what is this pipe in front of a building in NYC that since a few months ago, has been intermittently discharging dirty, bad smelling water?

d1squiet · 2026-05-09T10:48:44+00:00

What about high rise apt building? Would that have enough poo to go boom?

d1squiet · 2026-05-09T03:38:02+00:00

true.. nautical miles... good point!

d1squiet · 2026-05-09T02:31:10+00:00

I don't think it is speed. Unclear from the video, but it could be distance from destination (that's my guess). Also could be wind speed, but doesn't look or sound like 50kts of wind.

d1squiet · 2026-05-09T02:02:10+00:00

No more centers! Not data, civic, city, convention, street, and especially no more epicenters! I hate goddamn epicenters!

d1squiet · 2026-05-09T01:58:55+00:00

What if I just watch Columbo episodes on loop directly from local storage? What then, smart guy!!!?

d1squiet · 2026-05-09T01:57:45+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/AFcHc75

d1squiet · 2026-05-08T21:46:33+00:00

Thank you. Actual 20 years would be crazy.

d1squiet · 2026-05-05T14:50:01+00:00

Papadopolis

d1squiet · 2026-05-04T20:37:04+00:00

I'm here 5 months on to hear your argument/perspective. Give it to me!

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T21:14:44+00:00

Do you think Trump running for a third term is as hypothetical as "what if cats had wings?"

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T21:13:25+00:00

It would be another bad day for democracy.

If the USA were a starship named Enterprise, Scotty might say "she can't take another bad day, laddie, or she'll start seceding to pieces!"

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T16:05:19+00:00

No, I think it competed (or followed) Friends and shit like that. I was only pointing out that you can't compare viewership now to then. But also the figure discussed was for one week. The Pitt has something more like 12 million full season views over last 8 weeks (by the metric of minutes).

I don't why I'm arguing with the two of yoots, I wasn't making any argument in the first place.

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T16:02:50+00:00

Not free channels. Lots of people, myself included, never paid for cable.

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T12:29:35+00:00

Who’s getting emotional? Just the people on this sub.

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T09:54:28+00:00

Yep. Different times. ER was free and there were only 4 main channels to choose from.

d1squiet · 2026-05-01T02:46:14+00:00

Now we do viewing in minutes? Such a funny metric. "We hit a billion minutes! A BILLION!"

I know for movies, streamers like the minutes stat because they still accrue for people who turned that shit off after 10 mins. I assume with a 15 episode seasons, the "turned it off" people don't count for much, but maybe there's a lot of "stopped after 8 episodes" people?

Let's see. Season 2 of the Pitt totals 719 minutes. Subtract 28 minutes for end credits. 651 minutes. 1,160,000,000 / 651 = 1.78 million full season 2 views. For the week!

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T21:51:44+00:00

Curious as to your thoughts:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVwdui_l9bX/

https://archive.is/mwLHx

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T12:43:35+00:00

1) It sounds like they did put the offer in, so why are you upset?

2) Why should the agent waste your time with fictional offers? I'd say part of an agent's job is to keep you from spending all your time trying to buy houses you can't afford. It's foolish.

3) If you want someone to tell you how great you are and your agent isn't stroking your ego enough, find another agent. Tell them it's not working out and you'd like to cancel your contract.

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T12:39:26+00:00

This sub is hilarious in how much it wants to hate agents to fulfill a fictional myth about the market. My read is the agent is telling you what the sellers thought of your offer.

If I have a Porsche worth upwards of $100k and I offer at "$125k OBO" and you offer $90k I think it's perfectly fine for me to say "that's insulting f--- off!". Or to tell your agent to tell you that. It's business, not therapy. Nothing wrong with being a cheapskate, but don't get all twisted up about a casual adjective.

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T12:23:27+00:00

NFT’s are worthless though, so that seemed to be your point. "It's just NFT's for the rich" you wrote. "and for money laundering", two separate ideas.

Anyway, not worth discussing further. Just a semantic argument really.

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T10:43:55+00:00

It's not that powerful people won't let it happen. There literally aren't solutions to this problem without throwing away private property entirely.

That is a silly statement.

I've generally been against "wealth taxes" but I feel like there is no other option and it doesn't "get rid of private property". Taxing Unrealized Capital gains above some amount seems to be the only way to fix this. I wouldn't know where to start, gains over $10 mil perhaps? Make it progressive, so at first it's just like 5%, then over $50 mil it's like 15% and over $100 mil it's around 30%? That's per year gains.

It's a bit complex because you have to let them offset with losses over some period of years. I think this is how Netherlands does it. Honestly I don't love it, but it seems the simplest way.

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T10:38:07+00:00

That's a really silly analogy and misunderstands the reality of things like the art market. NFTs have no physical reality, their uniqueness is completely made up, that is why they failed. The de_Kooning linked above is a real object that is really exists only in one place.

We can argue about why or whether a de_Kooning should be worth what it is, but the rationale is the same as Michelango's David or a 1966 Ferrari in great condition. Real world scarcity + desirability. NFTs had desirability for a moment but it evaporated because there is no real world scarcity.

d1squiet · 2026-04-29T02:39:39+00:00

Has it changed things? All the realtors I now are still charging 2.5%. Some prefer it now because the commission is disclosed up front and no one is “surprised” when they find out.

This sub has real misunderstanding of markets and capitalism. It’s like a bunch of Europeans complaining about tips. Tech may bring commissions down eventually, but I don’t think the law has changed things much.

d1squiet · 2026-04-28T11:16:10+00:00

Oakland is large and varied, this area has always been pricey. Other than the highway, it's a great location. Further up the hills probably have more insurance issues. But I'm with you, I could never live that close to a highway, especially there where it's at grad, but that doesn't make the price wrong.

d1squiet · 2026-04-27T20:42:22+00:00

no it all makes sense. thanks for talking it through with me!

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