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stop trying to make Oculus Rift a thing
Upvoted for the Mean Girls reference. Oculus Rift is going to be a real thing, though, whether we like it or not.
It would sure beat the crap out of my current desktop backdrop, which is mostly covered by windows anyway :)
Then I realised as an NY Times piece, this is for Americans. Lots of the places are Anglo-Spanish-friendly (St Helena, really?), mostly within less than insane flight times (explains the lack of New Zealand on the list) and the inevitable references to Kanye and other celebrities (because you know it'd be insulting to suggest that these places actually have things going for themselves without the affirmation of a celebrity).
While I disagree with almost the majority of the choices (choose Melbourne over Sydney any day of the week as a tourist, avoid anything with Democratic Republic of the Congo on it unless you're already familiar with the safety requirements for the region) it's an interesting and thought provoking list, nonetheless.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
stop trying to make Oculus Rift a thing
Upvoted for the Mean Girls reference. Oculus Rift is going to be a real thing, though, whether we like it or not.
Followed by a comment saying web browsing in a Virtual Desktop style environment on the Rift isn't very good, and can't be due to screen resolution limitations.
This is a beautiful page, but my god, is it heavy. I'm counting 171 separate requests totaling 31 Mb - excluding the videos. I've not even loaded all videos, and my total is at over 400 Mb now.... Is this acceptable now?
To be fair, I've had to spend some time training my adblock to handle nytimes
The Eastern part of the DRC is still a dangerous place to go with still ongoing guerrilla activity.
"Getting there requires a flight to Kigali, Rwanda, and a three-hour taxi ride."
"While a park spokeswoman said there have been no reports of unfriendly encounters between rebels and tourists, the eastern D.R.C. remains an unpredictable area that calls for sensible precautions."
If you want to see the mountain gorilla, just go to Rwanda. Very safe country, the Switzerland/Singapore of Africa. Or Uganda for even cheaper. I am not saying to only go to safe places, but avoiding active combat zones is easy to do.
Sad to see almost nothing in (non Northern) Africa. Great place to avoid the mobs.
EDIT: a few more points
36 - Tyrol, Austria
The Tyrol extends into Italian as south Tyrol, so if you are touring Italy, visit this region.
45 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
I found it boring, and so did most visiting non-expats that I met. Most tourists simply visit the Killing Fields and prison, which is not mentioned.
I'm surprised to see so many places not on the list, and so many places making it that caused me to question the rationale (to the point where I read the follow-up article on how they chose places). Then I realised as an NY Times piece, this is for Americans. Lots of the places are Anglo-Spanish-friendly (St Helena, really?), mostly within less than insane flight times (explains the lack of New Zealand on the list) a…
New Zealand isn't that far away. LAX to AKL is about 11 hours travel time. The west coast to many Asian cities is at least 14 hours, if not 20 by the time you add in layovers.
This is a beautiful page, but my god, is it heavy. I'm counting 171 separate requests totaling 31 Mb - excluding the videos. I've not even loaded all videos, and my total is at over 400 Mb now.... Is this acceptable now?
noscript+adblock wins again! 67K for me. To be fair, I've had to spend some time training my adblock to handle nytimes