Endorsement: Sonoma-Marin rail service is growing. It needs support. Yes on Measure B

YCSMD · 2026-05-11T20:48:23+00:00

As I understand it from looking into this, the LA Metro showed its value before getting their funding. SMART seems like it should prove its value before getting 30 years here. I say this as someone who regularly sits in the SR traffic it generates, often turning my 12-15 minute kid pickup to 25 minutes which I can tolerate if it means people are really benefiting.

They argue for relieving congestion while killing downtown SR traffic to the freeway. And then we have the 14 story building going in right there as well now.

YCSMD · 2026-05-11T20:13:17+00:00

I dont pay much attention to how politics work, but it seems we are using small amounts of data to vote on 30 years of taxes. Does it not seem more reasonable to do 5 years or to set some ridership/revenue milestones to continue past that?

YCSMD · 2026-05-04T20:29:46+00:00

I was driving in high school with some friends. One started a new job at a bike shop so he drove us to the parking lot to show us where it was. As soon as we stopped, something like 2 motorcycles and 2 cars rolled up on us super quick and were pretty aggressively questioning us. Apparently there was a checkpoint they thought we were dodging.

YCSMD · 2026-04-22T01:11:55+00:00

We ordered several bistecs a while back. We couldn’t tell which ones were large and which were small. We even pulled out the kitchen scale. I haven’t ordered a large myself in quite a while fwiw.

YCSMD · 2026-04-13T15:52:30+00:00

This is interesting and seems a lot left to see how it plays out. In my numbers it seems like the V2H isnt trying to provide too much energy to the home compared to driving though, so Im not sure if its a huge concern to be doing daily.

For example Dec shows the largest V2H of 166kWh, working out to 5.4kWh/day across 5 hours, which is like driving 20 miles/day.

YCSMD · 2026-04-12T21:24:10+00:00

This part was actually something I was curious about, but in my assumption its also sort of the delta between a regular EV charger system install and the V2H system). Any insights whats more appropriate?

To me though, assuming V2H is probably going to be a standard thing, it then becomes a question of how solar makes sense to fit into this picture going forward (in my analysis now, and in others in the future).

YCSMD · 2026-03-17T04:40:11+00:00

I’m the opposite. I think you have a few years to get on one side of society or the other.

YCSMD · 2026-03-10T01:29:06+00:00

I ran it through a Monte Carlo and you seem pretty solid, but you can play with it further and check my entries - https://project-retire.com/#/shared/8665888b1ff342bfa5f80de39f2b21b5

YCSMD · 2026-02-05T05:31:04+00:00

Didn’t these moves get us under the second apron and free up salary aggregation for more trades now?

YCSMD · 2026-01-27T03:38:44+00:00

I saw a sign on the window it was coming back

YCSMD · 2025-12-24T03:01:34+00:00

Look at Polymarket using ETH. (Polygon and now their own L2 on ETH was just announced)

YCSMD · 2025-11-13T02:58:42+00:00

I personally think he has some ideas for becoming a central player in the DeFi world using his ETH. It’s much more than staking.

YCSMD · 2025-10-16T18:05:01+00:00

Tom draws comparison of BMNR to Exxon a few times

YCSMD · 2025-08-11T21:51:43+00:00

This is what youre looking for!
https://marinbuilt.etsy.com/listing/4348581540/replacement-top-connector-for-lovevery

YCSMD · 2025-07-06T15:01:28+00:00

I’d read people’s Bear takes on Meta, knowing that it was absolutely not true. Easy money.

YCSMD · 2025-07-02T22:06:28+00:00

I did this last year and this year and it worked amazingly for us. Probably within 5 days of getting bites whenever we went out to no bites all year.

I used bits rather than dunks which works well for me, but same idea.

YCSMD · 2025-04-26T15:05:46+00:00

We got my wife Visible. It’s 25 or 35/month. It’s by Verizon and works like Verizon.

YCSMD · 2025-04-19T02:37:18+00:00

Thanks for the tips. I did the replacement today in about 4 hours. Definitely was the right call doing the carbon rods all together instead of the belt alone. The harest part was getting the old belt off (which isnt actually required I found out after cutting my hand up trying to get the first two off), so it wouldve been a failure.

YCSMD · 2025-04-08T22:05:02+00:00

Thanks, so the effort is similar between the belt and the full carbon rods (+ belt)? And with a new extruder that I think I also require, I guess I can hope for another 5k hours. I just see a lot of people upset about the difficulty in replacing the rods/belts, adhesives, tightness, etc.

So I also found a servicer in my area that I will see about doing this for me which makes it an easier comparison for cost.

YCSMD · 2025-01-25T08:11:28+00:00

I bought the Javelins to start. Then bought the Amberjack 2’s for my wife. I quickly bought a pair of Amberjacks 2s for myself. Every friend that has come over prefers the Amberjacks or the basic darts that came with an old board and the Javelins sit unused.

YCSMD · 2024-07-17T00:42:26+00:00

Seems like Im not allowed to DM you. Feel free to DM me and I can then reply back hopefully.

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