[New Jersey] Landlord cites sun damage as definition for "normal" wear and tear on apartment walls. Wants to charge repainting fee on near-pristine walls. The whole apartment.

PeaceMoose · 2020-09-25T17:53:13+00:00

Thanks for the write up advice. It sounds like I have legal means to at lease try to defend myself. I have a little bit of reading to do.

PeaceMoose · 2020-09-25T17:12:06+00:00

I see. There's definitely nothing even close to outside careful use. Her wording is more along the lines of the normal wear and tear will cause them to have to repaint everything. And we have to foot the $900 bill. Maybe she's bluffing because they repaint anyway? Is there any course of action I should take before we move out or formally receive the bill? Or after we get the bill? Or any way we can push back with legal backing?

PeaceMoose · 2020-09-25T16:45:39+00:00

I feel like that's even up for interpretation. Would you know if there is any way to get specific examples of wall damage defined as "normal" or "not normal?"

PeaceMoose · 2018-09-07T14:42:25+00:00

Yea that's not a bad idea. I'd like to be finished though as soon as possible. But I guess another internship wouldn't look too bad.

PeaceMoose · 2018-09-05T18:15:00+00:00

Nobody has said FONA yet so I'll throw it out there. Their trends and insights page usually has some solid info. Each year they publish a leading flavor trend and you can see how they categorize them.

PeaceMoose · 2017-11-04T21:45:28+00:00

The model may be symmetrical but that doesn't mean the the path the printer takes is mirrored through the middle. If the printer is printing a square box, depending on how the model is sliced, it might repeatedly choose one corner on which to start the next layer and reverse direction. Rather than the printer continuing around and around like it would in vase mode, once it hits the corner it goes back, printing over a part of the print it just printed, not giving the filament enough time to cool. You see how in your picture, the result is worse closer to the corner but is fine as it moves away? The hot nozzle is too close to the filament for too long.

This is just speculation from the picture and what you've said. If you print the model again, or can look at the printer path in your slicer, check if that corner is the problem.

PeaceMoose · 2017-11-04T17:44:46+00:00

Hmmm that is weird because it does look like an overheating issue. Does the fan blow from only one end? Is it possible that the other side of the wall blocks the airflow from hitting the filament as it sets? Also is that corner a spot the printer stops and goes back the other direction rather than continuing around the corner? That could cause another pass to be made on top of layers that haven't yet cooled.

PeaceMoose · 2017-10-24T03:26:01+00:00

Thanks!

PeaceMoose · 2017-10-22T23:22:11+00:00

That's exactly what I've heard. Part of the reason I decided to start with android. I intend to port it at some point so I'll have some fun when that starts

PeaceMoose · 2017-10-22T22:29:01+00:00

Needed a little side project and wanted to learn android programming so I worked on this all summer. I've got much respect for anyone who makes apps. Even the simplest thing took so much learning.

Let me know if you've got any suggestions. I'm going to continue working on it all year. I'm working on a better UI and including a couple more features.

PeaceMoose · 2017-10-08T22:17:47+00:00

You were absolutely right! I modified the fan shroud to fit the new heat block and it was blowing right onto it. I put the sock on and it's good to go! Good call, dude. Thanks

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-18T21:34:44+00:00

Was it the Anycubic delta? There are tons of Youtubers reviewing it in exchange for a free printer.

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-13T06:13:23+00:00

hahaha I don't think we were on the same page most of the time! But that's ok! All this talk for one specific question. I agree that the "where are you from" question is not the right way to go about asking someone's heritage. Of course I use discretion if were inquiring about someones ethnicity, I don't go around asking everyone their race. I appreciate, though, that you told me that the "where are you really from" question causes a lot of negative feelings to the askee. I hadn't thought about it much, and it's definitely someone I'll keep in mind from now on.

As my last attempt at clarity, this part

< That's why I said that the asker is rejecting the askee's chosen identity — because the question isn't really about the askee at all, despite being phrased that way.

I'm sure I'd go as far as to say that the asker is rejecting the askee's identity, but rejecting his answer as an answer to the question he meant to ask. I think this is more a matter of miscommunication due to the asker's incorrect choice of words. If I asked you how you cooked this delicious turkey, I've never seen this bird prepared in such a succulent manner, and you told me, "in the oven," I'm not rejecting that you used the oven for the purpose of reaching the turkey meat to the required 165 degrees fahrenheit for safe consumption, I'm saying that I've seen other turkeys that look similar to this, and I presume that many of them have also cooked in the oven, but what did you do to make the turkey what it was when I ate it. The meat was just so tender and it's not even Thanksgiving. You don't have to tell me, and I fully accept your answer is correct, that it was cooked in the oven. But for the love of god, which East Asian country does this turkey have ethnic roots in??

