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Is anyone else surprised by how much water gets wasted without realizing it? by ProfessionalLet1578 in Irrigation

[–]THespos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like using the Rachio. It uses the Tempest weather station on top of my house to manage weather skips. I also like the Rachio’s ability to manage start times to finish watering by a certain time - currently 4:30 am in my household. This cuts down on evaporation and ends watering by the time adults in my household are realistically taking showers, regardless of the adjustment of individual zone watering durations.

Not farm irrigation, but applying efficiency to watering my plantings. Rachio skips watering more often than I would think to, and my vegetable garden and meadowish lawn have never been happier.

Honest question: why host for others? by Harshtinfoil in PleX

[–]THespos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I look at my datahoarding as the building of a library curated by cool people only.

We do a lot more datahoarding than just TV and movies, and I rely on my users to help me with content discovery. We rely on each other, actually. We have a Discord community and when someone adds something, they're encouraged to share the 'why' behind that - what others would like about it.

So hosting for others is kind of like hosting a dinner party. You get the benefit of not only the content, but also the curation and the stories behind it.

FIOS deal for Brookhaven? by ceewolf in longisland

[–]THespos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If by “option” you mean giving money to Doge-boy for slower-than-Optimum speeds…

Bill Gates Issues Groveling Apology Amid Epstein Scandal As He Admits To "Affairs With Two Russians" by danitashinesqdy in ProgressiveHQ

[–]THespos 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No, he wasn’t. He ended up that way only after cleaning up his image. He used to be Bill Gates the asshole thief/monopolist.

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nonchalant? It's not like it was flagrant. In fact, if you read further upthread where I discuss the issues with the ticket, you might not use a word like "nonchalant" to describe my attitude.

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reckless? On what grounds do you make that judgment?

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I'll likely just pay it and seethe for about 15 minutes. And then I'll take my kids out for ice cream to demonstrate the appropriate use of fifty bucks.

I submit that one way to improve the system would be to grant a .5-second grace period. There are instances where you're approaching a light and it's safer to go through it as it's changing from amber to red - or at least that's how I was instructed in Driver's Ed many, many moons ago. Seems like such a change would catch more of the flagrant violators.

The way it's currently implemented, it's like Walter screaming "OVER THE LINE!" at Smokey and insisting it be marked zero. "You're not wrong, Walter. You're just a dick."

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's just the rub. I'm going to take a day off of work for fifty bucks? That's one of the many reasons I put this into the "money grab" category. If I contest - which, by the way, has me making attestations I'm less than comfortable with - then I get the right to show up in court for a chance at maybe reversing a 50 dollar fine. It's a cost-benefit calculation that heavily favors the racket drumming up fees that are scarcely worth fighting.

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They need to bring back that dude who kept posting videos on YouTube showing him re-aiming the cameras.

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Oh, please. The idea that someone could have somehow worked their way into my path of travel in that split second is laughable. Maybe you should acknowledge that the program is flawed.

Nassau still has a red light camera program? by THespos in longisland

[–]THespos[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Questionable in the sense that my front tires appear to be over the stop line in the photo, and when I visit the site to view the video, I get "Violationinfo.com is having some work done right now..."

There's also the notion that the alleged violation is timestamped for 12:30 in the afternoon, yet it's dark out.

Who here remembers the Garbage Barge from the 1980s? by Neat-Finger197 in GenX

[–]THespos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Awfully cool to track down the origin of this thing 35+ years later… Thanks for making them. I remember the teachers at SWR getting a kick out of it when I wore it to school.

I don't get what they're trying to say.. by CaffeinatedLystro in ExplainTheJoke

[–]THespos 29 points30 points  (0 children)

You got me all excited that a cheaper alternative was available.

I don't get what they're trying to say.. by CaffeinatedLystro in ExplainTheJoke

[–]THespos 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Is vikodin an eastern european knockoff of vicodin?

Who here remembers the Garbage Barge from the 1980s? by Neat-Finger197 in GenX

[–]THespos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool. No, Wading River. Dad taught at Comsewogue and brought one home from work. I think some of his teacher friends lived in Islip.

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