What does unlimited travel mean? I suppose a ticket is available only for a specific route, until you get off the bus. So the underground is per-trip... hmm. When I was in Madrid, I paid only at the entrance to the underground network and then could switch lines as much as I wanted until I got out again. Paying per trip in that maze sounds like a bad deal :(.
Unlimited travel means you scan your contactless bank card/phone when you get on any bus. It'll be £1.50 regardless of how many changes you make/how far you go (within Zones 1-6)[almost all of London]. So even if I scan my card/phone on six buses in an hour, it'll still only be £1.50 total at the end of the day.
You don't ever buy a ticket. All trains are, again, just contactless when you enter/exit a station. Doesn't matter how many trains you use whilst you're on the network. For example, I could get on a train at my station Kentish Town. I boop my phone on the way in. I'd take the Northern Line down to King's Cross, get off the train, move through the station and get on another train on the Piccadilly Line and head north to my final destination. I don't boop my phone again until I leave the underground, regardless of how many lines/trains I use. It charges you based on the number of zones you'd have to travel through to reach your destination, with the least being about £1.20 and the most being about £4.
There's also an absolute maximum of £12 that the underground can charge your card, so even if you make 15 completely separate £4 trips over the course of the day, it'll never be more than that.
Haha, yeah, fuck the British rail network. It costs me £95 to go home to see my parents. I can fly to most places in Europe for cheaper -_-'
My girlfriend and I can drive you if you'd like. Lemme know what your schedule is. I'll be in Scotland visiting fam from the week beginning the 8th of July, back in London on the 15th then New York for work at the end of July - exact dates TBC. August is pretty much clear, but I'll be in Japan for 2 months for work from 14th September, so the window is mainly July/Aug.
Download Citymapper and load it with London's downloadable map before you arrive. It's the only way to efficiently navigate the maze that is the London Underground network.
Expect to pay upwards of £15 for every meal, especially if you like alcohol with your food. Save accordingly.
Buses are unlimited travel for £1.50 in and around London, and are therefore by far the most economical option, followed by the London Overground. An underground journey will cost around £4 per trip. You can pay as you get on to all of these with a contactless bank card/phone, so don't worry about getting an Oyster card or paper tickets.
While you're here, make sure to check out some shows at Underbelly Festival in Southbank. It's a beautiful part of the city, and Underbelly runs all summer long. It's alternative/arts/music/comedy/cabaret/drag and is usually seen as a warmup for the Edinburgh Fringe for comedians.
Leicester Square is the famous central landmark if you wanna get your classic tourism photos. Keep a strong hand on your camera and wallet there, but it's well worth visiting. I'd also recommend seeing a musical around Leicester Square while you're here. Even if it's not something you think you'd enjoy, they're insanely good in London. You can get really good seats for some of the older ones like Bat out of Hell for like £5 these days. The new ones will cost you around £60-120 depending on their fame. Hamilton is obv amazing, as is Waitress. School of Rock was a bit of a letdown.
Any specific questions, let me know. I'll PM you my number for Whatsapp in case of emergencies/beer hangs.
Bruce, pls provide a single piece of evidence that vaccines cause autism. Fuck, even provide a single piece of evidence that mercury causes autism, let alone thiomersal.
Holy fuck, of course there's something to lose by not vaccinating your child. Good grief.
Urby, autistic folk tend to be razor sharp comedians when they get older, so at the very least she'll be better at telling jokes than her father. Also how the fuck is she four already. Have you checked her for latent time traveller DNA???
Commented 4 years ago2019-06-15 03:35:34 UTC
in journal: Gaming PC for my sonComment #102094
Am I the only one getting feels? Takes me right back to my first PC build with my dad.
Also on the subject of monitors, I'll always go for colour, contrast ratio and resolution over refresh rate. You only really need >60Hz if you're competing in e-sports. Maybe I was just seeing early-generation tech, but every high refresh-rate monitor I've used compromises pretty significantly on image quality.
Commented 5 years ago2019-03-28 16:00:44 UTC
in journal: Another Brain Surgery?Comment #101935
Sorry I didn't see this sooner. So glad to hear it sounds like good news - you're both immensely strong to go through more of this. Lots of love, mate.
