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[2023-11-17 03:33:42] - a: I can understand changing from one Woodson to another for a school, but how exactly does one tell which Lee a road is named after? I honestly had no idea Lee Highway was named after Robert E Lee until... I dunno... 2018? -Paul
[2023-11-17 03:32:08] - a: "what do you mean exactly?" Uh, neither good nor bad. Just that I had mostly forgotten about it? Like, I heard they were thinking about it, and vaguely knew where the school was, and when I drove by recently I saw the new name and was like, "Oh, yeah...." -Paul
[2023-11-16 20:02:07] - a: thats another yikes from me dog. - mig
[2023-11-16 18:07:00] - "bus drivers who had been contracted to pick up the group from Washington Dulles airport learned of the purpose of the trip, and reportedly engaged in a sick out, refusing to pick up the group" ~a
[2023-11-16 14:46:19] - i think it's a good move to rename woodson to woodson. someone suggested renaming lee highway to lee highway (changing which lee, à la woodson) i think? and that was similarly a good move. they ended up going a different direction, but i'm fine with both. ~a
[2023-11-16 14:06:04] - "hit home". what do you mean exactly? hit home good, or hit home bad? ~a
[2023-11-16 14:04:51] - a: that was probably the only big pro israel rally i heard about. Just about every college campus protest has been very very anti Israel. - mig
[2023-11-16 00:50:28] - a: It didn't really hit home to me until recently that JEB Stuart high school near where I grew up got renamed. -Paul
[2023-11-15 19:25:32] - https://x.com/jackryan212/status/1724823305469698550?s=46&t=Moai17N0pQqdEnHyo4RV2Q thats um a major yikes from me, dog. - mig
[2023-11-15 17:43:07] - renaming woodson to woodson. woodson was never my base-school, but i did go to robert frost middle which was right next to woodson, so much of my middle school went there. ~a
[2023-11-15 17:33:51] - mig: i think it's the other way around? yesterday those were people who are pro-netanyahu. ~a
[2023-11-15 17:17:54] - a: protesting israel is “cool” amongst the youngsters. - mig
[2023-11-14 20:16:08] - a: I don't know. Maybe because a lot of Americans feel kinship towards Israel because of religious ties so we hear more about things happening over there? I'm sure anti-semitism might also play a small role too. -Paul
[2023-11-14 20:02:38] - ok why. ~a
[2023-11-14 20:01:57] - Although I guess Syria is an exception. -Paul
[2023-11-14 20:01:17] - a: I feel like Israel / the middle east has often attracted a lot more attention than lots of other places in the world, even when the body counts aren't quite comparable. -Paul
[2023-11-14 19:45:20] - it's weird to me that the protests for gaza are so much bigger than the protests for ukraine. it's a bit of apples and oranges, but for some context, the population of ukraine is 17 times as large as gaza. but the people in the israel and palestine/gaza protests in dc are apx 100x that of the ukraine protests (i could be a bit wrong on that one though). ~a
[2023-11-11 03:56:46] - a: Oh, I have no idea what those numbers look like. If I had to guess, then I would guess that eliminating right-on-red was more effective at decreasing deaths. -Paul
[2023-11-10 12:05:08] - paul: word. do you think eliminating right-on-red is on par with taking 10mph off all of the speed limits? (in both dimensions?) ~a
[2023-11-10 12:02:31] - mig: good point, oops. ~a
[2023-11-10 02:43:53] - mig: I've been sorely tempted to run for various reasons, but I would only want to if I felt like I had a chance to win which seems kind of impossible in Northern Virginia unless I wanted to run as a Democrat, and it doesn't seem like I would win any primaries with my platform.
-Paul[2023-11-10 02:16:40] - mig: "inspired?" Honestly, no. Non-democrats got pretty soundly thrashed in Northern Virginia this election and even the last one when Youngkin did well most non-Democrats got thrashed despite it seeming like a good environment for voters to vent frustration against some school policies. -Paul
[2023-11-10 02:14:16] - a: "a pretty republican district" Is it? I just assumed it was pretty liberal since it's northern Virginia. I know there has been some redistricting, but Delaney looks like she generally whomps her challengers by 15-20 points: https://ballotpedia.org/Karrie_Delaney -Paul
[2023-11-10 02:10:38] - a: "the status quo is more dangerous but you like the status quo?" Not necessarily at odds. Less dangerous doesn't necessarily mean better. Lowering speed limits to 10 mph everywhere would be less dangerous, but probably would suck more than it's worth. -Paul
[2023-11-09 23:04:44] - paul: https://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-9/elections/ 11k in spending is almost 40% of the vote in a small district? inspired? - mig
[2023-11-09 22:18:13] - a: https://www.vpap.org/offices/house-of-delegates-9/district/ i think you are confusing delegates district 9 with the congressional district 9. - mig
[2023-11-09 20:31:54] - paul: ha, that is so awesome. he hasn't aged a g-d day. looks like he ran as a republican (unopposed at the primary level) in a pretty republican district and still lost by 10 percentage points. ~a
[2023-11-09 20:31:03] - paul: "Right turn on red definitely does seem like it's more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. I kind of hate more restrictions that are just going to make traffic worse, though". these two thoughts seem to be at odds with each-other. the status quo is more dangerous but you like the status quo? where do you come down? ~a
[2023-11-09 20:24:26] - xpovos: "most of the comments seem to concur with my opinion". i disagree. i only saw three messages that stated this in the top 20. whereas eleven of them stated that this was a positive move. ~a
[2023-11-08 12:54:04] - paul: eh i didnt know. - mig
[2023-11-08 02:22:45] - https://huynhforvirginia.com/ TJ friends.... was I the last to find this out? -Paul
[2023-11-08 02:22:30] - a: Right turn on red definitely does seem like it's more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. I kind of hate more restrictions that are just going to make traffic worse, though. -Paul
[2023-11-08 02:20:04] - a: I saw something (maybe you retweeted it?) about speed ticket cameras and 10 mph. Definitely doesn't seem to be the case in MD from my own experience. -Paul
[2023-11-08 02:19:10] - a: I ultimately settled on using the google finance api, because it worked well enough, even if it still has issues and isn't as functional as I would like. -Paul
[2023-11-07 19:16:48] - a: Brieflying reviewing, most of the comments seem to concur with my opinion. Regardless of whether "right on red" is intrinsically bad, the issue is current enforcement and will be future enforcement. What the law is doesn't matter unless it is given some semblance of enforcement at the point of digression from acceptable. -- Xpovos
[2023-11-06 14:15:44] - i posted this to reddit over the weekend. thoughts? most of the commenters were positive, but a good quarter seemed to be against it. and here is a map of the world, if you would like some context on how, really, we are the weird ones ~a
[2023-11-02 16:45:55] - thing that seems crazy to me there is 2023. there's no date on this, but i imagine it at least doesn't include november and december yet
