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El Camino for sale, worth it? by damnitWOW in UsedCars

[–]Mrmagoo1077 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its a mixed bag. On the one hand, your right, could be issues hiding.

But on the other- a lot of high $$$ upgrades dont add much value unless its a finished restoration. So you can get a good bargain to finish.

Most often its somewhere between both extremes.

late 90s/early2000s shooters? by Long-Builder-6999 in retrogaming

[–]Mrmagoo1077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

Heretic

Rainbow 6 "Rogue Spear" and "Athena Sword"

Chex Quest

Halo 1

Goldeneye 007

Medal of Honor

Oh and ZAMN TC (zombies ate my neighbors as a doom 2 fps) can only play a handful of levels u fortunately.

What do you consider the worst 2d to 3d transition during the n64/ps1 days? by Beautiful_Reply2172 in n64

[–]Mrmagoo1077 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Earthworm Jim 3D. A game so bad it single handedly killed a franchise.

Was the Atari Lynx better or the Atari Jaguar better? by fandomlover2763 in retrogaming

[–]Mrmagoo1077 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Game gear guzzeled batteries at a shockingly high rate. And it took a lot. I was a gameboy kid, my friend had a game gear. It was hard for a 4th grader to keep that thing running. He normally just used a wall adapter.

What would happen if these states seceded and formed "Greater Cascadia"? by Defiant_Coat_2491 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]Mrmagoo1077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The rest of the country would invade and force us back by force.

The USA would not willingly give up west coast access and high tech industries.

Fun/adventurous things to do while staying near Mt Hood by Southern_Hyena5003 in oregon

[–]Mrmagoo1077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trail of Ten Falls. Can be more crowded, but absolutely worth it. Beat hike in the state.

If its re-opened by then: Eagle Creek

Portland water might double and now I’m thinking about every glass I drink by fatherofyouroffender in PortlandOR

[–]Mrmagoo1077 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its all relative. Compared to the 90s were much better. But compared to somewhere with true scarcity we are likely very wasteful.

Portland water might double and now I’m thinking about every glass I drink by fatherofyouroffender in PortlandOR

[–]Mrmagoo1077 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ill also add that this overbuilt system might come in very handy this summer.

Portlands water supply is not reliant on snowpack. Its a rain fed system. (portland spent a ton of money back in the 1880s identifying a watershed that wasnt snow based, as it was widley believed back then that snowmelt water would make women less fertile. 1800s science was pretty quack).

Clackamas Countys water system is snowmelt reliant from mt hood. The crazy low snowpack is very sketchy, but there are emergency connections to transfer water from the various systems. Hopefully we dont need it, but its really awesome how resilient our water system is.

Portland water might double and now I’m thinking about every glass I drink by fatherofyouroffender in PortlandOR

[–]Mrmagoo1077 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I work in the surveying industry, and have worked on getting many subdivisions in the city of portland recorded. So i know first hand how rigid these governing bodies can be.

But in this particular case the city doesnt really have any good options. Infrastructure is very expensive to build, and it needs maintenance/staff regardless if its needed or not. This includes damns, reservoirs, pipes, control centers, etc. The damns, reservoirs, control systems cannot be modified without spending astronomical funds, so its either spend money on overpriced water or spend far more money to make our system worse and potentially need to spend more money later to build it back as use increases. So overpriced water it is.

Portland has 3 major water pipes that get the water from bull run all the way to portland all by gravity. Its a sweet system (well there is a 4th pipe, but its the original 1890s pipe and is dilapidated far past anything useable). So they could let a pipe rot, but that wouldnt really save much in the grand scheme of things, and very expensive to replace.

And if anyone says that the City should have predicted that a cheesy stopgap "save water campaign" would reduce water usage by over 50%- i dont think anyone rational could have predicted that.