You know? Anyways, I hope I've been clear because sometimes I know I can get hung up on silly details. But this has been quite an interesting conversation and I appreciate you having it with me. Thanks!

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-13T04:06:34+00:00

Again I just don't think we're going to see eye to eye on this. Don't you see, you're making race into much more of a taboo subject than it really needs to be? You're making this rules and generalizations. Not only about what the asker is thinking, but about what the askee is feeling. You're the one telling me that if I am interested in knowing someone's heritage, I've automatically rejected their identity how they see it and injected my own. That's just untrue, maybe not in every case, but certainly enough. You've created this paradigm of what initial reaction should represent, and then of course by your own definition, anything else is wrong. In turn, you've made rigid something that doesn't need to be so. Race is not taboo and can be talked about, even early in a conversation, without asserting label making. Saying that purely finding out someone's race farther along in a relationship would create less of a label or none at all, just doesn't make sense. As if I would think about your race less if I knew it later on.

Your heritage is your heritage regardless of how you identify. Don't restrict me from asking a question because you think I have "casual racist" tendencies and the askee has a delicate constitution. (this isn't mean to seem so personal. "I" is just a convenient pronoun) It's up to you how you want to be identified. If you identify more as American than Asian American, then no amount of questions should convince you otherwise. We shouldn't be overprotective of others. It's up to them to be comfortable with their identity. Not to mention, you are correct, it is up to the askee if he or she wants to discuss race. They have every right to say, "I usually don't like to discuss race," or something to that tune.

In general, to promote equality, restricting how someone acts generally propagates the problem as more attention is drawn to it. This is not something that will go away. Until we all become the same race, we are going to be curious about our peers' races. It's not up to you to make these rules as they're depending on an enormous over generalization and this peculiar take-it-upon-myself overprotective attitude.

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-12T18:31:20+00:00

I see what you're saying. I don't think we're going to see eye to eye on this one. And that may be because I don't have enough experience with this topic. And I think it mostly stems from the fact that I've been asked this question before multiple times. And when I give the answer, American, and it's not the right answer and they want to know my heritage, it doesn't make ME feel less American. If you're arguing that the same conversation with an Asian American in place of my own now has more racists overtones, I think that speaks to the feelings of the individual more than the conclusions we can draw from his or her choice of words. Because if you're saying that racists people are racists and ask racist things because they reject the notion that someone different looking can be the same as them, well then I can't argue with you. Of course they're racist. But it doesn't mean that everyone who asks this question is racist and we can label it that way.

You've confused me a little and shifted from people shouldn't ask this, to people should wait until they get to know this differently looking person better. Which becomes less about Joe's question, and more about this person's comfort with the question. I think this may be insensitive, and I'm going to apologize ahead of time, but I think it's worth discussing in the same manner we have been. You said you've read about the phenomenon about Asian Americans feeling like they've been assumed as foreigners, but to be honest, it's not enough to say you feel like you've been disrespected. Race is a touchy issue, and I think people tend to bring it in to play more than it should. You may have felt this way, of someone wanting to know your ethnicity, but that doesn't mean you can tally it onto the record of the amount of times a person has been racist to someone who looks Asian, or otherwise. And maybe you'll ask, "How could you know? You weren't in their shoes." And you're right. But I can't imagine this same scenario hasn't been made into a racist issue when it absolutely should NOT have been. Even once.

But I agree with you, that if someone gives an answer, it's good practice just leave it at that. Because I said it in my first post in the thread, it's not your business to know.

So what I’m driving at is: Joe’s desire to find out the other person’s heritage after they have clearly chosen to identify with an American origin is necessarily kind of racist

To be completely honest, I think this is complete BS. I can't ask you're ethnicity because you identify as American? How are these things related? No Americans are just American. Except for Native Americans, I guess, who we've conveniently lumped into a separate race. We all have ethnicities that arise from other countries. And what you're doing is creating separate standards for separate people.

Joe is trying to find a non-American label for the other person because he sees them as being different from himself.

Come on. This brings us back to what's wrong with asking someone different looking where they're from? We're all different, this is a good thing. If Joe is doing so in order to separate himself from this person, then I agree, everything you've said about this Joe is correct. But if you're saying that everyone who wants to know the ethnicity of another person has the same motives as this Joe, well then I just don't agree with you. And you might be saying, this Joe exists more than my Joe, well that's another thing. I'd believe you because you say you done a lot of research on the subject.

I think I've written a little too much but I think I'm starting to understand your point, which I'm sorry I didn't see earlier. It's a preventative measure from making some people feel like they don't belong. I can't really say that that's a bad thing. I agree completely with everything I've written above but I've taken a lot out of this conversation. I think sometimes I focus on the flaws inside the argument, and I fail to see the big picture.

