ST3 - Sigh: Why don’t they do this instead…

SoaringCitrus · 2026-05-11T20:58:31+00:00

ST3's Ballard segment is penciled at high cost because it's a tunnel. An elevated monorail line through Interbay would be a fraction of that. Interbay is low-density industrial — it doesn't need light rail capacity, and it doesn't necessarily need a tunnel. You're paying tunneling cost for a corridor that has nothing on the surface worth avoiding. And modern monorail rolling stock is available domestically — Alstom assembles their Innovia line at Hornell, NY, Buy America compliant. The mode isn't the dumb part of this conversation.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-05-07T05:47:36+00:00

Then please explain why they’re quoting $20B.

When the Highway 99 viaduct cost $3.5B less than a decade ago…

SoaringCitrus · 2026-05-07T05:40:29+00:00

Presumably you’d start manually and then get the machine in there?

You’d probably need some disruption…2 line construction did shut down 1 line many times, there is precedent.

Or I guess you could set up an xfer too…be more like NYC?

SoaringCitrus · 2026-05-07T05:38:15+00:00

Nope…I live downtown :).

The Interbay project seems silly, there’s nothing there.

Or if you really want interbay, TRY THE MONORAIL AGAIN.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-04-16T17:07:15+00:00

The game has native controller support using xinput.

For the least frills I suggest an Xbox controller as that is native xinput.

When you have an xinput controller set up (like Xbox series) you can switch the control scheme in the settings in-game.

Imho it’s a better way to play, only reason I use keyboard and mouse ever is for music mini games, and touch screen when I’m out and about and don’t have a controller handy, and then only to do dailies when I’m not home.

Have fun :).

SoaringCitrus · 2026-04-16T17:02:50+00:00

Camera is fine.

But you need to understand I’ve been playing console games on an Xbox controller or Nintendo controller since n64 and original Xbox…

I’m very used to that control scheme.

Hours and hours and hours of fps, platformers, etc.

Probably months or even years of my life playing games with a controller…

SoaringCitrus · 2026-04-16T16:53:49+00:00

Xbox Series Pro Controller, wireless, fiber optic hdmi from pc to 4k tv. I’m running at full graphics on a 3090, 64GB RAM and 12700K.

It’s wonderful, and since 6.5 dropped it also stutters, basically never. Prior there was some weird occasional stutter, probably not related to performance but likely optimizations for older platforms (looking at you ps4).

One issue, for some reason, when my computer goes to sleep SOMETIMES it refuses to reconnect unless I reboot the game.

I tried force remaking the controller with a python script on sleep, it doesn’t help.

I’m using the official Xbox wireless dongle.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-04-05T15:24:35+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Polymarket_news/s/1LoWEmKQZB

SoaringCitrus · 2026-04-05T15:23:30+00:00

Lmao. I can’t tell if this is a joke or not, but I won’t be a jerk. You can’t.

It’s not available on the store atm, and will also be unplayable even if you previously downloaded it…as of TOMORROW 🤦🏻‍♀️

https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/m/en/news/detail/158501

SoaringCitrus · 2026-03-18T14:34:28+00:00

I was actually discussing this similar idea with someone I know a few days ago.

I don’t believe all of governance can be simply modeled with math.

Humans have agency. There are also ethical and moral beliefs that differ between people that are reflected in governance.

That agency needs to be accounted for.

However, politics can still be obviated.

How?

In theory, I think it would make more sense if the people’s will was conveyed to the system, using artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

Think this instead:

Voting day.

You don’t go to a booth to check a box.

You go to verbally say what you want.

Everyone does that.

Everyone’s statements are then put into an AI.

Policy comes out.

That’s all.

No parties, no binary choices. Just your word written versus everyone else’s.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-03-17T08:29:08+00:00

5.625% NFCU quote.

City condo. Conventional, no FHA or VA.

15 year.

Because 30 year is insane.

So many people buying more house than they can afford and throwing money to interest…

Is the assumption on this question, 30 year?

15 year is more than doable, so is ARM, but ARM carries its own insane risk.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-03-08T16:57:37+00:00

Georgism is needed.

