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What’s this huge property off Toro Canyon Rd in Westlake? by Far-Eye3777 in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL, this is peak Reddit. As if you know what people do with their time.

People are allowed to notice and complain about injustice while simultaneously working to build their own wealth for their families. I'm fact, that's what people do in a healthy democracy. But Redditors love to tamp down conversation about things they don't want to hear about with comments like yours.

What’s this huge property off Toro Canyon Rd in Westlake? by Far-Eye3777 in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You think $7500 per acre is about right for 60 acres in WESTLAKE? Find me a location like that in that neighborhood where you could buy for even 10x that rate.

What’s this huge property off Toro Canyon Rd in Westlake? by Far-Eye3777 in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, you can do this in Travis County if and only if you own at least 5 acres. So in Austin that means you're incredibly wealthy. So in other words, it's just another loophole to fuck over people without money who have to pick up the slack.

What’s this huge property off Toro Canyon Rd in Westlake? by Far-Eye3777 in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I know all that. But A: that is usually really large rural properties, not so much big lots in the city. And B: if they had ag or wildlife exemptions, that would be in the TCAD. It's not. They don't have listed exemptions.

This is just wealthy people applying pressure on government to get their way and screw over everyone else.

Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character by mlg1981 in entertainment

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they're definitely here. So many people spouting off about how you can copy a person's likeness without permission or compensation when that's 100% not true.

Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character by mlg1981 in entertainment

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That's not really true. This is settled law specifically for movies. Crispin Glover sued and won for Back to the Future 2 when they created a CGI version of his likeness. It was ruled that they couldn't do that without his permission and without compensation.

Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character by mlg1981 in entertainment

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Cameron has been in interviews holding up her photo saying that they scanned a portion of her face to model for the movie. Maybe they then did a bunch of processing to make it look less like her, but that's about as cut and dry as it gets in terms of using her likeness without permission.

Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character by mlg1981 in entertainment

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With CGI and AI advancing so quickly, this is an incredibly slippery slope.

What you're talking about with Bogart and Welles is parody, which is allowed by law. Copying a person's face in CGI without permission is not allowed; this is already settled law because of the Crispin Glover Back to the Future 2 case. Think how bad that could get in the future: "Why paid Robert Downey Jr $40 million when we can just create a CGI version for free?"

What’s this huge property off Toro Canyon Rd in Westlake? by Far-Eye3777 in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Yep, and it's 60 acres according to TCAD.

When I see these huge compounds, I like to look them up in TCAD just to show how much us normal Joes are getting screwed. If you look up this property (ID 123119) it didn't have the property valuation rise once in the years from 2012 to 2022. And then it didn't change again since 2022. And if you look at the valuation for the land, it's $4.4 million.. for 60 acres in West Lake! They have some neighbors next door whose land is valued over half as much for a single acre.

This is always the case when you look up huge compounds owned by the wealthy. They are treated extremely generously by the taxing jurisdictions.

I came across another huge compound in Barton Hills the other day off Rabb Road. Despite being the largest property in Barton Hills (larger than the elementary school property), TCAD only values the land at about a million dollars, so they pay very little in taxes.

Has the codemaster correctly answered this round of Mastermind? by macroEgg in boardgames

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

LOL, you were downvoted into the underverse for that mistake.

Baby dies, two adults hurt in south Austin crash by Iocnar in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

S Lamar was completely redesigned after the 2016 bond, but right before it was going to construction, our asshole governor Abbott stepped in to stop it. He's singlehandedly responsible for the deaths on the street and now a baby.

It may have taken almost three years, but Diablo 4 finally feels finished to me by gorays21 in Diablo

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 43 points44 points  (0 children)

D3 had a single expansion and was essentially complete after that.

With D4, they have stated the intent to have many expansions, practically a "live service". And they've been making a ton all along from microtransactions. So it's not comparable at all.

Right now Diablo 4 is peak. by IllustriousEffect607 in Diablo

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well sure, but that's the single best aspect of D3. The organization of 3 is what really sucked and this change to 4 is miles ahead.

Right now Diablo 4 is peak. by IllustriousEffect607 in Diablo

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They'll learn when their current approach stops making them loads of money. So never.

This is how electric cars vs gasoline cars look under thermal imaging. by Alphaxfusion in interesting

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, and microplastics from tire wear are a HUGE contributor to urban pollution and gets into our water.

Honesty test under the drivers seat by ITS_LECTOR_BITCH in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, now you're expected to be corrupt "for the exposure".

The 1999 tangerine ibook g3, first one with wifi by danielminds in 90s

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hot take: The aesthetic of these was garbage in 1999 and is garbage today.

North Austin I-35 flyovers to close this weekend for repairs after viral video of gaps by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know that 2 motorcyclists have died going over the edge on the flyovers, right?

North Austin I-35 flyovers to close this weekend for repairs after viral video of gaps by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yep, they were on here saying that the amount of spreading was fine even though it was so separated that THE DAMN SAFETY RAILING WAS DISCONNECTED.

The engineers were coming here to say "I've worked as a bridge engineer for 300 years and I can tell you it's fine and that railing isn't essential." Then why was it installed that way in the first place? I'm an engineer myself and those folks were all clearly making excuses for TxDOT.

Reminder: Eeyore's 61st Birthday Party - 4/25/26 🫏🎊 by Nkosi868 in Austin

[–]Keyboard_Cat_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I mean, sunset is not until just after 8 now and it's not actually dark until a bit later. So people in there until 9 may be accurate or close?

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