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i aggressively tap my card bc i'm impatient but it's a bad experience. i feel like it's wearing out some mechanism in the machine faster, and also sometimes the doors linger a bit *too* long in the half-closed state that i feel like i've done something bad. but i can't otherwise imagine 40/minute.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
i aggressively tap my card bc i'm impatient but it's a bad experience. i feel like it's wearing out some mechanism in the machine faster, and also sometimes the doors linger a bit *too* long in the half-closed state that i feel like i've done something bad. but i can't otherwise imagine 40/minute.
could clear more passengers if it was clearer to everyone involved that you can scan your card well before the doors of the passenger in front of you close. (the display changes to "tap" very quickly)
but it's not clear & also feels bad (it causes the doors to loudly stop half-way & reopen)
but it's not clear & also feels bad (it causes the doors to loudly stop half-way & reopen)
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
could clear more passengers if it was clearer to everyone involved that you can scan your card well before the doors of the passenger in front of you close. (the display changes to "tap" very quickly)
but it's not clear & also feels bad (it causes the doors to loudly stop half-way & reopen)
but it's not clear & also feels bad (it causes the doors to loudly stop half-way & reopen)
the timeline for a lot of these projects even w/ better laws is such that they're being proposed for a policy/interest rate/construction cost environment several years from now, not the one we have now.
also, modifying plans keeps permits alive, so they can keep shuffling plans to extend the wait.
also, modifying plans keeps permits alive, so they can keep shuffling plans to extend the wait.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
the timeline for a lot of these projects even w/ better laws is such that they're being proposed for a policy/interest rate/construction cost environment several years from now, not the one we have now.
also, modifying plans keeps permits alive, so they can keep shuffling plans to extend the wait.
also, modifying plans keeps permits alive, so they can keep shuffling plans to extend the wait.
it seems pretty consistent with educational polarization than urban/rural. they may correlate to each other at times, but the big differentiator between all these suburban areas is level of education.
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
it seems pretty consistent with educational polarization than urban/rural. they may correlate to each other at times, but the big differentiator between all these suburban areas is level of education.
staten island is just weird, even by suburban standards. 28% pro Trump margin is like dixie-tier.
suburban TX you still only get like half that, you have former GOP suburban strongholds in california going blue, and you have northern VA suburbs that are basically the vanguard.
suburban TX you still only get like half that, you have former GOP suburban strongholds in california going blue, and you have northern VA suburbs that are basically the vanguard.
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
staten island is just weird, even by suburban standards. 28% pro Trump margin is like dixie-tier.
suburban TX you still only get like half that, you have former GOP suburban strongholds in california going blue, and you have northern VA suburbs that are basically the vanguard.
suburban TX you still only get like half that, you have former GOP suburban strongholds in california going blue, and you have northern VA suburbs that are basically the vanguard.
having their profits driven by membership fees probably has a virtuous cycle on their business. they don't care about sales per se, but whether customers are happy enough to re-up.
also you get stories like this which can only help endear them to the cost-conscious but walmart-eschewing consumer
also you get stories like this which can only help endear them to the cost-conscious but walmart-eschewing consumer
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
having their profits driven by membership fees probably has a virtuous cycle on their business. they don't care about sales per se, but whether customers are happy enough to re-up.
also you get stories like this which can only help endear them to the cost-conscious but walmart-eschewing consumer
also you get stories like this which can only help endear them to the cost-conscious but walmart-eschewing consumer
Not only is the filibuster not in the constitution, the filibuster as we know it is relatively new! Ppl had to actually stand & talk; it being synonymous for supermajority requirement only emerged in the 70s. Senate has constantly tweaked filibuster rules & even ended it in part, it can do so fully.
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Not only is the filibuster not in the constitution, the filibuster as we know it is relatively new! Ppl had to actually stand & talk; it being synonymous for supermajority requirement only emerged in the 70s. Senate has constantly tweaked filibuster rules & even ended it in part, it can do so fully.
but yes, this is how i did it on laptop. and i'm not sure if it's dumber or not that this works. (vanguard used to just silently truncate it on the backend regardless of what you sent)
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
but yes, this is how i did it on laptop. and i'm not sure if it's dumber or not that this works. (vanguard used to just silently truncate it on the backend regardless of what you sent)
yeah, but i was trying to do it on my phone
October 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
yeah, but i was trying to do it on my phone
The internet is held together by duct tape
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The internet is held together by duct tape
I think this understates how much people were freaking out about autism. My first intro to anti-vaxxers were from coworkers who seemed just absolutely worried about their kid getting autism. Anti-vaxxing is a step change phenomenon from that stuff
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I think this understates how much people were freaking out about autism. My first intro to anti-vaxxers were from coworkers who seemed just absolutely worried about their kid getting autism. Anti-vaxxing is a step change phenomenon from that stuff
yeah, while the anti-vax stuff precedes RFK it definitely has the same roots. guarded caution about medical mandates amidst uncertainty of pharmaceutical practices morphed into "They[tm] are covering up that this causes autism"
October 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
yeah, while the anti-vax stuff precedes RFK it definitely has the same roots. guarded caution about medical mandates amidst uncertainty of pharmaceutical practices morphed into "They[tm] are covering up that this causes autism"
First one since moving to CA that made me feel alarmed instead of amused
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
First one since moving to CA that made me feel alarmed instead of amused
ah but have you considered imaginary rolling strikes and boycotts of ???? instead of actually literally changing political representation in the federal government
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My suggestion continues to be rolling strikes and boycotts
August 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
ah but have you considered imaginary rolling strikes and boycotts of ???? instead of actually literally changing political representation in the federal government
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present zoning absolutely exists to keep uses and people out. because if that weren't the case, zoning would literally be unnecessary and there would never be arguments about zoning. there are arguments bc someone wants to live or do something with some land and zoning prevents it, by design.
August 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
present zoning absolutely exists to keep uses and people out. because if that weren't the case, zoning would literally be unnecessary and there would never be arguments about zoning. there are arguments bc someone wants to live or do something with some land and zoning prevents it, by design.
present zoning is not a manifestation of revealed preferences. prices and homebuilding activity are.
August 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
present zoning is not a manifestation of revealed preferences. prices and homebuilding activity are.
You must be using in/out-migration preference in a different way because none of that is related to that for me. In/out-migration preference to me simply means “do people want to live here/there or not”
August 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You must be using in/out-migration preference in a different way because none of that is related to that for me. In/out-migration preference to me simply means “do people want to live here/there or not”
What does that have to do with in/out migration preference
August 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What does that have to do with in/out migration preference
i feel like i know maximum yimbys and they are not as you say. ignoring in/out-migration preferences would be like seriously demanding to build The Cube in middle of rural kansas.
August 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i feel like i know maximum yimbys and they are not as you say. ignoring in/out-migration preferences would be like seriously demanding to build The Cube in middle of rural kansas.