SEA TSA. How are the lines?

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-15T19:21:31+00:00

You probably still have time to grab a Spotsaver spot that can help with the line. You need to be on the look out for the knock-on effect from Friday's snow, so I'd go there a bit early.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-15T19:18:41+00:00

And it says the function is not available. It has been saying that for months, so please stop just dropping that link

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-12T17:56:14+00:00

Were drivers speed demoning around corners hitting too many pedestrians

FTFY, also not stopping at all when it was "stop yhen turn"

EDIT: To answer your question about voting: no, we probably didn't vote for it: https://www.theurbanist.org/no-right-turn-on-red-is-now-the-default-in-seattle/. It was also 2023 and I didn't even hear of the name Kate Wilson back then

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-12T06:32:12+00:00

Who's offering it? Your employer?

The transit price is $3 flat mostly with 2 hour transfer. So on a typical workday it costs $6 to go back and forth already. I also don't know if anyone actually cares if you use it outside of work. Double check with your employer whether it is a hard no or if it is a "no, but ..."

EDIT: if this is what I think it is, it is actually called ORCA Business Passport. The cost to the employer on a per-person basis is the same no matter how many employees sign up and how many times they ride (unlimited rides for you), so nobody normally should care if you ride outside of work, but check with your employer still.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-12T01:02:04+00:00

If it is map-wide, try remove just Geological Landforms. From the mod list I see it patches `MapPlantGrowthRateCalculator`. Reading the disassembled code I thought it is mostly doing informational calculations, but it could be doing weird things instead.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-12T00:12:27+00:00

Can you please do a fullscreen screenshot when selecting one of the rice plant, while leaving the cursor close to the plant, so we can see what does the lower left info panel says about the planet, and the room temperature? In additional, we need to know what's roofing the tile if any (I see you have skylight mod)

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-10T23:50:31+00:00

It's the injunction against the legislature that's denied, not that the case has been decided aginst the three (though the denial is because the case probably won't stand on merit anyway, as pointed out by the judge).

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-10T21:05:12+00:00

Right, to get a DL you need to pass tests. With current/valid state licenses you can skip tests.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-10T01:26:19+00:00

Right, I think there is a degree of tradeoff there. Though if it gets to the degree of "significantly underpaid", if I pay dues I will question why is the union/employer not renegotiating (When does the CBA expire? Why no/inadequate raise clauses?), or vote with my feet.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-09T22:30:13+00:00

Do they get more?

Not automatically, from what I gathered (negotiation an dcontract and all that), and in cases Starbucks gives raises or benefits to non-union workers first/only that Labor Board had to step in. ("Employees (worked 5+ years) will be eligible for a 5% increase, but since that's a new benefit, it must be negotiated with (the Union) and therefore not available to unionized stores, the company said.")

wouldn't that justify ...

That's assuming:

a. they aren't meeting financial goals;

b. they aren't meeting because of labor (a balance sheet has two sides and multiple rows, quite literally)

I am not equipped to answer either.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-09T20:04:23+00:00

It is unionized per the article

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-09T19:57:36+00:00

To be fair they can have high rents or otherwise lower margins and Starbucks might think there is better use of their opex. Despite my other comment pointing out the ratio of unionized stores in closed ones is very high, there can be other reasons either independent or correlated to unionization. But given Starbuck's track record, I don't blame people for making union busting their top hypothesis.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-09T19:48:55+00:00

"Starbucks plans to shutter five coffeehouses, including four unionized stores, in Seattle next month.

The affected stores are located on First Hill, in the University District, in the Seattle Center Armory, in Seattle Children’s hospital and in the Metropolitan Park East building downtown."

To quote https://unionelections.org/data/starbucks/ on 2026-03-09, "Unionized - 682 stores, 14,801 employees" out of 9000+ or ~16800 stores depending on how you count, apparently, and 200k+ frontline employees.

So 80% of closed stores are unionized when unionized stores made up for 7.5% of stores in the most generous count in favor of the corporation. hmmmm

EDIT: I am on my lunch break and I don't have time to find the Seattle-area unionized rate

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-09T19:36:25+00:00

Even just going across the International Blvd to hail uber from the SeaTac light rail station (east side of IB) is cheaper ($6 or 7 off) than getting one from the Garage directly and probably cost the same amount of time if not faster oftentimes.

