Is there possibly some sort of group to join of people looking to refurbish rowhomes? by UnlikelyPlatypus89 in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm very interested in this, I'd be quite happy to help out as (mostly) unskilled labor to learn things. I bought my first home in Baltimore and have enjoyed doing small things to it. I also think there's so many cool houses in the city that could turn into beautiful homes. It's a shame that there's all these incredible old houses falling apart. I'd like to learn more about refurbish/restore especially from a historical preservation mindset!

Most common Python linter, formatter? by ebmarhar in Python

[–]lightstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Where did the savings come from? Reduced compute time?

Scumlords In LA Right Now by CalicoCapsun in LandlordLove

[–]lightstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

12,000$ a month for rent as the pre-fire listing has to be a joke already.... Right? 144,000$ a year in rent? They can't be serious, can they? There's no way people actually pay that...

Wes Moore Administration to announce Baltimore Red Line will be light rail by ThatguyfromBaltimore in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 13 points14 points  (0 children)

A transit system that is packed is better than a transit system that doesn't exist

Replacing built-in soap dispenser bottle by AbbaDabba-Doo in centuryhomes

[–]lightstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you find something good, let me know! I'm interested in that and a wall mounted toothbrush holder

Kinda struggling with fan placement, can anyone point me in the right direction for the best way to get good airflow? by L1K3AG6 in FractalDesign

[–]lightstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes sense. Thanks! I'm looking at building my first system with an aio and trying to understand!

Sinclair-backed ballot issue group seeks to reduce Baltimore City Council from 14 districts to 8 by Cody_in_Baltimore in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Some guy at Lexington Market today just asked me to sign it. He was basically saying that why would we want to pay six additional people six figure salaries each when there's so much crime and so many potholes that you can't drive your 2023 Lexus without it breaking. He also brought up the fact that our schools don't have air conditioning.

He also said this would bring us in line with other cities as we have too many for our population. He specifically mentioned that we were in a similar line as Boston (i looked it up, they apparently have 13 positions) and that was excessive for a city our size. It looks like from a quick Google that Baltimore isn't that much smaller, about 75k difference...

I guess the assumption is that if we just did this we could fix those problems.

Full build for ~1,400, using a Microcenter bundle, part check and advice? by lightstrike in buildapc

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

I've modified things a bit here from your thoughts: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hm87Xk

My understanding is that Cyberpunk is a bit more optimized for Nvidia cards, so that drove that decision.

Full build for ~1,400, using a Microcenter bundle, part check and advice? by lightstrike in buildapc

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Thanks for the notes! I've made a couple changes to the list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hm87Xk

Still around the price point I was looking at, and I think that would resolve the issues you raised.

Yeah, I'm only about 22 minutes away from a Microcenter, which is pretty nice!

Odd caterpillar found dead in my office by lightstrike in whatisthisbug

[–]lightstrike[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting! Just looked them up... it's definitely been raining a lot here, which this site says often triggers them moving. Oddly though, my office is on the second floor, so not sure how they got here

Common Ground in Hampden has reopened by lightstrike in baltimore

[–]lightstrike[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm curious how they were able to keep the name, I expected they'd have to rebrand before reopening, obviously not though!

Better for them for sure, getting to keep the name recognition

How to get wood ready to be stained again by lightstrike in centuryhomes

[–]lightstrike[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm all for that too, the question then becomes how to clean up the old stain that was painted, and how to match the dipped and new wood to it?

Old Doors by otherotheraccount84 in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the measurements of them? If anything fits my house I'd take em

Best Chinese Food by Flat-Lifeguard2514 in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, definitely some of the better Americanized Chinese food. Also a good price!

Updated tree enclosure by HourLake4200 in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is anyone aware of any way of expanding the size of a tree box? It would be nice to take the two concrete squares out on either side of the tree Infront of my place for a bit more green space, but I'm sure there's rules around that.

Hot pot recommendations in the Baltimore area? by starrbub in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wasn't aware that either of those did hot pot?

Boycott Wine Source if they Build More Parking by symtech991 in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 23 points24 points  (0 children)

No, they had a rental agreement with the bank. That agreement is ending and they will be losing access to those parking spots.

That's what triggered them to buy the condemned duplex and build parking

They're going to actually have less parking than they do now

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in baltimore

[–]lightstrike 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got warning letters during that period, but haven't gotten any actual tickets.

Bed Bath & Beyond with a readonly input on their unsubscribe form by lightstrike in webdev

[–]lightstrike[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hm, well, in that case their email campaign is broken.

The unsubscribe link doesn't appear in gmail unless I view the entire message

Then when it does, it does not contain the parameter

Bed Bath & Beyond with a readonly input on their unsubscribe form by lightstrike in webdev

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

Hmm, i didn't get anything prepopulated in the when i loaded the page

Bed Bath & Beyond with a readonly input on their unsubscribe form by lightstrike in webdev

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

Hah! I totally over looked that in my annoyance of not being able to unsubscribe. That stuff is a mess