davetapley 4 months ago • 100%
Whatever you pick checkout Yousician if they have it. It's great for learning.
davetapley 4 months ago • 100%
davetapley 4 months ago • 100%
Boeing engineers traced the leak to a flange.
I expected software issues, maybe avionics, but a flange? How.
davetapley 4 months ago • 100%
Forgive me for only TLDW and not watching, but was ack mentioned?
I've never looked back.
davetapley 5 months ago • 100%
How would you defined a what a landlord does, then?
I'm happy to use a different word if that would help, but whatever you call it, there is a structure in place that allows people who own property to make money by doing nothing. Call it 'land lording', call it 'passive income'.
is an inevitable component of life in contemporary society
Yes, but only if it's:
a. Legal, and: b. Some people can accumulate enough wealth to buy up multiple properties, and: c. Some people are too poor to afford any property (or qualify for financing).
Which is the situation we're in.
it’s problematic when excessive and greedy
Well we can agree on this. But I'd go further and say that's always going to be the case, because:
a. Housing isn't something you can opt out of. b. The people who own the homes have all the bargaining power. c. The more money you can accumulate through renting the more power you have.
davetapley 5 months ago • 33%
Great questions!
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Yep, you can sell it* to someone else. Or it'll just sit there and then I would advocate for some kind of common sense squatters law to take effect.
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Short answer: See 1; long answer: you could find somewhere run by e.g. a housing co-op, or a (long-stay) hotel, or a property management company* and stay there.
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Yes I'd be fine with that, caveats:
- You are also benefitting from someone tending to the house while you're gone, so I'd expect the amount to be commensurate with that*.
- You're not going on holiday to another one of many other properties you own which you also rent out when you're not in them.
Note: All my answers involve exchanging some kind of value (indicated by *) for money, and that's my key point. If you're actually contributing something then I have no problem with that. But that's not what being a landlord is. A few ways this is evident:
- We already have words for all the jobs: Architect, building super, cleaner, designer, engineer, landscaper, manager, plumber. These are useful skills, people should get paid for them, but:
- A landlord is different. They make money by rent seeking, per Wikipedia: "the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth". They don't do anything except own a piece of paper (and the blessing of our current laws) which says they can do that.
Now, the water can get muddied when people are both landlords and do the other jobs (e.g. cleaning), but it's pretty easy to think of other examples of this:
I also skim money out of the register, but I also get paid to work in the store. In both cases (rent seeking and skimming) I'm making money, but not actually adding any value.
Or, to my original example: Scalping tickets. I'm not putting on the show, I'm not the talent, or involved with the venue, I'm not printing or shipping the tickets. I'm not doing anything except gaming the system to make money.
Just like robbing a bank, just like ponzi schemes, and just like Sam Bankman-Fried: Gaining money, not adding value (aka creating wealth).
The only difference is we decided (as a society) some are legal, and some are illegal, and I have a good idea why (see Figure 1.).
davetapley 5 months ago • 71%
The people who live in it.
Not a person who owns a piece of paper that says they own it.
davetapley 5 months ago • 76%
Landlords create housing in the same way scalpers create tickets: They don't.
The houses are built, the work is done.
davetapley 5 months ago • 80%
I love this! Really gets at the essence of what I was thinking, thank you.
I'm getting a lot of 'but my car is more convenient' arguments lately, and I'm struggling to convey why that doesn't make sense. Specifically how to explain to people that: Sure, if you are able to drive, and can afford it, and your city is designed to, and subsidizes making it easy to drive and park, then it's convenient. But if everyone does it then it quickly becomes a tragedy of the commons situation. I thought of one analogy that is: It would be 'more convenient' if I just threw my trash out the window, but if we all started doing that then we'd quickly end up in a mess. But I feel like that doesn't quite get at the essence of it. Any other ideas?
Just came across [this article](https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-we-save-our-children-from-smartphones-03eaf449?st=k1u42llqbj9jr4e) about a book titled: > The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing An Epidemic of Mental Illness I haven't read it, but I'm a little concerned that the article has zero mention of the built environment. Thoughts?
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
At this rate they'll make him sit in the garage with a dunce cap on.
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Flashbacks to when I lived in the UK and so much misinformation in the (failed) referendum to get it there.
Made me realize: Consider the average voter and then consider explaining the merits of different voting systems to them. It'll never happen.
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Almost the whole difference from first to last place!
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Came here to check on this and wow I did not expect them to make this call.
On F1TV Joylon Palmer said "there's no way they would do that to Sargent". I kinda agree. Yikes.
