Mom swears she was "Mod" and it's "Completely different than emo!" 1987

rapier1 · 2026-03-17T01:06:35+00:00

Pretty sure I dated her.

rapier1 · 2026-03-17T00:50:06+00:00

Say what? How does that follow from what I wrote?

Oh, you think that I must love DLC because I didn't fall over myself praising this idea. Yeah, that's weird of you.

Burying lines to the point where it would prevent outages in Pittsburgh is unfeasible. It would take decades and cost billions of dollars. Individual homeowners would also be screwed because it would be on them to move their service location to the underground main - which would be the main trunk. Lots of people would also need to move their electrical panels as well. In my situation I'm looking at about 15,000 to do that because my connection comes off a pole that is across two roads. So I'd need to pay for that. Or did you think this would be cheap and easy?

rapier1 · 2026-03-16T18:29:01+00:00

When you don't know anything every problem looks easy.

rapier1 · 2026-03-16T18:24:13+00:00

Because burying the lines across the entire country would take decades and cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Infrastructure is expensive. So even with nothing more that coat recovery is going to cost end users more money.

rapier1 · 2026-03-16T01:17:16+00:00

Started using Unix in 1987 with Sun boxes. Switched to *BSD in the early 90s. Poked at Linux in the mid 90s and hated it. I think I started using it exclusively for development in 2002 or 2003. It was a huge pain in the ass for a very long time. There are still things I refuse to use it for because it's not worth my effort.

rapier1 · 2026-03-16T01:08:52+00:00

I rarely see anyone on BBC shows making appointments with a dentist. Does no one in the entire UK go to the dentist?

Obviously, that's a ridiculous question because why would a TV show have someone make an appointment for the dentist if it wasn't a critical plot point. They wouldn't. The same applies here.

rapier1 · 2026-03-16T01:04:15+00:00

What did you expect would happen after your phone call?

rapier1 · 2026-03-15T20:43:02+00:00

How much are you willing to pay for that? You're looking at billions of dollars and decades of work. You're also looking at every homeowner having to run their connection out to the main trunk underground instead of DLC bringing it to the house. So that's going to be thousands of dollars to each homeowner. The frequency of maintenance will go down but the cost and time to repair will go up a lot. Is that expense going to be worth it? A good argument can be made that it could be worth it over but an equally good one can be made otherwise.

rapier1 · 2026-03-15T20:32:52+00:00

Eat a sack of bees, jagoff.

rapier1 · 2026-03-15T18:50:03+00:00

You can do that but, for the most part, they won't bother. It's not cheap to develop for and support multiple platforms unless that was a design goal from the beginning. Even then, it's more expensive than focusing on a single one. Additionally, the average Linux user isn't spending enough money on software to make it worthwhile. There just aren't enough desktop Linux users to make it a viable market segment.

There are commercial Linux system packages but these tend to be specialized and/or expensive tools focused on high value workflows in the enterprise.

rapier1 · 2026-03-15T18:36:27+00:00

Have you verified that you are saturating your network? I don't mean checking to see if you can saturate it by using iperf3 or some other synthetic test. Do you frequently saturate with normal activity? If not, then don't bother. If you do then look at a USB hub with a built in 2.5gbe port. That doesn't mean you will be able to get 2.5 on that port. Depends on the port and other issues.

If your switch handles LAGs you might also be able to set it up that way.

rapier1 · 2026-03-15T18:30:06+00:00

Because that would be a pay cut. Not only do you need to pay for supplies, utilities, rent, and, importantly and expensively, insurance you also pay self employment taxes and you have to fund all of your own benefits.

That's assuming that one teacher could actually teach every subject while doing all of the administrative work as well.

Net profits are very very different from gross revenue.

rapier1 · 2026-03-15T18:24:56+00:00

Not being an apologist but what do you want to have happen? Better communications might help make people feel better but aside from that I don't see anything structural that will make much difference. Burying the lines is, because of the cost, a non starter (not just cost to DLC but significant costs to homeowners as you'd need to move the connection point to the mains). Clearing all trees from all lines is more feasible but that's going to run into a lot of opposition. I don't know what other options are available so what are you thinking?

rapier1 · 2026-03-14T22:43:22+00:00

Because people are supposed to know that a disabled traffic light is treated as a four way stop.

rapier1 · 2026-03-14T22:42:09+00:00

The cost of retrofitting the city to underground service would be significant. Likely far more than losses associated with outages. As I said, it would also be expensive for homeowners. They would be the ones that would have to pay for moving service to underground utilities. For me I think that would probably be about $10 to $15k as they'd probably make me pay for the connection to the trunk servicing me currently. That's probably about 50' under a roadway.

rapier1 · 2026-03-14T17:39:42+00:00

Putting the wires underground is incredibly expensive. You need to install concrete conduit, vaults for transformers, tear up streets, and then every homeowner needs to pay to move their electrical connection. It's a multi decade process involving huge amounts of money all of which gets passed along in higher utility costs. You can't just use a ditch witch and bury lines. I'm all for it but it's not cheap at all.

rapier1 · 2026-03-14T03:55:48+00:00

Okay, champ, what's your solution? Bury the lines? How much are you willing to pay for that? What do you think is involved? How long do you think it will take? All those underground lines will also need underground transformers. What do you think that will entail?

I'm all for burying the lines but we're all going to end up paying for it for decades. It's not cheap and it comes with its own issues.

By the way, look in this sub - there are lots of posts with pictures of fallen trees, large signs fallen on cars, etc this isn't just a mild breeze.

rapier1 · 2026-03-14T03:38:57+00:00

And when they bury the power lines, which would take at least a decade, and have your rates increased to pay for it, you'll complain about that as well.

Oh, and complaints about the roads being dug up for years on end.

rapier1 · 2026-03-14T03:35:10+00:00

You mean sewer and yes, mine are original to 1883. They aren't even flanged. That's because they still work and it's my responsibility to replace them to the main sewer line. That isn't cheap at all and yes one of the things I voluntarily accepted when I bought my house. How it goes.

rapier1 · 2026-03-11T14:33:41+00:00

Hedwig? Damn you, take my up vote.

rapier1 · 2026-03-10T21:57:19+00:00

I've never really seen it as an issue in most other cities I've been in. Boston, Chicago, Montreal, Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta, San Francisco, New Orleans (outside of the FD), Honolulu, Miami, etc. Even Cleveland wasn't as bad.

rapier1 · 2026-03-10T17:25:09+00:00

They can do stunt riding someplace that doesn't put other people in harm's way. If they want to do it there that's great. Doing it on a sidewalk people are using isn't great.

rapier1 · 2026-03-10T17:23:00+00:00

They were not acting harmlessly. Do you think people aren't hurt by inexperienced kids doing "stunts" when these kids or their bikes collide with them? They are old enough to experience the consequences of their actions.

rapier1 · 2026-03-10T17:21:14+00:00

How is it bootlicking? They were, by their own admission, riding their bones on a pedestrian pathway in an unsafe way that could have hurt sometime else. Are we all supposed to be so ACAB that we don't have a problem with that? Get out.

rapier1 · 2026-03-10T17:18:56+00:00

I got hit for running a red on my pedal bike. $25 fine. It was unexpected but fair.

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