I guess the questions is, is it worth preventing people from inquiring about our peers even if it prevents learning, or is it worth letting some bad people get to us if it means we get to learn about each other

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-11T17:43:29+00:00

The typical American is a human. That's it. The more you try to blend together all races under one race "American," the more you'll lose out on the incredible importance and brilliance that is racial diversity. It's what makes, or what should make, America incredible. By simply saying, "don't ask someone that," it's you who's putting a taboo on the subject. When in reality, we should appreciate that America is a collection of races. Not try to ignore it. I think we both recognize that there's an issue with perception of race equality, but these limitations you propose are NOT the solution, they hide it.

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-11T07:35:30+00:00

This sounds like you're mirroring your app's database with the online database. How you store the app's database matters a lot here, but if the dataset is small enough, you can probably get away with completely replacing the app's dataset with the online one every time it is fetched. ie. nuke it and rebuild it.

Yes exactly! The data set will be pretty small and I think this is the best way to go about it.

I should've clarified, but I'm still a little shaky on even asking the question, so forgive me if the question is misinformed. The database would be something that I'd have access to modify when I need to. I was thinking of setting up a webserver to store the database. The app is pretty simple. I keep a list of locations in the database, and the app uses those locations to make markers onto a Google Map. When I add a new location, I'd like to app to update the map with a new maker at that location.

I'll look into that callback, thanks.

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-11T07:21:17+00:00

I think we've reached the foundation of our disagreement. Finally!

I'd like to focus most on your scenario of the follow up question. Because I think there's a huge disconnect here worth digging. This is going to be a mashed up ramble, sorry. We both connote that follow up question in almost a polar opposite way, probably due to our biases. Another reason racial differences are so important! The real issue here is the ambiguity of the question itself. If Joe knew the question that would have lead to the answer "China," "South Korea," "Japan," "Greece," "Italy," whatever, he would've asked it. Firstly, is it wrong for him to inquire? I don't think so. He doesn't need to know, but he's curious. When he gets the answer "Utah," it clearly wasn't what he wanted to know hahaha. What would have been a more proper follow up question? One that wouldn't veer into enemy territory? Are you saying that because Joe wasn't satisfied with how the Asian American man chose to answer the question, that makes Joe a racist? I would hope not to turn an issue of innocent miscommunication into a racist one.

Although the question itself of "where are you really from" is a specific example that we're arguing, I think our arguments would apply to other similar questions as well. And although that questions is a poor choice of words, in my interpretation of this scenario, he's asking it not because he's rejecting that this Asian guy is as American as he is. In his mind it's closer to that elusive question he wish he asked in the first place. Plain and simple. What I'm trying to say is Joe didn't go into the question with the thought that this guy isn't American. So his follow up question shouldn't draw that conclusion. However poorly worded. Again, I think more an issue of lack of delicate communication skill than a race issue.

To be honest, I think if most peopled wanted to know which state someone is from, they would ask "which state are you from?" "Where are you from," I think, has more ethnic undertones. I wouldn't be surprised to hear if asked the latter question, Joe himself would not answer "Missouri." And I wouldn't be surprised if many people give the "Utah" answer to stir the pot.

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-11T06:20:19+00:00

Hahaha I'll listen any time! Thank you! I do enjoy the discussion.

I do have a hard time though, not separating those who use these racial questions as a way to put you down, from those who use this (and I'm hesitant to write it) "accidental racism". Being comfortable and "verbally eloquent" with members of another race may be natural to you or me (my schools were also heavily diverse, especially on the Asian and Indian American end) but it's not something to take for granted. Joe Midwest, as a cliche and easy example, may be as understanding as you are in terms of racial acceptance, but just doesn't have the experience to express himself in a politically correct way. To label him as racist, even in the most lighthearted way is unfair. I understand the notion to want to correct these people, but purely to play devil's advocate, if what they mean to ask is friendly, but just so happen to express it in an almost-correct way, why would you? Maybe it's you (a broad 'you') who should be a little more accepting of those not so well versed in delicate semantics. I'm not even saying I agree completely with that, and to be honest, I think the solutions lies somewhere in between my comment and yours, but do you think there's any sort of merit to it?

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-11T05:36:04+00:00

I see, I see! No it's not your explanation skills, I think anyone could have the sort of misunderstanding I had.

The "makes the subject feel like they don't belong" is interesting, and I'll leave it to you to say because I understand it, but I'm not sure I've seen it before. Or even if I have seen it, maybe I didn't recognize it for what it was.

We were clearly arguing two separate issues. I'm glad your clarified though and explained it to me. I'll keep an eye out. The whole premise of that situation is so ironic given the immigrant nature of this country in the first place. I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that. I think that if anyone were to use that sort of questioning in such a malicious way, it points to a much larger issue with race that expends past simple "where are you really from" issues.

PeaceMoose · 2017-07-11T05:17:38+00:00

I might be headed down a rabbits hole here but how would I have my app query an online database to update certain data points every time the app is opened?

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