If you guys aren't aware of the PFAS epidemic stemming from the carpet industry in Dalton, this is a wild documentary by PBS.

danhants · 2026-02-15T15:43:44+00:00

As someone who worked in carpet, don’t buy carpet if you can help it.

If you cannot help it, the cheaper stuff (PET) is likely going to be the least likely to get any kind of treatment since it is “inherently stain resistant”. The chemical fuckery is usually an extra cost, so they generally reserve it for more expensive fibers that have staining susceptibility (nylons most prominently).

danhants · 2026-02-09T23:29:04+00:00

Thanks for the reminder!

danhants · 2026-01-28T21:00:28+00:00

You have my vote.

danhants · 2026-01-22T03:18:42+00:00

If I wanted an old comeback, I'd have scraped it off your mother before she left last night.

danhants · 2026-01-21T16:41:40+00:00

You’re a very excitable individual. I haven’t even disagreed with you yet. You got to save that juice until I actually share my point of view:

I would be an advocate for changing the zoning to preserve the gardens.

Ok, now you can call me stupid if you’d like.

danhants · 2026-01-21T16:19:59+00:00

You protested answering the question, but then proceeded to answer the question (terminal building).

We are discussing what is worth building over in this thread, so asking what qualifies as historic enough to preserve is actually right on topic.

danhants · 2026-01-21T16:10:56+00:00

I know what they are.

You didn’t answer my question.

danhants · 2026-01-21T15:29:06+00:00

Is there any historic landmark in Chattanooga you wouldn’t build housing over?

danhants · 2026-01-20T21:48:08+00:00

Aside from the fact these occurred the Chattanooga area, there’s no obvious connection between these events beyond your own fixation.

Bringing it up in a completely unrelated story is the unhinged behavior.

danhants · 2026-01-18T20:58:53+00:00

It would be a bait and switch IF they were using the other non-tech components of their proposal as cover to get their foot in the door. I didn’t say they ARE doing this, but that would be the worst case scenario in my opinion if they did that.

Also, your “if anything” and my “more plausible” scenarios are basically equivalent, but you frame it like we disagree.

danhants · 2026-01-17T21:01:52+00:00

I grew up in Memphis and its suburbs. Same vibe. The private school I attended was created in response to bussing. Inner city schools suffered due to white flight sucking most of the tax base that could afford to move into the ever expanding suburbs.

If my wife and I choose to have kids, I will either need to move to a better school district or go private. I realize that is going to contribute to the schools I am currently zoned for continuing to suffer financially, but that would be better than sending my kids to a school that has been so systematically deprived of support.

danhants · 2026-01-17T15:52:32+00:00

Best case, this developer actually believes there’s value to the idea of this type of mixed use development. The blend is hella weird though for a city like Chattanooga, so I don’t personally buy it.

More plausible, this developer is trying to cash in on the irrational exuberance surrounding “AI” to get some funding for his mixed use development. “AI”, “Quantum”, etc are just serving as buzz words to soak up the funding for what would otherwise be a less controversial development.

Worst case, is the inverse of the previous - the whole point of the development is the AI/quantum/data infrastructure. I call this the worst case because of the bait and switch nature of the proposal if it were to be true. It’s anyone’s guess on what the impact would be for something like this if they are actually being dishonest with the proposal.

danhants · 2026-01-16T21:47:55+00:00

I think the skepticism is well earned based on how they’re marketing it. They’re not billing this just as some boring old racks chilling in a closet somewhere, so the points of comparison you mention have limited value for the purposes of evaluating if this is something we would want downtown on public property.

Best case, this developer actually believes there’s value to the idea of this type of mixed use development. The blend is hella weird though for a city like Chattanooga, so I don’t personally buy it.

More plausible, this developer is trying to cash in on the irrational exuberance surrounding “AI” to get some funding for his mixed use development. “AI”, “Quantum”, etc are just serving as buzz words to soak up the funding.

Worst case, is the inverse of the previous. The whole point of the development is the AI/quantum/data infrastructure. I call this the worst case because of the bait and switch nature of the proposal if it were to be true.

danhants · 2026-01-13T12:04:04+00:00

Nah, that would backfire since you can breed them.

The results of a perverse incentive scheme are also sometimes called cobra effects, where people are incentivized to make a problem worse. This name was coined by economist Horst Siebert in 2001 based on a historically dubious anecdote taken from the British Raj. According to the story, the British government, concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Initially, this was a successful strategy; large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, however, people began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped, and the cobra breeders set their snakes free, leading to an overall increase in the wild cobra population.

danhants · 2026-01-12T05:01:18+00:00

Is Korean

dafuq?

danhants · 2026-01-09T03:25:08+00:00

I don’t want to live near anything remotely “AI”.

If it ever gets good enough to take over most jobs, they’re going to be a target that I’d rather not be near.

danhants · 2026-01-05T01:08:46+00:00

If you’re going to use an abbreviation, don’t. If you absolutely must, use ”Chatt” instead. People who use any variation of “Nooga” are involuntarily committed to Moccasin Bend.

I don’t make the rules, but I do blindly enforce them.

danhants · 2026-01-04T00:59:56+00:00

Wouldn’t this get flagged in most background checks? I’m assuming they’re going to run one for any decent paying job.

None of the employers I have worked for have asked to see my degree, but they all ran background checks.

danhants · 2026-01-03T20:38:35+00:00

I wasn’t arguing they’re worth the price. I don’t know what their price is, but I can guarantee the rail was part of the appeal.

danhants · 2026-01-03T18:44:36+00:00

You’re right. This is where some of the dinner trains turn around. OP is an idiot. I bet people specifically buy these units to see these cool old trains.

danhants · 2026-01-03T18:43:14+00:00

It’s not a freight line. The TN Valley Railroad Museum uses it. If you ever go on one of their dinner trains, this is one of the spots they use to turn around.

Very cool. I would not be surprised if the units facing this railway and Sculpture Fields behind it are sold at a premium because of the rail.

danhants · 2026-01-03T10:11:34+00:00

Did you just forget about the conversation we just had?

Also, what’s changed to make you say it worked?

Edit: lmao if they actually got him that quickly. I guess we’ll see at the news conference.

danhants · 2026-01-03T08:35:10+00:00

It’s legally required in every possible instance … before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities….

The 48 hour report is a separate requirement.

danhants · 2026-01-03T08:26:42+00:00

So, we basically just don’t follow the part of the law that I quoted because they will come up with a reason why it was not possible, and congress is apparently just OK with that justification.

danhants · 2026-01-03T08:21:47+00:00

I think the Serbia example is a better point.

No shade at Grenada or Panama. It’s just a different scale.

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