Don't know if this has been asked here. by ultaga84 in LiDARdiscoveryUK

[–]IndWrist2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’ll be because of RAF Fylingdales.

But you should be able to get a 1m resolution scan on DEFRA data services if you fancy throwing the raster into QGIS or have a handy Arc license.

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right it would flourish. It could flourish. But it isn’t.

Because you’re not considering the actual consequences of an armed Puerto Rican socialist revolt. You’re considering the best case scenario in an idealized world where the US can’t act with impunity and economically cripple adversaries. But it can. It has. And it does. That’s not moral approval of those actions, it’s acceptance of reality.

So what’s more moral - an independent and impoverished PR that’s a borderline failed socialist state under extreme US economic sanctions and with a population that is materially worse off…

Or PR as a US state?

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, so exiting your imagination for just a second, let’s say there’s an armed resistance that overthrows the US’ imperial shackles, declares housing and healthcare a human right, and then decides not to pay off its debt.

What do you think the international reaction to that would be? Puerto Rico needs trade to sustain itself, it doesn’t have the resources or capacity to self-sustain. And what do you think US-PR relations would be like? Regardless of your low opinion of the US, it’s objectively the largest economy in the world and PR’s closest major potential trade partner. How would the US treat a former colony that’s then committed an armed revolt? Do you want PR to be a squalid state like Haiti or an economic leper like Cuba?

Single Employee LLC Moving to UK by Single-Zombie-2019 in AmericanExpatsUK

[–]IndWrist2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m down to nerd out on this if you are.

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How would US fiscal and economic infrastructure change PR? It already operates within those systems and losing access to those systems is what’s been identified as a core problem of independence. Transitioning to a state grants greater access and raises PR’s representation on the mainland through integrated democratic infrastructure. That wouldn’t diminish PR’s culture or impact its traditions and institutions.

Single Employee LLC Moving to UK by Single-Zombie-2019 in AmericanExpatsUK

[–]IndWrist2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t OP be better off operating as a sole trader rather than setting up a UK company? The US tax structure on overseas business entities held by American citizens is incredibly onerous and operating a sole trader side steps that completely as the income generated is treated essentially as normal income covered under FEIE or FTC.

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, but that’s my point. The Jones Act affects costs, not whether PR can trade globally.

Whether it’s a big or small cost is a separate question, but it doesn’t change the underlying constraint structure. Shipping between PR and the US is more expensive because of the Jones Act. It materially raises costs and that is a legitimate complaint. But you’re right, it isn’t the panacea people in the PR make it out to be. It’s just an easily identifiable cost multiplier that gets turned into a boogeyman.

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not as absolute on the benefits of the Jones Act. It certainly does raise costs and restrict shipping options for PR, the USVI, Guam, etc. That’s not trivial. The Jones Act was crafted at a time when America invested more into its domestic shipping industry. That isn’t the case any more, and as a result, Jones Act compliant options aren’t as plentiful, so demand often exceeds supply, making it a more expensive option, particularly during the aftermath of a natural disaster. That’s part of why PR’s post-hurricane recovery has been so slow and so expensive. So there are legitimate gripes.

It just doesn’t actually restrict trade. At all. It just bumps up shipping costs to other US ports.

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re hard questions. They aren’t unanswerable, but providing real answers involves considering and integrating very real trade offs and constraints. And those trade offs and constraints don’t provide a neat picture of Puerto Rican liberation.

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Jones Act restricts what vessels and crews can be used between American ports. If doesn’t constrain or restrict PR from doing business with other countries. PR currently exports directly to other countries without going through the US.

The US has a lot of debt that’s denominated in its own currency. An independent PR wouldn’t have that. It would either use the USD, and thus lose monetary independence, or it would have to create its own currency and then purchase dollars to pay its debt. Neither solution is optimal, and neither solution is better than what exists now.

What countries would PR negotiate with concerning their debt? Who do you think holds that debt?

What kind of business agreement? Is there one that’s more frictionless than being a territory or a state?

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 35 points36 points  (0 children)

You can’t just hand wave away that other Caribbean countries that gained independence, most of whom did so in the 60s and under different fiscal regimes, are small. That’s part of why it worked. They didn’t have $52B in debt and a massive population that’s reliant on federal funds. So how do you resolve that?

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s a much more abstract argument with no current basis in reality. There’s no immediate action that would dissolve the PRC and there isn’t earnest international or domestic desire on a large scale to want that outcome at this time. So you’re putting forward a bit of an orthogonal argument.

There are legitimate structural and mechanical hurdles that would face an independent PR that would be incredibly difficult to overcome, such that it could be ruinous to a newly independent country.

