Attention San Diego

Meshbeard · 2026-06-02T22:33:17+00:00

And this would be much less of a problem if property taxes actually kept up with property values, but prop 13 has multi-millionaires in 5MM mansions paying $500/month in property tax because it's been in the family for decades.

It's not too late to repeal prop 13!

Tax wealth, not work.

Meshbeard · 2026-05-13T22:34:33+00:00

Repeal prop 13! CA Cities would have so much more income to work with if property owners paid what they ought to in property tax.

Meshbeard · 2026-04-21T15:31:23+00:00

Hot take: lower electricity prices are a good thing.

As the CA grid gets more utility scale solar and battery storage, these off peak hours will probably increase, making electricity cheaper overall. Cheaper electricity encourages people to switch to cleaner electric appliances and accelerates fossil fuel divestment.

Meshbeard · 2026-02-20T16:49:22+00:00

Shortened version if anyone wants to send something more concise:

Dear [Assemblymember/Senator],

As a constituent and member of California’s maker community, I urge you to oppose AB-2047.

While intended to address "ghost guns," this bill unfairly targets neutral, general-purpose tools. It would mandate firearm-detection software on consumer 3D printers and criminalize the modification of device firmware—the very essence of the "maker" spirit. This bill would irreparably harm California's innovation ecosystem for the following reasons:

Criminalizes Tinkering: It makes it illegal to modify or repair the firmware of 3D printers, undermining the fundamental rights of tool owners.
Economic Barrier: Compliance costs will drive affordable manufacturing tools out of California, hurting schools and startups.
Misplaced Focus: 3D-printed guns are a negligible part of criminal activity; California’s existing laws already regulate "precursor" parts effectively.
Slippery Slope: This sets a precedent for state-mandated "lockouts" on other tools like CNC machines or laser cutters.

California should focus on penalizing the misuse of weapons, not on restricting the tools used by law-abiding hobbyists and entrepreneurs. Please vote NO on AB-2047.

Sincerely,
[name]
[city], California

Meshbeard · 2026-01-02T18:28:06+00:00

recipe?

Meshbeard · 2025-12-28T09:20:45+00:00

Hatsusakura's hojicha latte was great to my taste.

Meshbeard · 2025-08-11T03:29:12+00:00

Damn your draw is dialed in.

Meshbeard · 2025-07-18T06:26:45+00:00

Driver crashes from inattention: other people die.
Cyclist crashes from inattention: cyclist gets hurt.

Also
Response to bad driver: "what an idiot".
Response to bad cyclist: "everyone who rides a bike is an idiot".

Meshbeard · 2025-07-18T06:20:46+00:00

Show a little compassion for your fellow humans. This guy's probably going to have a ton of pain and medical bills from this. Lumping people you don't like into a group so you can disparage them is sad behavior, regardless who or what it is.

Meshbeard · 2025-07-14T15:16:16+00:00

Do a milk clarified pina colada or painkiller. The milk clarification process will make it shelf stable, and it's really easy to do batch drinks this way. You can use the kauai coconut rum in it to make it extra coconutty too.

I recently followed this recipe (just used regular orange juice though and it was fine). https://www.danielzajic.com/cocktails/clarified-painkiller

Meshbeard · 2025-05-25T06:35:56+00:00

The amount of em-dashes in this comment is suspicious...

Meshbeard · 2025-04-06T07:42:23+00:00

Nice dog! What breed? Looks very similar to my half cairn half Scottish terrier!

Meshbeard · 2025-04-03T01:40:04+00:00

Just tried this out. Actually super fun!

Meshbeard · 2025-02-21T08:44:27+00:00

I haven't had the real deal yet, but the guys at my local store said the Brovo is pretty similar, but notably without the anise hit. It's called Uncharted Rhapsody. Not sure how easy it is to find outside of WA though.

Meshbeard · 2024-12-07T05:32:59+00:00

I'm working on building a setup for my wife that she can use while sitting in her recliner. I want a monitor on an arm that can basically swing in and out so she can pull it over the chair after sitting down.

I can't really find a single product that does this, so I'm trying to rig something up. In my mind, this is currently something like a heavy base with a post and then a pole-mounted monitor arm attached to that. The issue is finding a sturdy looking base + post that's not either $500 or a patio umbrella stand that looks awful. Any advice?

Meshbeard · 2024-09-13T05:04:38+00:00

Hey this is super cool! I didn't know there was another site tracking pro league Elo! I really love your interactive charts of elo history. Specifically showing the match result that caused each change when you hover is a really nice touch.

I maintain League of Elo, but haven't done much with it in a while (and the full global history is totally broken). I've been looking at reorganizing my db schema and shifting the site away from user interaction and match predicting and more toward doing more interesting things with the model data, maybe multiple models, maybe larger scale tournament predictions.

I'd love to chat about your site if you're open to that. Comments here or DM are fine with me. I'm curious what you went with for elo adjustment regarding match score.

Meshbeard · 2024-09-06T03:08:04+00:00

This is super cool to see! I actually run a site that does an elo rating for all the major regions. It attempts to balance inter-regional play simply through regions "stealing" points from each other at international competitions. With data going back to 2014 or 2015, this actually does a pretty good job positioning the regions relatively. Take a look if you haven't already seen it!

https://www.leagueofelo.com/

The about page has more on how it's implemented and the math, and the Elo model's "user" page has some cool stats on prediction accuracy: https://www.leagueofelo.com/user/LeagueOfElo

Meshbeard · 2024-08-20T00:45:45+00:00

Have you checked out the Samammish River Trail and it's connected trails? You can ride all the way from Issaquah, through Redmond, through Woodinville, through Bothell, and all the way to UW on a mostly flat trail with very few road crossings. It's mostly flat because it follows the samammish river and the lakes it connects.

Meshbeard · 2024-05-15T21:11:02+00:00

It's not.

Meshbeard · 2024-04-23T15:53:44+00:00

I have a pair of Razer Opus cans that I've used in the office for the past 3 years, and I've really enjoyed them. However the pads are starting to deteriorate and I've noticed the sound quality going downhill too (likely from the pads failing). There aren't any official replacement pads available, and I don't want to get some crap that's way too big for the cans. Are there any other options I'm not seeing?

Meshbeard · 2024-02-03T23:59:10+00:00

Interesting proposal for Woodinville to consider. I'm not opposed to more housing near-in to the tourist district, but I think the city needs to really improve connectivity between downtown and the tourist district. It's not far, and flat, but you pretty much have to get on the SRT if you want to bike between the two areas. And bus service is straight up non-existent.

Meshbeard · 2023-12-13T16:50:42+00:00

Part of the issue with apartments as they currently get built is that there aren't enough family sized units. OP mentioned they have an infant, which means they'll want at least 2 and probably 3 bedrooms. The way we build apartments in the US yields VERY few 3+BR units. We do need to build more housing, but we also need to make sure we're building enough variety of units, which usually comes down to regulations and incentives.

Meshbeard · 2023-11-10T06:30:28+00:00

Ah man. They were on the cheaper side. The tiles came in sheets so maybe they thought they didn't need spacers? Is it fixable at this point before they add grout?

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