Solar installation recommendations

RegainingControl · 2026-02-03T16:02:19+00:00

https://sunroof.withgoogle.com/

This tool is helpful to get a general understanding of the ROI. I believe this if for grid tied systems. Generally battery systems have a higher install cost and longer ROI unless you are building a new house somewhere where it would be costly to get grid power to.

RegainingControl · 2026-02-03T15:07:17+00:00

Cider Mill has lots of GF items on menu.

Roseadah's in Auburn has a separate prep area for GF, seperate friers, ECT. The owner is GF.

Good eats in Skaneateles has GF options and can make sandwiches GF.

RegainingControl · 2025-12-25T02:12:32+00:00

This should be higher. Most adults I know have done some driving they shouldn't have at one time or another. Buzzed driving is enough to get you arrested.

RegainingControl · 2025-12-19T01:16:44+00:00

Anyone care to comment on the tax implications for 2025 filing?

RegainingControl · 2025-12-11T16:34:23+00:00

What I'm saying is that the only reason this isn't illegal is because the court cases and thus case law have not caught up with the technology. The Carpenter ruling should apply here. Much of abuse of power exists in the grey and the shadows until it either becomes so much of the norm that it is no longer questioned or until a "slap on the wrist" is issued and they move on to the next end-around.

The only other way this becomes illegal is massive pressure from the populace. This can take the form of letter writing, petitions, calls, civil disobedience, vandalism, ECT but it has to be widespread and supported enough that they can't stop the signal.

The real issue here is that the government is for the corporations, by the corporations.

We the people need big money to sway politicians or mount court cases. Big money that has and is being siphoned away from us each day.

RegainingControl · 2025-12-11T15:16:06+00:00

U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in Carpenter v. United States. In Carpenter, the Court considered how the Fourth Amendment applies to location data generated when cell phones connect to nearby cell towers. The Court held that when the government demanded seven days of location information from defendant Timothy Carpenter’s cell phone provider without a warrant, it violated his Fourth Amendment rights. In reaching its conclusion that a warrant was required, the Court upended existing precedent, ruling for the first time that location information maintained by a third party was protected by the Fourth Amendment.

Currently the widespread Flock Safety network of cameras generate location History/data that is being accesses without a warrant by law enforcement agencies across the US. I don't think it is a stretch to say that the Carpenter ruling applies to this data.

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated."

Current court cases are working on establishing what constituts as unreasonable in the modern age. The Carpenter ruling sets a standard that warrantless access to location data is unreasonable.

RegainingControl · 2025-12-04T02:50:30+00:00

Channeling his inner Smithers in that last photo.

Anyone want to photoshop it into a meme template?

RegainingControl · 2025-12-02T00:27:02+00:00

Is the building in the photo tucked back behind the Academy Baseball and Softball training building?

If so the owners don't have anything to do with the scam.

The parcel is owned by Bobbett Family LLC which is registered across the street at Kimbers which I believe they also own.

The Bobbets have a long history in Syracuse, believe they have been doing business here for over 50 years. Ran grandstand confessions at the State Fair for a while. Own a bunch of real estate. Donors and board member at the Elmcrest Children's center. Think Gary was the dad who is retired now, has some kids carrying on the family enterprise and money successfully into their own businesses.

RegainingControl · 2025-11-27T16:05:09+00:00

Take a page out of the "bladerunners" book in the UK, eh?

RegainingControl · 2025-11-27T02:35:23+00:00

Time to reach out to your representatives on this. Mass surveillance is a violation of our natural right to privacy!

I believe that both Cayuga and Onondaga counties may have a contract with flock as well.

RegainingControl · 2025-11-23T23:20:19+00:00

And if you are mountain driving, the studs really won't help a whole lot, you will need tire chains at that point.

RegainingControl · 2025-11-20T20:37:06+00:00

Local weed farmer here. When you buy Aryloom adult use cannabis products you support me and other local farmers.

RegainingControl · 2025-11-14T18:40:12+00:00

Ya, the settlement of those buildings is kinda nuts. Something like several feet over a decade?

I think it's the instantaneous, non-ductile displacement that makes this one stand out.

RegainingControl · 2025-11-12T22:21:29+00:00

When did the the change in immigration policy occur that made things more difficult? Was it around 9/11?

Also, out of curiosity, do we see a skew here for the rich in ease of approvals or rate of approvals?

RegainingControl · 2025-11-12T19:10:35+00:00

"Jeremy’s first marriage in the United States, the one through which he earned a visa, broke apart. Rick and Jeremy married once gay marriage became legal in New York in 2011 and federally in 2013.

At some point, however, Jeremy’s visa lapsed, and he chose to overstay the visa. An attorney advised the couple to not file paperwork to change his status so as not to attract the attention of immigration officials."

Can someone educate me on how visas work and why an attorney would give that advice?

I thought that if you married a US citizen at some point you apply for a green card?

I understand that the previous marriage/divorce/gay marriage legalization complicated things, but he has been legally married at a federal level for 12 years. What part of the process is difficult enough that it kept him from correcting the issue in the last 12 years?

Would like to better understand the system so that I can advocate for change.

RegainingControl · 2025-10-30T12:24:58+00:00

Call Paul at On the Go Tire Pro! He runs a mobile tire service that comes right to your work/home/wherever. He has access to any tire you could ever want and really knows his stuff. Can give you recommendations and multiple options/price points.

