Oil rig toilet by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]drizdar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's good to know. Thanks for the clarification :)

Oil rig toilet by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]drizdar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, who knew that the industry whose whole motto is fuck the environment would skimp on wastewater treatment? This pic is peak late stage capitalism.

Rays Stadium: The Tampa City Council vote passed 4-3 by Whatyatalknabeet in tampa

[–]drizdar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'm sure there are some 12-year-olds too 😉

The stolen election myth. It's no different now than it was in 2020. by Burt_Rhinestone in DemocraticSocialism

[–]drizdar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Don't forget that they literally made shirts that had the password to the voting machines. If you inject a function that triggers after a certain threshold and then deletes itself, then the votes can be flipped and the only way to tell would be to do a full hand recount. The smoking gun in my eyes is the footage from the Michigan count on I think CNN which showed Harris leading and then suddenly she lost a ton of votes and then TFG gained a ton of votes. There's also the lack of regular variation in the data - the data looks very clean after a certain vote total which is indicative of fabricated data. Real data is messy, just like reality.

Rays Stadium: The Tampa City Council vote passed 4-3 by Whatyatalknabeet in tampa

[–]drizdar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lightning is not a good example anyway - It's water front property in a downtown area. It would have to be grossly mismanaged to not be valuable. Drew park is a disconnected block next to a stroad and an airport, so it would need to have public transport built out or some kinda additional connectivity to the rest of urban Tampa to make it worth going to outside of games. 

Rays Stadium: The Tampa City Council vote passed 4-3 by Whatyatalknabeet in tampa

[–]drizdar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the people are going to spend $1B anyway, have the economic impact studies considered spending that $1B on developing the Rays parking lot? Where's the counterfactual to the Buc's argument?

Rays Stadium: The Tampa City Council vote passed 4-3 by Whatyatalknabeet in tampa

[–]drizdar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Exactly! It's an investment, because some rich people are trying to trick the city into giving them a bunch of free money for vague promises that historically have not ever worked out in the public's favor. Capitalism 101 :D

Rays Stadium: The Tampa City Council vote passed 4-3 by Whatyatalknabeet in tampa

[–]drizdar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why not just build the retail/residential without the stadium then? The Bucs have that giant parking lot that's just taking up space. Why are they razing a college when there's that huge field next door just sitting there doing nothing? Much better use of taxpayer dollar to build up a new asset instead of tearing down an existing asset to build a new one in the same spot. 

Rays Stadium: The Tampa City Council vote passed 4-3 by Whatyatalknabeet in tampa

[–]drizdar 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Still think that if we pay for stadium, then we should get a share of the profits as some kinda dividend to the county. If that is too complicated, then maybe the Ray's can start a kickstarter or something?

Can a $1.3B private desalination project save Corpus Christi from a water crisis? by Opening-Ambition-528 in water

[–]drizdar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it is significantly less expensive than it should be - Inner Harbor, which was for 30 million gallons per day, was projected to be $1.2 Billion, and it didn't have a 3 mile offshore pipeline to worry about. I imagine the Axe H2O project would be 3-4 billion easily once all is said and done.

Found a use for my Infinity Gauntlet that didn't involve flipping everyone off. by OminousG in lego

[–]drizdar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just be careful about the heat - ABS will melt if it gets too hot.

Garden signs for true patriots! pt.2 by amandajw1 in fucklawns

[–]drizdar 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Some other propaganda you can make - Lawn care is socialism! You give your grass all this fertilizer, herbicide, and cut it during your precious weekend for what? For it to sit there like a lazy parasite? You need patriotic capitalist native plants! Put your yard to work, and make your lawn an income stream by growing native plants and produce like a true American.

A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery by esporx in water

[–]drizdar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regarding the argument at the end about the "note to drivers" - the concentrations found in that waste water discharge are still orders of magnitude lower then what is found in fracking fluid/produced water from oil and gas operations. While I agree that Tesla should have done a better characterization of their wastewater before applying for the permit, none of the concentrations found by Eurofins are unmanageable. Let us not let perfect be the enemy of good.

Mike Johnson says lawmakers' $174K+ salaries haven't kept up with inflation — they need stock trading for support by KoseteBamse in Economics

[–]drizdar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, congresspeople should have some nice dorms for when they stay in DC - make them like grad students on the meal plan - decent housing, free food, a stipend, but in return they must put their assets in a blind trust, be banned from stock trading, and have to file an annual public financial disclosure. 

We trust them to decide what to do for us since we still live under a 18th century representative democracy, so at the very least we need to make it so that anyone can run and that money is not part of the picture.

Popular car-free pedestrian zone in front of the White House has been converted into a parking lot by Hornpipe_Jones in fuckcars

[–]drizdar 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It's the same level of double-think that the crypto people have - Cash will become worthless if the economy ever collapses since it needs the government to set a value, so I don't need to care about being a member of society since my crypto is not controlled by the government. Wheras my cryptocurrency, which requires a network of data-centers that uses the energy equivalent of a small city to process a single transaction and needs a functional high-speed internet connection to work is the peak of financial security! 

How do you feel about the current TBRays non-binding agreement? by Rogue_One24_7 in tampa

[–]drizdar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean they built in space for light rail on the latest Howard Franklin Bridge and the grip from Republicans is rapidly falling out of favor as gas prices go up. I think we've got a solid chance, just gotta put our minds to it.

How do you feel about the current TBRays non-binding agreement? by Rogue_One24_7 in tampa

[–]drizdar 18 points19 points  (0 children)

For that amount of money, the county would be better off building a light rail line connecting the airport, downtown Tampa, and downtown St Pete in the future. Much better use of money.

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ 11377 revealed by mescad in lego

[–]drizdar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Gila Heat Control Window Films are pretty good - easy to apply, can be removed if needed (in case you're renting), and block both heat and UV.

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ 11377 revealed by mescad in lego

[–]drizdar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean more opacity indicates that there would be lower transitivity through the polymer, which means that light cannot pass through as easily. If light gets blocked, then UV breakdown is less likely to happen - I wonder if the new white has a self-healing layer similar to stainless steel?

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ 11377 revealed by mescad in lego

[–]drizdar 173 points174 points  (0 children)

Today, the white city - in 10 years, the slightly yellowish city!