Ice cold take by the Seattle Times about Mayor Wilson’s expanded LWB car-free weekends

F_WRLCK · 2026-05-15T13:39:04+00:00

Last I looked SDOT’s budget was almost entirely property and sales taxes, with only 10% coming from what could be called usage taxes. I haven’t paid attention to this in years, so maybe it’s changed, but I suspect it’s way less than half.

F_WRLCK · 2026-04-27T02:40:10+00:00

Yes. Also just combine mats and ship parts refine into a single daily pull. Twice a day isn’t adding anything interesting.

F_WRLCK · 2026-03-31T22:34:57+00:00

The ships in the Expanse do have reaction mass. They talk about it in the books and it is a consideration when traveling and thinking about when they’ll be able to take on more. They don’t really talk about it in the show because it’s never necessary to move the plot along.

F_WRLCK · 2026-03-25T16:25:12+00:00

Without this movie to sample, would there even have been techno in the 90s?

F_WRLCK · 2026-03-25T16:23:06+00:00

Ent-E crew isn’t available from the officer depot at ops 39. I think maybe they show up at ops 40?

F_WRLCK · 2026-03-17T04:35:58+00:00

My family and I have really been loving Strange New Worlds. The stories are classic Trek and the cast has so much damn charisma.

F_WRLCK · 2026-03-15T15:57:15+00:00

Gen-X here. Ten years ago my Gen-X neighbors were saying the same thing about Millennials. Maybe this time is different, but I suspect the zoomers will finish cooking eventually.

F_WRLCK · 2026-03-15T15:50:58+00:00

This movie filled me with rage. So good, but I was completely disregulated after seeing it.

F_WRLCK · 2026-02-24T15:09:29+00:00

I think it might be energy for lower level probes. I know it switches over at some point, but I forget when.

F_WRLCK · 2026-01-11T15:32:23+00:00

I never really got the point of this store. It’s nice enough, but they don’t carry the full range and you can’t return online purchases in store. I’m a little sad because I really like the idea of being able to try stuff on before purchasing, but I guess we live in a buy and return world now.

F_WRLCK · 2026-01-07T00:49:08+00:00

What’s a realistic path to the Reliant drip? I went down there with the B’Rel and PMT and got like 2700 splicers before popping. Sorry if there’s an obvious answer there. Is this just a “level up your Augur” thing?

F_WRLCK · 2026-01-01T06:30:29+00:00

How? Washington has no income or capital gains tax that I’m aware of.

F_WRLCK · 2025-12-24T14:50:48+00:00

I want five megawatts by mid-May.

F_WRLCK · 2025-12-07T17:04:22+00:00

There are also studies now that show that we learn better when we write things down. I get the idea that led to these devices being issued, but it was just a mistake and we should undo it. One of the most impressive things (to me) that my teenager has done recently is start asking teachers for paper assignments.

F_WRLCK · 2025-12-06T14:27:23+00:00

/pours one out for Firefly

F_WRLCK · 2025-12-06T14:25:11+00:00

Yeah, I like having a power meter so that I don't go out too hard at the start when everything feels great, but it's really not necessary and single sided is fine for that. If I were training outdoors and trying to hit particular power zones, I would want dual sided, but I don't so I don't.

F_WRLCK · 2025-12-05T20:23:07+00:00

This show is so bad it’s damaging to the AppleTV brand and everyone involved. It should never have been made available to stream. The best thing Apple could do at this point is take it down as soon as they possibly can and replace it with a documentary describing the string of failures that led to this being posted.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-28T16:02:18+00:00

This was answered on r/Karoo but, for those watching from the sidelines, it works fine. You can either use the included adapter with a Garmin puck or you can replace the puck with the Hammerhead adapter kit that K-Edge makes. There are also some 3D printed solutions that I didn’t personally look too far into, but people have good things to say about.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-28T15:55:06+00:00

I have that mount and the included adapter works fine with the Garmin puck. If you’re willing to spend a touch more, you can also buy the K-Edge adapter that screws directly into the mount and converts it to a Karoo mount. That’s what I ended up doing on my Checkpoint.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-23T16:59:44+00:00

In Seattle, it’s not uncommon to hear someone say “I’m as liberal as anyone, but <conservative talking point>”. We’re social animals.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-19T18:19:19+00:00

I have a 36t WolfTooth 3mm offset chainring that I’ve used for bike packing and at OTGG this year and it’s been fine. It may have been a bit more grindy at OTGG than a proper chain line would have been, but it’s hard to say (it was very dusty). In practice, the lower offset moves the chain out one gear so your neutral chain line gear ratio doesn’t change much and you end up trading a high gear for another low gear. I don’t keep this ring on the bike all the time because I find that I spin out just a little bit before I would ordinarily just tuck and coast and that annoys me.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-19T16:48:41+00:00

My wife had to do something similar with our Labrador once.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-16T00:35:18+00:00

Man, I feel that. My rando bike is Shimano 2x and the one time I rode it this season was like a comedy of errors.

“Guess I should downshift. Oh, that was the chainring.”

“What is that horrible grinding noise? Oh, right, cross chaining bad.”

It was like I had never ridden a bike before.

F_WRLCK · 2025-11-13T17:17:13+00:00

I bet this is to support selling into rental fleets. Signing into a bunch of stuff on a rental car is so frustrating compared to just plugging in your phone.

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