It's a really cool sound and there's some serious, serious talent on display. The song itself is maybe a touch too measured for my obviously subjective tastes, but I'd love to hear you guys live when you let your hair down a little more. Feel like I got a taste of it at around 4 minutes and it's definitely got me looking forward to the album.
Commented 5 years ago2018-10-26 07:42:32 UTC
in journal: MemoriesComment #101576
Satch, I say this with love, I cannot wait for you to retire so I can get my hands on your fiction!
When I moved to London for work in June 2017, I wasn't able to get my computer down with me. A year and a half later, I've finally had it couriered down now that I've moved to a flat big enough for a desk (London rent prices are amongst the worst in the world), and although I was excited with the idea in theory, in practice the computer has remained un-powered in the corner of my room.
Commented 5 years ago2018-06-24 00:55:48 UTC
in journal: History Repeating ItselfComment #101301
"Count Dankula was Scottish. Court sentenced him a fine of £800 for his nazi pug video." Are you just reiterating my point?
"When the administration becomes genuinely extremist, I'll be right along with you guys with the molotov cocktails." You are really underestimating the lasting impact people seen to be in power have on a much larger scale. Kids growing up thinking the way Trump behaves is acceptable. Grab em by the pussy mentality seen as the norm. Treating people differently based on race seen as the norm. It's a collective consciousness thing and it's absolutely how things eventually get brought to extremes. Look at the white power marches that took place when he was elected. Normalisation of that sort of mentality cannot be allowed to happen.
Commented 5 years ago2018-06-23 19:08:01 UTC
in journal: History Repeating ItselfComment #101299
"At least we don't have gag orders or limitations on speech like in your country" Oh shut up, you know I don't support Britain's government. Scottish independence, yo.
"Tell me when we start systematically killing people based on their race, or when we start detaining documented legal immigrants and citizens." See: Germany 1933. Everything has a progression. Just because it's not at its most extreme yet doesn't mean we shouldn't kick the fuck off when it's heading in that direction.
Commented 5 years ago2018-05-26 10:23:19 UTC
in journal: #8937Comment #44168
"They hear the awful extreme misandrist "feminists" and form their opinion based on that flavour of "feminism", because the arguments of more reasonable feminists are difficult to swallow when you don't have enough women in your life to notice the genuine societal issues that affect women"
Commented 6 years ago2018-01-17 00:33:19 UTC
in journal: #8903Comment #48478
His name is Pieter Witvoet. He's still active on Stack Overflow if you want to reach out to him.
As for your shoutbox queries:
Spencer Rose (RabidMonkey) is still a professional level designer. Last I heard he's been working on mobile games for a London company since 2015. I don't know if that means he's physically moved to London or not! Might need to track him down for a pint if that's the case.
Kasperg is eluding me. He went dark after a TWHL drama many years back. I can't find him.
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You don't ever buy a ticket. All trains are, again, just contactless when you enter/exit a station. Doesn't matter how many trains you use whilst you're on the network. For example, I could get on a train at my station Kentish Town. I boop my phone on the way in. I'd take the Northern Line down to King's Cross, get off the train, move through the station and get on another train on the Piccadilly Line and head north to my final destination. I don't boop my phone again until I leave the underground, regardless of how many lines/trains I use. It charges you based on the number of zones you'd have to travel through to reach your destination, with the least being about £1.20 and the most being about £4.
There's also an absolute maximum of £12 that the underground can charge your card, so even if you make 15 completely separate £4 trips over the course of the day, it'll never be more than that.
My girlfriend and I can drive you if you'd like. Lemme know what your schedule is. I'll be in Scotland visiting fam from the week beginning the 8th of July, back in London on the 15th then New York for work at the end of July - exact dates TBC. August is pretty much clear, but I'll be in Japan for 2 months for work from 14th September, so the window is mainly July/Aug.
Download Citymapper and load it with London's downloadable map before you arrive. It's the only way to efficiently navigate the maze that is the London Underground network.
Expect to pay upwards of £15 for every meal, especially if you like alcohol with your food. Save accordingly.
