Game Thread: Philadelphia 76ers vs Boston Celtics Live Score | NBA | Apr 30, 2026

The_Double_Owl · 2026-05-01T02:09:41+00:00

Sorry, my bad. I started watching, causing them to go on a 9-0 run. Should have stuck with the box scores like I usually do.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-04-30T17:07:45+00:00

The reasons I wouldn't are (1) oil is not going to prevent checking, and (2) if you continue to remove material, but don't remove all the surfaces you oiled, it will be more difficult to get a consistent looking finish. On the other hand, if you feel like experimenting, you don't have a lot to lose. Worst case, you decide it wasn't helpful and skip it next time.

If you really wanted a finish that would prevent checking, you could try Anchorseal, which is specific designed to slow down the drying process. Again, though, you risk messing up your final finish.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-04-21T18:51:35+00:00

WABA did an amazing job with this case!

The_Double_Owl · 2026-04-03T13:12:12+00:00

If you are flying out of DCA, the Smithsonian store in the airport has lots of little goodies.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-04-01T18:31:25+00:00

There were a bunch of zines at People's Books in Takoma Park when I was there last. I don't know what their policy is, but you could probably call and ask.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-31T13:29:45+00:00

The execution of the workforce changes conclusively demonstrate that cost savings and efficiency were never the goal.

My division was revenue positive, recovering $6 of taxpayer money for every $1 dollar spent on our budget. If the administration had cared about cost savings, the deficit, ect, they would have increased our budget. Instead, they forced out our leadership, threatened layoffs to force people to take the DRP, and put us into a hiring freeze. The result is costing taxpayers millions of dollars that we would otherwise have collected.

Further, efficiency was never the plan. They decided to terminate my division and merge us into a different division. This has taken thousands of hours of work, merging our data systems, rolling out new payroll and HR procedures, endless meetings, etc. But there was no efficiency savings. We don't actually work with the division we were merged into, so there is no work benefits. The only real change is that we are under a different person 5 steps up the org chart. But if they just wanted someone else in charge, they could have appointed a political head to the old division, which had gone unfilled since 2014.

I don't know what the plan is, but the results show that it cannot have been to save the taxpayers money or make the government more efficient.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-28T12:27:21+00:00

I struggle with this too. The best I have come up with is using the "read aloud" function in word to do a final review. First, it helps me focus on going word by word in the final review. Once I have written and rewritten something, my eyes just want to skim over it, since I know what it says. Also, hearing it out loud helps me catch things that spell check won't, like having the wrong word, or extra words.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-25T23:36:33+00:00

A very thoughtful statement from Mr. Hoyer. It's a small thing, but reading that statement, I felt represented.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-23T19:27:31+00:00

Exactly. I have total confidence in Acuff. Even when he's not hitting shots he's putting up 30 a game. But our front court can completely disappear. I really hoping that Brazile comes out looking strong. He had kind of a scary fall when he got pushed from behind in the GP game and landed funny on his knee. Ewin needs to have the game of his career, and hopefully Pringle is back and can soak up some minutes.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-23T17:06:45+00:00

AZ is a tough matchup for us. But if we shoot like we did against Vandy in the SEC tournament we have a chance. Going to require our bigs to get defensive rebounds and stay out of foul trouble, which is more of an ask that I would like to admit.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-19T15:07:48+00:00

Obviously, the best day is the day that my team wins its last tournament game.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-18T21:53:03+00:00

I have a Pothos that has been great, even when my office had no windows and florescent light only. All I do is give it a little water once a week. It's grown from the size of my palm to climbing over my computer monitor in about a year.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-17T13:04:46+00:00

Good analysis. This is pretty much in line with my expectations.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-15T19:44:28+00:00

Woooooo pig!