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Should be perfect jellyfish time! 🪼
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Just passed away last month 😞
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Yeah I enjoyed it. Good racing up and down.
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
Yes this was bugging me too! How strange.
davetapley 6 months ago • 100%
So conflicted. On the one hand good to see them actually sticking to the rules as written, but then: common sense 😵💫
> “The stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and determined that the video appeared to show that Car 4 moved before the start signal was given,” their report began. > >“However, the FIA approved and supplied transponder fitted on the car did not indicate a jump start. > > “Article 48.1 a) of the Formula One Sporting Regulations states clearly that the judgment of whether or not there was a jump start is to be made in accordance with the transponder, which did not show a jump start. In the circumstances, we took no further action
davetapley 7 months ago • 100%
Will they shuffle and F3 driver up to replace Bearman? 🤪
davetapley 7 months ago • 100%
Wow, yes thata good one thanks for sharing 🤩
My current pet peeve is people complaining about the 'cost' of protected bike lanes because "people on bikes don't pay their way". Beyond even the data showing just how much private car ownership is already subsidized, can we just take a moment and acknowledge: **We wouldn't need protected lanes at all if cars were not killing and injuring so many people**. It's like the owner of an animal bemoaning the cost of an enclosure for their animal, which keeps killing and maiming members of the public as they pass by. It's not the victim's fault the enclosure is needed, and it's not the fault of someone riding a bike they need protection in a public space.
davetapley 7 months ago • 100%
The scale always blows me away, looking at that cherry picker at the base.
I've gotta get out and see it with my own eyes one day.
davetapley 7 months ago • 100%
Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson:
It scans all the activity on your phone, or your devices, your laptop, what have you; we do all of it,” Johnson told the panel about the app
It sends a report to your accountability partner. My accountability partner right now is Jack, my son. He’s 17. So he and I get a report about all the things that are on our phones, all of our devices, once a week. If anything objectionable comes up, your accountability partner gets an immediate notice. I’m proud to tell ya, my son has got a clean slate.”
davetapley 8 months ago • 80%
OP using word 'convinced' is relevant here because whilst most people in USA 'need' a car (because there is no practical alternative to driving), they are being convinced every day that a private car is the only viable solution to transport in general...
... and then of course you get everyone freaking out when someone has the audacity to suggest that installing a dedicated bike / bus lane would mean less people need a car, and that would save everyone time and money.
Also while I'm ranting, I'm so over people harping on about how they can't rely on public transit and that's why they need a car. Like reliable and affordable public transport is some magical and unobtainable goal.
But then when gas prices inevitably get crazy high, or they get in a wreck, or traffic is a mess then that's just The Way It Is and in no way an indication that maybe everyone driving a personal car for every single trip isn't the most reliable or sustainable way to run a city.
davetapley 9 months ago • 100%
10/10 would visit again.
davetapley 9 months ago • 100%
I fell in love with him after the execution of the Dasani video. Walking backward ten minute single take, amazing: https://youtu.be/wD79NZroV88
davetapley 9 months ago • 100%
Did you see spin off Practical Construction yet? That's next level production, my wife laughed at me waiting for next ep like it's GoT or something.
Also do you notice that YT never pushes PBS videos? I'm subscribed but always have to go to channel.
Since you like a lot of same as me: check out Climate Town.
davetapley 9 months ago • 24%
What a lazy joke.
davetapley 10 months ago • 100%
McLaren IG post.
davetapley 10 months ago • 100%
Indirect, but you could run a Storj node and donate the profits to a good cause of your choice.
Also, assuming you don't buy more hardware, and you believe sustainability is a good cause, then running a node in itself is a good thing.
davetapley 10 months ago • 100%
Makes it officially first time drivers have remained same between seasons, I think.
davetapley 10 months ago • 100%
This. I'm a computer programmer, never been in a union, but after twenty years of startups I cannot believe how good it is to be at a small, stable, employee owned company.
Only looking back do I realize that the people doing the actual work were never in control, and just how damaging that is.
To pour you life and soul into building something (time, and time again), and then have it taken away from you again, and again.
Never going back.
davetapley 10 months ago • 100%
If you have F1TV you can eek out another five minutes of action watching Sainz' onboard, as his car is loaded on a flat bed.
davetapley 10 months ago • 80%
Okay, I'll start: was something else supposed to happen at the end there?
davetapley 10 months ago • 100%
And you can watch it for free on YouTube, at least in USA.
davetapley 10 months ago • 96%
There are fresh concerns as to how casino employees will get to work once the Strip is closed so Max Verstappen can win another race in a season where he long ago clinched the championship.
