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2025-07-01 14:06:28] -
a: why stop at $30/hr why not $1000/hr?
- mig
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2025-07-01 11:10:38] - If I lived on Metro, I might consider it, but it would be miserable if my kids were younger still. As I have to drive to get to a Metro in the first, it’s moot.
— Xpovos
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2025-07-01 11:09:35] -
Though, that is of course a bag for my work stuff. I think Paul’s point is much more to a tourist (probably more than a backpack, but likely still manageable on Metro), or more seriously a family of tourists. The extra luggage a family brings, added to the need to corral the children is a significant hardship.
— Xpovos
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2025-07-01 11:07:17] - I take a bag on the blue/yellow and red line several times a week.
— Xpovos
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2025-07-01 04:51:16] -
paul: "The alternatives aren't biking and walking, though" i said "public transit or pedestrians etc". i didn't mention biking. why are they not alternatives? i take the silver line to iad. and i take the blue line to dca. i'm not the only one: the number of people i see with bags on the blue and the silver line is crazy high.
~a
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2025-07-01 04:50:43] -
paul: "Do you not think it will increase unemployment and/or prices?" no not in manhattan, probably not. i'd make the change very gradually, though. and i'd probably argue for $30/h so i could actually get $25/h.
~a
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2025-07-01 04:50:05] -
paul: "Based on time or usage?" i obviously don't think a car will depreciate $50 driving to the airport. unless the airport is 182 miles away? (hell, say, 175,000 miles)/($45k + $8k for fsd - $5k resale)*(a $50 trip) = 182 miles. in our "$50" conversation, i predicted $17 of that was depreciation and you know that? you say "depreciate $50" as a straw man?
~a
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