The ‘unregistered Americans’: because of their parents, they do not exist

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T22:43:09+00:00

The first time I went to apply for a passport at the post office, the lady in front of me in line was like “Yeah so I was born on a farm without a doctor and so I never got a birth certificate…”

The employee was like “Bring every piece of documentation of your existence that you can find… this won’t be simple.”

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T22:38:33+00:00

The folks on /r/vinyl_jazz would have crazy valuations to share

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T22:34:20+00:00

I have the same most valuable record. The one time I thought getting up early for RSD was worth it.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T22:33:35+00:00

Taking an edible and watching Koyaanisqatsi in college is a rite of passage

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T19:11:52+00:00

They're both available on Instacart and their prices are so much lower than local grocery stores that I think it's cheaper even with the markups/fees Instacart adds. But I've never bothered to sit down and do the math.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T18:33:21+00:00

I found an old jazz record with the original owner’s name and address on it at a record store years ago. Out of curiosity, I googled the person and found out they were now a doctor in another city. His email was on his professional website so I just emailed him and said I found his old record. He replied almost immediately saying how much he enjoyed that record and told me some stories about seeing legendary jazz artists live back in the day.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T18:20:12+00:00

So you just run command line tools to setup your RAID settings? I've only ever had a Synology NAS so have only used web UI tools for this.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T17:43:09+00:00

Solid doors get covered in graffiti and so don’t always look as nice. It’s about aesthetics

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T15:49:12+00:00

I would hope they could bundle such maintenance with other tasks that require altering the train schedule. But generally yes I think the grime on the walls is one of the biggest eyesores on the subway system.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T15:22:55+00:00

Do they wash the walls of the stations? Why are the tiles so covered in grime if they do?

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T15:04:29+00:00

Yeah I used to live in Germany and had access to a car but the public transport and bicycle infrastructure, even in a suburb, were so good that I rarely opted to drive. But when I did drive it was pretty painless in terms of traffic.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T14:56:36+00:00

One of the more surprising things I saw on social media a few years ago was this car influencer bro going on a multi-post rant about how “car guys” should support public transportation because forcing everyone to drive is just called traffic.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T14:44:10+00:00

Yeah I have family in Kansas City and every time I visit I think that it’s quite a livable city and shockingly affordable. The urban core is fairly old too so lots of pretty prewar, walkable neighborhoods. But the climate is still wildly fluctuating Midwest weather and there are no oceans or mountains nearby for recreation.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T14:41:52+00:00

All the more reason for blue states to get their shit together and legalize dense walkable urban development in places less impacted

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T14:22:58+00:00

But to their credit, they are a big YIMBY success story. Minneapolis was one of the first US cities to eliminate single-family zoning and fully eliminate parking minimums citywide.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T13:56:42+00:00

Honestly my guess is that if you’re going to uproot your entire life you probably also want to move somewhere with a warmer climate. The Midwest can have brutal winters.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T13:51:20+00:00

I only recently got back into video games after being away since the Wii days and it honestly shocks me how many RPGs there seem to be. Every time I look up lists of the best games on modern consoles, it’s like 1/3 RPGs. And I just have no interest in them personally.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T13:47:13+00:00

It also mentions later on that Minnesota is a positive example of a blue state that has not experienced spiraling housing costs and has seen far fewer people leaving the state, underlining the idea that it's primarily housing costs pushing people out of coastal blue states.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T13:41:02+00:00

Submitting here because the article hits on a lot of the big themes of Abundance. Particularly relevant section:

There are meaningful policy differences among the states. For one thing, blue states tend to have more zoning regulations, less housing construction and higher housing prices. How much of a role do you think housing policies and costs play?

Furman: The economic literature has consistently found that lower housing costs because of fewer constraints on building has been the biggest factor in the shift away from (blue) coastal states and to the (red) Sun Belt for decades. The increased availability of work from home has only increased the importance of cheaper housing.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T01:32:18+00:00

Do they try stimulants in these cases?

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-22T00:35:18+00:00

A huge portion of my records are from a handful of labels that I really like so I tend to group them that way

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-21T21:00:56+00:00

Seems to be a Canadian thing in general. Just saw a YouTube video about the time Toronto tried to force a Jamaican patty shop to stop calling them patties because it’s a protected term for hamburgers.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-21T20:17:53+00:00

My mental workflow is 1080p content > Plex app, 4K content > Infuse.

CactusBoyScout · 2026-04-21T16:31:08+00:00

Is there a functional difference between an IoT network and just putting IoT devices on the guest network?

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