~a[2023-11-02 16:33:32] - paul: you posted about this on facebook in may? (your post was about maryland and not dc, but seems semi-relevant) interesting new data regarding the speed camera debate. apparently speed cameras in dc gave zero tickets out to people going 10mph over the speed limit. ~a
[2023-11-02 15:04:02] - paul: i'm making another portfolio simulator. what did you end up using to pull data regarding stock prices? (regarding: pvtm?) i'm using yahoofinance right now, and it's being a bit of a pain regarding IPOs, and splits, and dividends, and de-listed symbols, and symbols that changed names. man there are so many annoying/odd situations that are kinda hard to deal with. ~a
[2023-10-31 15:01:00] - "Attempting to educate consumers of the poor quality of their information intake is a very uphill battle. " - so true! -Daniel
[2023-10-25 18:04:53] - a: democracy dies in stealth edits. - mig
[2023-10-25 17:59:19] - a: cnn is not just talking about cnn, but lots of others too. - mig
[2023-10-25 17:12:04] - a: "Why do we allow this shit." Probably because government regulation of the press is (rightfully) very difficult. Unless you mean why we the consumers allow it, in which case I'm afraid it's a bit of a lost cause. Attempting to educate consumers of the poor quality of their information intake is a very uphill battle. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-25 16:57:13] - "A CNN spokesperson declined to comment specifically on the online story when reached Monday" like . . . what?! ~a
[2023-10-25 16:56:39] - mig: what i find confusing about the story is it seems like cnn is reporting that cnn fucked up bad. am i reading this right? ~a
[2023-10-25 16:54:58] - "The story was later edited, but the error was never acknowledged in a correction or editors’ note" why do we allow this shit. ~a
[2023-10-25 16:08:04] - https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/24/media/gaza-hospital-coverage-walk-back/index.html major news outlets got a story majorly wrong with pretty dire results (worldwide riots). But no, no the Tesla Man Bad’s X platform is the real problem with misnformation amirite? - mig
[2023-10-24 12:27:37] - who is right? elon musk or vice?. ~a
[2023-10-17 13:53:31] - xpovos: "I think there'll be substantial deference granted" i agree with you, of course. but the prosecutor in one of his eight(?) cases, said trump should be treated like any other defendant, and the judge approved the motion. there they were specifically talking about a gag order. so i assume his violations won't be completely ignored? there will be wrist-slapping, at least. (at most?) ~a
[2023-10-17 12:13:00] - a: If he were a normal citizen, approaching 100%. I think there'll be substantial deference granted, perhaps erroneously. Even with that, I think it's more likely than not (like 51/49) that the bail gets revoked, say before 31-Mar of 2024. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-16 20:22:03] - "former president donald trump is currently out on bail" . . . often when people violate their gag orders their bail is revoked. what are the chances that his bail gets revoked? ~a
[2023-10-14 16:44:54] - xpovos: i agree with you in concept, a small fee is a good thing, but i don't like to see them as "undesirables". i just like to think of them as people not *actually* using the service. it's very inefficient to move people around that don't actually want to move around. ~a
[2023-10-13 19:40:34] - When at capacity, and often frequently before, adding riders is extremely bad for those who are riding and will discourage riders. Interestingly, the free fare affects this as well, and not just because of increased capacity. Even a minimal fare helps to push out "undesirables." That's a very real concern, as ugly as it is. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-13 19:39:19] - Increasing Metro frequency seems to be an impossible nut to crack. Maybe if we throw even more money at it? But I'm not confident. It's not universal. The core stations are bad, beyond that it's manageable. So maybe there's a clever solution there, still. But there's a lack of innovative thining at least. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-13 19:36:58] - a: Concur, more cars = more problems, but ones we seem societally more willing to accept various remediations on. More riders = more trains works in a narrow sense. My VRE could (and does occasionally) add cars, or could add more service. Metro cannot add more cars (marginally, there are still some 6-cars running, but essentially everything is 8, the full length of a station) they would have to increase frequency. [...]
[2023-10-13 19:36:08] - xpovos: i agree tackling the fare problem could be awesome. but it only has to be *much* cheaper than driving. and when you include the total cost of driving, i think it's totally doable: we are almost there! free fares could be awesome too! but, otoh, i imagine that having a downside maybe. ~a
[2023-10-13 19:33:03] - xpovos: "3" wait, no. strong disagree on #3. the more people who ride, the fewer the drawbacks. i think you have it backwards: the more people who ride, the more trains you'll have. but that does NOT apply to car travel: the more people who drive, the less space on the roads you have. ~a
[2023-10-13 19:31:01] - xpovos: "2", yeah, i wouldn't ride the bus if it was slower than walking. i mean that would suck. but taking the bus for me is always faster than walking. i agree though: availability for everybody isn't always the best. i wouldn't drive though, because driving is expensive, and bad for the body, and less fun, and bad for the environment, and an inefficient way of getting people around, and the roads make for terrible places to live ~a
[2023-10-13 19:26:36] - xpovos: "1", busses are much cheaper than metro. you still do see gate jumpers on the bus (in va, a bus driver won't say shit if you just walk past the smartrip section without tapping it). but it's very uncommon because the fare is so cheap. i also think a lot of fare-jumpers jump in metro because they want to, not because they have to: you can always get reduced-fair metro cards if you can't afford the fare. students are free in dc. ~a
[2023-10-13 14:44:01] - Personally, I'd tackle the fare problem first, if I was God-King. If public transit is a universal good to society and we need more people to use it, go ahead and remove the fares entirely. This encourages useage (perhaps even overusage, depending on your view of Tragedy of the Commons) and eventually REQUIRES more service for availability, all at the expense of crowding (and breaking the budget very badly). -- Xpovos
[2023-10-13 14:41:21] - [...] the more people who ride, the bigger the drawbacks. Solutions then need to be cheaper, more available and not crowded, and all three of those point in completely opposite directions. It's like the mechanic's triangle, only you only get to choose one. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-13 14:40:07] - a: It does highlight a problem though. People refuse to ride busses for several reasons. 1) Fares. Even heavily subsidized, the cost of publc transit is often still unaffordable. It's among the reasons I see so many fare jumpers on Metro. 2) Availability. Why ride a bus that takes as long to get to your destination as walking and is slower than driving? 3) Crowding. Being on public transit with strangers has real drawbacks. [...]
