As an impartial viewer, this was the best weekend of this 6N so far in my opinion.
Well done Italy and England.
For aftershave splash I use Calvin Klein Eternity, which is also the cologne I use. This is if I want a nice smell with it.
I generally prefer to use unscented product though. Just normal Cereve after shaving if I think I didn't cut myself, then I can use my choice of cologne afterwards. But my beard isn't as thick as others. If you have a stubborn beard, I think you might need to stick to either the splash or balm. Calvin Klein also has a nice smelling balm, but it is a bit pricier than the ones you listed.
I think you will have to experiment a bit. I don't have just one aftershave or cologne. I have my favourite and then I get a smaller sample to experiment with. Scent is very personal, what you like might be very different to someone else. As well as facial products, what works for me might lead to a breakout for you.
Collaborative Playlist and Shareplay iOS 17.3
One of the updates I was waiting eagerly for is collaborative playlist as I am driving in a carpool and didn't want to just play my music. I also didn't want to mess with my suggestions which Shareplay answered for most part.
The nice thing I with Shareplay was that the other people in my car didn't need to have a music subscription when I have one and they could add songs to the queue.
I made a carpooling list and hoped that they could add to it but they needed subscriptions for that. I suggested they shareplay and then look if they could add to my carpooling playlist, but they didn't manage to.
Has anyone been able to do this?
It already has the playstore which was 2 years post gingerbread.
To me it looks like what my SGS3 looked like on ICS or JB. That is definitely touchwiz though.
Okay, so just the one then. Roborock was always the front runner for me regardless. Looks like it is a few more months of me manually cleaning.
Matter Support
So far I could only see matter support officially announced for the S8 MaxV Ultra.
But when the matter 1.2 standard was announced I read in one of the articles that the S8 Pro Ultra would get it. I have not seen an announcement on that at all.
I would have thought that this would have been a much bigger deal at CES but all the reviews have just mentioned this in passing. I have been holding out until matter support came out and used my cheaper robot vac till about a month ago when it stopped working. I am sweeping daily now and I can't seem to keep my house as clean.
The only one's I have seen with matter support so far is: -Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra -Switchbot S10
But more might have been announced in CES that I didn't see.
I know I was holding out for USB C. I don’t know if this is the reason for it. Apple was also the only manufacturer in the top 3 to increase sales last year. Even with USB C, this still surprised me.
Apple grabs top spot in Smartphone Market in 2023
IDC examines consumer markets by devices, applications, networks, and services to provide complete solutions for succeeding in these expanding markets.
> The last time a company not named Samsung was at the top of the smartphone market was 2010, and for 2023 it is now Apple
There is no indentured labour system in the UAE. I know there were issues in the past. Hence the law changes.
But maybe go look at the law reforms that has happened in the last decade and a half and the reforms that are ongoing.
I could not find any metro construction deaths searching for it, but I don’t have any good information to give you regarding that.
[article][video]Dubai Metro Blue Line extension
All the information on the proposed new Dubai Metro Line...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10154897
> Looks like they plan to have the blue line extension ready to go in 2029 mentioned in the embedded video not the article. > > The plan is to have 55% of the population within 800 meters of public transportation stations by 2040. > > !Blue line extension > > A little bit old, but I always like to watch the video linked below: > Youtube - Dubai Progress by MetroCucumber
Sorry I assumed the whole GCC rail was called Etihad rail. Must be only in UAE.
But it looks like people will be able to get from the GCC rail to Riyadh. Hopefully the stations are close to one another.
If I had to guess, the Dubai Master Plan from the 60s was probably car driven. They have to break down a lot of structures to create the metro, as well as the New Etihad Rail.
The comment about the app is more to explain the difficulties in using public transport in 50 degrees celsius if you had to wait at a bus stop.
I don’t know many rich people that take the train, so I don’t think it is specifically aimed for them. There is a first class cabin, but it is very small in my opinion.
The train does go through a lot of the richer areas yes. But I think that is mostly to get people to their places of work there.
If you are a solo traveller, the metro is a cheaper alternative to driving.
Unfortunately, here the transport card is still a must
Nice video. Do you know if there is any interconnecting linking to the Etihad rail from the metro. From the news sources here it is mentioned that connection to Saudi and Oman will be connected with the UAE, but I haven't seen any more details.
I have only recently gone to Dubai Creek and the traffic in and out of there was really bad. I think they are targeting the highest chance of ridership first. I think the people going towards Sharjah is probably going to be the most numerous.
