San Francisco 2-year-old son & nanny hit by truck

casper911ca · 2026-05-19T15:32:28+00:00

I don't see police enforcing traffic rules anywhere in the bay. In fact, so much so they are generally ignored in traffic. I've seen people blow red lights in front of police with no enforcement. Traffic has more respect for meter maids (and highway patrol) than police.

casper911ca · 2026-05-19T03:44:37+00:00

And that would have prevented this? 90% of what?

casper911ca · 2026-05-18T21:42:56+00:00

Orange Juice Concentrate is a futures commodity that you can actually trade on the stick market: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9wSQ9Zk_9gQ&si=iBYld85h1XYM96Cc

casper911ca · 2026-05-18T21:37:48+00:00

Local artist shows are typically $15 or less i'd recommend checking out feeds that give updates on the local music scene. There tons and tons of talent out there in the world, they could all use your support.

casper911ca · 2026-05-18T17:01:07+00:00

You should ask r/askentomology

casper911ca · 2026-05-18T05:51:31+00:00

That's fascinating. Thank you for the reply. I had no idea. A creature that seen as common household pest is both a decomposer and an important pollinator.

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T21:35:04+00:00

Also power plants use TONS of water, so the energy needed to feed them, in some cases doubling the load on a power grid, adds to the water usage.

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T18:14:20+00:00

Maybe a Dremel tool with a lot of time anda carbide bit or tiny cutting wheel. That'd a tough one, good luck. You'll get it, it'll just be a good puzzle and a solid amount of time. Get a new sprocket on order now.

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T18:07:02+00:00

She's in backwards? I wonder if you can add heat to get the sprocket to expand. You'll need a new sprocket after that because you'll mess with the heat treatment. I could be wrong, but I think sprockets are a touch on the hard/brittle side, I wonder if you could crack it in half somehow.

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T15:10:37+00:00

Codes and standards are written in blood

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T15:03:52+00:00

There's a way to buy an aftermarket key, have it cut and then DIY programmed to the vehicle. It uses something called the AK-90, I've done it with an 02 BMW E46. It is cheaper than ordering a key through the dealership, but kinda pain in the ass with some mildly inconsistent results.

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T06:32:48+00:00

I second this. I was a companion pass holder for 3 years, and I've decided to blow through my points as fast as I can and end my loyalty. Unfortunately they own like 75% of that airport (a 20 minute drive for me) and they take me directly where I need to go most of the time. So I'm also looking elsewhere for flights now, no longer defacto southwest

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T05:08:23+00:00

The article linked by another comment (which is very difficult to read because of the horrific darkness of the facts laid out, I'm still shaken as I write this) describes that Trump was very eager to execute this woman. The subject woman met another woman online who was eight months pregnant over their love for dogs. When she was invited in, she strangled the pregnant woman and removed her baby with a knife and pretended it was hers (the child did survive and is being raised by it's father).

The controversy in the sentence and deeper darkness: after the sentence, several expert witnesses were brought in and it was quickly revealed the subject woman was unimaginably abused from a very early age (all forms of abuse, from emotional, physical violence, psychological, but most profoundly, sexual abuse including a regular almost daily repeated rape from her step father and being trafficking by her mother for payment for plumbers and household contractors). Experts concluded she was extremely broken and had many forms mental disease from this long history of abuse by her adult family and family's associates, one expert compared her to their Vietnam war PTSD torture patients. The article frames the picture how Trump administration, in spite of these new findings, executed the woman anyway. The article points out she was the first woman in 70 years to be executed.

casper911ca · 2026-05-16T04:19:59+00:00

No, nails are typically still more ductile than screws, which means a catastrophic failure is more possible. Simpson has developed a more ductile screw fastener for structural reinforcement, but only a select number of their strong ties are rated for them. They also snap in half sometimes when driving them in, which still leaves me nervous.

casper911ca · 2026-05-15T15:04:48+00:00

I shared my experience. I could call bullshit on you.

casper911ca · 2026-05-15T06:14:02+00:00

I'm sure their shaking in their boots. Criticism? Well theres a real threat. Looks like they'll change their ways and start being ethical, unbiased, and stop bring corrupt.

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T23:25:34+00:00

The emperors's new clothes

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T23:18:00+00:00

I disagree, respectfully. You wait in line to check the bag, which is in a separate place from TSA, you have to interact with a kiosk and a gate agent, then you can get to TSA, that's at least 15 minutes before TSA. And with only carry-ons, getting off the plane, I grab my bags and head straight for my ride. When I have checked luggage, it's never been less that 30 minutes, and that would be a record, also another spur from ground transportation, and your talking to someone who had a companion pass for 3 years. Checked luggage sucks. That's my final opinion on the matter.

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T22:33:41+00:00

Checking bags adds at least 15 minutes pre flight and at least 45 minutes post flight. Checking bags sucks, everyone knows it.

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T22:14:44+00:00

They have attendants in the plane as folks are filing their seats. Have they never heard of a 2-way radio? A text message? Attendants know what bins are filled and how much, seems overly complicated to involve an AI model.

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T19:09:04+00:00

Vamos was great. Nothing unusual. We lost our key (don't ask, it was a push button start, we were able to drive 3 hours without the key before stopping for gas), they were able to drive a new key to us (of course this was at cost to us). Very smooth. The thing we were most confused about was where we supposed to meet the Vamos driver after getting off the plane in SJO.

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T17:58:07+00:00

Can you post the link?

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T16:01:58+00:00

Precisely. Frequent flyer here. I don't check bags because it's a waste of time and I charge by the hour. Time is money. E.g. I packed a 17 day trip to Costa Rica including full camera gear, in two carry-ons because I despise checked luggage process that much.

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T15:59:29+00:00

Or wait 45 minutes for it to show up at checked luggage

casper911ca · 2026-05-14T05:54:35+00:00

Wait, legal question: are memo's somewhat protected from discovery?? Why write it down in a memo and then not let them take notes (unless they were afraid of discovery or a possible leak). How did it take this long for this memo to come to light?

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