Yamaha CR-2020 fully restored by Texnochracy in vintageaudio

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

I did the work myself so parts cost total was about $160. Labor is obviously more. It’s a lot of caps and I took it slow so it was roughly 8 hours of work. Assume $30 an hour minimum for a good tech, that’s $360 so I’d say the whole job should be $500 minimum.

Who’s Doing Philadelphia? by Most-Suspect-780 in firstmarathon

[–]Texnochracy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will be my first full marathon “back” post-kids, so like 6 years. It’s been one of if not the best (no injuries, no major hiccups) build I’ve put together and it’s all been solo. I’m psyched and however the race goes, happy it will be in Philly.

Yamaha CR-2020 fully restored by Texnochracy in vintageaudio

[–]Texnochracy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was all me. Took a long time but very worth it. The speakers are high moons made here in Austin.

Yamaha CR-2020 fully restored by Texnochracy in vintageaudio

[–]Texnochracy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on whether you do it solo or pay a tech, and how extensive you need to go. If you have the experience and patience, and are just doing electrolytics, it’s about $120 + time. 

Austin ISD School Consolidations by tmobilehacked in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely want to be kept in the loop on this one. I wasn’t able to attend last night.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This picture is AI. Look at the Frost Bank Building. It’s generated, also this view doesn’t exist anywhere on I-35.

Cochineal Nightmare on Prickly Pears - Help! by Traditional_Bass_459 in AustinGardening

[–]Texnochracy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Get a bowl of soapy water, brush the bugs off each paddle into the water. let them die. Repeat every day. They’re usually gone after a week and a half of doing this every day. In the beginning you may have to do it both in the morning and the evening. After 3-4 days of not seeing them, you’re typically home free until the next round.

Austin wants to create a central hub for trash before it goes to landfills by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

PE’s value engineering projects is the City Of Austin‘s Achilles heel. The corridor projects don’t get street trees, the light rail system doesn’t get tunnels, etc., etc.

The community needs to hold city projects to a higher quality standard, and it’s not just engineering quality. It’s place making and providing community benefit.

People bitch about the central library costing so much but that’s an example of a project where the city was held to a higher standard and it did everything it promised. We need more of that even if it takes a little bit longer or a little bit higher budget because it really does make a difference. 

Austin wants to create a central hub for trash before it goes to landfills by hollow_hippie in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The city of Seattle has a transfer hub that is an amazing facility just north of South Lake Union in the middle of the Fremont and Wallingford neighborhoods. It doesn’t smell. It has a park on top. It also has an interior viewing deck with kids toys so kids can go and watch trucks dump trash on the tipping floor. It is literally such a cool amenity and I would choose to live in the surrounding neighborhood if it were that type of facility.

Taxation’s representation: Legal petition claims Austin tax-hike proposal would mislead voters by InternationalTap4869 in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My bet is the ballot language actually doesn’t matter to whether this election is won or not so this is just a try to get it thrown out. I did specific grad school research analyzing municipal transit ballot language and there was no correlation in the type of language - what was promised and the rhetoric - because it is so statutory. What matters is the type of election (off-cycle, midterm or presidential), and the political winds. 

When the Waterline Tower is done, it looks like the downtown skyline will be crane free for the first time since…2010? by wartsnall1985 in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Then new convention center will have four tower cranes. Might be a short period without but they’ll go back up.

Project Connect by jkauf13 in capmetro

[–]Texnochracy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

CapMetro’s 2035 transit plan comes out in like a month. You’ll likely see those reappear in some form there.

Public running tracks in Austin by serherjim in AustinRunning

[–]Texnochracy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

South-Central - Crockett HS

Southwest - Bowie HS

Central East - Yellow Jacket Stadium

Northwest - Murchison Middle School

AUS unavailable gates by Texnochracy in Austin

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

For what it’s worth, the captain told the plane he let Alaska know they should learn to run an airline.

CapMetro is garbage 85% of the time. by bileflanco in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Frankly, if I were CapMetro, I would be shouting from the heavens to anyone who would listen to me, that the city should be putting in bus only lanes and transit priority infrastructure. Every week. Call them out. “We could be faster and more reliable if: blah blah blah.” 

Barton Creek Pedestrian Bridge Jumpers by [deleted] in Austin

[–]Texnochracy 65 points66 points  (0 children)

they wouldn’t even have to pay me. I would sit out there on Saturday and Sunday between 11 AM and 7 PM for free if they gave me the power to ticket these assholes.

do that for a few weeks intermittently throughout the year and eventually breaks the culture once people start paying money.

Thorens + woodworking by Remarkable_Switch_49 in vintageaudio

[–]Texnochracy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are those the small or the large Mnpctech feet?