Personally I am more interested in the parallel line to Al Maktuom Airport, but I guess the ridership will be too little now.
Everything we know so far about Dubai Metro's underground Blue Line
Sorry I stated that incorrectly, 800 meters to a public transport station. The bus picking you up to the stations does stop every few hundred meters at the different bus stops (from the parts that I have seen). There is also an app so you can follow the bus to your pick up spot so you don't have to burn in the heat waiting during summer and only exit your building once they are close. I haven't taken the RTA busses, but it works with the same card as the train, but I can't say how good it is.
Also remember the London underground has more than a hundred years on this Metro system. It doesn't cover nearly as much. I don't know how much the RTA busses cover. I have never needed to go to the parts that the Metro doesn't cover.
No worries.
From the link you posted, what they did to address those concerns:
In November 2020, the United Arab Emirates overhauled its legal system to loosen restrictions on alcohol consumption, permit cohabitation, and increase penalty for honor killings, among other changes
Not that I think that those things were the big changes, but the headline articles about what we find strange (in the western parts of the world) hasn't been there, except for the guy who got his fine upgraded to jail time for the incident with airport staff.
You do know the UAE is a different country than Qatar?
I have lived on 4 continents now and before I came to live here I had a very skewed view of how the UAE is. There laws are very consistent with the rest of the western world. You probably know someone that works here or has worked here recently and asked them how it is here.
Uhm, I stay here and I want the public transport to get better, which it is. Except for my work, I can reach most of my points of interests already without a car.
There is a proper sewer system. I think you are probably referring to the Burj Khalifa's first 2 months when they had problems connecting it to the sewerage system, but that has already been done. There were other hiccups and needed to have a part of it upgraded, but it was connected to the sewerage system very closely after the opening.
Some of the buildings are inspired by buildings in America, but there are influences from all around the world.
[article][video]Dubai Metro Blue Line extension
All the information on the proposed new Dubai Metro Line...
Looks like they plan to have the blue line extension ready to go in 2029 mentioned in the embedded video not the article.
The plan is to have 55% of the population within 800 meters of public transportation stations by 2040.
A little bit old, but I always like to watch the video linked below: Youtube - Dubai Progress by MetroCucumber
Apple new Maps Data: Past and Predictions
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10082732
> I am currently in the UAE and was looking for a solution to some things to do with setting my home and work on Apple Maps, but it seems that that part of the maps wasn't fully provided or something so I will not be able to set those. > > Searching for a solution let me to this on the place that shouldn't be named, but Joseph (u/KickNo5073/) said we can use his map. So I just hopped on over here and subscribed to share it over here. I hope it is okay sharing pictures from there as I didn't see any rules about it in this instance. > > Looks like a few new countries are coming in 2024. I was actually surprised because in the UAE we still have a few features not working yet.
Apple new Maps Data: Past and Predictions
I am currently in the UAE and was looking for a solution to some things to do with setting my home and work on Apple Maps, but it seems that that part of the maps wasn't fully provided or something so I will not be able to set those.
Searching for a solution let me to this on the place that shouldn't be named, but Joseph (u/KickNo5073/) said we can use his map. So I just hopped on over here and subscribed to share it over here. I hope it is okay sharing pictures from there as I didn't see any rules about it in this instance.
Looks like a few new countries are coming in 2024. I was actually surprised because in the UAE we still have a few features not working yet.
Each apartment has their own control over the temperature with the controller in their apartment. I updated the the pictures in the original post to show what is on the roof. The unit in each apartment controls the fan and I think the rooftop unit.
I did do this when I just moved in, but my current unit still made the apartment much too cold even when I set it to be 26 degrees C/ 80ish degrees Fahrenheit. It sets the cooling to the lowest setting, but it doesn’t switch it off even if it is way lower than the setting.
But if my new controller can keep the temperature steady, I will do as you suggest. Thank you
It is one of the reasons I wanted to change the controller
Thanks.
I will have to get up on the roof of my apartment block to see. I will take a picture and update my post a bit later. It is only those 4 thin cables that come out of the controller.
Last time I was up there all I could see was a fan and a marshall rooftop unit (calling it this very loosely, I just watched a few youtube videos. I wasn’t expecting to go into the hvac system deeper than the controller change). There is air ducts to all the apartments from their rooftop unit.
