Aurora above Seattle!

I love tmux

Somehow managed to get a room in the Hilton for FC during the free for all phase.

In 2020, shortly after I bought my Mazda used, one of the EPB modules failed such that it was engaged while the system thought it was disengaged. I found a TSB at the time that indicated that it was due to a design flaw in the original EPB modules and had to […] [Original post on animal.business]

The new sections of 405 are flooding. You’d think we’d know how to build roads that don’t flood somewhere where it rains this much. Hopefully it is because things aren’t finished yet. Even then, seems like water management would be something you do as you go.

[uspol] “Felony footlong” 🥖

Over half the ballots returned so far are from people 65+. :| https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/data-research/ballot-return-statistics

[mh-] Jetlag coming back from Asia is not mixing well with work stress and personal issues.

Nov 4 is general election day! Get your ballot in.

Work messages you will only see on halloween: “… I can’t feel my phone buzz through my mermaid man costume.”

Mood https://www.reddit.com/r/vizsla/comments/1okputq/lazy_day_ahead

Passed out around 21:00. Woke up at noon. 😵

Actual quote from doctor: "... because there are no reliable observations of your sleep..." 🙃

I hope rental car companies refuse to purchase GM vehicles for their fleets if they go through with their plan to drop CarPlay. What a crappy user experience that would be.

Tragic: I am back in the office

Not counting the Hokkaido trip, I’ve used a car 0 times in Japan. I’ve been back in the US for 5 hours and have already had to use a car 3 times.

Every time one of the EEs talks with me about an EMI problem it just sounds like black magic.

Back in the US. This is the emptiest I have ever seen it.

HND ✈️ SEA

It’s been almost a year and wren.dog is still clep. :c

Just noticed that a lot of Tokyo subway cars have cameras retrofit in the LED tube fixtures.

Nice things that would never work in the US.

How the fuck did I miss FC rooms?

Find the correct exit in Shinjuku station in less than 10 minutes challenge.

Hakone-Yumoto ➡️ Shinjuku Got a Odakyu 70000 series GSE for the trip back!

Motohakone ➡️ Hakone-Yumoto

No time to visit the Hakone Shrine or Peace Torii. :c

Hakonemachi ➡️ Motohakone

Hakonemachi

Togendai ➡️ Hakonemachi

Lake Ashinoko

Owakudani

Sounzan ➡️ Owakudani

Sounzan

The Hakone loop is kind of stressful if you have a train back to Tokyo to catch. I need to come back and actually stay here some time.

Gora ➡️ Sounzan

Gora

My schedule has been unexpectedly delayed

Hakone-Yumoto ➡️ Gora

Hakone

Off to Hakone on a Odakyu 30000 series EXE from the 90s.

Achievement unlocked: feel an earthquake in Japan.

[uspol] The whole Trump Canada tariffs Reagan ad thing has r/Conservative questioning Reagan and the ability of foreign governments to run political ads in the US. lol I really want to believe that sub is mostly bots, but I just don’t know…

Being a single diner in Tokyo is kind of a super power.

Ending up in the exact same seat at a yakitori place for three trips in a row now is probably the universe telling me that I should be a bit more adventurous.

Tokyo office is dope

I love Tokyo public transit. Missed your train? There’s one right behind it.

🇯🇵 (again)

TAO ✈️ HND