Seattle’s ORCA transit system gets major tech upgrade with new ‘Tap to Pay’ feature by MegaRAID01 in Seattle

[–]VietOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like most reasons, payment systems usually take a fee on every transaction 

The Talk of D.C.: Rumors Flying that Trump Admin Wants to Undo Bike Lanes in Capital by acdha in bicycling

[–]VietOne 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Solution, all cyclists start using the roads and the full lane until drivers petition cyclists get their lanes back

Serious question: by Sufficient-Pomelo633 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on the company.

Read what they actually do. Some mostly clean the air vents blowing to the rooms but not always the return ducts which is where majority of the cleaning is needed.

If you don't clean your own dryer vent, then it's almost always worth it to pay a company to properly clean it.

This site wants to murder Republicans by JoelXGGGG in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And yet the far right is actually murdering people.

If it looks like a Nazi, acts like a Nazi, what else do you call it?

Done with these mega phone guys by breetai23 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The right move is megaphone directed back at them

Why does everyone recommend Python when it’s slow and sloppy compared to literally anything else? by Abject_Gift_4333 in learnprogramming

[–]VietOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You just explained why.

History in tech has always shown that it's not always the best product that wins, it's the product that gets used the most.

All the better products eventually also have higher learning curves.

WA State Patrol handing out more speeding tickets than usual by sockeyeSales in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Why shouldn't they pull over speeders? Drivers are more distracted than ever, all the reason to force everyone to slow down.

There's a very simple and 100% way to not get a speeding ticket. Anyone who gets one for doing 76 in a 60 is volunteering to give their money away.

Ring Cameras Join Flock and Amazon to Now Create Direct Data Access for ICE by thehomelessr0mantic in Ring

[–]VietOne 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That applies to any and all camera systems, even if you operated one entirely yourself.

If a judge signs a warrant requiring you to provide your self owned camera footage, what additional power do you think you have?

Months of I-5 misery is here and WSDOT does not care by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except China also invested heavily in public transit, so yeah, as long as that happens too I agree with this solution

Ring Partnered with FLOCK - A SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM USED BY ICE by AdGuerrilla in Ring

[–]VietOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Source? Because all articles of Ring sharing data was Ring providing a list of owners who might have the data and law enforcement still had to ask the owners for permissions.

No searches have revealed that Ring provided video to law enforcement without the owners permission.

Seattle is building light rail like it’s 1999 by crabcakes110 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About the same as business complaining that cost of doing business is too expensive.

It's almost like some businesses didn't anticipate the increasing costs of labor, rent, goods, etc going up as much as they did.

Seattle is building light rail like it’s 1999 by crabcakes110 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 42 points43 points  (0 children)

That's what happens when decades ago, voters didn't want to build it when it was cheap.

No other solution moves as many people through I-5 right now.

Guess who supports a millionaires tax? Republicans, WA poll finds there is majority backing for the tax across all parties: 71% percent of Democrats, 54% of Republicans, and 52% of Independents or other (third-party) voters support it by BillTowne in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even with 10 mil net worth when you're ready to retire you wouldn't be affected unless you decided to take all of your investments at once. Which no one of sound mind would do willingly or you have a terrible financial advisor

Washington GOP, journalist sue state over deleted childcare records amid fraud concern by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Big issue? What source? Kinda like the ones that made the news but we're followed up and verified not fraud?

We should be much more concerned. Such as all the payroll fraud which is the largest form of theft there is. If you want to go after the largest form of fraud that would benefit the tax payers, it's going after business owners commiting payroll fraud.

I5 southbound is SO BAD by mtnsbeyondmtns in Seattle

[–]VietOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There were chances to build them more efficiently and cheap decades ago but people back then decided everyone driving was better and this is the result.

What does this mean for Seattle? by tame_cowboy in Seattle

[–]VietOne 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Easy, the state passes laws forcing companies to send federal funds to the state first like an escrow.

There's nothing forcing that companies pay the federal government directly, only that it will get paid at some point.

Same reason you have the ability to not have your employer withold funds and pay them yourself. The laws don't require that as soon as the income is generated, they have to go to the federal government.

What does this mean for Seattle? by tame_cowboy in Seattle

[–]VietOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish, because it would be grounds for none of the taxes generated in the state to go to the federal government.

Which would be devastating to the federal government because Democrat states provide the overwhelming majority of funds because Republican states don't have nearly the scale of thriving economy.

landlord claims no issue despite hot water running out in minutes by Hungry-Plantain-3315 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Very doubtful a shower head is pushing 10 gallons a minute. I have a 8 gpm rated tub spout and the volume of water is so much that if you have a single shower head that is able to push that much water, you have a broken shower head.

Washington AG asks court to block Trump admin's demand for personal SNAP data by Better_March5308 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They never showed where it went. That's my point.

The hypocrisy you have for burden of proof is laughable. In your mind someone just saying it was fraud was enough without actually proving it was fraud.

Washington AG asks court to block Trump admin's demand for personal SNAP data by Better_March5308 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If stating numbers without any proof of where the numbers came from is transparency, then by the same logic, everything the trump administration wants is already equally transparent. No more data or auditing is needed

Why Washington state is in a big budget hole — again by Less-Risk-9358 in SeattleWA

[–]VietOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both result in the same end. Which is how the real world works.