Never has a sentence so succinctly described how I suspect a lot of people feel.
davetapley 11 months ago • 100%
I sure wish I hadn't listened to a preseason stuff, and just thrown a bet on them because I'm a fan. Can't imagine what the odds would have been back then. Especially Lando 4th in driver.
davetapley 11 months ago • 100%
I wonder if either team thought of this (and/or decided it was too risky and/or checked with race control and got an explicit 'no'):
After the formation-but-not-formation lap returning to the pits as everyone else took to the grid, then driving through and completing another lap while the grid was forming up.
IIRC during that lap the graphic said safety car, so I don't see why you couldn't drive through the pits and continue on as you could under a normal safety car.
davetapley 11 months ago • 100%
Quite a good explainer, just found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGNgINohags
Writing a script to demonstrate the difference was very clever.
davetapley 11 months ago • 100%
I am really curious what the vibe is going to be like there.
I get that it's Vegas, but still: cold, early in the morning. I just wonder how many people will be that into it.
I still can't listen to The Chain without being right back there in my childhood home. I was too young to really understand what I was watching, but I remember loving it regardless.
On September 28, Epic Games announced the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr, Inc. In an internal announcement to staff, Epic Games wrote that Songtradr, Inc. would be offering positions to some Bandcamp employees but not all. This comes amidst ongoing contract negotiations with Bandcamp’s staff union - Bandcamp United.
I wish I could share it, but I guess DRM makes the screen go black. Starting at 09:00 in the F1 TV Pre-Qualifying Show - Qatar the presenters are standing in the pit lane with a regular camera, and start talking about Alonso. Then it cuts to a shot of them from overhead using the pit lane cable camera, which immediately starts rolling down in the pit lane until it reaches the Aston Martin garage where it zooms in to the car being worked on. Really cool attention to detail. And the first time I've seen that camera used by the F1 TV people.
A video explaining modern monetary theory and how with a little Marxism it can benefit everyone.
Fact Car 1 unnecessarily impeding cars exiting the Pit Lane at 21:14. Infringement Breach of Article 37.5 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations. Decision Reprimand (Driving). This is the driver’s 1st reprimand of the season. Fact Car 1 unnecessarily impeding car 2 between Turns 17 and 18 at 21:17. Infringement Alleged breach of Article 37.5 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations. Decision No further action. Fact Car 1 unnecessarily impeding Car 22 between Turns 3 and 4 at 21:57. Infringement Breach of Article 37.5 of the FIA Formula One Sporting Regulations. Decision Reprimand (Driving). This is the driver’s 2nd reprimand of the season. The competitor (Oracle Red Bull Racing) is fined €5,000.
Has anyone had any experience with this? The science sounds interesting, but I'm not sure if it's worth the cost.
Just need to vent. A short recap: 1. In September 2022, Phoenix City Council unanimously approves a comprehensive [Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan](https://www.phoenix.gov/streets/roadsafety). Yey. 2. "Pavement maintenance (new asphalt) is scheduled [along this corridor](https://www.phoenix.gov/streets/roosevelt-15thto7thaves), which presents an opportunity to reconfigure the striping" Perfect! In line with Vision Zero can re-stripe to optimize for safety of all road users! What's that? First you want to check if that'll upset people who are used to having free parking for their personal vehicles there? ... and if it does upset people then actually fuck the safety of other people parking is most important thing... And, surprise surprise, people who are used to having free parking for their personal vehicles are _indeed_ upset that the free parking they were never entitled to in the first place will be taken away. Well then! Fuck those people on bikes indeed! Get a car asshole and drive like a normal person; hey at least there's lots of free parking in Phoenix!
The proposals are open for public comment until **today** July 25th, and your feedback can help ensure NHTSA’s new rules are best designed to keep our streets safe. Submit your comments to the federal register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/26/2023-11201/new-car-assessment-program
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/ero/ero.shtml
I try not to be too much of a prepper but yesterday's outage got me thinking things could turn real bad real fast. Will hotels fill up? What about pets? When do you make the call and abandon your place in search of cool? Curious if others have thought about this or gone as far as to make a plan.
At 16:07, and here's the link if you want to see our completely made up interpretation of the numbers: https://phoenix.municipal.codes/ZO/702
Before I open on GitHub, to be sure, there's no way to filter posts by date range, right?
Think they'll be ahead before the summer break?
If you are on Mastodon or Pleroma and are looking for follows, drop your link here. I'll go first: I'm @dave@nado.social I also volunteer with local bicycle advocacy non-profit Phoenix Spokes People: @psp@urbanists.social