[2023-10-12 16:03:09] - "nationwide average for daily bike trips grew 37% between 2019-2022" wait. what? 37% increase in 3 years? that's . . . almost too high to believe? link ~a
[2023-10-12 16:00:01] - ok, cool thanks for the link. i agree with your assessment. a terrible idea overall.
~a[2023-10-06 21:52:38] - a: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1111765630/on-demand-shuttles-have-replaced-buses-in-a-small-north-carolina-town — Xpovos
[2023-10-06 21:51:26] - a: financially more efficient. It’s probably a terrible idea overall. Let me see if I can find a link. — Xpovos
[2023-10-05 19:42:12] - xpovos: i think most urban public transit cares more about optimizing for 1-5 mile rides than 15. heck dc's entire radius is only 5 miles. (original square was 10mi by 10mi) ~a
[2023-10-05 19:36:10] - xpovos: "gov't subsidised Uber rides being more efficient than busses". can you link that? i feel like this is a terrible idea. especially when you consider how bad ubers are for . . . everything. and that uber is temporarily deflating the prices of rides to put competitors out of business. ~a
[2023-10-05 19:19:00] - Assuming a walking pace of ~4-5mph, the desintation is some 10-15 miles away. For an urban expanse, that's far enough that you'd want to consider some major point-to-point express paths with additional feeder lines, probably. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-05 19:17:48] - a: It's hard to provide much of a mitgation/solution to that without knowing where it is. It's a funny meme, but not something really actionable on its own. Is it a rural area? Public transit in rural areas is hard. I recently read about what are essentially gov't subsidised Uber rides being more efficient than busses. -- Xpovos
[2023-10-05 12:53:08] - And everything has basically ground to a halt while we have another shutdown looming on 11/15. The country isn't destroyed but if you are trying to make the case that the Dems stand for good governance and being the "adults in the room" I'm not really convinced by their actions in this episode. - mig
[2023-10-05 12:48:13] - daniel: doubt? Right now it's looking like it's Scalise or Jordan for the new speaker, who seem much more aligned with hard right. On top of that, if I'm a moderate republican I don't know why I'd want to work with the Dem side after this either. - mig
[2023-10-05 04:45:10] - mig: I guess this is more facilitating your opponent hitting themselves? I don't think the country is destroyed yet certainly and if the R's aren't able to form a majority within their party I do think it will be very interesting and perhaps better for D's whatever comes out of that. -Daniel
[2023-10-04 20:55:29] - daniel: “Otherwise just getting out of the way when your opponent wants to hit themselves?” Except that not what Ds did? Gaetz’s rebellion goes nowhere without the help of House Ds, which they all happily gave. - mig
[2023-10-04 20:38:22] - mig: I don't know how it shakes out but if it eventually helps to convince R's to not cave to the furthest right members and instead seek alternatives (moderate D's somewhere on some policy) that could be a win? But its probably to early to say if that actually has any merit. Otherwise just getting out of the way when your opponent wants to hit themselves? -Daniel
[2023-10-04 17:47:11] - xpovos: HA! amen. do you have any thoughts on a solution? or even just an improvement? ~a
[2023-10-04 14:59:55] - Which is fine I guess there’s good reason to not like him, but it’s hard to reconcile “magas are destroying the country” when the dem party is directly aiding maga efforts to disrupt things. - mig
[2023-10-04 14:58:46] - Unless there is some path for a democratic speaker or a republican speaker that democrats might find acceptable (i don’t see either) I don’t know what they accomplished aside from settling a personal vendetta w/ McCarthy. - mig
[2023-10-04 14:56:39] - can someone explain to me what democrats got for directly abetting Gaetz in all the nonsense that happened yesterday? - mig
[2023-10-03 16:19:48] - This might be part of the problem with public transit in this country: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/329759787896012802/1158781364510924930/383978707_300360282743277_6342491505462995523_n.jpg?ex=651d7ebe&is=651c2d3e&hm=bf3 — Xpovos
[2023-10-02 18:43:12] - paul: whether they were effective or not isn't "the line". were they effective enough to outweigh their downsides? i think silver thinks they were not. ~a
[2023-10-02 18:42:05] - paul: "I just think there isn't enough evidence that they were effective" silver doesn't even go that far: "i am not claiming ... i'm against every single covid intervention other than vaccines". ~a
[2023-10-02 18:40:11] - paul: "If another pandemic similar to COVID comes up, do we have enough evidence that maybe we don't consider lockdowns and mandatory masking?" no. mainly his analysis ran on the presumption that who you voted for decided whether you used a mask, or locked down. or . . . even how well you used a mask, or locked down. does he address that anywhere in his article? ~a
[2023-10-02 16:55:05] - a: I just think there isn't enough evidence that they were effective to automatically consider them as best practices if this were to happen again. -Paul
[2023-10-02 16:54:40] - a: And to be clear, I was a proponent of masking for awhile and was pretty okay with lockdowns initially despite being pretty libertarian. -Paul
[2023-10-02 16:50:52] - a: If another pandemic similar to COVID comes up, do we have enough evidence that maybe we don't consider lockdowns and mandatory masking? -Paul
[2023-10-02 16:49:30] - a: I guess I find it interesting that two of the top... four? most controversial COVID responses (masking and lockdowns) don't really have much evidence of efficacy despite at least one of them having a pretty big downside. -Paul
[2023-10-02 16:47:53] - a: Yeah, I wasn't thinking that this in any way proves that masking or locking down didn't help. I guess I'm more thinking about a retrospective in terms of what "we" (as a society) did right and did wrong with COVID responses. -Paul
[2023-09-30 11:34:10] - neither. i try to hold these two thoughts in my head: maybe masking and lockdowns helped and maybe they did not. silver says there is little evidence that npis helped (love that acronym and how it reminds me of NEEs), but i think he is mostly comparing them to vaccines. it's no surprise vaccines helped more. finding evidence that npis helped will be harder. great article. ~a
[2023-09-30 00:40:25] - https://www.natesilver.net/p/the-2-key-facts-about-us-covid-policy I thought this was interesting. Curious if this is considered consensus or contrarian... -Paul
[2023-09-29 20:31:56] - the beatings will continue until moral improves ~a
[2023-09-28 12:55:38] - mig: Sorry! I saw how well Mike Williams and Tank Dell were doing and thought you would be happy with the trade... then I saw them on your bench and the ACL news. Brutal luck.
