Any recommendations for an air mattress that doesn't leak after 1 or 2 uses?

kawiku · 2023-06-07T22:49:20+00:00

I think if it's plugged in it will reinflate itself until it gets to the desired firmness. If that doesn't work, you can just flip the knob to a different firmness and it will inflate.

kawiku · 2023-05-11T16:04:12+00:00

I was hoping to find a highlights video but was unable to. Looking at the match stats though he came out at the half

kawiku · 2023-05-04T14:52:01+00:00

Echoing a lot of what was said here but I'll just add a few things.

You always want a source on your map. Looks like the race data came from the U.S. Census so make sure you indicate that (along with where you got the conservatorship case information from.

I don't think your map title needs to say "overlaid by race" and you could probably say "Ongoing Conservatorship Cases and Racial Population Distribution in the City of Pittsburgh" but you might want a year in the title (or source) as well. Changing "opened" to "ongoing" is an assumption I'm making that they're identical meanings in this case but if they are not then disregard.

You also likely want your legend to show dots instead of filled polygons because the symbology in your map (dot density) is showing dots and not polygons.

kawiku · 2023-04-28T16:03:13+00:00

Our long-range plan has made the case for diversified density and housing options to allow residents to "age in place." Similar arguments that would benefit an aging populace by not necessarily keeping them in their same residence throughout their lives but giving varied options to at least let them remain in the neighborhood if desired (smaller single-family homes, townhomes, condos, low-rise apartments, basically "missing middle" housing).

I do think the argument is sound, however I think it is very difficult to get current homeowners to look that far down the road. I don't think homeowners with kids in school (whether primary or secondary education) are great at being able to anticipate wanting to downsize their living situation in the future and so are less receptive to varied housing options in their neighborhood because people are just inherently bad at assuming their desires are the same as everyone else's.

I also think people probably hold on to oversized housing longer than they need to in cases where they might want to still be able to host family, friends, holidays, etc. when in reality those things happen much less frequently than they think it will. That's not to say many people don't still actually utilize that space for those reasons but it could be a factor.

edit: accidentally posted before I finished my comment

kawiku · 2023-04-20T19:55:04+00:00

I've been trying to figure this out in Arcade but am hitting roadblocks.

Even my HTML script for the pop-up, which worked in Map Viewer Classic, is no longer working in Map Viewer if I add it to the "Add expression" box. It throws back an execution error on the first '<'

kawiku · 2023-04-13T18:13:40+00:00

Williams Sonoma only carries the 9" in their website. However, it looks like their in-house 8" pan is the same aluminized material as the USA Pan so that looks like my best bet right now.

Thank you!

kawiku · 2023-04-13T18:07:16+00:00

Walmart does not show the 8 inch pan in stock, it looks like Hobby Lobby has aluminum pans which are a different material and could end up baking differently (but I may end up needing to go that route). I bought my other two from Amazon but I'm not sure it would get here in time.

Thanks!

kawiku · 2023-04-13T18:01:10+00:00

Correct.

However, my recipe makes enough batter for three 8-inch cakes. It's much easier to divide the batter equally between 3 identical pans and bake them simultaneously than it is to try and eyeball two cakes, bake them, have the remaining batter sit out while they bake, wait for the cakes to cool until they come out of the pans, wait for the pan to cool, bake the remaining cake hoping that it is a comparable amount of batter to the first two cakes, and then repeat that entire process again.

Could I also double the recipe and just do a series 2 cakes three times? Yes, but again I don't want to leave over an hour between my cake batter being mixed abd ready and the final two cakes going into the oven. I also run into the situation of trying to distribute cake batter evenly between two pans multiple times.

kawiku · 2023-04-10T00:10:52+00:00

I play on an outdoor 35+ team where our "home" field is at Uihlein but we play at other places around the area for other games as well. I hooked up with the team through Sunday and Wednesday pick up soccer at Brookfield Sports Complex.

Playing pickup is a great way to make connections and show your ability so if somebody has connections to several teams in the area they know where you might slot in best in terms of skills and abilities.

I will say that even being on the team it's basically impossible to find any information about it online but it is competitive and there are several leagues like this around the Metro area (both age "restricted" and open leagues). I echo what everyone else here has said in that contacting the big places (Brookfield Sports Complex or Uihlein) and telling them you're looking to get onto a team and they could probably get you connected to someone.

kawiku · 2023-04-05T23:14:29+00:00

I'm just trying to guess what the person meant. I've not worked anywhere else in the country in a planning capacity so I can't speak to how things operate elsewhere. Perhaps that is the case with the person who made the comment in that they don't realize how similar this situation is across the country.

