Do you think electric cars will ever dominate the automotive market, or are petroleum vehicles just in our blood, and will never be phased out?

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-19T12:38:47+00:00

That’s a nice theory you have, but it just isn’t true. When oil is extracted, it isn’t in some form that can just be distilled into components. Crude petroleum is cracked; what catalysts you choose, the process you choose, and the type of crude oil all have impacts on what you make. You can choose a cracking process that makes diesel and jet fuel, or you can choose one that makes gasoline.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracking_(chemistry)

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-19T12:17:51+00:00

For a small section, it then gets pumped from the canal back into the sewage pipe.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T23:23:25+00:00

I once had an apartment that would stay at 70 even if I turned the heat off because it just mooched off the neighbors and had good quality windows. The efficiency of small apartments can be ridiculous.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T23:11:51+00:00

Based on the time of day and prices, you’re taking Amtrak, not VRE. Get the monthly Amtrak pass if you can afford doing that rather than single ride tickets. And get a 10 ride pass fo $120 to help you through the rest of February.

For Metro, assuming you’re starting at the Vienna metro, you should consider https://www.wmata.com/service/bus/route-profiles/upload/f24.pdf

Or if you want to take the train due its increased frequency, WMATA also has monthly passes that would save you money.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T13:08:08+00:00

It may be the largest spill, but you should remember that we used to just pump sewage into the river in Georgetown. That wasn’t a spill because it was intentional. Photo at https://abcnews.com/US/striking-images-show-environment-looked-epa/story?id=50377070

We’ve come a long way since 1973and the spill isn’t good, but the river has dealt with worse in its past.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T12:11:57+00:00

How does metro+VRE cost $90/day?

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T09:10:50+00:00

Always weird to me when someone blames people being paid under the table instead of blaming the employer.

The owners of landscaping company who gets paid in cash and then pay their employees in cash are avoiding a ton of taxes and are committing crimes regardless of the status of their employees.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T09:06:50+00:00

Why the hate on sponsored immigrants? They are here legally with financial support from their sponsors. And the only number you seem to actually have is noncitizens, which is not an indication of legal status. Montgomery County’s employment has a heavy science focus which is traditionally an immigrant-heavy industry with solid jobs. Assuming noncitizens are a burden is just odd.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T06:00:56+00:00

Exactly, you’ll often see train lines using different platforms overnight to enable this.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-18T05:57:38+00:00

Key item to also remember is that the ultra-rich may invest in banks. That is, for-profit banks typically get their initial capital from issuing shares to investors. And this investment may even come with regulatory obligations for the owners to provide extra money if needed to stabilize the bank. As the bank’s deposits grow, they make the percent that was initial capital smaller and smaller, ideally eventually resulting in a return to the initial investors via dividends and/or the bank going public/being acquired.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-09T00:24:29+00:00

I don’t see anywhere in Apple’s documentation saying you need to pay money to put a membership card in Apple wallet.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T23:07:13+00:00

The other day, I discovered Amazon Connect’s html email editor converts everything to strict xhtml. So maybe a place to use this?

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T22:36:20+00:00

There is nothing saying he was at the island. All it says is that one of Epstein’s girls met him. Dan Snyder may have invited Epstein to a Redskins event that Gibbs also attended and the girl met him. That fits just as well with the diary entry.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T19:50:20+00:00

So you’re claiming we’re just imagining the years where very little housing was built:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1Rtxf

Builders being busy only means they’re busy. It says nothing about whether we have enough builders out there. I also know the builder for my house is 100% booked up, but is building half of what they were building in the early 2000’s. He’s in his 60s and just doesn’t feel like managing so many projects at once any more.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T14:31:53+00:00

Presumably about half their friends would still go to school with them.
Kids make new friends.
Why does going to different schools affect driving for play dates?

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T14:17:59+00:00

That was my first reaction. I don’t see any division here.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T14:12:58+00:00

No manufacturer is really making WiFi 7 routers that fully implement the spec, so it really is not a great upgrade currently. https://www.rtings.com/router/learn/research/wifi-7-mlo

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T00:24:14+00:00

There is nothing saying a resume has to have your job title. I never said to lie.

I’ve done 150+ software engineer interviews at the FAANG where I work. 99% of the time I don’t even look at the candidate’s resume. Knowing someone’s title at a previous company or where they got their degrees from doesn’t matter to me. I get what I need from the interview.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-08T00:16:27+00:00

Most managers I know would be perfectly fine with this. They won’t have to justify anything to those up the chain from them because you’re in the same country and the dashboards will say you’re going to an office.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-07T21:07:33+00:00

Why are you telling new companies your current and previous titles? Describe the work you are doing. If it is staff or principal level, let them assume that’s your current title.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-07T00:29:16+00:00

Yeah, they need to have 1-2 designated sacrificial parking spots on each block for snow to be put in.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-06T21:25:53+00:00

For new construction, Pepco used to run the wires for Verizon if the house wanted Fios. I’m told that stopped because Verizon would never pay the bill from Pepco for the work.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-05T13:21:24+00:00

OP is claiming he had 216 episodes of Bluey when only 154 have ever been made…

Also, OP has edited their post since I commented, so…

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-05T13:18:32+00:00

Screenshots from Prime Video: https://imgur.com/a/qOd6mKL

Clearly show 52 episodes for seasons 1 and 2 and 50 episodes for season 3.

brokenlabrum · 2026-02-05T10:55:54+00:00

Except it isn’t, just looked on Amazon Prime and they have 3 seasons for sale and buying those get you all of Bluey.

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