wcarron

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by wcarron 2y ago
Nonsense. There are multiple clear corridors that public transportation makes perfect sense for. A high-speed rail line from Fort Collins down south through Denver, to Colorado Springs, and potentially as far south as El Paso, seems obvious
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by wcarron 2y ago
there's always something to complain about, isn't there?
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by wcarron 2y ago
Lmao, tell me you truck cosplay without telling me. The vast, vast majority of construction sites don't need a dualie. Hell, half of them don't need a truck. I've seen and met numerous plumbers, electricians, and carpenters w
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by wcarron 2y ago
I have never seen a person with a dualie who actually hauled things. They're cosplay items. Fuel efficiency is a negative for that market segment.
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by wcarron 2y ago
I think your question carries the seeds of the answer within it.
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by wcarron 2y ago
Really? I think he was very open in his admiration for some of the anarchists mentioned in The Rebel, calling Kaliayev & co, 'men of the highest principles' and refers to other anarchists' "profound considerations fo
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by wcarron 3y ago
Doesn't matter how you or I got wherever. What matters is seeing where you are, where you want to be, and doing what it takes to get there. You're correct in that I was at that time, 100% a weak lecherous person. A slave to my des
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by wcarron 3y ago
I heartily disagree. We are not slaves and victims to our biology and environments. We are, and always have been, our own masters. Want to lose weight? Eat less. Want to eat healthier? Stop buying fast food. Want to get fitter? Go to the gy
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by wcarron 3y ago
Not that I like social media or tech companies (I detest them). But it's not a special case. Media companies, cable companies, newspapers, etc. They've all enjoyed the ability to manipulate and 'guide' what people see an
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by wcarron 3y ago
Never gonna happen. The US gov't will never willingly cede control of all the testing and missile ranges and the economic/military power projecion the islands provide it. Frankly, from a realpolitik standpoint, I would be supremel
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by wcarron 3y ago
While the author rightfully decries the bloating of the Rav4, it's pretty close to a perfect size for a couple who consistently travels outdoors. Our '14 Subie crosstrek just shit its transmission out and we migrated to a used pre
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by wcarron 3y ago
Easy, it's 0.38mm.
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by wcarron 3y ago
I'm in favor of anything that negatively impacts China. They are our greatest geopolitical enemy. Ban it. Ban Huawei products. Ban Chinese entities from any and all ownership of real estate or natural resources. Impose monetary limits
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by wcarron 3y ago
Sounds like hell on Earth
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by wcarron 3y ago
Where's Ted K when you need him?
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by wcarron 3y ago
It is common, you just don't want to admit it. It's all over the western US and many, many towns have been impacted. Palm Springs and Joshua Tree aggressively responded for a reason. Because STRs, particularly in Jtree, were infla
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by wcarron 3y ago
There Are many localities where AirBnbs and other STRs make a significant proportion of housing. The town 45 minutes from me is over 15% AirBnbs/STRs. My town is better, but still has too many STRs.
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by wcarron 3y ago
It's not just pedestrians. I think I'll never ride motorcycles on public roads again. I just don't trust drivers. They're all talking, texting, watching a fucking YouTube video or TikTok reel. I've seen people eatin
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by wcarron 3y ago
I mean, 5.11a is really not that hard. Of course, there are levels to the game. 13 pitches changes the calculus a bit, but he regularly does 50+ pitch linkups. So, that's basically just a warmup for him (and others). Not without risk,
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by wcarron 3y ago
One could also just make the base rate $150/day and then you'll definitely make it untenable for as many people as possible, which is apparently the goal. This leads to an outcome which is you think is an unfair distribution. But
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by wcarron 3y ago
> That's one I like actually, maybe something like the blue book value of the car? Suppose two people make the same amount of money. One chooses to buy a cheaper car and pays higher rent for a nicer apt. The other, the opposite. Und
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by wcarron 3y ago
Because the government doesn't care whatsoever about the 4th amendment except when it applies to gov't representatives and their puppeteers.
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by wcarron 3y ago
That's so ridiculously tone deaf, self-righteous, and demeaning. Lots of talented devs work in thousands of companies. Learn some humility and perspective.
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by wcarron 3y ago
> You probably know how to drive from your house to a number of destinations without a GPS. Other's... don't, Well then they should learn how to fucking navigate. Learn where North is and go from there.
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by wcarron 3y ago
Yeah, we're all pretty concerned about that. We'll see if we get another heavy monsoon season to dampen the potential for big fires midsummer. Fingers crossed. Unfortunately, we've got a bunch of events coming up that are goi
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by wcarron 3y ago
Here in Flagstaff and NAZ we've been getting hit hard by huge wildfires. The amount of fuel in these forests is mindblowing, and terrain is often a big challenge, too. Luckily, we had a heavy monsoon season last year and a brutal winte
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by wcarron 3y ago
> You'll often see guys carrying 44 magnums in grizzly country, but the evidence seems to suggest that common 9mm rounds are effective enough. Even the lowly 22 rimfire is represented in the data with success against black bears (bu
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by wcarron 3y ago
Eh, my subie is almost 10 years old at this point. The nav is definitely quite old and clunky, but works fine as long as you don't expect it to be snappy like a modern smartphone. I don't think it's much in need of an update;
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by wcarron 3y ago
Yeah, it feels like at some point I'll have to just buy a freakin kit car to get something simple.
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by wcarron 3y ago
Fair. That's not nothing, but again, it's a tradeoff. I'd take a plain old mirror for the sake of simplicity/cost instead of the slightly higher efficiency.

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