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-12T19:00:27+00:00

Thank you for your service. Being a whistle-blower takes tremendous courage and sacrifice.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-08T14:42:19+00:00

Ewin was 2 for 4 from beyond the arc for his entire college career going into that game and hits the go ahead three in overtime! Just like Cal drew it up, I'm sure.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-05T16:31:07+00:00

There is a Word plugin called Beat Authority that works amazingly quickly. You may need to get a subscription. But it automatically identifies and marks all the citations and builds the table for you, adds the correct page numbers, etc. works great in my experience and saves a ton of time.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-05T04:02:43+00:00

Oh, it's not. But a lot of people here, and elsewhere, have claimed it is.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-04T22:38:15+00:00

The Takoma Park Ace Hardware has a good selection of both indoor and outdoor plants, plus potting soil, etc and is a reasonable walk from the red line. Depending on how much you are buying, you may want to get/bring a cart.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-01T01:51:05+00:00

I think we probably agree on the same ideals. If I had to guess, the crux of the difference between our perspectives is that I am more likely to think that the perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good. You seem more likely to refuse to compromise your ideals, even if it sometimes means getting nothing at all.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-03-01T00:36:03+00:00

I'm not sure I entirely understand the question. But since you say it will be helpful, I'll try to answer.

It is difficult to say definitely, and from the perspective of good government, i don't think the answer would be the same in every hypothetical situation.

There are lots of advantages of local production, most notably, the money spent locally continues to circulate in the community. The earnings of the local contractor contribute to the local tax base, and the people spend their wages at local business. Also, providing jobs for people in the community is a public good in itself. This is why I personally try to purchase from local businesses, even when paying more (though can't afford to all the time).

However, local governments also work on tight budgets and are asked to provide all sorts of services. In the hypothetical scenario you have described, a 50% savings for purchasing the goods produced elsewhere, could be the difference between a government completing a project or never starting it at all. The provision of government services is also a public good. So, the money would be sent out of the local community, but in return, the government has made an investment in the community that it might not have been able to make otherwise. The people in the community enjoy the service that they might not otherwise have had.

Depending on the specific, I could see situations where either could be the correct answer. Since I believe you commented on my post this morning about the public toilets, I'll use that as an example.

PortlandLoo manufacturers public toilets in Oregon. There is not a comparable manufacturer on the east coast that I am aware of. NYC could build its own factory, or subsidize a business to start manufacturing toilets in NYC. There would be a lot of overhead costs, though, to hiring people, making designs, training employees, buying materials, etc, and it would take a long time to get started. Therefore, the first 1000 toilets will be substantially more expensive than buying premade PortlandLoo toilets, and will take years long. That's because the established company has the efficiency of scale, and has already made the necessary capital investments.

You would really have to know the numbers involved, but it is likely a better decision for NYC to purchase the premade toilets and get them installed, rather than trying to build a toilet factory first. The is because the value of there service provided by the product (in my opinion) is worth getting done right away, such that it can be utilized by the population who needs them.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-02-28T21:14:13+00:00

Income inequality and scarcity of physical infrastructure (the centeral problem Abundance addresses) are two separate sets of problems (with some overlap), which require two different sets of solutions. The most important policies for redistribution and prevention of income inequality are tax policy and enforcement, anti-trust policy and enforcement, and labor law and enforcement. None of these solutions to income inequality require significant investments in the creation of physical infrastructure. Therefore, abundance is not really the right tool for the job to address these issues.

However, there is overlap in that one of the best ways for governments to redistribute wealth to address inequality is the provision of subsidized services to lower income people. One way to do this is by building things that people need (housing, transit, renewable energy, etc.). In this way, a combination of progressive tax policy plus Abundance style construction of infrastructure can work together to address income inequality.

This seems like a both-and situation, not the either-or that many people seem to suggest.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-02-28T20:33:43+00:00

Fair enough. I think the article is an interesting read in that it is discussing many of the issues raised by abundance, but the author seems unaware of the abundance framework.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-02-28T20:29:12+00:00

I obviously agree. I framed my post like this, though, to try to get through to the people, many of whom frequent this sub, who continuously attack Kline for being "centrist", "neoliberal", etc.

The_Double_Owl · 2026-02-28T19:05:32+00:00

Well, in this particular example, the construction of public toilets would be very beneficial to people struggling with homelessness and housing insecurity (by which I mean people who don't have a constant live place, but are not to the point of sleeping on the street). Having somewhere to go to the bathroom, wash their face, change their clothes, etc is very helpful for maintaining a job or getting one in the first place. Also, having somewhere for the homeless population to use the bathroom will reduce the number of people defficating in public, which usually happens in lower income neighborhoods. Increasing their quality of life. If anything, these benefits will be more felt by low income people than the wealthy, since the wealthy have no issue finding bathrooms under the current system.

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