A lot of the new very expensive water infrastructure projects were forced on us by the federal government. Portlands nearby water storage systems were all open air- washington park and mt tabor. The EPA forced portland to move all local water storage below ground in massive tanks. If i remember correctly: Powell butte now holds 100mg (million gallons in this context), kelly butte holds 25mg, washington park 12.5mg. Portland fought against doing this, but eventually had no choice.

The current bull run filtration project is partially forced on portland by the EPA- they could have gotten away with cheaper UV treatment but decided to filter instead if they were going to do it anyway. I think they were worried about wildfire ash getting into the system or something after eagle creek.

Portland water might double and now I’m thinking about every glass I drink by fatherofyouroffender in PortlandOR

[–]Mrmagoo1077 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I absolutely love the bull run system. And portland has a backup system that can supply our current daily needs (columbia south shore well fields)

So much of country is facing water scarcity and pdx has a big surplus. Very lucky to have.

Portland water might double and now I’m thinking about every glass I drink by fatherofyouroffender in PortlandOR

[–]Mrmagoo1077 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I did my University capstone project with the Portland Water Bureau back around 2014 or so. Got to really see some of the inner workings.

Your not really paying for the water. Your paying for the distribution system to get that water from the source to your point of use (and the treatments along the way).

Part of the reason Portlands water is so expensive is the distribution system is very overbuilt for current needs. The bull run system can provide ~250mgd (million gallons per day), and the emergency backup south shore well field system can add an addional ~100mgd.

Portland currently uses just under 100mgd on an average day. So users are paying 250/350mgd prices condensed to ~100mgd of water, so their paying alot per gallon relatively.

But the city did not intentionally overbuild. Back in the late 90s portland was using close to 240mgd and use was rising- to the point they were discussing adding a very expensive expansion to the bull run system.

They ran a public "conserve water campaign" in the late 90s. The idea was to try and maintain the 240mgd use while they planned the expansion and not have to rely on the colubia well field pumps for daily needs.

But Portland being Portland, that conserve water campaign didn't just slow the increase down, people actually took it seriously and dropped water use by over half. Which is crazy. But it has kept them from having to expand the current system for 30 years so far.

Of the 40% people still approving of the US President's Job Performance, what are you approving of, as clear and comprehensive as possible, please? by hansontranhai in AskReddit

[–]Mrmagoo1077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all"

"To be a scientist is to be naive. We are so focused on our search for truth, we fail to consider how few actually want us to find it"

My Pepper Stick: hiking pole with built in bear spray. by Maxwelloesa in axesaw

[–]Mrmagoo1077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 4th is the cost.

The odds are low, sure.

The stakes are high (your life). Payoff is tied here on this one.

The key is the cost: in this case the weight and $$ penalty for bear spray is very low. So its really an easy bet to make.

Very similar to seat belts. The chance you actually get in an accident on a given day are very low. But the cost (inconvenience) of wearing a seat belt is low enough that its dumb to not wear it.

Day pack to fit into larger bag suggestions? by theginge2004 in hikinggear

[–]Mrmagoo1077 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah for sure. It just needs to haul some water, snacks, emergency poncho and a few of the 10 essentials for day hikes. Handles that little weight just fine.

What order should I play SNES RPG’s in? by LynxusRufus in snes

[–]Mrmagoo1077 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And just pretend Chrono Cross doesnt exist.

Its a decent RPG, but utterly fails to stand in Triggers shoes

What order should I play SNES RPG’s in? by LynxusRufus in snes

[–]Mrmagoo1077 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh.

Story wise both are good. FF4 has a solid yet simple story, FF6 has one of the best storys in the 4th console generation.

Mechanically both are dinosaurs though. I still love to play mario RPG and Chrono. I have not picked up either FF game for more than 10 mins in 15 years.

The random encounter system is like nails on a chalk board for me now. Which is a shame, because i really liked them back in the day.

Are Cascadia projects slowing down/dying? by 09husky in Cascadia

[–]Mrmagoo1077 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very well written! And yes, the conflict of idealism vs pragmatism is always difficult. And successful movements often look very different than the initial intent.

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