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TBF the train to Haneda on my exit was delayed by two hours, also. But that was due to a couple of drunk caucasians running around on the tracks.

This is the primary component in producing acid rain, right?

Huh. I've spent only 0.035% of my life in Japan, but I was on that train (or at least that line) last year. Glad nobody was seriously hurt.

But welcome, indeed.

If you're the executive producer, it's your fault that your team members fucked it up. If you cannot find a competent writer to properly express nuance on the screen, it's still your fault. You hired the wrong person to adapt the books. You are the boss, the final say, the one-ass-to-kick when things go wrong. The Witcher is not some nuanced story about regional distinctions in low-visibility communities told in short form, which seems to be his only acclaimed experience, followed by several production failures.

This entire interview comes down to "those lazy zoomers don't know how to appreciate good film." From the description of his past, massive failures it appears to be a problem with his process and ability, not an audience problem.

So...does it allow you to eventually download the files, or are you limited to simply streaming from the remote cache?

It's no big deal, it's just a Baby Ruth.

• There is a minor safety issue, as portable units are - by definition - easily movable and can be jostled, tipped, etc. A range isn't going anywhere.
• On a range you will typically have four burners, two front and two rear, with controls for all four on a common panel which is easily accessible at the edge of the counter. Each portable induction plate will have its own control.
• As others have pointed out, a combined cooktop (in the US) will generally have a dedicated 30-50A / 240V circuit supplying power to the group of heating elements. Unless you have asked for multiple circuits when you built your house, there will often be a single 15A/120v (or, in the last 20 years 20A/120V) circuit supplying all of the receptacles in your kitchen. If your house is older than ~1975 or 1980, the refrigerator may be on the same breaker as the receptacles. Even with a 20A/240, it means you'd be sharing the circuit with a countertop microwave oven, stand mixer, toaster, coffee machine, sous vide, etc, and possibly even the overhead lights and lights/receptacles in adjacent rooms.

I made the note about special circuits because when I had the kitchen in my 1960s house redone, I had 4 separate 20A circuits run, plus the fridge, plus the lighting circuit both separate. Two pairs of the outlets are actually on adjacent breakers so that, if I were crazy enough to do it, I could get a 240V/20A service with a custom (and definitely not UL rated) dual plug. I've never done that and, though it would be possible, it's a terrible idea because it's not a common breaker but two individuals and they should really be able to trip with a single breaker if used that way.

1/2c (125ml) popcorn,
3 Tbsp (45ml) coconut oil, <--vegetable will do, but coconut is better
1 tsp (5ml/5.5g) Flavicol <-- yes, really, just buy a quart of it off Amazon

In an 8-10 quart or liter stock pot heat the oil to 420F/215C over medium-high heat, stirring or swirling the Flavicol into the oil once it's viscosity drops sufficiently. No thermometer? heat with three kernels added and it's ready when at least 2 pop.

Add popcorn and turn down heat to medium with a loose lid until the corn is popped; remove immediately from heat.

Note: If you prefer a kettle corn sweetness, use regular salt (fine popcorn or granulated) in place of flavicol and, just as you pull it off the heat add
-1/4c (65ml or g) granulated sugar for Boom Chicka level of sweetness
-1/3c (95ml or g) granulated sugar for Regular kettle corn sweetness
-1/2c (125ml or g) granulated sugar for County Fair level of kettle corn
Do this quickly and stir vigorously to distribute the sugar onto the hot popcorn. Some will clump at the bottom, and that's accounted for in the amounts above.

Yeah, it's kind of a pissing contest in the top ten. I saw another list with us one below Canada and I assumed it was probably our (now useless, decades long) tiff with Cuba that put them ahead. Several of the places on my bucket list are on the difficult list for USA, but I also don't really feel safe enough to travel there, nor do I expect them to become (politically) friendly in my traveling lifetime. It's okay, though - I probably don't have enough money to see everywhere I'd like to go anyway.

I looked it up and I think we dropped to 9th this year, 8th last, but then Japan dropped by 4 putting Singapore in the top slot all by itself. I was chatting with a Senegalese poster on reddit a while back and the hoops he would have to jump through to enter the EU as a tourist are crazy, and it takes months to accomplish. I get the reasons for visas, but three's a part of me that is baffled at how humans drew imaginary lines on dirt and then spend a non-trivial fraction of our waking time making sure people don't go on the wrong side of them.

America is only tied for ~~eighth~~ ninth in passport strength, thanks to Singapore taking the top spot from Japan. There are 40 countries which have the same privilege coming into the US (called the Visa Waiver Program here). Of course, the US has had an ETA for quite a while, so this is a tit for tat.