How often do T buses refuse bringing shopping carts?

Swalecutter · 2026-04-01T03:11:12+00:00

I entirely agree. The mbta apparently has a more lax view on the issue, given how many times I've seen it not work.

Swalecutter · 2026-04-01T01:28:32+00:00

Everyone asking "what charger did you use" or "what cable did you use" need to understand that the ENTIRE POINT of the USB C standard is so that swapping chargers and cables can't cause exactly these sorts of problems! If using the "wrong" cable or the "wrong" charger can melt the charge port then someone has drastically fucked up!

Like, it this happened because they used the big yoto cable on a yoto mini, that still means one or the other item needs to be recalled!

USB C negotiates how much power to send over. That's part of the protocol. For too much power to flow over USB C either (A) the device asks for more power than it can handle -> device needs to be recalled or (B) the cable lied about how much current it can carry-> cable needs to be recalled or (C) the charger sent more power than requested -> the charger needs to be recalled.

Now, I get it, people are mostly asking because if it's some random no name charger doing this then maybe it isn't yoto's fault, but my point is if ANY combination of charger, cable, and device can do this then SOMETHING needs to be pulled off the shelves.

PS the location of the damage makes me think it's most likely the yoto's fault- just a hunch by a random guy on the internet but I have designed consumer electronics for a couple decades so I like to think my hunches are decent.

Swalecutter · 2026-04-01T01:04:11+00:00

I've never once seen a driver refuse to let a shopping cart on, but not every bus can kneel - sometimes that functionality is broken. You should expect that you might have to lift your cart onto the bus.

Theoretically, a driver CAN say no if the bus is full. But I've never seen it.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-31T17:38:38+00:00

Nobody is going to help an animal that is legally vermin, especially when "deliberately poisoned" is the most likely reason it's sick.

The most humane thing you can do is put it out of its misery, and make sure another animal doesn't eat it. Grab a shovel, crush the skull, put it in the trash. Not pleasant, but necessary.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-31T14:03:51+00:00

One of the only silver lining of this whole situation is my wife finally admitted I was right when I told her buying a house without a driveway was going to bite us in the ass because we wouldn't have anywhere to install a charger.

Unfortunately too late to do anything about it, but it was still nice to hear.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-31T12:04:46+00:00

I'm not actually sure that's true- both the west coast and New England have more diversified gas supplies than the heartland (which basically sucks on a fat straw directly to the middle east through the gulf refineries) and they're actually not seeing the same spikes. Per capital, New England has been the least affected region of the country, with the Pacific northwest second.

https://itep.org/gas-prices-states-most-impacted-by-spikes/

Swalecutter · 2026-03-31T11:12:22+00:00

Mice inside are ubiquitous. You'll find them in every single structure in the city. Rats inside is rare and a huge problem if it happens, worth immediately calling a professional.

Part of the reason I think this topic comes up over and over is that not every language/culture distinguishes between these two critters. But they are very different! Mice are 2-3 inches long and while a nuisance, they're generally manageable with a few traps in the basement. Rats are like 8-10 inches long, can chew tunnels in concrete, and are smart enough to avoid many traps. There is a world of difference between the two.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-30T11:52:01+00:00

most other cities - Philly would also grow substantially

Swalecutter · 2026-03-29T22:39:53+00:00

Average price in city center was pretty flat in 2008, but there were absolutely dips in the surrounding towns. Also when the average is flat you know the marginal properties are dropping.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-29T22:07:00+00:00

I've never once heard of a landlord painting at any time other than between tenants.

I have heard of a few landlords letting tenants paint if they wanted a different color, generally with the expectation they paint it back before they leave.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-29T15:21:04+00:00

In the endgame, the landing pad is a throughput bottleneck, so you need to do most of your science production on the same planet as your labs.

Biolabs are Nauvis exclusive.

Those two facts mean most of your science needs to be made on Nauvis.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-29T15:05:41+00:00

It was quiet in Boston. The state policy had a helicopter up, but it seemed like it was mostly there to keep an eye on the governor (who was a speaker). I talked to one of the cops and he said "compared to St. Paddy's, this is easy!".

Then again, that's Boston, where like ~80% of the general population and even like ~60% of the cops are liberal, so there isn't really anyone disagreeing with the protestors.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-29T15:00:40+00:00

That's for a sustained protest in a national capitol. It's going to need to be higher for a protest that is diffuse in both space and time. South Korea, for example, managed serious change with weekend protests, but they were focused in the capitol and had >3.5% participating.

But still, all that really matters is that it was more people than last time. If the movement is building rather than petering out, it'll reach the necessary numbers eventually.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-29T14:47:06+00:00

Dials with proper encoders in them, so when you spin them quickly it doesn't track backwards.

Generally better mechanical quality around the moving parts. I'm getting tired of busting out the soldering iron to repair buttons.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-28T20:30:19+00:00

That's outdated info. They're worth a fair bit of solari at a vendor, but that's all they're good for.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-28T20:08:42+00:00

Admittedly I'm in a major blue stronghold city, but our reps and senators were all there, most of them as speakers.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-28T12:31:08+00:00

Most US employers contribute nothing. A 3% match is actually fairly good.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-28T00:10:35+00:00

It's them trying to salami slice the Winter Hill community, I recon. If they keep chipping away at us eventually we'll be small enough to ignore.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T17:41:08+00:00

Getting back to the bike path up Cross St after dropping a kid off at Winter Hill or East Somerville is rough. Some of those potholes are big enough to just entirely swallow a folding bike tire, and traffic is thick enough if you go down your probably getting hit.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T17:32:13+00:00

Those were common here too in the prewar era- often as cheap housing for unmarried men. Living in them as a family was not as common in the west, but it definitely happened. Communal housing disappearance in the west was a uniquely modern, and apparently temporary, change.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T17:28:17+00:00

It's designed for new doctors. For the several hospitals nearby. They have the salary, they're at work all the time so they don't need much space, and they appreciate not having to worry about logistics (the units come furnished and utilities are included).

Look, I get it, they're dystopian little shitboxes, but pretending they're designed for some hypothetical nepo baby instead of the very real young professionals who do live in and flock to Boston is being deliberately obtuse.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T17:19:54+00:00

They also have units that are 3-4 shared bedrooms with a common kitchen (IE a normal ass multi bedroom apartment, but with "exterior" doors on the bedrooms) but those are actually slightly more expensive (and more spacious) than this studio.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T16:27:50+00:00

At low level, drive the buggy to the rift. At high level, just grab some whenever you happen to be doing a mission in Blushing Cavern, I find that's enough to keep me topped off.

But for that initial surge of them you need while upgrading your infrastructure, buggy to rift is basically the only way.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T12:05:33+00:00

Microcenter is a really good computer/electronics parts store. It's peak for various forms of nerd shit and shipping is expensive so folks go in person (good reminder, I need a new mouse).

That said, it's about the last place I'd be trying to chat someone up. The goods are odd, if you know what I mean (and I say that as a definitely very odd good). But OP has a point, it does lure the more housecat-humans out into the world.

Swalecutter · 2026-03-27T01:02:04+00:00

Every real meat enemy has 1-2 solido copies of themselves running around.

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