HVAC communicating thermometer
I recently purchased a small studio flat and thought that it is the perfect place to make a smart home since I will only need to control a few things.
I have already ordered my light switches and am still contemplating my blinds.
But my biggest concern is my airconditioning as I stay in the desert and it becomes quite unbearable during summer I normally left the AC on the whole day in my rental apartment.
But since this AC works on electricity only I figured I wanted to make it smart and only want it to cool a 15 minutes before I normally arrive back home.
My thermostat though is a communicating one and so far the only one I am seeing is the Lennox iComfort S30, but I don’t know if it is compatible with what I currently have. The videos I looked at said the companies should be sister companies for compatibility but I couldn’t find out how to check that.
This is my current thermostat
Has anyone else tried to do something similar?
Edit: This is what is on top of the roof of the apartments and each has 1 or more of these
!fan
Yes, my entries in the journal app is much less thought out and structured than what I normally do for my diary entries.
I just wonder how easy it will be to find an entry if you want to look back after 1000s of entries. But I guess the app will also still grow with us.
Commentary: I don't use Journal every night, but even opening the app and looking back helps put time into perspective.
> Commentary: I don't use Journal every night, but even opening the app and looking back helps put time into perspective.
Botim/Video Calling
Botim is one of the preferred allowed alternatives of UAE for video calling and messaging.
I just recently saw that the messages and calls are end to end encrypted which I thought was one of the main reasons that Whatsapp calling isn’t working here?
Also, I would want to get get rid of the adds but I don’t want to indefinitely subscribe to do this. I wish there could have been a once of purchase for this.
For most part the app works quite well, but trying to get the people from my home country to download it has been challenging for me.
I would normally look for i formation on these type of things on reddit, but I figured it would be good if this community could also have some information on it.
World Rugby Awards
New Zealand number eight Ardie Savea is named men's player of the year at the World Rugby Awards.
Player of the year: Ardie Savea
Coach of the year: Andy Farrel
Breaktrough Player: Mark Telea
Try of the year: Duhan van der Merwe
7’s player of the year: Rodrigo Isgro
Special Merit Award: John Smit
Well done to all the winners
[blog] Dubai Metro vs Car Comparison
I recently did the jump from Reddit to Lemmy and I found this community here while I was still looking for subjects to follow. I have been following rail specific subjects (more the construction and operation of) in the few countries that I have lived in since about 2004 so some of the posts here really drew me in.
Since moving to Dubai, I wanted to go carless but my work is too remote so I did opt to get a car. I also like travelling by train so I just thought I would give an anecdotal case study of the difference between driving and taking the metro here. I also thought this would be quite interesting as the Metro system is quite young and the roads in the UAE is generally the best I have seen from Europe/North America/Africa and the Middle East (of course, I didn't see all of the roads).
Last weekend I found myself parked walking distance from Al Furjan Metro station and wanted to go close to the Metro station in JBR. This immediately made me think which option would be quicker and I checked the train schedule and it said the ride would take 11 mins and the train is running every 3 and a half minutes - 15 minutes worse case scenario including the bit of walking. I took the car and parked and walked and it took me 12 minutes to get to my destination, which would be the same as the best case scenario. The train stops at 4 stations in between, which is probably what makes this comparable.
This made me consider the other variables as well. So I decided to compare the cost. Just taking the fuel in account the trip would have cost me $0.6 for the trip in the car and this would be $3.27 for two people in the train (gold class). But I figured that isn't a very fair comparison. Lucklily I have a detailed log of my car fuel expenditure and I also log the depreciation and other expenses on my car. My car is not the cheapest one in the world, but I am also comparing it to the highest class ticket so I am just comparing it from the type of car I would want to drive and type of service I would want for the train. Adding in what my roadtrip app calculates my total cost per km. The car trip would be $2.80.
So for this trip the car came in a little bit cheaper than the gold class tickets. But if it was a solo trip it would be significantly cheaper to just take the train ($1.64). Also you could opt for the normal ticket that is $0.82 for this trip.
If you need to walk around outside the walkways, the Metro also has a nice feeder bus and tram system that is drops you 50-100 meters (55 - 110 yards) away from most points that I would be interested in.
So in conclusion, if I travel solo in Dubai, the Metro would definitely be my first choice. The ticket for two is also worth it for me as it just reduces the stress by that much.
Edit: I should probably also mention that this would probably be a harsh comparison on public transport as fuel is very cheap here and there is no tax on cars (or almost nothing if there is something)