-Paul[2023-09-28 02:30:07] - daniel: its less that than a) the trade that i thought would have processed post week 3 ended up for week 3 and b) one of the players i traded for is out for the season. - mig
[2023-09-27 14:24:27] - mig: Also sorry about your redraft team score. Thats some definite ouch. -Daniel
[2023-09-27 14:23:04] - paul: Thanks - hopefully this next week goes much smoother. -Daniel
[2023-09-26 19:25:52] - Daniel: Not sure if I'll be able to congratulate you at SC tonight, but congrats on squeaking out your victory in the keeper league! You had to have been sweating that. -Paul
[2023-09-26 13:00:40] - the only pattern i could find is the lady comes up with two "vicious cycle" examples. both her, and the guy on the left are making pretty good arguments for avoiding car-supremacy, but i really don't see much else of a pattern other than the one you mentioned. ~a
[2023-09-25 19:51:11] - i mean, he's clearly the hippy. ~a
[2023-09-25 19:01:39] - a: Heh, I spent more time than I usually do for an xkcd comic trying to track which hairstyle / hat was saying what and if there was some consistency beyond the beanie guy going to Amsterdam. -Paul
[2023-09-25 18:25:37] - that is unless she's the person voicing the alt-text. ~a
[2023-09-25 18:22:18] - exactly the ponytail person was never heard from again because her views lacked nuance. ~a
[2023-09-25 18:02:45] - a: Wait, really? That's so cool (xkcd)! How exactly does that work? Did she just send an example of an exchange between us on the message board?
The white(?) hair ponytail person in the upper right makes me feel seen. -Paul[2023-09-25 17:50:56] - (i'm currently watching deadwood, that's why my mind went to telegraph. on that train, i feel like another example would be writing someone a letter ** vs ** commissioning an opinion piece on someone else's masthead) ~a
[2023-09-25 17:48:48] - paul: "cherry picking examples" mmm? i was just saying that they're different in many ways. i'm cherry picking 6 different ways in which they're different? i haven't read section 230 yet, so i'm not sure the ways in which the law defines these. but, i do see them as different since in one case you're sending a note via telegraph, and in the other you're operating your own telegraph company with someone else's tools. ~a
[2023-09-25 17:46:12] - somehow audrey commissioned a birthday gift to me, literally on xkcd: xkcd 2832. i have zero idea how she arranged this. for the record this is the first time in memory i've EVER see randall talk about cars or people walking. period. except like, once, much more subtlety. and decades ago. xkcd 1075 (2012) ~a
[2023-09-25 16:03:16] - a: "i specifically picked six things that mostly do not happen with cell towers" Yeah, but isn't that just cherry picking examples, then? I have mostly not rented routers from Verizon for FiOS, but I think it's common practice. -Paul
[2023-09-25 05:19:53] - paul: i have never rented hardware from an internet company. that includes living on campus and webb street. you do, i assume? ~a
[2023-09-25 05:17:16] - paul: i specifically picked six things that mostly do not happen with cell towers. 1. when people look up the host of your content they will see amazon listed 2. semi-permit use of privately owned ip-space, 3. disks, 4. cpus, 5. memory, 6. interfaces. ~a
[2023-09-25 03:46:43] - a: I'm not sure how that's different from your cellular data going through cell towers or your wifi going through the router you likely rent from your internet provider. -Paul
[2023-09-24 11:07:42] - aws/etc are leasing you semi-perminent use of their private property? (privately owned ip-space, disks, cpus, memory, interfaces, etc). they are associating themselves with your content: when people look up the host of your content they will see amazon listed. "phone" companies are not? it's a distinct difference. im guessing section 230 details this difference, but maybe 230 affects both industries? ~a
[2023-09-22 18:43:34] - a: "wifi and cell services will let you be racist. (as they should?) aws will not. (as they shouldn't?)" I understand wifi and cellular is more common than AWS, but other than that I don't really see the difference? Why would one be okay to cut off and the other not? It's a weird and huge grey area. -Paul
[2023-09-22 16:48:04] - mig: in this case i totaly agree with you. but more in general, it's way less arbitrary than the government deciding that you are. ~a
[2023-09-22 16:44:40] - i mean its not really aws not “letting” you be racist but aws arbitrarily deciding that you are. - mig
[2023-09-22 16:36:43] - honestly i am a bit surprised that having your delivery-amazon account affect your aws account is a huge mistake. aws is (sometimes) more literal-life-or-death than delivery-amazon. ~a
[2023-09-22 16:32:20] - paul: depending on wifi and cell service is not the same thing as depending on aws. wifi and cell services will let you be racist. (as they should?) aws will not. (as they shouldn't?) ~a
[2023-09-22 15:09:08] - a: Yeah, maybe a bit far-fetched to think of relying on AWS for medical emergencies, but I wonder how many pretty important devices rely on wifi or cellular service. Life alert? And what if you do fall down and can't reach your phone and try calling out for Alexa? I agree it's a little crazy, but it's the world we're slowly moving to. -Paul
[2023-09-22 13:50:12] - regardless of the legal peril, i'd hate to be that person with the medical emergency. trusting in aws or any cloud provider for your home-automation sounds like a non-starter for me. ~a
[2023-09-22 12:39:08] - paul: I'm also wondering about the potential liability problems here. Person is alone in the house, amazon stuff gets disconnected and person has a medical emergency and can't get help through alexa or whatever. The legal peril amazon could place itself here is a bit dicey if this ever happens again. - mig
[2023-09-21 20:24:43] - mig: It's such an interesting story because it has so many layers: Protecting employees from racism, big tech having too much control over our lives, the idea of "ownership" in a subscription and cloud world... -Paul
[2023-09-21 19:49:34] - https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/man-amazon-erased major yikes. - mig
[2023-09-21 13:50:57] - a: Yeah, I get that the diehards probably like people like AOC / MTG, but obviously the other side really dislikes them and I suspect the centrists are turned off by them too. Could be wrong, though. -Paul
[2023-09-21 13:22:01] - paul: "I have to imagine others have to see it too" ok, speaking for the "others" (not me), they'd say that they LOVE AOC. that there's nothing "worse" about aoc, but "better". (same goes for mtg and boebert, i'm *sure*, but i'll admit i'm less exposed to that kind of sentiment) ~a
[2023-09-20 19:11:48] - (McConnell, Fetterman, Feinstein), it seems like candidate quality across the board just keeps getting worse. I know as a crazy non-two-party-person I sometimes see things differently, but I have to imagine others have to see it too. -Paul
[2023-09-20 19:10:36] - Daniel: I guess I don't have the optimism that things will get better. Every election (especially the past few) I tell myself that "it can't possibly get any worse than this", and it seems I keep getting proven wrong. It's not just for president, though. Have we had a sadder set of congress-people? Between radical cuckoos like MTG and AOC and Boebert and those with clear mental deficiencies.... -Paul
[2023-09-20 14:14:07] - daniel: yeah i hope a lot more governors (and lesser-known senators/house-members) start running for president for 2028. i think we agree that this election will be disappointing regardless of what happens, but i kinda think we felt that way in 2020 as well. ~a
[2023-09-20 14:09:26] - mig/paul: last chance! ~a
[2023-09-20 14:06:38] - Like if we end up with Ivanka Trump v Harris in 2028 that would be dissapointing. However maybe its Repub Gov X and Dem Gov Y thats not so bad? -Daniel
[2023-09-20 14:04:59] - So not sure who shows up after them. -Daniel
[2023-09-20 14:04:48] - Paul: I think through Obama/ Romney candidates were mostly ok. I think partisanship and tea party finalliy hit the tipping point (on a partisan movement that started a long time ago) and Trump capatalized on it. I think it remains to be seen (because presidential candidate data points are slow to accumulate) what the candidate quality will look like over the next three elections. Even if we have Trump Biden again it will be the last time.
