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A programmer with an interest in transit, making music, and building things of all types.

I have dysgraphia which makes writing difficult for me. I hope you can figure out what I mean despite my issues.

  • The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next

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  • Exactly. Either you can tear it down before the storm hits (good weather prediction needed) then rebuild it fast afterwards; or you build it to withstand storms. I guess there is the just scrap it after every storm - but then you need to rebuild it fast and cheap which this wasn't.

  • The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next

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  • Both are invalid - sure it needs to be fast - which is why they should practice this. Temporary means they plan to pick it up after practice. They should do yearly drills in different parts of the world (obviously with permission of the host country) just to prove they can.

  • The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next

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  • The US military should know this. They should be able to build piers like this while under active fire. This is one of the things we need for a world war style invasion (think WWII d-day)

  • Louisiana chemical plant threatens to shut down if EPA emissions deadline isn't relaxed

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  • They had all of Bidens presidency. They should have a plan in place already. If they can show the court the plan is reasonable and they have been working on it for a while and are making progress then fine I'll wait. But they need to show they were seriously trying.

  • Final Question. E-Bike or Electric scooter?

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  • A scooter is great if you are taking transit for all long trips, but your walk from your front door to the transit stop is a little too long (or the walk from the transit stop to where you are going it too long.). A ebike is great if you are not taking transit it all, but I wouldn't want to get them on transit (I have a very low opinion on those front of bus bike racks - they might be full when you want them). Those are very different trip modes. The scooter is for trips where you could walk but it is bit far, while the ebike is for trips you wouldn't walk at all. Those are two different things and so we cannot give a correct answer.

  • RFK Jr Rejected by Libertarians After They Loudly Booed, Heckled Trump

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  • Sounds like every other party.

  • Deflation Never Happens, Except Right Now

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  • Don't forget to account for the rent if you don't finance a house.

  • Deflation Never Happens, Except Right Now

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  • The other thing missing is you need to live somewhere now. You also have other considerations - if you are starting a family you typically will need to have a place for the family to live and that forces you to buy now. This is why most deflation arguments fail - people need to live, so they will buy food, and shelter (including clothing). People will replace their broken down car. People will buy toys if they can afford it.

    Even if you can buy the house for $200k next year, you don't know that the price will go down - I've seen prices go down and then go back up more than once in my life. Maybe you get unlucky, but maybe you bought the bottom, you have no idea what inflation/deflation will do in 5 years and only educated guesses for next year.

  • Deflation Never Happens, Except Right Now

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  • The Apple II sold for $1298 in 1977. You can buy a mac mini for $599 today. Deflation is real in some markets and we are just fine.

  • Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight.

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  • People have no options because everyone collectively hasn't created them. Sure a few people vote for transit, bike lanes and the like, but not many. (and the poor are not better than anyone else at this) . There are options - you can move closer to work, get a different job that is closer to where you live, get a bike, carpool, ride transit.... Those all bad options for most people but they exist and so they choose them.

  • Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight.

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  • Why are you blaming the minimum wage worker? It is everybody with a car which is the vast majority of the adult population. Poor, middle class, rich - all of them care about gas prices and scream when they go up.

  • Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight.

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  • Blame everyone. My brother-in-law works for a refinery. They get beat up in the news and by politicians all the time, but when they need something it always happens - even in California. Which shouldn't surprise - people say they want things like clean air until they discover it means gas prices go up (or they can't drive their car at all) and suddenly they don't care are all.

  • Political consultant indicted for AI robocalls with fake Biden voice made to New Hampshire voters

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  • In short he was proven wrong - we do have the regulations already and they got him.

    (AI probably needs more regulation)

  • Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer

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  • Town and counry minivan.

  • Average U.S. vehicle age hits record 12.6 years as high prices force people to keep them longer

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  • where I like salt gets the body before the engine goes. I have 220k on one and it is starting to rust through.

  • The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business

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  • Red Lobster was already dead, they just hadn't held the funeral yet.

  • US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them

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  • Right, I'm saying the big one isn't coming - and even if it comes you won't survive so what is the point.

  • US says cyberattacks against water supplies are rising, and utilities need to do more to stop them

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  • They did - but it was a lot more work - (and often mistakes were made) and that means costs were higher. Or more likely they didn't do the work as often and so it was a lot longer before they discovered problems.

  • The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business

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  • Which is perfectly fine to do.

  • Programming @kbin.social
    bluGill @kbin.social

    Have you ever mocked your logger in a test, or wished you could? That is something like

  • /kbin meta @kbin.social
    bluGill @kbin.social

    arrgh, just hit report and submitted for spam, then realized I meant to report the post below the one I reported. Sorry about that, I don't see any undo.

  • /kbin meta @kbin.social
    bluGill @kbin.social
    @ernest

    (https://kbin.social/u/ernest) I'm trying to reply to a federated toot and the add comment button changes to "sending" for a while then comes back without posting anything.