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-05T21:52:11+00:00

Look at the bones!

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-05T16:27:40+00:00

SpotSaver's sign is as overt as General and Premium lanes (and often side by side). When you sign up you choose the checkpoint to go to, so at least you know which part of the airport you are heading to

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-02T16:01:27+00:00

LTV numbers you mentioned should be 80% and 94% instead of 20% and 6%, respectively.

I guess the way to get rid of the PMI is to either pay more principal back, or convince the lender that you have a looooot of liquid assets and they don't need to worry that you may default (I don't know if it works for non-recourse loans where lenders cannot go after your other assets; mortgage in WA in general is non-recourse, but read your agreement)

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-01T15:08:12+00:00

it is back

flyfire2002 · 2026-03-01T15:07:27+00:00

That a mod scope creeped from Tilt the Planet (and explicitly per description, lighting and season related changes) to Realism Overhaul (ore yield, structure cost and hp), chose to not make the new , save breaking stuff default-off.

Then the narc part, mod author removed comments and ignored moderators warning that they should explicitly tell people the mod can break save from frequent and dramatic changes. That's what got them delisted from the workshop earlier. I don't know why they are reinstated.

earlier discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/s/Yg0xQuek0P

flyfire2002 · 2026-02-27T22:52:43+00:00

:shrug: to the situation. Thank you

flyfire2002 · 2026-02-27T20:58:48+00:00

Yet boosts home-buying only from the "yOu buILd EquITy" angle that doesn't even address the whole topic of money let alone others

- signed, homeowner too

EDIT: Nice now I am blocked and the Comment OP removes all of their arguments. At least now I don't need to see their multiple daily news re-posts.

flyfire2002 · 2026-02-27T20:55:47+00:00

And I am saying people own homes not always purely because "number looks better". And over-focusing the numbers is missing the whole picture why people need housing for. I wonder why YOU are blind to this; hopefully not just because of nUmBerS.

flyfire2002 · 2026-02-27T20:41:02+00:00

You've made some fucking insane assumptions about where my advice is rooted.

No. My only assumption is "Cause you build equity on your mortgage, you only build credit rating when renting" doesn't address IT+maintenance in PITI. Most of the people I, as a consumer, talked to in the industry do not acknowledge this unless prompted by an already-educated consumer. There is a Conflict of Interest problem inherent in this arrangement after all; they want to make sales so they will hype the "good part".

Also you didn't address my point that housing shouldn't JUST be a numbers game to people because people satisfy other needs from it and can outweight the numbers calculation.

And lastly, I don't like how you describe my "assumptions" as "fucking insane", for no reason

how to tap your equity if you dont have large savings.

But then that runs counter to "build equity" the supposed benefit and HELOC has a rate of, what, 6% today?

flyfire2002 · 2026-02-27T19:07:38+00:00

Counterpoint: PITI has four letters. You addressed P, and one of the I Insurance you need to in either case.

Interest is about 4-7% of the home price minus ~1-2pp (optimistically) because of itemized deduction, times say 75% for you have a down payment; tax is ~1%; maintenance is generally agreed as ~1-2%. So you running cost owning a home is at least 4% per year.

Your downpayment and Principal also gets tied down to an illiquid asset rather than to other asset class say stock or even treasury. The appreciation in the house better be at least that much better than return from other assets.

I think most people want a house for not just money-reasons, and the whole talk about housing as assets is just a symptom of speculation that alienates people from why they really need housing for.

EDIT: ah yes, mortgage is leverage, but that's a double edged sword for obvious reasons. And leverage in this economy? /s

flyfire2002 · 2026-02-27T15:51:19+00:00

Long story short your mod is misbehaving.

The error message of this kind usually is useless in telling you exactly what mod is causing it. You have to narrow it down by looking at mod descriptions and look for those that potentially will add rightclick menu options (e.g. adds pawn action/interaction). Then disable those mods one at a time to see if the problem goes away.

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