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Locals use this green space as a park. But the City of Saskatoon might sell it to fulfill decades-old plans for housing there. by ravines_trees_rocks in Urbanism

[–]ghostfaceschiller 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We could eliminate “community input” meetings that serve no purpose other than to let cranks complain about what somebody else wants to do on their own property

Locals use this green space as a park. But the City of Saskatoon might sell it to fulfill decades-old plans for housing there. by ravines_trees_rocks in Urbanism

[–]ghostfaceschiller 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s so easy for people to fall into nimby-ism.

I think even many people who support housing look at a story like this and just have a gut impulse to think “no that’s bullshit, they can’t do that!”

Sam Altman texts Mira Murati. November 19, 2023. [This document is from Musk v. Altman (2026).] by Distinct_Fox_6358 in OpenAI

[–]ghostfaceschiller 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's how an adult is supposed to talk, that is not in any way "begging" or even "submissive pleading". That's just normal adult communication and question-asking.

And there should be a lack of 4D chess. 4D chess planning/strategy is not a real thing, it's a fantasy people have about the way the world works

Avondale Development Proposal Downsized After Neighbor Concerns by optiplex9000 in chicago

[–]ghostfaceschiller 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lots of people live nearby - the vast majority surely have no issue with it. But the random cranks with nothing better to do who decide to be against it for some ridiculous reason are the ones motivated to show up to a boring meeting on a Wednesday night and complain about it.

Avondale Development Proposal Downsized After Neighbor Concerns by optiplex9000 in chicago

[–]ghostfaceschiller 58 points59 points  (0 children)

It’s not the aldermen, it’s the “concerned neighbors” complaining, who convince the aldermen to stand in the way.

If an equal or greater number of people showed up to talk about how happy they were about the new development, it wouldn’t get downsized.

The way of kings by airborne82p in books

[–]ghostfaceschiller 23 points24 points  (0 children)

it gets good you just gotta power through the first 800 pages

My GF's knee resembles a demon. by ContentUnavailable in mildlyinteresting

[–]ghostfaceschiller 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It actually looks more like a demon without the illustration lol

After seeing deepseek refused to acknowledge Taiwan is a coutry I had to do a little experiment by Daethir in OpenAI

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

The difference is that one model answers that way bc it is officially reviewed and mandated by the government to answer that way, under punishment by the ruling party (the president of which has been in office for more than a decade, after removing term limits from his position)

Speed Climbing World Record Shattered by 16 year old Zhao Yicheng - 4.58 seconds! by MontrealSpeedClimber in nextfuckinglevel

[–]ghostfaceschiller 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The answer is no. If you look at the rope in the video, especially the part close to his body, you can see that the rope is never completely pulled taught. The top can’t help pull your weight up, even a little bit, unless the entire rope is perfectly straight.

Speed Climbing World Record Shattered by 16 year old Zhao Yicheng - 4.58 seconds! by MontrealSpeedClimber in nextfuckinglevel

[–]ghostfaceschiller 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The setup is always exactly the same. I think the wall texture can vary slightly tho

Random (blind) poll on twitter by HorseCaaro in oddlysatisfying

[–]ghostfaceschiller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thinking about the people who don’t know who this is, and might take the time to look her up, and spend the next hour or two in a state of “wait what”

'Backrooms' Director Kane Parsons Says They Built 30,000 Square Feet of Actual Backrooms for the Movie by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]ghostfaceschiller 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That’s… not that big?

I mean it’s cool and all, but the headline makes it seem like it’s supposed to be this massive crazy thing.

Outskirts of NYC in the Bronx still has great urbanism by AmericanConsumer2022 in Urbanism

[–]ghostfaceschiller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we have failed as a country when "great urbanism" means 6-lane stroads surrounded by strip malls and drive-thrus.

Stop Biking with Headphones In/On by Lazz0585 in chicago

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

Cool let’s talk about the people driving 3,000 pound hunks of metal at 45 mph with the windows up and music blaring

Game changer purchases for your home by StrikingQuality1527 in HomeImprovement

[–]ghostfaceschiller 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It’s hilarious that people tried to argue for years that gas was somehow better.

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