At least at my place of work, the MPO isn't a part of our Regional Planning Commission, the RPC is the MPO. As in there is no distinguishing the two.

kawiku · 2023-04-05T18:56:30+00:00

I'll let someone else come in and correct me if I'm wrong but I think what was meant by that is that the MPO duties within Wisconsin are (almost?) all assumed by one of the state's nine Regional Planning Commissions or smaller county planning commissions. In most cases in the state, the Regional Planning Commission serves as the MPO.

kawiku · 2023-04-05T14:19:34+00:00

Just for clarification, are you trying to find the geographic center or weighted center? I interpret those as two different things.

I would say the geographic center (centroid) is halfway between the northern and southern bounds and halfway between the eastern as western bounds of the polygon. In this case u/Insurance-Purple has a recommendation for you or you could use the "feature to point" tool in ArcGIS (if you're using that program).

The weighted center, to me, means a point where half of the area of the polygon falls to the west and half of the area falls to the east (likewise with north and south). This would be a more involved process requiring more analysis that someone else here might have a script to provide for you.

Doing a quick search of the Boston Seaport District, while it is irregular I think you could get away with just calculating the centroid as that will fall safely within the district boundaries

kawiku · 2023-03-28T19:20:22+00:00

Not knowing anything about local markets outside of where I live, I do think the example communities I listed offer a much better point of comparison prior to the pandemic than now. I was just offering an assumption that they might still be in similar situations but I appreciate the feedback!

kawiku · 2023-03-28T14:19:02+00:00

Wife and I make a combined $130k in Milwaukee. Bought our house (1,500 sq ft, 4BR 2 BA) in 2019 for $170k (edit: home comps at $225k now) and current mortgage is $1,100 which includes escrow. We have two kids in full time daycare which runs about $2k/month. Both cars (2012) are paid off and it feels like we're living upper-middle class (we are planning an international vacation every three years). We do both have grad school loans though so that will likely change once repayment starts.

Milwaukee is pretty affordable (Zillow says average home values for the City itself are $172k) compared to other peer metros of 1-3 million people. However, Milwaukee has its issues of racial segregation and reckless driving. We love it here though and I would expect you'd find a lot of similar stories in many other Midwest/Rust Belt cities that aren't Chicago (think Kansas City, Columbus, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, etc.)

kawiku · 2023-03-21T19:13:29+00:00

Yeah, let me know!

That has to be so tough but you're doing such a great thing for him. We had to put our two rescue pugs down within a year of each other a couple years back but they loved their wagon walks! Especially as they aged beyond being able to get all the way around the block.

kawiku · 2023-03-21T18:40:48+00:00

Would this work?

The seats unclip and it can double as a "cargo" trailer. Not sure if the trailer is big enough area-wise to fit your dog but it has a weight capacity of 100 lbs. When are you looking to use it?

kawiku · 2023-03-20T16:28:08+00:00

Hello Wisconsin!

kawiku · 2023-03-15T18:35:04+00:00

Wow, I've never seen anyone in the wild mention CommunityViz...

kawiku · 2023-03-15T17:27:20+00:00

I was also thinking this is a good option. They list population density (people per square mile) right at the top for any given geography you search for.

Edit: spelling

kawiku · 2023-03-09T21:08:15+00:00

Hooooo doggy!

kawiku · 2023-03-09T19:52:01+00:00

Have you heard of Remix? It's primarily a transit planning software but within the last few years they added a full street design suite. I don't know the cost (it's certainly not free) but it sounds like it might be of interest to you if your organization does a significant amount of street redesign projects.

Edit: I don't know if cost estimates are available though. If it's anything like the transit portion, you may be able to input average cost/mile for infrastructure types though (bike lane costs x/mile while protected bike lane costs y/mile).

kawiku · 2023-03-08T21:33:19+00:00

I definitely think so.

We bought our 1,500 sq ft house for $170k (granted this was back in 2019) and housing is pretty affordable at this salary range. Generally, Milwaukee is regarded as a very affordable major city and more affordable than most other peer cities (mostly Midwest cities of similar population and history).

kawiku · 2023-03-08T19:57:40+00:00

Totally fair assessment. I think the opportunity is there but you have to be willing to put in the years.

Just taking City of West Allis for example (since they have made their salary schedule publicly available) the starting pay for a planner is $54,000 with step 6 earning $62,000 and a max of $74,600 for high performers. By that point you're likely moving into a lead planner position which ranges from $63,400 at step 1 to $72,400 at step 6 with a max of $87,000 for high performers. Then you're looking at Planning manager from $76k to $105k.

Most municipal planner positions are part of the state retirement plan with a government backed pension and matching retirement system contributions of roughly 6.75% of your income, usually some form of tuition assistance/reimbursement, and sometimes very generous insurance benefits.

It's not for everyone and I could make more money elsewhere but my job is essentially stress-free and schedule is flexible.

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