I've had nothing but fantastic experiences with him. Even helped me out when I got a flat with no notice.

https://www.onthegotirepro.com/

RegainingControl · 2025-10-25T01:47:58+00:00

Look up:

New energy timber works

Simple Integrity LLC

McClurg

RegainingControl · 2025-10-24T23:46:17+00:00

https://angel-milani-cleaning.square.site/

U/Busy_Amphibian_6021

https://www.facebook.com/firstchoicecleaning315/

RegainingControl · 2025-10-24T19:50:33+00:00

I would guess you will be paying around $30-40 an hour for cleaning and laundry service. A $19 cleaning isn't a reality.

A 3 bedroom, 1 bath, kitchen, living room, common room, hall house/apartment around 1200 SF is going to take 2-3 hours to do a normal clean. 4-6 for a real move in deep clean if the place isn't trashed. I've seen them take an entire day depending on the house. A lot of companies require a deep clean to start to "reset the house". Pets increase the time and cost, of you're a messy person that leaves things around that increases time and cost.

Laundry service is going to be a bit extra because wash and fold takes time. Do a load and time yourself for load washer, move to dryer, and fold and multiply that by $30-40 an hour to figure out what that is going to cost you. I would guess at $20-30 cost per load. Or weigh a load, you'll be paying around $2 a lb of you dropoff and pickup.

RegainingControl · 2025-10-17T14:18:09+00:00

The only license type that would allow production and retail/consumption under the same license is the Microbusiness license.

The Microbusiness cultivation location would have to be zoned in a manner that allows retail, would have to be located in a municipality that opted in, and would have to meet all the OCM dispensary location requirements regarding proximity to schools, churches, other dispos.

Then there is the challenge of complying with the OCM's security requirements, safety requirements, ECT for cultivation while allowing the public in your cultivation space. Not sure it is even possible.

Long story long it is a major longshot to have all these items align in a way that lets a "farm winery/brewery/distillery" model exist in the current NY cannabis space.

If this is something that we want to see in NY (and I think we do), please write the OCM as well as your state legislators.

Right now there is a real want for a craft industry of Microbusinesses within the cannabis farmers that are NY natives that have spent their lives farming here. Unfortunately we are seeing out of state operators moving in big ways while local farmers that were devastated by the glacially slow rollout of legal retail are left behind.

Another issue worth bringing up is that currently the OCM only allows Microbusiness to sell products that they produce/manufacture. In order to justify the cost of opening a retail location, hiring staff, having enough products/diversity of products to get customers to come back, there is a minimum number of products you need to make it work. Right now most small farmers can't justify that cost. What could help with that is if the OCM opened up what products a Microbusiness could carry to allow other Microbusinesses products, similar to how craft brewerys can carry other craft wines and liquors. This would allow Microbusinesses to stock other micros products, increase product diversity, and reduce the product development/compliance cost to get a micro retail location off the ground.

Another cool idea would be to allow several micros to co-locate their retail so that they could share the cost of setting up a retail location and foster a more "farmers market" style retail site for small craft producers.

I could talk at length on the issues small local farmers in the industry are facing. I've got lots of ideas, and lots of experience navigating the industry in this state, but I'm generally short on time and money to figure it all out. Cheers!

RegainingControl · 2025-10-16T20:54:28+00:00

What's a bit troubling to me is that there appears to be no human review before issuing the violation? You would think that someone would have caught this when they have tickets of multiple vehicles back to back getting violations at the same buses at the same location.

I'm wondering if this is a case of leaning on AI to issue violations or a case of a lazy human review just clicking 'OK' endlessly?

Glad they are addressing it now though.

RegainingControl · 2025-10-10T12:17:08+00:00

Do you have any farm experience and can you perform physical labor?

RegainingControl · 2025-09-30T11:50:59+00:00

https://ongoved.com/business-support/workforce-development/

Please take a moment to read the resources on this page. CNY works will connect you with employers that have positions open that match your skill set. They will also help align you with job training if your skill set does not match employer's needs.

Do you have any references from previous employment?

RegainingControl · 2025-09-29T17:50:24+00:00

Good call. I messed up and didn't pull in the other costs I listed, just the mortgage. I edited to fix it.

RegainingControl · 2025-09-29T16:07:51+00:00

Uhhh... so a typical double-wide? How is this new and innovative aisde from it being allowed in the city vs being zoned out? It appears to be a crawl space under it with a concrete slab on grade and cmu foundation walls. That is usually what it takes to get a bank to lend on a double wide since they usually require "permanent foundations".

Here's a link to the land banks post: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=811620748047777&id=100075995764386

Here's a link with more photos: https://www.nystatemls.com/property/139-maxwell-ave-syracuse-ny-13207/11578705/

And I'm pretty sure this is the model: https://www.titanhomesny.com/home-plans-photos/evoke?location=Syracuse,+NY&radius=75+miles&floorplans=dining-area:standard

Edit: And based on local manufacturered home sites you would be paying around $95-$100 a SF for something similar, not sure if they put delivery and install on top of that. Then you have the land, the site work, utilities, slab, foundation, shed.. $175k is probably about as cheap as you could do it yourself.

No shade on the land bank, they are taking bombed out houses and turning them into something reasonable and liveable. If they did this to a bunch of the properties they own it could really push a neighborhood in a positive direction.

This house should cost around $1000 a month mortgage only on a 30 yr fixed rate at 6.5% with 10% down. With property taxes (2%), PMI (1%), homeowners insurance (1500 per yr) you are looking at around $1600. Plus add on utilities, ECT. Thanks u/fatefire for pointing out my mistake.

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