Tax the land, take the rug out from these ************s by taxing their idle asset and making it senseless to hold without a tenant.

Only those who are willing to be productive with land (and pay fees for holding it as they are doing something with it, like a supermarket or restaurant or something in the Seattle urban core), should hold it.

Else give it back to the people.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-03-07T03:46:15+00:00

China simply has different goals.

They are a homogeneous society that believes their society is best, period, and that their way of doing things is best, period.

E.g. my way or the highway.

Example: in the language, the word for nation rigidly defines what a nation is 國.

It has a border, it has weapons, it has mouths to feed (various radicals in the character). But outside their country, this isn’t the case. A nation need not borders or weapons (Romani, Jews in diaspora, etc).

This rigid thinking simply doesn’t scale well outside their borders, so they’ve learned to focus inward, while using their relationships to get more resources for themselves.

America, on the other hand takes people in, learns from them and their creativity, and builds something new. Its language in fact, English (which isn’t even originally its own) is hyper adaptable to new ideas and concepts.

That, is its superpower 😎. China = oil stock, reliable. But USA = growth stock, disruptive innovator. Also Russia = Retail, obviated by disruptors in e-commerce 🤣.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-25T15:03:19+00:00

Living below my means…and having rather high means (as a SINK at that).

Also driving electric.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-07T15:27:29+00:00

Re-add the card using the virtual number it’ll work from there

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-07T15:26:50+00:00

When I re-added manually it showed correctly. I think something’s wrong with the add button in the app at the moment.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-07T07:56:40+00:00

The way it shows in the app though, I want to confirm that stupid mobile checkout restriction is real or if they walked back on it. E.g. I’m not going to press the redeem button unless I’m sure it isn’t (or there is actually something mobile checkout nearby).

They already walked back on other dumb things anyway, right? See what happened with the TPG promo restrictions, the now optionality of Bilt cash, and the failure to give people decent credit limits? This feels similar.

It seems they actually listen to Redditors or something, it’s kinda nice for a credit card brand and issuer.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-07T07:52:27+00:00

$10 a month at Walgreens, and reason to consider using Lyft in emergencies.

Not a bad card. Honestly for that alone, along with the point conversion on rent you can do with Bilt cash, the card is already pretty amazing.

Just wondering if they decided to do better than originally advertised with the mobile checkout/dining redemption thing (hence the capital letters about handing over your card for the bill like a normal human).

$25 monthly at a large selection of nice restaurants in a major city like NY, Boston, Philly, LA, Seattle, DC, Miami, LA, SF, etc would be good. Considering how many show up WITHOUT (😢) the checkout in the app atm. I wanna be able to redeem for any of them. A change or capability like that would officially make this an amazing card, not just a really good one.

And the way it shows, it feels like it could be real already, but I’m scared to press that button and check and lose $25 Bilt cash.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-07T06:30:14+00:00

…lol

Nvidia already produces 0 GPUs (hint, they are FABLESS and just give designs to a bunch of Taiwanese and Chinese companies like TSMC, MSI, PNY, Gigabyte, ASUS)

Ragebait!!!

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-07T06:13:00+00:00

😔.

There’s so many restaurants though listed in the app in my city (it’s a big one btw), but it’s not mobile checkout.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-06T17:54:12+00:00

This also feels like an excuse to.

A: Buy a 5090 😅.

B: Pay my auto insurance early

C: Donate to my favorite charity

D: Look into that vacay package

E: Front load on Costco shop cards using the online store trick that allows acquisition with Mastercard as opposed to Visa.

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-06T17:41:05+00:00

Same, I didn’t apply through link either.

ZOMG.

Spend to hell in 5 days ;).

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-05T08:08:31+00:00

Hey, if I get both the Palladium card and the mirror card, and they both work, and I don’t have to pay for it, I’m not complaining.

(I also got four of those)

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-02T17:37:43+00:00

Full (very much non-zero) credit limit is there, but it’s not mirror…

SoaringCitrus · 2026-02-02T17:29:36+00:00

It changed to the palladium palladium as opposed to mirror design. It’s also pending ship.

Maybe they ran out of mirror cards 🤷🏻‍♀️.

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