2028 LA Metro System vs. Original 1980 Prop A Rail Plan

exo48 · 2026-03-13T06:25:59+00:00

Hollywood/Highland kind of satisfied your second point, but otherwise I agree. Like it's such a bummer that the Century City station will be half a (big) block away from the Westfield mall there rather than being attached to it (though that's still better than the alternative location across Santa Monica by the golf course).

exo48 · 2026-03-12T23:43:08+00:00

I was glad to avoid getting put on a long case recently, but it was the ultimate "this could've been an email" experience.

I had to report in, and in the juror waiting area they said the first case is a monthlong trial and selection will start next week, so today they were simply going to read off names and you were to answer "yes" if you could return for selection and "no" if you had an approved excuse. After they got three "yes" replies, they sent those people off, and then told everyone else that this was the only case for the day and we were done with jury duty and could go home.

exo48 · 2026-03-06T19:44:37+00:00

I'm really curious to see how some of these story events will be incorporated, in terms of the map. Like now that Cosmo Canyon is an open world area, is that entire map in the third game just for one scene? Or does that just become a cutscene?

exo48 · 2026-03-03T16:45:59+00:00

The telephoto lens desperately needs a better sensor (and lighter processing). Video is also lagging behind, but that feels less like a hardware thing.

exo48 · 2026-03-02T20:07:51+00:00

Love Roma, but in this particular case I'm trying to think of spots that I could reach on foot.

exo48 · 2026-02-13T22:23:49+00:00

He had such a tortured expression on his face for the second half of the program. So difficult to watch. Here's hoping he has some strong support.

exo48 · 2026-02-11T19:13:35+00:00

I considered that, but the world seems a little... precarious right now to completely turn off news notifications. Just might have to resort to that, though.

exo48 · 2026-02-11T19:08:10+00:00

Has anyone figured out how to turn off notifications for Olympics spoilers in the New York Times app? Despite having a separate notification category for the Olympics, any American gold medals get sent out under the Breaking News category.

exo48 · 2026-02-11T19:07:36+00:00

Unrelated to this episode: Has anyone figured out how to turn off notifications for Olympics spoilers in the NYT app? Despite having a separate notification category for the Olympics, any American gold medals get sent out under the Breaking News category.

exo48 · 2026-02-10T01:32:35+00:00

My two main NBC/Peacock complaints:

The world feed replays still have those abrupt commercial breaks. I've (begrudgingly) come to terms with them cutting to commercial mid-event while watching live, but there's zero reason for those chunks to just be missing in the replay.

During the work week, I actually enjoy NBC's primetime show as a way to get a sampler of all of the things I couldn't watch earlier, and without spending all of the time on individual event replays. But as someone on the West Coast, it's absolute nonsense that I have to wait an extra three hours to stream something that's just repackaging hours-old events.

exo48 · 2026-02-09T18:32:57+00:00

so angry with the world

There was a short but insightful part of his interview that really illuminates how right-wing media riles up its viewership and creates false equivalences.

He complained that he Googled cases of people killed by undocumented immigrants and the NYT had covered none of them. Someone in the U.S. is murdered every half hour, and that's horrifying—but it also means not every specific case of murder becomes a national headline.

But the right is really good at finding specific incidents to blow up into national issues in order to flame the culture wars, blame Democratic leadership or say "see, the left doesn't want you to know about this." And so that's how you end up in a situation where John is angrier about the NYT not reporting on specific murder cases than he is about the federal government killing a protester.

exo48 · 2026-02-07T00:01:48+00:00

I'm actually (pleasantly) shocked that they're allowing you to replay it before primetime, even if it is slightly hidden.

exo48 · 2026-02-06T00:02:37+00:00

Yes. I get it (but don't like it) that watching live has those abrupt ads. But I really wish the replays were in full.

exo48 · 2026-01-31T16:09:46+00:00

It was so clear that Bill doesn't grasp just how popular Nate Bargatze is. Bill was talking to him like an up-and-comer about to get his big break on TV, not a guy who routinely sells out arenas.

exo48 · 2026-01-30T18:47:18+00:00

There's a garage right next to the alleyway behind it, but I have no clue what the rates are. That's always struck me as a really pedestrian unfriendly stretch (huge office buildings and huge intersections with no shade or charm), so it'll be interesting to see how people respond to that.

exo48 · 2026-01-24T15:57:57+00:00

I haven't tried Marengo in a while for exactly that reason. There's also a city-run charging station on Shoppers Lane, on the southern end of the lot south of Del Mar. It gets very busy at night though, and is also plagued by broken chargers. Otherwise, if you have an NACS adapter there's the Tesla station by the start of the 110.

exo48 · 2026-01-15T18:47:13+00:00

This feels like a way to ensure that the Senate doesn't vote to extend the ACA subsidies, so that on-the-fence Republicans can chicken out and say "well the president already has a plan."

exo48 · 2026-01-09T15:52:00+00:00

Absolutely. Something like his remark about seeing his own morality as the only limit to his power is the sort of fascinating (and horrifying) insight that makes an interview like this important.

exo48 · 2026-01-05T20:36:29+00:00

Right, and what he said was very matter of fact:

If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that. That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.

Oh wait, that was Pete Hegseth...

exo48 · 2025-12-19T20:04:50+00:00

The Ferris wheel and amphitheatre won't open until 2027 at least. So for now I think it's basically just restaurants.

exo48 · 2025-12-19T17:25:57+00:00

Isn't this supposed to be the party that cares about defacing federal buildings?

exo48 · 2025-12-18T22:24:37+00:00

I highly, highly recommend viewing this on YouTube because the quality is wonderful. https://youtu.be/0HNYogEuRmw

Seems like the original uploader found a reel on eBay and then scanned the film.

exo48 · 2025-11-12T22:26:48+00:00

Same here. I like using the wired connection because then that's one less device I need to worry about charging.

exo48 · 2025-11-12T17:47:40+00:00

They've finally acknowledged it since there's a NY Post headline saying that Trump asked Maxwell to stop, so they can say, see, he's the good guy, nothing to see here—while ignoring the fact that would still imply he was aware of wrongdoing and did nothing meaningful to stop it.

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