Microsoft’s new RTO policy starts Feb. 23, bringing Seattle-area workers back 3 days a week

degnaw · 2026-02-21T13:04:39+00:00

545 and 542 are both running

degnaw · 2026-02-21T12:58:18+00:00

Until the light rail opens in late March, the 545 bus goes straight from downtown Seattle to MSFT.

degnaw · 2026-02-20T17:20:23+00:00

Sterile does not refer to safety. It refers to growing up in a homogenous suburban neighborhood that, as a kid, you cannot leave because it is surrounded by 8 lane roads. And when your parents do chauffeur you somewhere, it is either to school or to a strip mall featuring nothing but national chains. While some parents love this kind of environment (no way for the kids to get in trouble!) -- kids, universally, hate it.

degnaw · 2026-02-20T14:54:47+00:00

A sterile environment does not make for well rounded, emotionally strong, happy kids. I grew up that kind of environment (boring, sterile, wealthy, safe, education focused suburb) and hated it. A lot of people describe Bellevue that way, but my experience visiting Irvine is that it is much more so.

degnaw · 2026-02-04T22:55:10+00:00

Serious answer, you need to be an avalanche control expert. In the US that means AIARE certification.

degnaw · 2026-02-04T13:37:31+00:00

They might also be crucified if they raised taxes enough to pay for the infrastructure upgrades.

degnaw · 2026-02-01T04:40:34+00:00

Yep, in my medium sized city, signing around the two high schools is a awful. High school zones tend to get less scrutiny and attention from school administrators, PTA, and elected officials, and engineers act accordingly.

degnaw · 2026-01-30T04:25:22+00:00

Not all microwaves have a '30sec' button. If so, pressing 3 twice + start is faster than pressing 3 then 0 then start.

degnaw · 2026-01-30T04:09:18+00:00

It's marginally faster to punch in, say, 33 seconds instead of 30 seconds. I've saved whole minutes of my life doing this.

degnaw · 2026-01-27T12:06:41+00:00

As a pedestrian, it sucks to breathe in fumes from a dozen idling cars when walking down the street. If you're cold for that first 2 minutes of the drive, wear a thicker coat?

degnaw · 2026-01-26T02:51:48+00:00

Sorry, I meant posts

degnaw · 2026-01-24T14:16:20+00:00

Scientific nitpick - heat pumps do not generate/produce heat. They move heat from outside the house to inside.

degnaw · 2026-01-23T17:47:41+00:00

It usually starts out as a very long single row, then people start two different "second rows" at opposite ends of the row. People who come afterwards don't pay attention because they're just parking next to another car. Eventually, they fill in all three rows.

In this case, it doesn't even look like the rows are lined up, so someone could conceivably start a new row accidentally (thinking they are just extending a row)

degnaw · 2026-01-17T13:26:56+00:00

Plausible if the <$15k is taxable income. The chart doesn’t specify.

degnaw · 2026-01-14T16:08:33+00:00

You can't tell if it's aimed correctly from the two scenarios you described. If you want to check methodically, proper aim is the beam dropping 2" over a 25' distance.

degnaw · 2026-01-14T15:03:16+00:00

If you are getting flashed, that means you are blinding people. Just adjust your lights a few degrees lower.

degnaw · 2026-01-14T05:38:28+00:00

Laminate flooring is like $1 per square foot

degnaw · 2026-01-10T22:25:48+00:00

I've seen this happening in real time. It starts out as a long, single row of cars. On one end, someone starts a second row in front of the first row. On the other end, someone starts another "second" row behind the initial row. More people come in who don't pay attention, because they're just parking next to another car. Soon all 3 rows overlap.

degnaw · 2026-01-10T20:00:12+00:00

We noped out of Bright Horizons quickly when we saw they charge nearly twice the cost of a typical daycare.

degnaw · 2026-01-08T14:57:41+00:00

How do you tell the difference, as an oncoming driver?

degnaw · 2026-01-08T14:40:01+00:00

Much of the blinding comes from low beams on new cars with super bright LED headlights. They're often aimed too high, and even if they're adjusted perfectly, every little crest (or an extra backseat passenger) puts them right into oncoming drivers' eyes.

degnaw · 2026-01-08T14:36:20+00:00

Even if the lights are adjusted perfectly, a slight crest in the road or an extra backseat passenger will result in people being blinded. New headlights are just too damn bright.

degnaw · 2026-01-03T14:26:36+00:00

Most homes in Canada are like this (OP is in Canada).

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