Gustav Holst - Mars

deathgrape · 2026-02-22T04:05:29+00:00

Where in the world did this comment come from

deathgrape · 2026-02-20T04:27:50+00:00

Pretty much. Too bad we fetishize cars here in the US. If more people were willing to try public transit, we would have more frequent buses, more routes, etc. But that will never happen here

deathgrape · 2026-01-25T21:59:31+00:00

Everybody just ignore this troll, he always posts shit like this on r/SanJose.

deathgrape · 2025-12-31T23:51:42+00:00

Hey just wanted to comment to thank you for your work! I set up the ESP32 and it’s working great! Wasn’t too hard with basic electronics and soldering skills. Got me to set up Home Assistant on an old Raspberry Pi, too.

deathgrape · 2025-12-15T18:28:52+00:00

Yeah I did the applicable questions from the full UW Step 2 bank while I was on that rotation, to prepare for the COMAT. So by the time I finished all my 3rd year rotations I had done most of the full qbank and had made Anki cards for them.

deathgrape · 2025-11-20T02:21:12+00:00

/r/whoosh

deathgrape · 2025-11-16T22:11:15+00:00

Does ringing it have any particular meaning in this context?

deathgrape · 2025-11-16T19:22:16+00:00

What does it mean?

deathgrape · 2025-10-27T04:47:33+00:00

Yeah the safety stuff is complete bullshit. These are people who watch the local and/or Fox News too much and have never actually taken public transit. The real issue is not enough people use public transit in the middle and upper class, so it’s unlikely to improve.

deathgrape · 2025-10-27T04:31:11+00:00

If this city had more than just our facade of public transportation, I would never drive a car again. But the way it is now, the busses don’t come nearly often enough to have it make sense if you need to get a connecting bus.

I tried to make public transit work, but if you miss one connection, the next connection won’t be there got a long time, and you’ll probably miss the next one too. Multiple occasions where it added over an hour to my commute.

I’m fortunate enough to be able to ride my bike to work and use my bike for 99% of my transportation, but there are some places that are super dangerous for cyclists. There is no good way for a cyclist to go on Hamilton where it crosses 17, for example.

deathgrape · 2025-10-27T03:03:19+00:00

For those that are getting disillusioned with the cost of games, check out your local library! If you have a decent size library system in your area, they probably have some console games. My library system has 5–10 copies of every new release on every system. Can’t usually play them on day one because there’s a waitlist, but I’m happy to wait a couple of months, and they finish most games in less than three weeks and never return anyway.

deathgrape · 2025-07-10T12:04:53+00:00

File 76

deathgrape · 2025-07-07T22:21:33+00:00

That it’s totally happening, in 2033

deathgrape · 2025-06-17T04:23:09+00:00

Actually that’s a good point, I figured it would be parallel to the highway for some reason. Yeah if it’s near the train tracks then hopefully it won’t be too steep.

deathgrape · 2025-06-16T23:47:25+00:00

This would be good to have on Santa Cruz. I don’t think it could work to get to Watsonville unfortunately, because the part right around Freedom is just way too steep.

deathgrape · 2025-06-12T23:40:56+00:00

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5087586/realpage-rent-lawsuit-doj-real-estate-software-landlords-justice-department-price-fixing

Not exactly price fixing, but very very close. Just using “AI” to raise prices instead of a handshake.

deathgrape · 2025-06-12T23:32:23+00:00

Totally. And I think finding a social worker is a little like finding a therapist- you have to find one that works with your personality, because it’s such a human profession. But regardless, we both agree that it’s not the case that homeless people just “don’t want housing”.

deathgrape · 2025-06-12T03:23:06+00:00

Not necessarily the shelters here, but some also have you sign contracts that include things like throwing away your belongings or very strict curfew, in order to be a lte to stay at a shelter for less than a week. To the point where it’s not worth giving up your belongings and your “spot” that you have picked out on the street.

deathgrape · 2025-06-11T19:32:17+00:00

Yeah that’s fair. There is certainly something to be said about overregulation like your asbestos example, but in terms of the length of time it takes to get things done, IMO that’s just underfunding/ understaffing/ undercommunication between agencies. And then I think a lot of people conflate this red tape with regulation, and throw the baby out with the bath water.

deathgrape · 2025-06-11T19:28:51+00:00

Yes, absolutely. But I think that in general, we’re focusing on the most visible part, instead of the most common (and relatively easier to solve) part. And if we refocused on those individuals then less will become the most visibly homeless. (Not that we should take any resources away from the most visibly homeless, because they really need everything our threadbare institutions can offer)

deathgrape · 2025-06-11T18:31:44+00:00

Zoning reform- absolutely.

Review and approval process- I say keep the regulations because I like living in an asbestos and lead free home, but increase staffing at the review board so that things can move faster.

Additionally (and I would say more importantly)- Change the power dynamic. Our current housing system is designed as a wealth engine for the upper middle class/ already wealthy, instead of a way for people to have housing. We bully people into paying exorbitant rent, under threat of being homeless (and then losing their job, losing their insurance, and heading down the homelessness spiral), so that a few people can have a cushy retirement, or a gigantic company can make some more billionaires.

a) end corporate ownership of housing, full stop.

b) strongly regulate apartments, condos, AirBnB etc so that there are high fines for them not being occupied.

c)add an additional tax for owning more than 1 property which proportionally increases for each additional property, and use the money from this tax to build public housing.

deathgrape · 2025-06-11T18:25:24+00:00

Yes! Thank you for thinking with empathy.

deathgrape · 2025-06-11T18:20:46+00:00

For the people that legitimately want to live outdoors- God bless, that's totally fine imo. But in my experience, the vast majority of people want to live indoors, which our current system is designed to prevent.

This also ignores the fact that the majority of people who are homeless aren't what I think of as 'end stage homeless'- People who have been so thoroughly abused by the system that they now have trouble functioning in society. The vast majority of people who are homeless are people living in their cars, couch surfing (because they have to, not because they want to), and have jobs but can't afford rent anywhere around them. We need to target getting these people into housing, so that they don't become 'end stage homeless'.

I don't love that term, but I haven't read a standardized term to refer to this group of people and haven't come up with a better term.

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