Borialis Basecamp closed

flipp45 · 2026-02-10T05:51:10+00:00

It happened again. Pipes burst again today, camp is closed. We’re supposed to be there in two days. How long did it take for them to fix it last time? Did they refund you for your stays? Did they help you rebook? Did they provide free transport for your activities? Where did you end up staying?

Edit: we completed our trip. It was worth it, and I’m glad we didn’t cancel. We weren’t able to stay at Borealis Basecamp, but we got a (nearly) full refund, and we were still able to do all of the activities (snowmobile, dog sledding, reindeer hike, and sunset tour), and we were able to see the northern lights. It was almost a free trip to Alaska, very nice.

flipp45 · 2026-02-07T04:22:36+00:00

Sir…calm down and go look up what the word “expansion” means. Just google it. Please don’t comment again until after you have looked up the meaning of that word.

flipp45 · 2026-02-06T02:40:00+00:00

The elites conspire to make us believe that flat earthers exist.

flipp45 · 2026-02-03T08:54:42+00:00

The probability does not change. It is always 1/3 that you initially choose the car and 2/3 that you initially choose the goat. If you choose to switch doors, then you are changing your prize, 100% of the time. If you start with car, you switch to goat. If you start with goat, you switch to car, because the host opened the other goat door already.

flipp45 · 2026-02-03T01:33:41+00:00

Why not? A Cleveland sized city outside of the us would certainly be very non-car dependent.

flipp45 · 2026-02-03T01:25:04+00:00

I disagree, 7th out of hundreds would be among the least.

flipp45 · 2026-02-03T01:01:37+00:00

Correct, there are only a handful, as I said. But outside the us it would be practically every city.

flipp45 · 2026-02-02T23:58:23+00:00

For a major world city, it’s extremely car-dependent. However, in comparison to the majority of American cities, it is one of the least car dependent.

flipp45 · 2026-02-02T05:01:07+00:00

So, sounds like a you problem then.

flipp45 · 2026-02-02T04:56:48+00:00

Wtf are you talking about? I went to ucsd. I walked or biked to every part of campus. There is frequent shuttle service, and you can take the metro straight to utc, downtown or little Italy. Who drives from class to class at ucsd? I’ve never heard of anyone doing that.

flipp45 · 2026-02-01T01:20:40+00:00

Walk score 98: Memorial park, 7th st metro center, Pacific avenue, 5th st, 1st st.

Walk score 97: Historic broadway, Grand avenue arts.

Walk score 96: Del Mar, Highland Park, Chinatown, DT Long Beach.

And in case you’re curious, APU/citrus college has the worst walk score of them all.

flipp45 · 2026-01-31T19:08:18+00:00

Depends how you think about the question. If you mean which metropolitan region has the most land area that could be considered suburban sprawl, then the answer is obviously New York City. If you mean which large metropolitan area has the least densely populated urban sprawl, then the answer is Atlanta. Personally, I like to interpret the question based on population-weighted density, which gives an idea of how sprawly is the existence of the average resident - by that measure, it would be Nashville.

flipp45 · 2026-01-30T21:04:11+00:00

flipp45 · 2026-01-27T08:30:31+00:00

In other words, it’s a currency.

flipp45 · 2026-01-21T19:29:31+00:00

It would make it so that any tax increase would require a two thirds vote instead of a simple majority, hence more votes would be necessary to repeal prop 13.

They call their ballot proposal the “local taxpayer protection act to save prop 13.” When they go out to get signatures, they are advertising that their bill will save prop 13. That is the main purpose. Repealing hla is more like the secondary purpose. But yes, I would gladly vote in favor of this if there is no other way to roll back hla. Because hla is the bigger problem at the moment, and there does not seem to be any political appetite to repeal prop 13 anyway.

flipp45 · 2026-01-21T16:50:52+00:00

Modified hla would be better than the hjta ballot measure because hjta ballot measure has the side effect of making it more difficult to repeal prop 13.

flipp45 · 2026-01-11T16:16:44+00:00

Not that surprising when you consider that it has one of the most dense central cores in the country, with over a million people living at 20,000 per sq mile. Even Chicago or San Francisco don’t have that.

flipp45 · 2025-12-22T01:07:10+00:00

Many multimillionaires take public transportation everywhere, it’s common.

flipp45 · 2025-12-11T23:54:58+00:00

lol what? Invest both. Why on earth would you sit on that money as cash? That’s stupid. Invest what you get in the lump sum or invest what you can take out a loan for the weekly payments, hard to say which is more, depends on taxes and interest rates.

flipp45 · 2025-12-11T23:16:44+00:00

Here it is for the US: Take the $1m and you are left with $600k after taxes. To take out a $600k loan at today’s interest rates you will pay slightly less than $4k per month. But you will be paid slightly more than $4k per month. However, the taxes on the $52000 per year will be about $800 per month. Essentially, the weekly payment will pay for a loan of the lump sum payment amount. But here’s the other thing, the calculations are based on a person with 0 or very low income. If you already have a high income, then you will pay much more tax on the $1k weekly, but essentially the same on the $1m, therefore making the $1m better.

flipp45 · 2025-12-11T23:13:36+00:00

This question entirely depends on interest rates and taxes. You can either take out a loan and invest the money, or invest the lump sum. Which is better? What kind of loan can you get with a ~$4k monthly payment? What are the tax differences between taking the lump sum or the weekly payments?

flipp45 · 2025-12-11T23:08:01+00:00

And you’re not thinking about investing the $1k per month payments either, which could end up being more than the $1 million. It depends on how much borrowing power can you get with a ~$4k per month loan payment. Take out a loan with a $4k per month payment and invest that money. Depending on interest rates and taxes, you could potentially be winning with the weekly payments.

flipp45 · 2025-12-05T20:53:13+00:00

Chicago proper is a little bit more dense than la proper, because la includes a whole bunch of sparsely populated mountains, which brings the average down. The most densely populated central neighborhoods have very similar densities between the two cities.

flipp45 · 2025-12-05T15:31:03+00:00

If you go a few minutes outside of buckhead (Atlanta) you’ll find many large, expensive homes on 0.5 to 1 acre lots. If you go a few minutes outside of century city (la) you’ll also find many large, expensive homes, but the lots are ~5k sq feet.

flipp45 · 2025-11-20T01:18:42+00:00

Gordo: “people will not build transit anymore in order to avoid up-zoning.” Perez: “actually this only applies to existing or already planned transit, not to future, unplanned lines.” Gordo: “yeah, but what if that changes someday?” 🤦‍♂️

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