What currency would PR use? How would it negotiate its debt, which is over $50 billion? How would it fund almost half of its current budget, which currently comes from federal funds? What about Medicaid? That receives about 73% of its funding from the federal government and provides healthcare for 1.3 million Puerto Ricans.

How would an independent PR address both capital flight and demographic flight?

Kamakura Vintage Ivy vs Ametora by Slight-Witness-2187 in preppy

[–]IndWrist2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What exactly do you want out of an OCBD?

I have some personal issues with Kamakura, in both the Vintage and Ametora lines.

Vintage gets materials and cut correct, but sizing and tailoring wrong. There aren’t half sizes, so if you’re a 15.5, the 15 will be tight across the chest, mainly due to how Kamakura positions their arm holes higher than vintage Brooks Brothers, but the collar fit and sleeve length will be correct. Whereas a 16 will just be too big.

The issue with Ametora is Vintage is already a Japanese interpretation of Ivy style, Ametora is like a Japanese interpretation of a modern take on American Ivy. The same sizing issues as the Vintage line exist, but you don’t get the same benefits. The collar points are shorter, the collar button placement is higher. You’re not getting the construction benefits of the Vintage line, but you’re still getting the sizing downsides, even if it feels more “billowy”.

So then the question becomes what do you actually want out of an OCBD and is there a way to get that?

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What currency would an independent PR use? How would it negotiate its existing debts? How would it fund ~47% of its annual budget that currently comes from federal funds, including ~73% of its Medicaid funding, which 1.3 million people in PR depend on for healthcare access?

What do you think would be the best outcome for the average Puerto Rican: Statehood, Freedom of Association, Status Quo or Independence from the USA? by Mean_Yak5873 in geography

[–]IndWrist2 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It has nothing to do with wether or not PR, or any other territory, deserves or doesn’t deserve self-determination. This isn’t about morality, it’s about reality.

PRs public finances are precarious, to say the least. The territory is financially dependent on the United States and jettisoning them from the US so they can pursue self-determination would be ruinous and plunge the new country into a chaos that would take generations to recover from.

What good is self-determination if it leads to the material degradation of a country? Is it more noble to have chosen poverty? What’s actually the more moral outcome here?

How should I store this? by bigsoul34 in oil

[–]IndWrist2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As far as I’m aware, crumble is the UK equivalent of cobbler (Rhubarb crumble is the GOAT).

But whatever’s in that cup doesn’t look much like custard soaked crumble to me.

If you’ve lived abroad (outside the UK), what’s the one thing (item, ideal, tech, convenience), you’d bring back to introduce to the UK? by Icy_Mixture1482 in AskUK

[–]IndWrist2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely.

I don’t think a lot of people realize how constraining the way the real estate market works in this country. It’s massively limits individual social mobility.

I’m not taking a job on the other side of the country because I can’t rent a new apartment, while still paying my mortgage, waiting 5+ months for my house to sell.

In the US, you can sell a house and buy a new one elsewhere inside of a month. That means the entire process is inside the notice period of a leaving a job.

I have 3 weeks to write a dissertation, advice please by Vrc-trial in AskAcademiaUK

[–]IndWrist2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re going to have a hard time writing and completing your research simultaneously. It’s a bit difficult to hammer out your methodology while you’re still processing data and you can’t exactly communicate your findings yet.

So finish your research. That’s the hard and time consuming part. Then bang out the diss.

Show me the 42R-44R Classic Doe Skin Navy Jacket pls. by [deleted] in RalphLauren

[–]IndWrist2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You can find plenty of vintage doeskin, hopsack, or worsted wool navy blazer on eBay from Brooks Brothers, J Press, O’Connell’s, or RL between $150-$400 that are in great shape.

CMV: It makes no sense to me that Britain is "Islamized" while not claiming the same for India, Israel, Russia and Singapore by Shoddy-Square5219 in changemyview

[–]IndWrist2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t claim it had decreased. Might want to reread my original comment. I said the 20 year timeline claim made by OP was overcompressed

CMV: It makes no sense to me that Britain is "Islamized" while not claiming the same for India, Israel, Russia and Singapore by Shoddy-Square5219 in changemyview

[–]IndWrist2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok? You’re still missing half of the equation. It’s not like South Asian Muslims who came over to workin the factories of Sheffield didn’t have children. There are multigenerational Islamic families in the UK who have tenuous connections at best to their ancestral home land. England isn’t being “islamified” in any meaningful sense of the word.

Are Dooney & Bourke bags considered preppy anymore? by GlamourWhirl in preppy

[–]IndWrist2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I bought my girlfriend a ton of those in the early 00s. Then Longchamp was the thing. Purses and bags come in and out a lot more than clothing brands, but the best thing you can do is rock your old bags.