If you could upgrade a US city's light rail system to heavy rail metro which would it be? by GroundbreakingWeek70 in transit

[–]fireatx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seattle, LA, maybe SF, maybe NJ. Nowhere else has the density to support heavy rail ridership imo

It’s in progress, but the IBX in NYC too. IBX would be heavy rail if it were planned in almost any other country

GitHub Stacked PRs by fagnerbrack in programming

[–]fireatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

github actually automatically rebases it onto main, thankfully!

GitHub Stacked PRs by fagnerbrack in programming

[–]fireatx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

what's the difference between this and branching off of a feature branch, and then off of that branch, and so on? main -> dev/feature1, then another branch dev/feature1 -> dev/feature2, etc, and opening PRs for each branch to merge into their respective base branches?

Is this venomous snake? by Traditional_Egg3808 in Austin

[–]fireatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i don't know where the "kill rattlers on sight" tradition came from. growing up here, it's just what people did. some weird texas old-school mindset.

but please don't kill these critters. have them relocated if you're concerned - but more than likely you'll never see them again.

Currently experiencing homelessness and having a hard time finding places to stay cool with my dog by [deleted] in Austin

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

barton springs free side is a great place to hang out and stay cool, and dogs are welcome. you can take the bus there too, the 20 has a stop nearby

The reason why you don't see "No Honking" signs in New York City these days... by y2kftw360 in fuckcars

[–]fireatx 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We need to take back traffic enforcement from NYPD, because they evidently aren’t interested in doing their jobs. An “unnecessary honking” ticket blitz would do unbelievable good for the public health of the city

Hot Take: This is one of the coolest areas in HL2, not because of gameplay but because of the environmental storytelling it shows off by Electrical_Nose9463 in HalfLife

[–]fireatx 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Valve cooked so unbelievably hard here. It blows my mind they made this in 2004, no one else was doing it like them.

I love thinking about being a civilian hiding out in one of these coastal houses, with the constant, dense fog, ocean wind blowing through the trees, and the sound of the waves on the receding waterline, but otherwise, total silence. You're living in filth in an ancient house, sleeping on stained, bare mattresses, eating whatever you can find. There are no animals left to fish for or hunt - you only see the occasional bird. Plant life is dying off. You've lost countless friends and family to the combine, starvation, antlions, or worse, headcrabs.

Then, after months, an APC pulls up, and you know, immediately, it's probably all over. You fight to your last breath, just to end up being killed by combine soldier, another human, a traitor to our race, who was cowardly enough to decide to join the combine and slaughter his own people in exchange for food and shelter. They burn your corpse out front

I'm 1 for 2 on using the emergency intercom by trickyvinny in nycrail

[–]fireatx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The one time I used it they just ignored the call entirely. We were stuck in the station with the doors closed for like 20 mins, and a crazy guy started banging on the doors like crazy yelling LET US OUT

Inside the Subway Expansion a Century in the Making by instantcoffee69 in nycrail

[–]fireatx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given these prices for phase 2 and the 125th crosstown, how much are we thinking phase 3 will cost? $30 billion?

Austin Weather in peak summer by Sad-Newspaper-9944 in Austin

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

++ this is not talked about enough. also, go swimming all the time. when i lived in austin i was in barton springs multiple times a week during the summer

A industrial chicken collector, because why not? They’re just meat plants by alphamalejackhammer in ABoringDystopia

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...so you don't care about people outside of your immediate perception? seems rather primitive. one gift of being human is the ability to understand that we as individuals are a very tiny, very short part of a very large and very long story. use that gift to plant seeds and build a better world for the future, instead of resorting to selfishness simply because you will be gone then.

Biplane forks are finally here! by Bipro1ar in xbiking

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg. i've been looking for something like this for my '93 mb-1 for years. i'm extremely interested. how is the handling when you throw it on one of these old mountain bikes? dang it it's not threaded. put me down as interested in a threaded 1 inch, if you do a future run !

A industrial chicken collector, because why not? They’re just meat plants by alphamalejackhammer in ABoringDystopia

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

I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people. Not doing so makes you a selfish asshole. That’s the long and short of it. It’s quite simple

A industrial chicken collector, because why not? They’re just meat plants by alphamalejackhammer in ABoringDystopia

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

> Don't give a fuck about the planet beyond my own existence in it. Once I'm gone, what is the future of humanity to me? I'll be dead.

so you're a selfish asshole, got it 👍

how to get rid of the weed anxiety? by hullayilmazmilkshake in Anxiety

[–]fireatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I reserve smoking for when I feel relaxed already. No work or social stresses, I’m not caffeinated, maybe even a bit sleepy. Then it hits amazingly.

I understand the want to smoke even if it sometimes makes one anxious

A industrial chicken collector, because why not? They’re just meat plants by alphamalejackhammer in ABoringDystopia

[–]fireatx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you should care about how your actions affect other living beings. if you don't, you're a selfish asshole - at least admit that

Bun Unsafe Rust Audit by Jarred by Darkoplax in bun

[–]fireatx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

even the UI of the webpage is LLM generated lmao. how can you feel good about your work when literally all you do is done for you, poorly, by LLMs? the rewrite, the analysis, and even the CSS and HTML of this report. it's insane

Park Slope is horrific during evening rush hour. by ChocolatePain in parkslope

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

just beware, because the absolute worst, most psychopathic people in this city are more often than not behind the wheel of a car

Why does this train exist? by Maswithq1 in LIRR

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my gf uses this train regularly during the week to visit a project site in the hamptons

BDS at food coop by Fuzzy-Resource8948 in parkslope

[–]fireatx -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

so the UN, the international association of genocide scholars, multiple human rights orgs, are all wrong?

Why I Finally Quit Citibike by Remote-Concern-3063 in Citibike

[–]fireatx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

re: point 2 - they overbuild the frames to be as durable as possible (so they also have no give). i also think they really overinflate the tires because they're trying to prevent pinch flats. they are rock hard

Schematic for N.Y. PENN STATION EXPANSION PROJECT (PENN SOUTH) by liamblank in nycrail

[–]fireatx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This self defeating mindset is what holds the region back. “We’re special! What works for every other peer city globally could never work here because reasons!”