poulsbohemian

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by poulsbohemian 7mo ago
Jesus Christ the replies to this are stupid. Have any of you three spent any time in Olympia or working on housing? No? Then shut the fuck up.
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by poulsbohemian 7mo ago
The problem is that in places like Seattle and the Bay Area, there are hard geographic limits to construction, even if you turn them into endless high-rises. Having watched the WA state legislature go through several years of attempts to fi
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by poulsbohemian 7mo ago
>It’s not clear to me that we should necessarily massively subsidize their choice to live in the sticks these days. Last year I had a chance to talk to Gregg Coburn, author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem. We agreed that remote work
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by poulsbohemian 7mo ago
>These are commodity items now, not symbols of luxury. Maybe I should have used the word "premium" rather than luxury.
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by poulsbohemian 7mo ago
>If you just need to do your taxes or answer a Zoom call, why would you get a Macbook Neo? Because it's a Mac. Maybe not to you, but to many people Apple signals luxury. It signals trust. You have an iPhone, an iWatch, and AirPods i
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
What kind of project / prompts - what’s working for you? /I spent a good 20 years in the software world but have been away doing other things professionally for couple years. Recently was in the same place as you, with a new proje
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
I think back on the ten+ years I spent doing SRE consulting and the thing is, finding the problems and identifying solutions — the technical part of the work — was such a small part of the actual work. So often I would go to work with a cli
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
>You seem to be under the impression that the word "screening" means TSA can do whatever it wants. I assure you TSA thinks it can do whatever it wants. I say this as a white male and have certainly heard even worse stories that
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
>RealID is unrelated to citizenship. Except that it appears one of the primary reasons this has become a thing is that the Feds are angry at states like Washington that don't verify citizenship when issuing driver's licenses. T
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
I totally get and respect the perspective of the parent poster, I'm just keeping it real that the US is generally not a high-trust society. If it were, we wouldn't have disclosures and disclaimers and limits of liability for every
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
Great to see Boeshield in this thread - so much of what's happening in this thread is the wrong product for a particular application. As you point out, Boeshield is a great product for protecting cast iron
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by poulsbohemian 8mo ago
Ahem. There are neighborhoods in the US where you leave nothing in your car because otherwise your car will become a target. It's often "the rule" in these places that you also leave the doors unlocked because that way "
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by poulsbohemian 9mo ago
Not sure I understand the point as my switching cost off Vimeo is negligible apart from finding a competitor.
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by poulsbohemian 9mo ago
Educate me: How is the Canyon, Ranger, or Frontier not a modern equivalent to the S10? All small(ish) trucks available in a two door or extended cab configuration with basic options.
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by poulsbohemian 11mo ago
That doesn't solve my issue at all, though it might be fine for some. I use my iPhone for everything - maps, podcasts, music, and of course phone and messaging. When I get in my car, I want it to instantly become my mobile office conne
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by poulsbohemian 11mo ago
Maybe I'm an outlier here (but I don't think so...) in that CarPlay is an absolute non-negotiable. I don't care (and don't really want...) it to handle climate control, but music, podcasts, weather, messaging, phone, and
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
Back when I was a software developer, I needed a Mac Book Pro or Mac Pro. But as a Realtor, an iPad makes for an excellent laptop. Extremely portable and does everything I need in a mobile productivity device. For many people, it is absolut
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
Couple years ago I was in a thrift shop and came across one of these for a steak restaurant - and there was my family cattle brand! Was done to highlight that their meat came from area ranchers, and now will make lovely wall art at my home.
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
We have really good family records dating back hundreds of years. What stands out to me is the number of my ancestors who regularly lived into their 80s or 90s 500 years ago. At the same time it's very easy to see that entire branches
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
If I'm understanding this correctly then, ultra-conservative Texas has more local regulation on open carry than ultra-progressive Washington?
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
I acknowledge I'm using anecdata and deliberately telling a story to pull at your emotions, but my cousin died suddenly at 45 of a heart attack, having been skiing and surfing just weeks prior, IE: seemingly great health. But, because
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
>You do not need cable tv or home internet. I get your point and I generally agree with everything you've written, but I'm a bit at a loss on the home internet thing... our society is entirely tied to our connectivity at this p
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
>>I see it happen all too often, farmer dies, kids don’t want to do anything with the land Often they've moved away to The Big City and don't have any connection or the skills, and often too there just isn't a meaningfu
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
>This is because they are built to go through the machine after each rental What machine are you referring to here? It sounds like you are referring to some kind of waxing / edge sharpening / cleaning device, which would be ext
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
This is kind of an interesting problem, but it overlooks another variable, at least in the case of skis - it's not just how many days I'm going to use them this year, but also for the next few years. Yes, there are people who buy
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
shiiiiidd, ain't nothin'. Wait until they feel what 110 is like, or 30 days straight of 100+.
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
Without exploring etymology, what strikes me as interesting here is that buildings are generally structures in which we live or work. Mausoleums and pyramids are interesting in this regard because they are the opposite: they are places for
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
Given that one must be a citizen to vote, this doesn’t appear to be the right angle through which to call out the Democratic Party. If you were to speak with Democratic Party leadership, I believe the emphasis would be on attractive talent
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
I'm very confused how you make a watertight box with a sheet of standard printer paper - would seem like either it would very quickly be a wet mess, or you'd have to fold it so many times to have any durability that it would be to
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by poulsbohemian 1y ago
>There was also this cozy, whimsical feeling of the classic Mac OS that got lost during the transition to Mac OS X Yes. It was so personal and so fun to be able to customize things like sounds and window colors, and to have Oscar the Gro

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