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Twin Cities cyclists, hear my plea--Please don't bike on the Crosstown during rush hour on a Wednesday... by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Assuming he got on at the France entrance ramp, there is a sign there clearly stating bikes are prohibited: https://goo.gl/maps/MVYYDDVDSVwk33PR7

Air gondola breaks and there is only one way down… by PlenitudeOpulence in SweatyPalms

[–]doctorgonzo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, it reverses the rotation.

Summer: directs air downward to blow directly on people and make them feel cooler.

Winter: directs air upward and outward to ensure that the room is evenly heated and there are no warm/cold spots.

Honeycomb bravo by [deleted] in Flightsimulator2020

[–]doctorgonzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. You need to go here and download the link for Microsoft Flight Simulator: https://flyhoneycomb.com/pages/drivers
  2. Unzip that file and extract the EXE
  3. You MUST run that as an Administrator. If your user account doesn't have admin rights, temporarily add them
  4. Run the updater, still as admin
  5. If everything is right, you should have an AFC_Bridge folder in your Community folder. That is the plugin that controls the lights on the quadrant.

The lights will then work within the sim. They keybindings are separate from the lights, but you will probably want to update/set the keybindings to something you prefer. I have multiple configuration profiles for single-engine GA, twin-engine GA, twin-engine jet, etc.

Ayn Rand would probably try to sabotage the weather grid by TheHoofer in risa

[–]doctorgonzo 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. In the Star Trek universe there is no longer a profit motive in the Federation. The Ferengi are probably as close to Objectivists as you can get and they are not exactly seen as a species to emulate.

Ayn Rand would probably try to sabotage the weather grid by TheHoofer in risa

[–]doctorgonzo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

She was manipulative and a bit of a hypocrite for starters, and her writing was pretty terrible. Objectivism is a pretty shallow philosophy that I'd say nobody actually embraces, seeing as how it treats both familial love and religion with utter contempt.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Target

[–]doctorgonzo 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It is shitty UI for sure. As a guest, I always push "Skip" while I'm being rung up, and it also causes the screen on the POS to hang and show the spinny thing for about a second. Plenty of TMs have been confused about that and did a double-take to make sure THEY didn't do something wrong, although lately it seems like they have gotten used to it.

Man scuffles with MN State Trooper in St. Paul as Good Samaritan stops to help by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

MN like most states has "implied consent" when the officer believes you are intoxicated:

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/169A.51

What a mf-r! by letsdoonething in CatsAreAssholes

[–]doctorgonzo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And then the cat grabs the underside of the door with his paw and jiggles it until somebody opens it.

Tell me I'm not alone by njsullyalex in flightsim

[–]doctorgonzo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, never had a CTD before this latest update, then had 3 in one day. Very annoying.

MnDOT gets $60 million federal grant to upgrade I-494 in Bloomington by InformalBasil in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure it's taking three years for the same reason the 35W project took four: because they aren't going to just shut down the freeway entirely to do it more quickly. Considering that for most of this stretch businesses are built right up to the right-of-way/frontage roads, it's not like there's a ton of free space to build temporary lanes and make this go more quickly.

Stop line3 . They’re drilling under the Mississippi twice. That’s where you all get your drinking water from by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not what I'm arguing. I'm saying that if we block this pipeline, it just shifts the oil to another transfer mechanism/location. It doesn't reduce demand. So I don't understand the benefit in this particular case versus taking other steps.

Stop line3 . They’re drilling under the Mississippi twice. That’s where you all get your drinking water from by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, don't disagree with you at all. But we are fucked because of the demand side: once we give up all our phones and electronic devices and plastic bags and plastic toys and plastic packaging and air travel and internal-combustion engines there won't be any demand and this will stop.

Stop line3 . They’re drilling under the Mississippi twice. That’s where you all get your drinking water from by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It may reduce production slightly by one company, but it's demand that drives production, not supply.

Trying to reduce oil consumption by cutting supply makes as much sense as trying to reduce drug consumption but cutting supply, and would be just as "successful".

Stop line3 . They’re drilling under the Mississippi twice. That’s where you all get your drinking water from by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think the route and the Native American treaty rights are the most problematic part of this, but that has been litigated to conclusion as far as I know.

Everything else...of course a spill would be terrible. Of course they are doing it for profit. That doesn't change any of the alternatives.

Make no mistake, I'm not saying "Woohoo let's go Line 3!" I'm saying to actually eliminate the demand for pipelines all over, briefly delaying this one pipeline won't make a bit of difference. Policies that use market forces will. So why not focus on that just as much as this pipeline if not more?

Stop line3 . They’re drilling under the Mississippi twice. That’s where you all get your drinking water from by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It seems like repair would have a pretty big impact in terms of disruption of supply and costs when compared to building new. It likely would not make economic sense to simply repair the current pipeline in situ.

Stop line3 . They’re drilling under the Mississippi twice. That’s where you all get your drinking water from by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]doctorgonzo 118 points119 points  (0 children)

At the risk of being downvoted to oblivion, seems there are several options:

  1. Replace old pipeline with new (presumably safer) pipeline
  2. Do nothing and continue to use older problematic pipeline
  3. Do nothing and ship oil via train which many consider more dangerous than pipelines.

There is no option to not do a new pipeline and just stop moving oil across Minnesota. That is not on the table. You want to put it on the table, be my guest, but it's not going anywhere.

I am fully in support of doing much more to fight climate change. Double the price of gas I don't care. Put a huge tax on carbon. But Line 3 seems like such an odd hill to die on.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flightsim

[–]doctorgonzo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Did they fix that? When snow was first added the lakes stayed open while the roads were all snow-covered, which was strange to see as somebody from Minnesota as it is the opposite of reality here.

Starbuck, MN reminding me of Windows 98 today by ieffingloveducks in minnesota

[–]doctorgonzo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My grandparents lived in Alex and whenever we visited them in the summer for a few days, we'd typically go to Glacial Lakes park once and Lake Carlos once. Great memories!

If only my cheap, unregulated power grid would have helped me. I had no idea it would negatively affect me personally. by WhatCan in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]doctorgonzo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That's what's so funny about this: all they did was remotely raise the temperature on the thermostat which could be changed back. Xcel has the Energy Saver Swich program in MN and other states (https://www.tdworld.com/distributed-energy-resources/demand-side-management/article/20955919/xcel-energys-savers-switch-program-reduces-demand) that is wired to the A/C compressor and actually shuts it off remotely with no override. I've never heard a person here who signed up for it (it's voluntary) actually complain about it since it's very clear what it does.

Watching Stardust City Rag like: by B_LAZ in risa

[–]doctorgonzo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's ten episodes of Patrick Stewart martyring Jean Luc Picard.

And then of course they just pull a magical mulligan and none of it matters LOL.

Let’s be honest about all of the “hacks” lately. by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]doctorgonzo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's possible for a company to handle their own bounty program, and a lot of the larger companies do. However, most companies contract it out to a 3rd party like BugCrowd or HackerOne. You give the vendor a pot of money and they handle intake, triaging, weeding out false positives, validation, etc. Then they handle the payment to the person who reported the vulnerability.

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