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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

tptacek wrote: post #22
bradgessler wrote: post #15

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Unfortunately the dunes and lake are not visible from that stretch of I-94. Southern Indiana is another beautiful part of the state. It's mostly rolling hills with lush green forests and farms.

You don't have to drive it on I-94; in fact, for many years it was faster not to, because of insane bottom of the lake traffic. You can take the Dunes Highway instead (and then keep off 94 up the Michigan shore; there's good stuff up there).

Honestly, I think it's a good thing it's insulated by a couple miles of hills and trees from I-94. The relentless noise of the highway would be absolutely terrible for the beach.

I actually stopped to stretch my legs and bag another national park at the Indiana Dunes National Park last Friday on my way back to Michigan from Wisconsin. Maybe AI was in a sour mood due to my poor decision to drive through Chicago from 3 to 6pm on a Friday, but I wasn't that impressed - Holland, Muskegon, Hoffmaster, Silver Lake, or Ludington State Parks up the Michigan coastline are all superior.

It only looks fantastic though a Chicagoan or Hoosier perspective because the rest of the area is a rust belt.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by tptacek »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #331
tptacek wrote: post #22

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You don't have to drive it on I-94; in fact, for many years it was faster not to, because of insane bottom of the lake traffic. You can take the Dunes Highway instead (and then keep off 94 up the Michigan shore; there's good stuff up there).

Honestly, I think it's a good thing it's insulated by a couple miles of hills and trees from I-94. The relentless noise of the highway would be absolutely terrible for the beach. I actually stopped to stretch my legs and bag another national park at the Indiana Dunes National Park last Friday on my way back to Michigan from Wisconsin. Maybe AI was in a sour mood due to my poor decision to drive through Chicago from 3…

There's no part of Chicago that really looks all that impressive from any of our interstates. If you want to drive fast through Chicago and actually see it, you have to get yourself onto Lake Shore Drive.

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Post by LarsKrimi »

noduerme wrote: post #297

This was some great travel writing. You don't hear good metaphors thrown around these days so much; LLMs suck at metaphors. Some choice bits: >>like being stuck behind a school bus in your own driveway. >>like some sort of prehistoric parking lot >>like nature's sculpture garden >>like being grounded by an airline >>like a very expensive, very slow merry-go-round >>like being trapped in a meteorological mood swing Th…

> Frozen wasteland or not, they should do something to enforce laws against cruelty to animals.

There are animal welfare laws, as well as a special unit responsible for specifically sleddogs. People are told to call snitch lines if they see animal cruelty

What is animal cruelty? The sleddogs talked about in the post were dead, you don't know how they died. In the wild or on trips sled drivers will often kill sleddogs themselves if they notice one slowing the pack down. It's a different world

Or is it just the part about throwing them off a cliff you don't like?

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Post by LarsKrimi »

threemux wrote: post #91
Hzwtdqwz1 wrote: post #86

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I think the Danish intelligence services should apply this model to Hawaii and Guam. It would make a lot of sense. Hawaii and Guam could get better health care on average while being semi independent. The EU could protect both with nuclear weapons. Native Hawaiians would escape the continued mistreatment: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/hawaii-no... I think Radio Free Denmark should launch a soft p…

Lol I realize this is tongue in cheek but Denmark has no ability to administer or protect anything that far away. Nor are those places seeking independence. But hey, maybe I'm wrong and the Danes will successfully integrate a large group of people that don't share their values. They've already done that, right?

> Lol I realize this is tongue in cheek but Denmark has no ability to administer or protect anything that far away

Does the US? They don't seem to have a great track record of that

I mean do you even remember Pearl Harbor?

