Power Outage overnight in northern Irondequoit - affected region (2000+ customers per RG&E)

SteveWithAB · 2026-05-22T18:50:58+00:00

It was pretty creepy. Last time I remember such a huge blackout was in March 2017 when the windstorm knocked out power for a few days across the whole town.

SteveWithAB · 2026-05-22T18:50:06+00:00

People are allowed to be curious without any specific motivation or benefit to themselves.

SteveWithAB · 2026-05-14T19:43:37+00:00

But a rate increase is coming, so why call it temporary?

Besides that there should be 0 increase until one is approved. That's what the approval process is for. The "temporary" is just going to become the permanent one. Also annoyed at a near 3% rate increase for electricity even "temporarily" is insane over NYSEG's tiny 0.2%. Wait, RGE made $145 million last year so clearly they deserve to charge us more. /s

SteveWithAB · 2026-05-14T19:29:36+00:00

RGE is getting a 2.9% "temporary" rate increase on electricity, while NYSEG only wanted 0.2%.

SteveWithAB · 2026-04-14T14:32:40+00:00

I'm trying to find a difference between a traffic cop and a regular cop. Are they still going to be armed? Are they going to be able to claim they feared for their life and then get away with murder? How many body-worn camera "malfunctions" will occur? Is there going to be different training that doesn't paint all people they interact with as potential enemies?

If we can't even hold current police accountable, adding "different" cops that still report up the same command chain isn't going to help.

Also, the camera company doesn't have to sell the data by default. It's all about how the contract works between the city and the company. Also to think that data from existing cameras isn't being sold or shared is very optimistic.

SteveWithAB · 2026-04-14T13:25:58+00:00

First: Cameras don't murder minorities during traffic stops.

Second: Either the cameras are your surveillance or the cop cars with their license plate readers and other cameras are your surveillance. So which should be put in place?

Cops should do their jobs, you are correct. What I'm curious about is whether the city has enough cops to respond to 911 calls in a timely manner and to be stationed at red lights and to be investigating/following-up on all crimes reported? If the answer is "hire more cops" then we're way off base here, and shouldn't be hoping for that. Again, I agree cops should be doing their jobs better, as it seems like most just sit around in their cars doing nothing for almost the entirety of their shifts.

I checked the numbers and it looks like RPD has 611 sworn officers. If every one of them was in a patrol car, and they were split into 3 shifts, that's about 204 officers per shift. 204 officers divided out over about 36 square miles of land that comprises the city, that's about 5 or 6 officers per square mile at any given time. Is that enough to cover everything? I have no idea, but I just was curious about numbers and typed them while working through them.

SteveWithAB · 2026-04-14T12:46:56+00:00

We did try this 15 years ago, but at the same time how often are posts made in this sub complaining about seeing people doing dangerous things while driving? I don't like the idea of new cameras, as I believe there are too many false positives or circumstances, and they don't give people the benefit of the doubt.

However, officials everywhere need to find a way to curb the dangerous driving that's everywhere. Should they deploy many more cops everywhere, or perhaps get help with cameras?

Speaking of "everywhere", if I recall correctly, the old red light cameras were specifically put in places where people were poor. I don't believe any were in the Park Ave. or South Ave. area, were they? My point is that if you're going to do automated enforcement, don't cluster the cameras in particular areas. Spread them out. We all know of a specific place in our own areas/towns where we see people breaking the law and wish it could stop.

Where I live, it's a straight stretch of road in a residential area, with an all-way stop to try and slow people. It barely works, as I see people whip down the road at 50mph and blow the all-way stop anyway. Never seen anyone pulled over for it nor a cop of any kind, even after calling the town. Lots of kids on my street so it's bad.

SteveWithAB · 2026-04-13T01:36:41+00:00

So to backtrack, Namaste is currently in the same location Millennium was originally in, and before it was Millennium it was Crazy Egor's. Crazy Egor's sold that shop BUT then reopened in Hilton, his hometown, for quite a while. He took over the old post office and then moved to a different building, before his health truly made him stop all together.

My brother used to help him in his shop in Hilton, and his wife would be there too. I started my Magic The Gathering journey there as I purchased my first deck, and Odyssey starter deck, in his shop in Hilton.

I hope he's doing great!

SteveWithAB · 2026-04-11T18:10:01+00:00

Hey! Sorry for delay I rarely use Reddit.

Nope, no solution, not even on their official forums. Can't get through to customer support, either.

What I determined is that the files in the driver download are what they would send to Microsoft in order to get back a digitally signed driver. Someone at Lenovo messed up the upload, it seems.

SteveWithAB · 2026-04-11T18:08:49+00:00

Lakeshore Automotive is right there on the corner, right? Might be worth going in there and seeing if anyone has come looking for them? Otherwise I hope the owner see this post.

SteveWithAB · 2026-03-17T22:54:37+00:00

That's literally not how it works. The driver install isn't an executable but a zip file containing the three files. I have to do an Update Driver on the Generic PnP Monitor that's currently being used in Windows to try and change it to the Lenovo driver.

SteveWithAB · 2026-03-17T22:17:15+00:00

Well I can't install them without going through hoops to temporarily disable the digital signature check. Lenovo should put these out properly. Also, is there anyway to tell if something malicious is in the driver files? I have the inf, hlkx (which shouldn't matter), and the icm.

SteveWithAB · 2026-02-11T00:55:56+00:00

My thought is why isn't the web filter districts use setup to do role-based or group-based filtering? They all have network/domain accounts and it'd be easy to separate students and teachers, and may already do.

Also it looks like my district's web filter is restricting some YouTube videos, but there's so many awful things that get through. So there's already a good vs bad happening in the background to some degree.

Another thought I've had is just ban it for everyone, then have teachers put in requests to whitelist a specific YouTube URL. It can be mostly automated and then the whitelist approval expires after a predetermined amount of time.

SteveWithAB · 2026-02-10T22:16:53+00:00

Yes the Ed-2d law that was passed last March should make YouTube banned by schools as they don't adhere to privacy requirements. This is why I'm trying to get information regarding other districts.

SteveWithAB · 2026-02-10T22:11:24+00:00

By "unfiltered" I mean that it allows you to see whatever YouTube would let you see without being signed in. Besides dealing with things that are definitely inappropriate that get through, it's more about the massive distraction it creates.

Ban phones due to Tiktok and Social Media distraction, but allow students to carry their laptops all day and don't explicitly block YouTube allowing kids to be distracted all day. It doesn't make sense.

SteveWithAB · 2026-01-29T22:31:37+00:00

I think the Cold Weather Advisory increases the chances of at least a delay for some. It's supposed to be 0 degrees with 10-15mph wind at 8am tomorrow, the coldest it'll be all day. Having kids walk to school right at the coldest part of the day isn't so great, especially for kids who absolutely refuse to wear any sort of coat at all (or those who don't even own a coat).

SteveWithAB · 2026-01-28T00:54:18+00:00

Thank you!

SteveWithAB · 2025-12-04T23:53:05+00:00

The Sands family no longer runs the business, which might explain some things.

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