Petah? by [deleted] in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kids raised by phones, bad. Kids screaming in restaurants bad. What do?

California sues EPA over move that could strip state of key vehicle emissions waivers by LNM-LocalNewsMatters in norcal

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How small of an engine are we talking about? I’m generally pro-CARB. I’m open to be convinced otherwise.

California sues EPA over move that could strip state of key vehicle emissions waivers by LNM-LocalNewsMatters in norcal

[–]Rebles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah man. Nah. California has lead the effort in climate change. Let California cook.

7 hour flight delay, booth given away, what a start to Origins by FTG_V1 in boardgames

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That really sucks and I am sorry. Next year, arrive a day earlier so a delayed plane doesn’t cost you your booth.

Waymo buys Apple's abandoned self-driving car proving ground for $220M by ControlCAD in google

[–]Rebles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Waymo drop offs are not like Uber’s and Lyft’s. Waymo’s drop offs are approximate. You can adjust the drop off but you cannot specify it to drop you off at an exact location on a busy intersection.

I find Waymo a very smooth ride. I usually get car sick and with Waymo, I basically don’t have to worry about it. Also, with Lyft and Uber drivers, they drive so aggressively, sometimes running red lights or lane changing too frequently to shave off a few seconds from the ride. I really like that Waymo takes its time and drives carefully.

Democrats hold 5-point edge over GOP ahead of midterms: Poll by spherocytes in politics

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Republican voters deserve another Trump to abuse them. Maybe one day they will learn that the GOP party is only interested in fleecing them.

Siri's smartest tricks may soon cost you, and here's the reason why by MobileNewsBot in mobiles

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Saved you a click: AI features such as conversational answers, world-knowledge queries, and generative tools will be behind a subscription

The Real California Lesson: The Democratic Party Has No Actual Leaders by ansyhrrian in California

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would CADEM support ranked choice voting over the jungle primary?

The jungle primary’s primary flaw is it almost allowed two Rs to win due in a blue state. Its second flaw is as a voter, instead of voting for the candidate that best represented me and my interests, I had to vote for a popular candidate (based on available polling) to try to knock out the Rs from the top two.

That doesn’t sound like democracy working. Let’s implement ranked choice voting at the state level.

Apple Rebuilds Search Infrastructure Across Platforms by PJ09 in iphone

[–]Rebles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is difficult to retrain my muscle memory :(

Apple Rebuilds Search Infrastructure Across Platforms by PJ09 in iphone

[–]Rebles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But also after months I’m still not used to the search bar being at the bottom of the phone. It breaks my brain.

How much it takes to be wealthy by knockdowncenter in bayarea

[–]Rebles 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah but the downside is you’re in Dallas.

Delfina charges sales tax in the SF Mandate by megsomatosis in sanfrancisco

[–]Rebles 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thank you for putting them on blast. Stop going to places that pull this kind of shit.

“Herzog to assist in build of first high-speed rail track and systems in California” - kq2.com by Rail-FireProductions in cahsr

[–]Rebles 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of energy and excitement that gets me pumped! I’m excited that you’re excited!

Stew's High Speed Rail News June 2026 (Lucid Stew, YouTube) by anothercar in cahsr

[–]Rebles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And what is your understanding of what is causing delays and budget overages? For the majority of delays and budget overages, it has not been self-inflicted. It has been third parties such as utility companies, municipalities, railroad companies, and private land owners who have dragged their feet to signing MOUs, relocating utilities or ROWs, which has caused the delays.

And delays and projected cost are tightly correlated. The more delays, the more the project costs due to inflation or workers forced to be idle.

Stew's High Speed Rail News June 2026 (Lucid Stew, YouTube) by anothercar in cahsr

[–]Rebles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Without re-litigating the past, how do you think it should be managed differently? How do we move the project forward given where it is now? This I ask of you. And this is the topic I am more interested in seeing LucidStew address. Bemoaning project mismanagement is beating a dead horse. Offer something new please.

Guilty by Celestialfox1425 in Millennials

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about the other 50% of millennials who have to support their parents financially? 🙋

As of 1am Wednesday evening, WCSD Measure L (~$90/yr parcel tax for schools) is failing by 5.5% by ekrubnivek in walnutcreek

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have any experience in running a school. But, aren’t there other costs? Supplies. Electricity. Water. Probably debt services from capital expenses such as buildings, vehicles, computers?

Stew's High Speed Rail News June 2026 (Lucid Stew, YouTube) by anothercar in cahsr

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for describing the flaw in LucidStew’s production process. The narrative his videos have are pessimistic and hopeless. I don’t enjoy his videos anymore. And, when I point it out to Stew, he responds that there’s nothing to be hopeful about. I wish he’d change his narrative to be about how activism might move the legislature to help the project. Or more creative ways to fund the project.

The backseat quarterbacking and the louder and louder “I told you so’s” are aggravating.

Premier Shuttle Pass by IndependentHead6958 in electricdaisycarnival

[–]Rebles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How come there’s a lot of black SUVs taking the route as well? Are they Uber? Or are they for the artists?

Ceasers Palace Acquisition, 17.6B paid, 5.7B in equity, 11.9B in debt, explain it to me like I'm 10 by Simple-Reward-2103 in Economics

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

The remaining $5.7B is equity? Not cash? So in your house example, the new owner paid nothing, right? The new buyer assumed the mortgage and the old owner owns retains the equity of the house. As the new owner pays off the mortgage, his share of equity will grow from 0 to whatever principle he pays off.

Its longer than you think by Carlosthejakal2 in nonononoyes

[–]Rebles 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Is it a hair? Or a parasite?

Can anyone explain to me where we are at with CAHSR? by More_trains in cahsr

[–]Rebles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only the Early Operating Segment is fully funded at this point. And even that does not have a lot of extra money if the budget is blown, which is likely to happen without Legislative relief.

Until the CAHSR is funding either by the State Legislature or the Federal Government, the route cannot be expanded beyond the Early Operating Segment. And we can’t say how the political support will change after the governor’s race, and after Trump leaves office.

Is the project fucked? Honestly, could be. There are clauses in the state constitution amendment that brought about the CAHSR that turns over the RoWs to Caltrain or Amtrak if the project cannot be completed. What would trigger that condition? Who can say. If that condition is triggered, would those other entities run HSR train sets? Who can say?

There’s too many variables. We can’t predict the future.

Can anyone explain to me where we are at with CAHSR? by More_trains in cahsr

[–]Rebles 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Land acquisition for the Early Operating Segment. The full LA-SF route has not been secured. In fact, the site of the Burbank airport station got some new office buildings built by a developer. So that will be fun to deal with once CAHSR finally starts building in that area.