/S :^)

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Post by technocrat8080 »

grilledchickenw wrote: post #195
iagooar wrote: post #83

I have been to northern Norway and Iceland a few times. It all started when I was running my previous SaaS at the peak of its growth. I needed a break, and wanted to go far away, while still being close enough if sh*t hit the fan. My co-founder had recently talked to some friends who had been to Tromsø, Norway. The place looked perfect, so I booked a 5-day solo trip there. Places that are so distant, with such harsh…

You just described wonderfully why I'm drawn to remote places. It started with a trip to the interior of Iceland, then Tromsø, and more recently Svalbard and the Faroes. I tried to capture the beautiful sense of isolation in Svalbard here, maybe it inspires others to make a trip to somewhere remote. https://photoblog.nk412.com/Svalbard2024/n-ssC8fP/Svalminiph...

My god, how can I take photos like that? Do you describe your setup and process somewhere?

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Post by grilledchickenw »

technocrat8080 wrote: post #335
grilledchickenw wrote: post #195

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You just described wonderfully why I'm drawn to remote places. It started with a trip to the interior of Iceland, then Tromsø, and more recently Svalbard and the Faroes. I tried to capture the beautiful sense of isolation in Svalbard here, maybe it inspires others to make a trip to somewhere remote. https://photoblog.nk412.com/Svalbard2024/n-ssC8fP/Svalminiph...

My god, how can I take photos like that? Do you describe your setup and process somewhere?

Thank you, I don't think I'm doing anything particularly special with my process. I like blacks, and keep photos slightly underexposed, something that most phone cameras will avoid like the plague, brightening everything up. Cropping and composition is also more important than it seems IMO.

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Post by grilledchickenw »

hetspookjee wrote: post #278
grilledchickenw wrote: post #195

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You just described wonderfully why I'm drawn to remote places. It started with a trip to the interior of Iceland, then Tromsø, and more recently Svalbard and the Faroes. I tried to capture the beautiful sense of isolation in Svalbard here, maybe it inspires others to make a trip to somewhere remote. https://photoblog.nk412.com/Svalbard2024/n-ssC8fP/Svalminiph...

I could’ve scrolled far longer. Really liked the pictures and brief texts

Thank you, I've been trying to post more.

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Post by grilledchickenw »

brotherjerky wrote: post #275
grilledchickenw wrote: post #195

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You just described wonderfully why I'm drawn to remote places. It started with a trip to the interior of Iceland, then Tromsø, and more recently Svalbard and the Faroes. I tried to capture the beautiful sense of isolation in Svalbard here, maybe it inspires others to make a trip to somewhere remote. https://photoblog.nk412.com/Svalbard2024/n-ssC8fP/Svalminiph...

Poked around your site and enjoyed it, please post more

Thank you, kind of you to say. Enough people have said nice things that I've convinced myself that more might be interested in my travel shenanigans.

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Post by piva00 »

throwaway290 wrote: post #306
petre wrote: post #280

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They still have to know how to use it an be confortable using it. The pilots also need a license for instrumental flight. https://atpflightschool.com/become-a-pilot/flight-training/i...

Pretty much every commercial pilot is ILS rated... but it depends on the airline if they are okay with landing in fog or with extra expense flying all the way back and providing a hotel;)

I'd expect a Scandinavian airline to be prepared for bad weather; rain, fog, and snow are completely common occurrences in all major Nordic airports, can't see why nor how SAS would be able to operate without pilots being well-trained on flying in bad conditions.

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Post by idiotsecant »

dismalaf wrote: post #210
didibus wrote: post #202

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If you do the math, Alberta would donate even more money if it was a US state. It would owe more federal taxes, and since its population tends younger and well employed, it would get less of it back. You could say the "benefit" could be that getting approvals for pipelines and higher production of oil might be easier to get in the US. That's really just an "if" though. The Keystone XL pipeline was blocked twice by US…

> They'd lose healthcare You ever needed surgery? Ever tried to use healthcare for anything non trivial or not immediately urgent? I've lived in BC and Alberta. Things take years in BC, maybe a single year in Alberta, and days to weeks in Europe... We pay into Canadian healthcare but use EU healthcare (while paying more out of pocket)...

You know how long it takes if you can't pay in the US? Infinity years.
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