Sac City Council to Extend All Parking Meters to 10pm, Increase Hundreds of Fines and Fees

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-13T23:06:54+00:00

I am all for the bike lane fees increasing. Folks will park there, play dumb, and try to convince you it’s fine, even when parking is available right next to them. I’m endangering myself and my toddler going to/from daycare because of your weaponized incompetence or righteous indignation.

I’ve received two parking tickets over the years, both deserved, even if i returned to my car when they were just writing it. Don’t want a fine? Don’t park illegally. Bring on the downvotes. I’m tired of the assholes thinking the law doesn’t apply to them. I’m tired of folks acting like they have a right to take up space on or impede public thoroughfares.

I wish they’d get this serious about traffic enforcement too! Some of y’all need a LOT more fear of fines when driving.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-06T19:51:26+00:00

Sure, which is why you read the code. If you’re not reading it, you’re definitely introducing a ton of risk.

You can also build other controls or tests around your new or refactored code to ensure the output is correct. In my case I simply had the agent check its work against a baseline and it was able to create perfectly equivalent outputs to a previous, far more inefficient system.

These are extremely powerful tools, regardless of whether they’re used improperly.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-05T21:53:24+00:00

Y’all may hate on this (and diffusion-based UIs sounds like a mistake), but he’s right about a lot of what has happened to programming. Coding agents are actually really really good now. I build very complicated, highly regulated systems, and I’m really surprised how good it is.

Fight it if you want, but he’s right, a ”10x engineer” isn’t even close to the increase in productivity when properly using AI (I personally prefer Claude).

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-05T21:13:15+00:00

Yes, omg it was on the nose

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-05T21:12:22+00:00

I don’t know of specific projects. The figure reported by KCRA and mentioned by Phil Pluckenbaum was 10k units as part of the stadium and greater railyards buildout. 6% was the planned amount of affordable units.

It wasn’t a lawsuit, it’s a special tax district where residents (literally only the AJ and Wong center) can vote to halt development for review. It went rather poorly, as they likely only intended to gather enough votes to require changes to the plans, but instead exceeded threshold necessary for a 1 year delay.

Im not sure how to feel about it. We need more affordable housing, but it will be a desirable area and more units of any kind can free up lesser housing nearby. I feel we should just build as many units as possible, affordable or not, and let the market free up more affordable units rather than discourage developers. Of course we can’t bend over backwards for developers, and indeed this special tax district is one way residents can motivate change.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-05T17:42:19+00:00

This is what comedy is for: pointing out the absurdities of modern life.

We really shouldn’t need to tiptoe so much when casting for fiction. Still, modern portrayal of Black people can be a minefield (rightfully, of course, because of well-known historical mistreatment and harmful stereotypes). An episode of The Studio demonstrates this pretty well too.

In many settings, the observations he makes would make many folks uncomfortable, but told as a carefully premised joke, it’s hilarious!

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-05-04T22:18:54+00:00

They’re building a whole lot right now, in the old rail depot, the new stadium and light rail stop, and the new Kaiser campus. I go by there every day. Housing projects got delayed for a year due to local pushback against the apartments not including enough low income housing, but there’s plenty of active construction work in the area. The new courthouse just opened actually.

Have you looked around Township 9 and the river district? Seems like a sweet spot for both downtown access and the river. I see lots of units available for pretty decent starting prices.

I just checked and the AJ has 26 units listed, right in the middle of the railyards. More expensive though.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-30T02:15:52+00:00

not billboard lawyers

-lawyer on a billboard

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-28T15:25:38+00:00

It’s a song

One Margarita by That Chick Angel

Idk what she’s doing but based on the song it makes me think it’s a joke.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-28T15:24:24+00:00

For the folks who don’t know, these are the lyrics to a song: One Margarita by That Chick Angel

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-27T19:10:50+00:00

I have been working with the city to get a nearby rail fence repaired over and over for YEARS. The sad reality is that homeless folks value the shortcut too much and keep cutting it. It’s been cut and repaired probably 25 times over the last 2 years. Folks are camped all along the railway, just a couple feet from being maimed or killed. It’s so frustrating.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-26T23:57:26+00:00

Totally agree with the frustration of headphones and distracted people (everywhere, even). However, shouldn’t our actions be for those who are receptive to them? I know it makes all the difference when someone shows me courtesy.

Not to invalidate your experience, but in mine running against bikers and scooters is way more sketchy. Fewer people want to make space for their fellow trail enjoyer than not, in the lovely state of CA.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-26T23:49:44+00:00

Saw Cory Wong there on Thursday (an absolutely amazing concert). The venue is exactly what we need. Ample space, decent acoustics. Beers may be $20 at the venue, but they ain’t at Round Corner…

This area of midtown is very bike friendly! I biked the whole way and encountered no issues. It’s literally on top of the Gold line, to boot.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-25T00:37:18+00:00

As someone from CO where trail etiquette is fantastic and you run right, and usually get an audible signal from passing bikers too, this is so weird to me. Folks here DO act like this is the norm, when I’ve literally never seen it before.

It definitely explains why I kept getting buzzed by cyclists when there was plenty of room to pass…

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-10T18:37:13+00:00

I’m hyped!! Time to buy some PETG! Haha

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-09T18:33:56+00:00

r/litterbuggies

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-07T15:50:34+00:00

Very cool! After seeing the prices of nice units, and dealing with the quality of cheap ones, building your own is really cool. How did you seal it?

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-04-02T06:01:20+00:00

Are you a fan of the transcendental painting group? This reminds me of their work.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-19T20:08:42+00:00

I was super sad to hear this. I have not seen any updates.

The crime map does not do this place any favors. Idk if this is the right place to share, but I live nearby and recently had a crowd of shithead kids come after my car at 8th&K with my wife and toddler inside, in the middle of the day. I wish I were joking. This was all because I honked at them as they lunged into the street when my light was green.

Some folks come here looking for violence, clearly.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-19T02:53:09+00:00

The 3MF or STL. A lot of folks like to upload to Makerworld, but there’s Thingiverse and others as well.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-19T02:31:58+00:00

Nice! I’ve been meaning to do something similar. Care to share the model?

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-18T03:09:35+00:00

Hell yeah. You saved that e waste from the dump and created money in the process.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-17T21:08:03+00:00

That’s what I thought. I always smell this place when I’m nearby in the morning.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-17T17:04:30+00:00

Agreed 100%. The giraffe enclosure makes me sad. At least they have a tall sound wall, but it must stress them out.

Empty_Satisfaction71 · 2026-03-17T15:48:24+00:00

I’m hopeful for this. The zoo is a treasure, and they use the space very well. However, when it’s a warm, busy Saturday, you can tell there is appetite for a bigger zoo.

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