[2023-09-18 17:30:15] - a: Yeah, sorry. I meant her unpopularity as a first lady was a negative, and in addition to that she had a ton of scandals outside of that. -Paul
[2023-09-18 14:40:30] - paul: "unpopular from her days as first lady and plagued by scandal all throughout" i'm just realizing those were two different thoughts. i was like, what is he talking about. you are saying she's been plagued by scandal throughout, and that she was an unpopular first lady, not that she was unpopular first lady because of her scandals while being a first lady
~a[2023-09-18 14:36:00] - a: Didn't she have one of the highest negative perceptions for a candidate at the time? -Paul
[2023-09-18 14:35:15] - a: I kind of agree with you that most of those seem minor or outright just speculation / conspiracy theories, but perception is huge and I think the perception of Clinton when she was a candidate was pretty sketchy. -Paul
[2023-09-18 14:33:35] - a: I dunno. There was whitewater and Hilarycare and her email server and Benghazi. Rightly or wrongly, plenty of people suspect she has had people murdered (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_body_count_conspiracy_theory) and probably think worse of her for her attacks on Bill's credible accusers. Similar questions around activities of the Clinton Global Initiative. -Paul
[2023-09-18 02:46:37] - i hear you when she was first lady, she had scandals, but "plagued" by scandal "all throughout"? i feel like we were too young to follow whitewater. i have vague memories that she was somehow involved in the paula jones thing. the rest of the scandals i've been able to look up, seem like nbd. ~a
[2023-09-17 22:54:49] - a: Not to mention he's almost certainly senile. I actually find myself hoping that he ISN'T the person in charge of the Biden presidency, which is scary. Trump, obviously, is Trump. Need I say more? -Paul
[2023-09-17 22:54:08] - a: And honestly has had his own struggles with the truth and family corruption that likely would've been a bigger deal if Trump had preceded him and blown those standards out of the water. -Paul
[2023-09-17 22:53:16] - a: Also, she was incredibly unpopular from her days as first lady and plagued by scandal all throughout. Biden was a constant big loser in presidential primary after presidential primary and had his own plagiarism scandal. -Paul
[2023-09-17 22:52:13] - a: Clinton was never a great politician (had a closer than expected win for her NY Senate race and lost a big lead in her presidential primary to a little known Senator from Illinois. -paul
[2023-09-17 22:49:19] - a: "i don't think gore is a million times better than clinton" But still better, no? Also, I was more thinking about quality of candidate than quality of presidency. Bush's presidency might've been controversial, but as a candidate he was a pretty popular and successful governor of one of the largest US states. -Paul
[2023-09-15 16:07:31] - paul: mehhh. i don't think gore is a million times better than clinton. (obviously, i don't think bush is a million times better than clinton either: i mean bush has improved his legacy since 2000, but he was a pretty terrible president) ~a
[2023-09-15 16:02:30] - a: So, I've been thinking about this. Bush v Gore. Bush v Kerry. Obama v McCain. Obama v Romney. Trump v Clinton. Trump v Biden. It seems to be that this is pretty clearly a notable downward trend in presidential candidate quality during my voting life. Aren't Trump/Biden/Clinton like the worst 3 candidates out of that whole list? -Paul
[2023-09-15 15:56:23] - it's not the best we can do. it's almost literally the worst we can do. both of these men, even if they were awesome in their hay-day (nope) are like a million years old now. ~a
[2023-09-15 15:53:01] - a: Are we (as a country) really going to roll out Trump vs Biden again? This is the best we can do? -Paul
[2023-09-15 15:21:18] - i guess this is where i give you the bad news. i am . . . lazy. ~a
[2023-09-15 15:14:31] - a: What's up with our presidential candidate draft?
