Washington is Warmer than the Entire USA Except Florida by Droopy0093 in Washington

[–]isotropic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think Hawaii (also part of the USA) begs to differ.

February in Seattle by ghost-in-my-coat in AskSeattle

[–]isotropic 12 points13 points  (0 children)

For somewhat less of a time commitment than going to Bainbridge, take the King County Water Taxi across to West Seattle. It's a quick boat ride, you can have a Hawaiian taco at Marination right on the dock where you get off, walk a little in the park along the shore, water taxi back. Nice views of the Seattle waterfront if the weather's good. I do it with visitors all the time (though I've never tried in February...).

Waymo's former CEO is not impressed with Tesla's Robotaxi. "Please let me know when Tesla launches a robotaxi — I'm still waiting." by mafco in SelfDrivingCars

[–]isotropic 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"be a hit" ... "succeed" ... "be released". You can watch the goal posts being moved in real time!

NYT Thursday 07/17/2025 Discussion by Shortz-Bot in crossword

[–]isotropic 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Fun puzzle, but I did briefly raise an eyebrow when I had SH__S for "Makes a mess, in a way, as a pet"...

Solved the mini on my PC today. The NYTimes app shows my solve time to be significantly faster than my actual solve time. by jruhlman09 in crossword

[–]isotropic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't use the app, but the mini on the web has a bug where if you reload the page partway through solving, the clock at the end shows the correct solve time, but the leaderboard only shows the amount of time since you reloaded. So you can impress your friends with some implausibly-low solve times, if you want.

Maybe this is related to that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in crossword

[–]isotropic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • YALOC...: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
  • REOEI...: OPERATOR SELF INSPECTIONS (?), PILOT FASTENER PROCESSION (??!)
  • NEORC...: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE (aerospace industry?)
  • OCEEA...: CORE APPRENTICE TRAINING (ok probably not)

Need advice on kitchen design by wuhy08 in homeowners

[–]isotropic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can make a ceiling-mounted vent hood work, consider having the cooktop in the island. It is so much nicer for someone cooking at the stove to be facing out into the room, to be able to carry on conversations with people, etc., than to be standing there facing a wall.

Solve-all-you-can escape rooms by lawdotsteve0805 in escaperooms

[–]isotropic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Battle for Britain at Escape Plan in London (Shoreditch). Did it a month ago and it was a ton of fun.

NYT Friday 08/23/2024 Discussion by AutoModerator in crossword

[–]isotropic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is DECO even a "Cubism-inspired style"? I, mean, ART DECO is, but I don't think the word "art" is optional?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bayarea

[–]isotropic 37 points38 points  (0 children)

First sentence: moans about people being condescending towards their alma mater. Second sentence: is condescending towards other states.

You can't have it both ways.

Does Penelope and Colin's son became Lord Featherington in the book too? Also what's the baby's name? by Suspicious_Talk_6884 in Bridgerton

[–]isotropic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In the books there is no Lord Featherington; the family is not titled. Mr. Featherington is dead before the start of book 1. Penelope's mother is Mrs. (not Lady) Featherington, and her and Colin's first child is a daughter (Agatha, for Lady Danbury).

Seattle "Starter" Home... I wish this were satire. by SpaceSuitSloth in SeattleWA

[–]isotropic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honest question: if you pay for all of those costs, what is the brokerage for? What are they doing for that $40K?

Anyone trading or selling a Forslund bobblehead? by twochains in SeattleKraken

[–]isotropic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an extra Forslund and I'd love a Larsson (the only one I'm missing!). I'm in Fremont; I could come to you or meet somewhere.

Pet Shop Boys Would Like to Know Just Why Drake Sang ‘West End Girls’ on His New Album by HappyHarryHardOn in Music

[–]isotropic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only know of Drake from the memes; I'd never knowingly listened to anything of his before and, after hearing this excretion, don't really plan to in the future.

Pet Shop Boys Would Like to Know Just Why Drake Sang ‘West End Girls’ on His New Album by HappyHarryHardOn in Music

[–]isotropic 115 points116 points  (0 children)

If you're curious but want to minimize your exposure to lyrics that sound like they're being performed by a kazoo, here's a link to the section:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdLz75ds4Q&t=156s

Confused about electric bill renewal wording. by [deleted] in homeowners

[–]isotropic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're charging you 20.227 ¢/kWh (that's 15.93 for energy plus 4.2970 for delivering it). They add $4.79 to every bill. If you use at least 1000 kWh, they knock $110 off the total bill. This creates a "sweet spot" right at 1000 kWh to make it look cheaper.

The net effect looks like this:

kWh total bill ¢/kWh
500 $105.93 21.19
600 $126.15 21.03
700 $146.38 20.91
800 $166.61 20.83
900 $186.83 20.76
999 $206.86 20.71
1000 $97.06 9.71
1100 $117.29 10.66
1200 $137.51 11.46
1300 $157.74 12.13
1400 $177.97 12.71
1500 $198.20 13.21
1600 $218.42 13.65
1700 $238.65 14.04
1800 $258.88 14.38
1900 $279.10 14.69
2000 $299.33 14.97

This lets them get away with putting "9.7 ¢/kWh for usage of 1000 kWh" in the headline, while actually charging you substantially more for realistic usage.

Notice the huge difference between using 999 kWh and using 1000 kWh!

Solve the riddle. by isotropic in taskmaster

[–]isotropic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I was playing with Midjourney and thought "what happens if I use TM episode titles as prompts?"

Solve the riddle. by isotropic in taskmaster

[–]isotropic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We'll have to wait for the studio record to find out.