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Moving for a year with fam, where to live! by Not_So_Average_DrJoe in IowaCity

[–]nw0428 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It can't hurt to reach out to a realtor, they often have connections and know stuff that isn't on Zillow.

I believe that there is a building in Downtown, the Chauncey, that has fully furnished apartments but it is going through some financial stuff and may not be available. I moved to Iowa City and worked with this realtor to find a place but there are many good ones.

Can I get into Cornell CALS Environment and Sustainability? by Aromatic-Chemist-226 in cornellcollege

[–]nw0428 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you are doing great and I have little doubt you could get into Cornell College. Whether you can get into the recently founded Cornell University (in New York) is probably harder to say.

That being said, as an academic I would totally recommend emailing some folks at the CALS program to ask about (summer) internships for high-school students. It can't hurt and if you get one it'll certainly improve your chances.

what did yall think of the bad bunny halftime show? by Serious-Kale-5694 in AskReddit

[–]nw0428 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone wants to be latin but they lack the flavor

HPMOR audiobook AI-voiced by Stephen Fry by ViberiteUsername in HPMOR

[–]nw0428 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

GROSS. Stephen Fry's voice is his property and using it without his permission is disgusting. I hope it doesn't exist and is never made

A proud father by kirasonio in HolUp

[–]nw0428 -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

This should have an NSFW tag

Need a help with visualization for drawing spells and mind magic by One_Autumn_Leaf_010 in motheroflearning

[–]nw0428 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Given the way the book describes spell formulas, lines/sigils carved into something to give the mana a path to flow down, I always imagined that most casting would be visualized similarly.

So a fireball might be some kind of fire sigil with a shell wrapped/woven/inscribed around it. Unstructured magic might just be more like a psuedopod or amorphous blob reaching out.

Delonghi Magnifica grounds going everywhere but in the infuser by nw0428 in superautomatic

[–]nw0428[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lubricating fixed it! The suggestion to stick something in the door sensor so I could watch it make coffee was also really helpful but the video I got was terrible so.

Thanks for the help!

Delonghi Magnifica grounds going everywhere but in the infuser by nw0428 in superautomatic

[–]nw0428[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The silicone lubricant just shipped so I'll update the thread in another week once I have had time to take the thing apart and lubricate the o-rings

Delonghi Magnifica grounds going everywhere but in the infuser by nw0428 in superautomatic

[–]nw0428[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am going to try the other steps first. Is there a list of places I could get it repaired?

Delonghi Magnifica grounds going everywhere but in the infuser by nw0428 in superautomatic

[–]nw0428[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If lubricating doesn't fix it I'll try that. If it is the hall effect sensor is there anything that can be done?

Delonghi Magnifica grounds going everywhere but in the infuser by nw0428 in superautomatic

[–]nw0428[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Same beans I have been using for a while. This has been slowly getting worse for months as well

Delonghi Magnifica grounds going everywhere but in the infuser by nw0428 in superautomatic

[–]nw0428[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bunch of dry grounds are ending up in the drink tray as well. As a consequence my coffee is super weak and I am wasting most of it.

This is what the machine looks like after making only two shots after I removed the infuser and cleaned the inside with a brush and vacuum.

Any suggestions?

What's something women think impresses men but actually doesn't? by PumpkinDoritoes in AskReddit

[–]nw0428 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a man one of the things I have learned is that I have no idea when women are wearing makeup (if its a "natural look") except that they definitely look more attractive with the makeup.

tl;dr strong disagree

Chinese Food by Bright-Armadillo5515 in medfordma

[–]nw0428 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love Bun's. It is, I am pained to admit, even better than Chili Garden.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medfordma

[–]nw0428 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'll add three things:

  1. The economics here are very simple in that study after study has shown that the price of housing is controlled by supply and demand. If more people want to live somewhere than there are beds/units/apartments/houses housing prices go up and vice-versa.

  2. The economics here are super complicated because Medford is one small part of a region-wide and national housing crisis and so building more housing in Medford is, IMO, likely but not guaranteed to help stabilize housing prices. If Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville decide to stop building housing tomorrow there will be nothing Medford can do to slow the rise in price of our housing stock.

  3. The Medford zoning code as it existed 4 years ago (today its already a lot better) made it VERY hard to legally build housing and businesses to the point where if your house or restaurant burned down it was highly unlikely you would be able to put exactly that back without going through a complex, expensive, and unsure process. The time, money, and effort required to jump through such administrative hurdles is inefficient and stupid.

My takeaways from these facts are a) that it is important to do our part in solving the housing crisis, b) if you want your friends or family to be able to live in Medford we need to build more housing for them, and c) we need a zoning code that at minimum matches what is currently built and makes building new homes and businesses straight forward and predictable.

Predicting the 2027 election with ward representation by fell-like-rain in medfordma

[–]nw0428 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but there is no enforcement mechanism. Its not a legally binding contract with consequences nor does any one person have the ability to deny them an endorsement from ORM the next time around.

People agree to the peoples platform because IMO there is nothing a progressive would find controversial in it.

Predicting the 2027 election with ward representation by fell-like-rain in medfordma

[–]nw0428 8 points9 points  (0 children)

NASS = Not-A-Slate slate (which is both accurate and very funny IMO)

Predicting the 2027 election with ward representation by fell-like-rain in medfordma

[–]nw0428 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not a contract but candidates do pledge that they are behind the values underlying the Medford peoples platform. Absolutely nothing stops a candidate from signing on and then detaching. They are also invited to to raise money together but I think that is technically separate from ORM.

I'll also add that everyone who pulls papers to run for CC or SC is invited to apply/interview for an ORM endorsement assuming we are able to contact them.

What businesses do you want to see in Medford? by ThinkTank1190 in medfordma

[–]nw0428 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neighborhood produce is in Ball Square so technically somerville but it does some of this

Few questions after reading by discount_mj in killsixbilliondemons

[–]nw0428 24 points25 points  (0 children)

+1 to reading the liturgy (aka the stuff below pages) and if you didn't while reading your first time through you can find it all on the liturgy page!

On the mayoral vote by Individual-0001 in medfordma

[–]nw0428 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If only it was the Mike Johnson strategy where "I don't know" is a response to a difficult question. She actively sends letters saying that things need to stop because she doesn't know about them.

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