-Paul[2023-09-14 12:43:22] - paul: the*option* to walk or ride to school helps more than the environment, and people's pocketbooks, and social issues, and physical health. it also helps mental health. ~a
[2023-09-13 20:59:33] - paul: i'm pretty sure carfreemetrodc isn't proposing that 5 year olds walk to school alone. i think mostly the "carpool" portion of website is what they would support in a situation like yours. ~a
[2023-09-13 20:41:27] - paul: gotcha, ok. what's funny is i bike past my montessori pretty often. they added a bike-lane along annandale road and it's basically my fastest way to get to a whole bunch of places. the falls church portion of annandale road has a montessori along it that i was at ~35 years ago. (obviously as a 5 year old you can't get anywhere on your own, let alone along a major residential road like annandale) ~a
[2023-09-13 17:43:41] - a: I'm guessing you are looking at Fox Mill. That 2 hours was for Montessori Peace School. -Paul
[2023-09-13 15:06:30] - paul: yeah w ox is pretty fucked. where did you get two hours from though? looks like a ~10 minute bike-ride (for an adult). ~a
[2023-09-13 13:56:20] - a: Fox Mill and Montessori Peace School. There is no school bus offered. They can walk, but it involves crossing West Ox / Lawyers (for Fox Mill) and additionally Fairfax County Parkway for MPS. Also, the latter would involve a 3 year old walking for two hours (assuming they walk at the speed of an adult). -Paul
[2023-09-13 12:59:40] - mig: in your area, a 10 minute drive is often a 10 minute carpool, or a 20 minute bike ride, or a 20 minute scooter ride, or a 20 minute ebike ride, or a 40 minute walk. ~a
[2023-09-13 12:42:10] - no option for telework its a 10 min drive, and its a legit hassle to actually use public transit. pass. - mig
[2023-09-13 02:05:47] - paul: it's the first word in the title: "Telework or use Transit, Carpool/Vanpool (Car-Lite), Bike, Scooter, or Walk Take the pledge, even if you’re already car free." driving your kids to school counts as car-light, yes. which school is it? do they have a bus or a walking route? ~a
[2023-09-13 00:22:56] - a: I telework. Does that count even if I take my kids to school? -Paul
[2023-09-12 16:09:14] - paul/mig: https://www.carfreemetrodc.org/ ~a
[2023-09-10 21:45:01] - who is stacy davis gates. by that i mean "why should i care about this person", and, like, why should i care what she has to say, not literally who is she. seems very "very-local" politics to me. ~a
[2023-09-10 07:06:28] - https://x.com/deangeliscorey/status/1699947833405636743?s=46&t=Moai17N0pQqdEnHyo4RV2Q do as i say, not as i do. - mig
[2023-09-07 20:32:13] - https://twitter.com/TheFIREorg/status/1699774209050702257 I thought it was amusing, although I would've added a swerve where the unvaccinated he was talking about were people unvaccinated against polio or something. -Paul
[2023-09-07 20:17:31] - paul: yeah, i feel like i'm a moderate when it comes to privacy. but the "'consent' is an illusion" is bullshit, imo. most smartphone makers at least *try*. smartphones give you nuance and privacy-customization: it's not an "all or nothing" when it comes to privacy. carmakers taking their current path, are currently begging for regulation. why would they beg so hard for regulation? ~a
[2023-09-07 19:58:21] - a: I am increasingly wondering if concerns over privacy are just us old men yelling at clouds. Just saw a work slack about somebody looking for a non-smart TV. Feels like the equivalent of looking for a non-smart phone a decade ago (or two?). Minority report here we come? -Paul
[2023-09-07 19:53:07] - a: It would be easier to swallow if there was a better tradeoff for the loss of privacy, but one of my (few) complaints with my Ioniq is that the car / app / account syncing doesn't work all that well so I'm stuck with mediocre personalization. I've never been a huge privacy person (6 echo devices in my house not counting things like echo buds or my phone) but ideally there would be some pushback for requests. -Paul
[2023-09-07 19:13:34] - i know paul drives an ioniq: regarding sharing information with the government and law enforcement, "hyundai goes above and beyond. in their privacy policy, it says they will comply with 'lawful requests, whether formal or informal.' that's a serious red flag" ~a
[2023-09-07 19:13:05] - cars are terrible for privacy. ~a
[2023-09-07 16:23:17] - i usually try not to make decisions that require premonition of the future. iow, i will always take half measures if i'm not convinced which way something will go. not sure whether to buy stocks or bonds because i can't predict the future? i'll buy a 60/40 split. so, i wouldn't "load up on 30 year treasuries" today. especially since long-term treasuries lose value *a lot* when interest rates go up. instead, i'd buy a bit of ibonds. ~a
[2023-09-07 15:54:24] - You all loading up on 30 year treasuries at this time given the seemingly high rates? Or do you think we'll see higher rates later in our lifetime or inflation will be an issue to where a 5% return isn't so hot? -Paul
[2023-09-07 15:27:18] - Daniel: Piggy backing on our post-SC2 discussion.... I just realized I have Dameon Pierce in all three leagues I am in. -Paul
[2023-09-04 01:54:18] - ioniq 6 height is 58 inches. i stand at 74 inches (16 more inches). on a bike, i lean forward but also my feet are above the ground so i'm probably still at ~74 inches. ~a
[2023-09-03 10:56:24] - paul: yes that is what I'm saying. if you're having a hard time seeing cyclists because we are too short you will probably hit a kid crossing the street. ~a
[2023-09-03 03:16:27] - a: I honestly don't know what you mean by sitting above pedestrians and children being pedestrians. I would think child pedestrians would be hard to see (also)? -Paul
[2023-09-03 03:15:31] - a: "do you think cyclists ride lower than cars?" I kind of assumed, but I obviously don't have any data or much experience with it, so I'll take your word for it that I'm wrong. Maybe it's just the smaller size that makes them seem less visible. -paul
[2023-09-03 02:58:54] - do you think cyclists ride lower than cars? my head and shoulders are above the roof of all cars (car cars, not suvs etc). more importantly my head and shoulders sit above the head and shoulders of all pedestrians. more more importantly all children pedestrians. ~a
[2023-09-02 13:50:51] - a: Re: Elon's lies, I think lots of people would disagree and say his FSD claims also cost lives. This seems pretty on-brand for his twitter/X commentary: Lots of grandiose claims backed up by less action. -Paul
[2023-09-02 13:49:44] - a: And also that cross walks at intersections are more... pushed out? Not sure how to phrase it. I can almost hit a cyclist in a crosswalk in a way that would never happen for a car because the cross walk is further from the intersecting road. -Paul
[2023-09-02 13:48:10] - a: But smaller and less often used bike lanes which are right next to car lanes but often harder to see because that puts them closer to trees or because cyclists ride lower than cars is also an issue. -paul
[2023-09-02 13:47:17] - a: "i think that most "bicycle problems" are usually just car problems" I think we largely agree, but might quibble over "most" vs "some". Yeah, visibility is an issue for cars and bikes... -Paul
[2023-09-01 15:07:12] - this seems like one of the best "elon lies" to hate on because people's lives are in the balance: https://i.redd.it/a6zjgkblimlb1.jpg ~a
[2023-09-01 14:12:39] - i agree. but i think that most "bicycle problems" are usually just car problems but not as big of a deal because bicycles are small and light and do (next to) zero damage when things go bad. ~a
