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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

This does exist in major US cities, especially the older (by US standards) ones. I'm in San Francisco, in a "good" neighborhood, and restaurants, groceries, bars, and multiple forms of public transit are all a short walk away. This is very different in car centric suburbs/cities though.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Have you encountered modern shifters? They're fairly involved.

Electronic shifting, hydraulic brakes, liberal use of sealed cartridge bearings, carbon fiber parts requiring strict torque specs...these are definitely different than 70's friction shift ten-speed bikes.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 26 points 2 days ago

Or, they're about to collect their paycheck from the photoshoot they just participated in.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

That's basically the best possible outcome.

Toddlers are the reason why, despite being able to afford nice furniture for the first time in our life, we're sticking with ratty couches and old Ikea coffee tables.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

*ought (whoosh?)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 2 days ago

I once heard a native English speaker pronounce it as "the printer kweeyee."

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think a lot of companies view their free plan as recruiting/advertising


if you use TailScale personally and have a great experience then you'll bring in business by advocating for it at work.

Of course it could go either way, and I don't rely on TailScale (it's my "backup" VPN to my home network)... we'll see, I guess.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Let's see Stephan Miller's card...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 4 days ago

...are Turing Complete, so what you can do with them is exactly equal.

But they're only equal in the Turing complete sense, which (iirc) says nothing about performance or timing.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

States != cities, e.g., https://underscoresf.com/heres-what-you-make-as-a-low-income-earner-in-san-francisco/

If you own own a modest place (<2000 square feet) in a decent (not "old money") neighborhood in San Francisco and have kids, I would be shocked if your household income isn't $350k+/year. If that's considered "upper class" then it's a very sad statement about how standards of living have degraded


this is likely comfortable living but it is not exotic car + first class airfare money. And it's almost certainly "less house" than you'd like.

And unless you inherited a lot, you definitely need to keep working to afford that modest lifestyle.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 5 days ago

That's exactly what I ate :)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Only time I've eaten meat in the past ~30 years was when I ate some invasive fish that had been caught in a killathon to restore native habitat. Not that it's my role to "give you a pass," but I certainly do in this case!

 

People often complain about San Francisco's public transit


and to be sure, it's not perfect by any means (multiple separate agencies doesn't help). But the historic streetcars are pretty neat!

They're painted with the livery of various historic streetcars from all over the country (and a few international, I think). Best of all, they run alongside the modern fleet


same route, same fare.

 

Noticed a few days ago that Sutro Tower's red blinking lights are now white. Just asked them on their website form, but wondered if anyone else knows the story with this.

Personally, I miss the red ones!

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