics inside bigger, and a rechargeable cell has a massively reduced capacity compared to a primary cell. The electronics package is tiny, and the battery itself is by far the biggest component. I think it makes sense to keep it semi-single-use with those factors in mind.

In fact, I’ve considered 3d printing a new shell for it to make it even tinier and definitely water proof.

Actually, it’s probably the reverse; When new it’s rated as waterproof down to 10m depth. Volvo calls it the “sports key”.

However, the battery is only rated for 3 years, and it’s not possible to change the battery without voiding the warranty, and having a new key programmed and shipped costs 500 USD equivalent.

But I’m a DIY cheapskate who voids warranty for a living, so I tore it up. It wad a standard 2032 cell, so I soldered o a new one and filled the fob with epoxy, and now it works again. I just don’t trust it to be as waterproof anymore.

I always keep it in my jeans, and it hasn’t failed me so far.

I haven’t needed it yet, but I still bring one of the proper key fobs for longer drives such as vacation or work trips.

Around where I live, ferry crossings are often short, so many of them are battery powered.

• Guitar pick
• Wireless/Contactless waterproof keyfob for my car (I finally found a good use for that pocket-inside-a-pocket on jeans)
• Snus
• Cardholder (Regular debit card, two credit cards, misc other cards I “always” need)
• Phone
• Bluetooth airbuds

If I’m wearing a jacket, its pockets also adds:

• Wallet (with passports, seamans book, misc currencies, TWIC, WHO vaccine booklet, misc warehouse access cards, a bunch of airline frequent flier cards)
• Tiny multitool
• Pen
• Syringe needle that I’ve cut to be blunt, in a protective casing. It’s excellent for those tiny reset buttons on hardware
• USB-C cable
• USB thumb drive

Same, 2019 model T8 here.

It replaced my tank of a 1996 940

You’re good, no worries

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I studied electronics, and today I work in IT, specializing in networking. I have no fucking idea why RF, let alone wifi, works. I mean understand how it works, but the why-part is magic, trust me.

I eat like shit, and it probably wouldn’t hurt to cut back on the beer, so I kinda compensate through everyday stuff. Such as never using an escalator or elevator when it’s a matter of fewer than 3 floors, I generally walk when I can, and every other workday starts with 30 push-ups and 10 chinups.

A colleague of mine met his wife that way. He’s from India, where it’s a lot more common.

Uppies were never a problem, as I’m in control of the lifts and strains. She’s 5 now, and I still pick her up unprompted from time to time.

But to answer your question, I think it stops being fun around the age of 11-12. Her older brothers hate when I do it. And the oldest is 14 and he physically resists being picked up.

Me when my 4th kid was a toddler

I heard it’s a Mastodon thing

Sloth. Minimal change necessary

Obligatory: The distro you run sucks. I don’t know which one you use, but it’s the wrong choice either way. My distro of choice is of course the superior one.

EDIT, disclaimer: I’m writing this using USD as a primary example, but it holds true for many other currencies as well.

Because it’s not as freely traded as the USD. The main reason behind USD being so stable is because it’s available “anywhere”. And the reason for this is because it was always freely traded and easily bought by “anyone”. This results in loads of countries having USD as a foreigner reserve. On top of this, US monetary policy (not to be confused with US economic policy) values stability over anything else, resulting in a sought after currency for long term holdings, thus increasing its price.

The Yuan could in theory serve as a world reserve currency as well, but faces some challenges:

• Yuan has traditionally not been as freely available, so there’s simply less of it going around.
• Chinese monetary prioritizes economic power over stability. Trumps whining about Chinese devaluing its currency isn’t completely without merit.
• A strong Chinese economy is a rather recent phenomenon, so there’s not a whole lot of stable history to point to as an argument for buying a huge amount of Yuan as forex reserve
• The currency is subject to whatever the CCP considers best for China, not the currency.

This results in Yuan not being as attractive as the USD. Combine this with it being in the interest of the CCP to keep the currency somewhat low (because that’s in the best interest of their export capacity), and you get a Yuan trading for significantly less than its potential.

I honestly don’t see this changing any time soon. Having the Yuan as the de facto world default currency is simply not a priority for neither China nor other countries. And the ones who control its value have a vested interest in keeping it low.

It is worth noting that a “cheap” currency that can be bought for 1000 jimjams on the dollar doesn’t make it a low value currency. The exchange rate itself does not determine value, only the price. Value of a currency is derived from (percieved) future prospects of the currency. If it’s more or less certain that you can buy 1000 jimjams for one dollar, gbp, or euro 50 years from now, that makes the jimjams a valuable currency, even if the relative exchange rate is high.

Dungeon Keeper comes to mind

I remember buying a CD set of FreeBSD 3.3 back in the day. Partially to support the project, and partially because the alternative was to download it over 33.6baud where I paid per minute.

Nobody tell Grimreaper@sopuli.xyz

A plane I was on crashed on its next trip. Air France 447. I flew from Paris to Brazil the day before, and I flew that route in one direction every five weeks for two years.

It was an eery feeling learning that “our” plane had gone missing (before the wreckage was found). But hey, I am now statistically immune to plane crashes.