Nick
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If population affected is the metric, Isn't SeaTac intentionally "bad" at this? I'm remembering the ~2015 program which reroutes flight paths into a more random cloverleaf pattern to share the "wealth" and take some load away from communities under the previous paths.
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If population affected is the metric, Isn't SeaTac intentionally "bad" at this? I'm remembering the ~2015 program which reroutes flight paths into a more random cloverleaf pattern to share the "wealth" and take some load away from communities under the previous paths.
So the station code is the concatenation of all the stops, plus the multilingual name?
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
So the station code is the concatenation of all the stops, plus the multilingual name?
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
Oh, I'm getting confused on stops vs stations aren't I...
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Oh, I'm getting confused on stops vs stations aren't I...
How does that work if a station is shared between lines?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
How does that work if a station is shared between lines?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
I think the analysis falls apart without it! Is clearly disproportionate. Single family zones are going to covariate in a lot of cities. Burlington, Sedro-Woolley vs Vancouver
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I think the analysis falls apart without it! Is clearly disproportionate. Single family zones are going to covariate in a lot of cities. Burlington, Sedro-Woolley vs Vancouver
2015 me: Macbooks with soldered-on memory sure is annoying
2025 me: super glad I ordered my last MacBook with so much RAM because they forced me to!
2025 me: super glad I ordered my last MacBook with so much RAM because they forced me to!
December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
2015 me: Macbooks with soldered-on memory sure is annoying
2025 me: super glad I ordered my last MacBook with so much RAM because they forced me to!
2025 me: super glad I ordered my last MacBook with so much RAM because they forced me to!
I dunno! Seems like a strange missing piece. Container placement is part of the site plan when they're on-lot, yeah? Weird that SDCI would ignore pickup needs. Shared dumpsters not possible?
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I dunno! Seems like a strange missing piece. Container placement is part of the site plan when they're on-lot, yeah? Weird that SDCI would ignore pickup needs. Shared dumpsters not possible?
Why not just place the cans where they're permitted to go? I don't understand why they'd need to block the sidewalk in the first place. Do townhouses come with an inbuilt ADA violation?
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Why not just place the cans where they're permitted to go? I don't understand why they'd need to block the sidewalk in the first place. Do townhouses come with an inbuilt ADA violation?
I like the 1891 one. It's pretty decently detailed with a better scan.
Historically though, no getting around that birds-eye maps are really fictional in a dream-haze kinda way. Lots of anachronisms and problems carried in from their source materials
Historically though, no getting around that birds-eye maps are really fictional in a dream-haze kinda way. Lots of anachronisms and problems carried in from their source materials
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I like the 1891 one. It's pretty decently detailed with a better scan.
Historically though, no getting around that birds-eye maps are really fictional in a dream-haze kinda way. Lots of anachronisms and problems carried in from their source materials
Historically though, no getting around that birds-eye maps are really fictional in a dream-haze kinda way. Lots of anachronisms and problems carried in from their source materials
> not some post-irony
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November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
> not some post-irony
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Yeeeah, good point. How would that work? I can imagine how CAFCIs could handle this OK, but do they?
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yeeeah, good point. How would that work? I can imagine how CAFCIs could handle this OK, but do they?
Level ends instantly if you redline the engine
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Level ends instantly if you redline the engine
Right, but the city's take is still limited. A redeveloped property takes a larger slice of the levy, but the pie doesn't get any bigger. ie, we know how much property tax revenue Seattle is set to take this year and next, regardless of dev, because the ceiling is set by law
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Right, but the city's take is still limited. A redeveloped property takes a larger slice of the levy, but the pie doesn't get any bigger. ie, we know how much property tax revenue Seattle is set to take this year and next, regardless of dev, because the ceiling is set by law
What? How? Isn't levy capacity fixed at 1% growth a year? Seattle is at the levy rate ceiling regardless of growth.
Happy for more neighbors to share the tax burden, but how does Seattle benefit?
Happy for more neighbors to share the tax burden, but how does Seattle benefit?
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What? How? Isn't levy capacity fixed at 1% growth a year? Seattle is at the levy rate ceiling regardless of growth.
Happy for more neighbors to share the tax burden, but how does Seattle benefit?
Happy for more neighbors to share the tax burden, but how does Seattle benefit?
The talgos are a decent runner-up to missing the age of the Concorde
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The talgos are a decent runner-up to missing the age of the Concorde
I think you're just working off your own subjective linguistic biases. At the end of a grueling trip or week of work, it may be a trail which will get you home safely. Why are you taking for granted that trails are unserious playthings? A "Route" doesn't even need to be built infrastructure
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I think you're just working off your own subjective linguistic biases. At the end of a grueling trip or week of work, it may be a trail which will get you home safely. Why are you taking for granted that trails are unserious playthings? A "Route" doesn't even need to be built infrastructure
Some classic perspective:
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/at-s...
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/02/the-...
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/at-s...
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/02/the-...
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Some classic perspective:
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/at-s...
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/02/the-...
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2017/04/at-s...
perspectives.mvdirona.com/2013/02/the-...
Gonna say yes. My ATF Failure Story/Dayjob ratio is like 0.7
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Gonna say yes. My ATF Failure Story/Dayjob ratio is like 0.7
Ooh the number of arguments I've been in about how "modem" was a marketing designation, and not a true technical one is astronomical. "Buddy, here's 1000Base-T transceiver block diagram... do you see the number of modems in there?!"
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Ooh the number of arguments I've been in about how "modem" was a marketing designation, and not a true technical one is astronomical. "Buddy, here's 1000Base-T transceiver block diagram... do you see the number of modems in there?!"
Would more high-priority Z trains really make our rail system better? Passenger rail preemption is already bad enough as it is.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Would more high-priority Z trains really make our rail system better? Passenger rail preemption is already bad enough as it is.
Remember all the hand-ringing posts on this site about low turnout that people posted on like, Tuesday? Was pretty funny
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Remember all the hand-ringing posts on this site about low turnout that people posted on like, Tuesday? Was pretty funny