Buses are unlimited travel for £1.50 in and around London, and are therefore by far the most economical option, followed by the London Overground. An underground journey will cost around £4 per trip. You can pay as you get on to all of these with a contactless bank card/phone, so don't worry about getting an Oyster card or paper tickets.
While you're here, make sure to check out some shows at Underbelly Festival in Southbank. It's a beautiful part of the city, and Underbelly runs all summer long. It's alternative/arts/music/comedy/cabaret/drag and is usually seen as a warmup for the Edinburgh Fringe for comedians.
Leicester Square is the famous central landmark if you wanna get your classic tourism photos. Keep a strong hand on your camera and wallet there, but it's well worth visiting. I'd also recommend seeing a musical around Leicester Square while you're here. Even if it's not something you think you'd enjoy, they're insanely good in London. You can get really good seats for some of the older ones like Bat out of Hell for like £5 these days. The new ones will cost you around £60-120 depending on their fame. Hamilton is obv amazing, as is Waitress. School of Rock was a bit of a letdown.
Any specific questions, let me know. I'll PM you my number for Whatsapp in case of emergencies/beer hangs.
Fuck, even provide a single piece of evidence that mercury causes autism, let alone thiomersal.
Urby, autistic folk tend to be razor sharp comedians when they get older, so at the very least she'll be better at telling jokes than her father.
Also how the fuck is she four already. Have you checked her for latent time traveller DNA???
Takes me right back to my first PC build with my dad.
Also on the subject of monitors, I'll always go for colour, contrast ratio and resolution over refresh rate. You only really need >60Hz if you're competing in e-sports. Maybe I was just seeing early-generation tech, but every high refresh-rate monitor I've used compromises pretty significantly on image quality.
Tool and Metallica walk in to a barn dance...
It's a really cool sound and there's some serious, serious talent on display. The song itself is maybe a touch too measured for my obviously subjective tastes, but I'd love to hear you guys live when you let your hair down a little more. Feel like I got a taste of it at around 4 minutes and it's definitely got me looking forward to the album.
Fuckin' rock and roll, Brett <3
It's so hilariously cringe seeing the regulars in their infancy.
When I moved to London for work in June 2017, I wasn't able to get my computer down with me.
A year and a half later, I've finally had it couriered down now that I've moved to a flat big enough for a desk (London rent prices are amongst the worst in the world), and although I was excited with the idea in theory, in practice the computer has remained un-powered in the corner of my room.
Dunno, I just don't have that itch anymore.
Fuck.
Hope you're okay, mate.
Better bring a laptop to the hospital so you can polish SMJ from a ward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFBBHVFYEMI
Totally agree, Striker! My first cut had far more scene geography, but the client wanted it all close up action. Oh well.
New one coming out tomorrow with Ken Block
<3
Maybe you could farm a couple of episodes out to contributors you've used before. Give yourself a break?
Victor, this is called a discussion. The 'fucking hysterics' are coming from you and you alone.
Are you just reiterating my point?
"When the administration becomes genuinely extremist, I'll be right along with you guys with the molotov cocktails."
You are really underestimating the lasting impact people seen to be in power have on a much larger scale. Kids growing up thinking the way Trump behaves is acceptable. Grab em by the pussy mentality seen as the norm. Treating people differently based on race seen as the norm. It's a collective consciousness thing and it's absolutely how things eventually get brought to extremes. Look at the white power marches that took place when he was elected. Normalisation of that sort of mentality cannot be allowed to happen.
Oh shut up, you know I don't support Britain's government. Scottish independence, yo.
"Tell me when we start systematically killing people based on their race, or when we start detaining documented legal immigrants and citizens."
See: Germany 1933.
Everything has a progression. Just because it's not at its most extreme yet doesn't mean we shouldn't kick the fuck off when it's heading in that direction.
I'm not seeing the problem with the comparison, Dimbark.
Updating the link bumped it to the front page
This.
Thiiiiiis. This.
I miss exploding people with you.
As for your shoutbox queries:
Spencer Rose (RabidMonkey) is still a professional level designer. Last I heard he's been working on mobile games for a London company since 2015. I don't know if that means he's physically moved to London or not! Might need to track him down for a pint if that's the case.
Kasperg is eluding me. He went dark after a TWHL drama many years back. I can't find him.