[2023-09-01 14:02:36] - a: I don't think it's specific to bicycles either. There's a road on the way to the school Cora goes to that always has a ton of cars parked along the side and it can be difficult to maneuver and see when cars are coming around that intersection. This morning I couldn't see cars coming without poking my nose out almost into the intersection because of a weird situation with another car trying to get into the road. -Paul
[2023-09-01 05:19:38] - paul: literally learned this word today: daylighting. you can't see them behind bushes is usually because of bad policies . . . or good policies that aren't being followed. ~a
[2023-09-01 04:19:12] - a: "i think it's because you're not used to looking for them" I agree, for the most part, but I also think there are plenty of scenarios where you can't really see a cyclist legally cycling in a crosswalk until almost the last second because they are hidden behind cars (stopped at the intersection, for instance) or bushes or trees or whatever. -Paul
[2023-08-31 13:48:33] - when i'm in a car, i'm never surprised by people on bikes coming out of nowhere because i know where to look and how to behave. ~a
[2023-08-31 13:35:22] - paul: not being used to the fast-driving cars on 286, after pulling onto the main road after seeing the last few feet were free of cars, you'd be like "that car came outta nowhere" after cutting off a car going 65+. iow, it's my opinion that it's a matter of what you've become accustomed to looking for. also iow, if bikes become more common on our roads, i think you'll get used to it. they won't seem to come out of nowhere. ~a
[2023-08-31 13:34:52] - paul: "come out of nowhere" / "appear almost out of nowhere". although i understand why you say these things, i think it's because you're not used to looking for them. (an an example) after driving your whole life on DC roads (dc proper, or say, the virginia tech campus, or similar) and then one day you found yourself getting onto 286 . . . ~a
[2023-08-31 03:17:50] - a: Like, most of the time I interact with pedestrians while driving a car, they are waiting at a crosswalk for the light to say they can cross. Cyclists, though, can often appear almost out of nowhere from my perspective as a driver. -Paul
[2023-08-31 03:16:42] - a: "do you check that you aren't cutting someone off there?" I try, but I admit I'm not perfect. Pedestrians I find generally easier because they tend to start by standing in one spot that I can see them. Cyclists are harder because they more often come out of nowhere (from my perspective). -Paul
[2023-08-30 21:02:04] - paul: "that's pretty open ended" i meant, specifically, if you are turning right across a traffic lane (bike lane) with a bike in it you suggested that you don't check that you aren't cutting someone off. well what about if you're turning right across a traffic lane (crosswalk) with a pedestrian in it. do you check that you aren't cutting someone off there? ~a
[2023-08-30 20:58:43] - paul: i find your answers agreeable. definitely i would word a lot of those differently (with more equity), but otherwise nothing there for me to disagree with. i mostly hate to ride on 286 because of all of the cars that are moving at high speeds: and how pedestrians don't get a default-walk when they arrive at road crossings in the same direction as the green light for cars. ~a
[2023-08-30 20:34:13] - a: But this is also my preference for where I live and travel to. As I've always maintained, if you want to live in a road-free walkable town with nothing by pedestrian and cyclist trails.... go for it. That sounds like a wonderful place to visit. -Paul
[2023-08-30 20:29:09] - a: "what are your thoughts on crosswalks and pedestrians in crosswalks?" Uh... that's pretty open ended. I prefer pedestrians to cross in crosswalks? And if there are lights, for them to obey the lights when cars are around? -Paul
[2023-08-30 20:26:01] - a: Would be great if they were as separated as possible? I don't know if I have a great solution. Something like the trails along FFX County Parkway (286) are good, but I've also had dangerous interactions when those trails cross roads along Fox Mill. For intersections, I don't mind the Van Buren / W&OD trail one because I can easily see the cyclists coming and can stop in plenty of time for them. -Paul
[2023-08-29 19:58:37] - paul: related question: what are your thoughts on crosswalks and pedestrians in crosswalks? ~a
[2023-08-29 19:43:27] - paul: what is your proposed solution? ~a
[2023-08-29 19:38:07] - I absolutely should check and in a perfect world everybody would always do all the safe things when driving but I think realistically there is a limit to how many safety measures people can consistently obey and including particularly vulnerable cyclists on the same roads as giant metal cars when the behavior of those cyclists often come with extra safety checks that don't apply to cars just seems like a dangerous combination. -Paul
[2023-08-29 17:00:06] - hi, guys! if your isp supports ip6, you can try the message board here: https://ip6.aporter.org/msg/ (it won't work on some ISPs. for instance, it probably WILL work on your phone if it's on 5g and only sometimes on wifi, but that's more dependent on what you or your work use to get internet). ~a
[2023-08-29 16:59:45] - paul: hmmm, yeah. i think maybe you should check? it's a lane with potential traffic in it. in a car, when i cross a crosswalk, i check the crosswalk, and i do the same when i'm crossing a car lane or bike lane. ~a
[2023-08-29 15:56:54] - a: "does this apply to if you're next to a bike-lane?" Probably? And not because I think it's the right thing to do, just because it's not something I think is part of my normal consideration when driving. I'm trying to think of a situation where this might happen where I'm driving next to a bike lane and would eventually want to turn right, but also that a bike might be going faster than me so I wouldn't have past it first... -Paul
[2023-08-28 18:24:40] - paul: "I just don't think I would ever worry about checking my right side-view mirror if I was driving in the right lane and about to turn into a parking lot or whatever" does this apply to if you're next to a bike-lane? i.e. some people don't check their right when they're driving across a bike-lane. what is your thought on this similar situation? ~a
[2023-08-28 17:50:42] - a: Sorry, my post wasn't about who is legally in the wrong or anything. I did notice the non-functioning trailer turn-signal (did not realize it was not a bike lane), so if you want to say the driver was in the wrong that's totally fine. I just don't think I would ever worry about checking my right side-view mirror if I was driving in the right lane and about to turn into a parking lot or whatever. -Paul
[2023-08-28 16:23:01] - i think in general it's hard to be cognizant of problems that affect people other than yourself. ~a
[2023-08-28 16:17:32] - Paul: I don't have any emotional connection to the uncle (I have like one memory I think of him and its super random) but my mom was always much more sensitive to cyclists / bikers so I think it rubbed off some. But like I've said I can't swear that I check every time either. -Daniel
[2023-08-25 23:26:28] - Daniel: Yeesh, sorry to hear. I do my best to be as safe a driver as I can, but I have had at least two interactions in my life where I'm pretty sure a cyclist has thought I was being very irresponsible and I have to admit it was a dangerous situation. -paul
[2023-08-22 03:21:50] - sorry i'm out of town this week! ~a
[2023-08-21 20:59:22] - a: sc2 night? -Daniel
[2023-08-21 19:28:23] - paul: I do try to check my sideview mirror (but I think that might be influenced by Adrian here) but I can't swear I do it everytime. I also had an uncle killed (when I was like three) on a bike by a car so its always been a bit more of a thing in my family. -Daniel
[2023-08-15 19:04:23] - daniel: i finally bought a meme stock. amc @ ~$3.5 (i did read that there is a reverse split in the works) ~a
[2023-08-15 03:51:23] - "I could totally see myself accidentally doing something like this" if you feel attacked, paul, can you at least explain what you mean by this? how could you see yourself driving this car? like . . . what? ~a
[2023-08-15 00:53:36] - paul: this is why i don't want cars near me on roads. i ***do*** totally see car drivers being negligent around me. often. i wouldn't ever be in this situation though, because that's not a bike lane, and scooter driver didn't even TRY to change directions or slow down, so i can't say how i'd feel. i do check my right mirror (or look over my shoulder on a bike) when making turns because i'm crossing the sidewalk! ~a
[2023-08-15 00:47:58] - paul: 1. do your turn signals work? his do not. (his main vehicle turn signal works, but the lights on the trailer are broken, which often causes death). most courts / insurance adjusters would end the conversation here. 2. do your side mirrors work? his do not. 3. is that a bike lane? i can't tell, but i think probably not, right? ~a
[2023-08-14 23:26:50] - a: https://twitter.com/WhamBaamX/status/1691057715454357504 This is why I don't want bikes near me on roads. I could totally see myself accidentally doing something like this and would obviously feel horrified. Who checks their right mirror before taking a right like that? -Paul
[2023-08-14 23:24:18] - a: I have to imagine Argentina is pretty bad too. -Paul
[2023-08-14 19:56:59] - a: Sc2 night? -Daniel
[2023-08-14 19:37:02] - this shouldn't surprise you guy's too much, but if you think our inflation is bad. if you had $1m usd (2023 usd) worth of rubles in 2008, you'd now have the equivalent of $176,000 usd in rubles today. (1/4/1.42) ~a
[2023-08-14 18:42:04] - a: And I guess's he's like Trump because he is brash? I dunno. Don't know much about him. -Paul
[2023-08-14 18:41:28] - a: That's part of it, I wish this article went into it more. It sounds like he is generally on the right, but is pretty extreme in some of his free market stances (I guess that's why some call him libertarian). His non-libertarian views are apparently being against drug legalization, immigration, and his VP candidate is against gay marriage? -Paul
[2023-08-14 17:32:24] - how is this not witness tampering? does he have * any * lawyers that he listens to? ~a
[2023-08-14 17:31:19] - paul: what are his views? ~a
[2023-08-14 15:32:43] - https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/14/americas/argentina-election-javier-milei-intl/index.html I guess this might make sense to a lot of people, but I get so confused when the media uses "far right" and "libertarian" in the same sentence to describe a politician. I've seen him being called libertarian in other publications, but also compared to Trump in even others. So.... not sure what to think of this development. -Paul
[2023-08-07 02:32:52] - car *vs* pedestrian and micro-mobility count: https://twitter.com/MicromobilityN/status/1688289458339139584 ~a
[2023-08-03 16:13:49] - i feel like this whole exchange was written by artificial intelligence (last message is by poobslag) ~a
[2023-08-02 18:15:31] - a: probably, though it still may be a tricky thing to make stick legally. The documents case remains the strongest indictment out there . - mig
[2023-08-02 18:09:18] - if you drink and drive, you can't drive without proving you're sober. if you speed, you can't drive without proving you're not speeding? ~a
[2023-08-02 18:08:25] - trump indicted again. other than the usual refrain "going after political enemies", are there any merit to the indictment itself? ~a
[2023-07-29 16:15:06] - 5 prior DUIs (in this case she was literally fleeing a trafick stop, and was only caught because she crashed into and killed three people). if we keep building car-only communities, people with multiple repeated DUIs will continue to be allowed to drive. ~a
[2023-07-28 19:17:58] - daniel: yeah, hedging against a us-only recession seems like part of it. another scenario is the US has shitty growth compared to the world. it could happen, but i'm not sure i have an idea how likely the scenario is. ~a
[2023-07-28 18:54:11] - a: I've wondered that too (in regard to international vs us) Seems like a bit of a hedge against a US based recession in some regards but since the US is such a global economic engine I don't know if the US would have a recession without impacting other things as well. -Daniel
[2023-07-28 14:31:39] - i get that "london" isn't a great example for "world", but also i have a have a hard time comparing worldwide indexes going back to the 90s. ~a
[2023-07-28 14:31:11] - any thoughts on international markets? (less-so specific stocks?) i've always thought "international isn't doing that great NOW but that doesn't mean it won't do that great in the FUTURE". but, i've been thinking that for literal decades. comparing, vti to vxus is so fucking ridiculous, but also comparing ^FTSE to ^GSPC going back to the 90s is even worse. ~a
[2023-07-27 19:08:19] - tesla wrote "algorithms for its range meter that would show drivers 'rosy' projections for the distance it could travel on a full battery . . . when the battery fell below 50% of its maximum charge, the algorithm would show drivers more realistic projections for their remaining driving range" ~a
[2023-07-27 19:06:35] - "He soon realized he was sometimes getting less than half that much range, particularly in cold weather – such severe underperformance that he was convinced the car had a serious defect" ~a
[2023-07-27 19:05:53] - tesla exaggerated the driving range of its vehicles for years. they also created a team in secret specifically to handle the driving range complaints. ~a
[2023-07-25 04:52:19] - yeah, i wouldn't read too much into it. taps head: you don't have pedestrian deaths, if nobody is a pedestrian. ~a
[2023-07-25 03:22:20] - title: So what's the takeaway? People who live closer to the equator or who like Old Bay are more reckless drivers? Trying to figure out the pattern. Maybe more temperate weather means more cyclists means more fatalities? -Paul
[2023-07-24 14:56:35] - Daniel: Yeah, Adrian nailed it. It was < $50, so possibly not worth the hassle, but now that I know the process, it's easier, It's barely anything in absolute terms, but it's better than nothing? -Paul
[2023-07-24 14:30:14] - daniel: i've found just keeping a cash balance in my vanguard account nets me almost as much as the best cds or the best bonds. ~a
[2023-07-24 14:28:24] - daniel: yeah, i think we discussed that when we talked about this in may. "$41" was the total with the math i came up with. i told paul "i think you'll need way more time or way more money to get more returns" ~a
[2023-07-24 14:24:35] - Paul: Was it enough money to actually generate a return in that month or two? Sometimes I think about stuff like that but over two months it would just be like 25 dollars if that for the return and then I just can't be bothered. -Daniel
[2023-07-24 13:54:48] - a: "i know paul was talking here about t-bills the other day" A decent part of that is because I have been selling some of my stocks and wanted to park the money somewhere that I could get a super-safe return for a month or two. -Paul
[2023-07-21 21:14:25] - a: I think once you are retired you can just stay in vtinx or at that point it would depend on your withdrawal strategy probably and how much / often you were withdrawing and what specific big purchases did you antipicate at what point. -Daniel
[2023-07-21 21:13:45] - yeah, me too. ~a
[2023-07-21 21:13:23] - a: I've started to buy I-Bonds directly as part of our retirement plan. -Daniel
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