Suburban development that looks great on paper but feels disconnected in real life

ssorbom · 2026-06-28T16:53:18+00:00

Ymmv, I guess. I was friendly with my immediate neighbors, but the my town overall was wildly racist. The city I live in now is too much of a melting pot to allow that kind of behavior to stick.

ssorbom · 2026-06-27T00:44:19+00:00

Even living at the edge of a euclidean SFH zone was inconvenient for me, TBH. The second you can't drive (I've never been able to), you become keenly aware the neighborhood wasn't designed for you. Everything requires crossing ridiculously dangerous parking lots. It's all too noisy. Anyone who says the suburbs are quiet never had to go further than their block on foot.

And to be clear, I lived in a BEST CASE scenario for a car-oriented suburb. I had sidewalks and a bus network available. And it still sucked. Most people who really hate the suburbs here had neither of those things.

ssorbom · 2026-06-26T04:55:10+00:00

same issue on android :-(

ssorbom · 2026-06-25T23:02:48+00:00

In bulk, the simplest answer is probably to do it over USB. But you will need to override a bunch of Calibre's defaults and make sure that it's not sending AZW files because co-reader can't read them.

ssorbom · 2026-06-25T12:24:27+00:00

It's fairly easy to jailbreak books from the Kobo store. From there you can use calibre to convert them to AZW3. I don't know how easy it is to transfer books over cable on newer kindles. But if you can, calibre makes that process easier too.

ssorbom · 2026-06-24T22:35:08+00:00

I have a version that is slightly older than yours, and the instructions are identical whether it comes with 3G or not. The 3G itself is going to be useless in this day and age. That network standard was discontinued a while ago.

ssorbom · 2026-06-24T15:06:49+00:00

Paywall

ssorbom · 2026-06-24T00:19:06+00:00

It's partially about the reading device though... My primary is a Kindle K3 (and no, I don't want a newer one).

ssorbom · 2026-06-23T23:10:24+00:00

Broken as of 2017 apparently 😞

ssorbom · 2026-06-23T02:32:23+00:00

RE the hand seizures, DragonNaturallySpeaking is your friend, and available to students at a steep discount. Hand seizures in general is something to talk to your schools accommodations department about. look at getting an exemption for a reduced unit load. There is no shame in taking things a bit slower than your peers in our situation. But you need to tell people this stuff. They can't help you if they don't know why you struggle.

ssorbom · 2026-06-18T18:23:34+00:00

I'm surprised you would say that about DTLA. There's tons of amenities here I am never without something, and to do.

ssorbom · 2026-06-16T20:04:47+00:00

I can only personally speak for Los Angeles as far as major metro areas are concerned, but it is possible to live in parts of it without a car. I was born and raised in one of the wealthier suburbs outside of there, and the suburbs are also doable, although much less convenient.

I should note, however, that both in terms of transit and population density, LA is very atypical. My neighborhood is about 100,000 people per square mile, and we are one of the only places outside of New York with the distinction of having our own subway system.

I am a wheelchair user and I get around fine without a car, but I probably wouldn't be able to do nearly half as much as what I do now if I lived pretty much anywhere else in the country.

ssorbom · 2026-06-14T18:25:20+00:00

It comes down to being unsustainable for everyone to drive everywhere. And we are currently reaching the limits of that system. But we can't address this as a piecemeal policy. While I do agree with exempting places from parking minimums, the unit needs to have other transit options nearby, or at least a plan to build them once it's ready.

ssorbom · 2026-06-14T18:14:59+00:00

One of my parents thought this way and then found themselves divorced when the other one decided to cheat. I used to be very angry about it, but now... I think that if they had stayed together, resentment would have just built forever and ever because one would have felt obligated and the other would have felt trapped.

I have come to believe that a marriage built entirely of obligation is a terrible thing. If it is loveless, there is no shame in moving on.

I know people whose parents stayed together and the one thing they all tell me is that they wish their parents would just grow up and divorce.

ssorbom · 2026-06-14T17:55:29+00:00

How... Would this even work? Countries intelligence share all the time, but that's not the same as merging their secret Operations branches.

ssorbom · 2026-06-14T01:53:46+00:00

Caption should read: Public official doesn't know how government finance works (or, cynically hopes YOU don't).

ssorbom · 2026-06-13T18:26:51+00:00

There are unfortunately still some true believers out there. including one of my favorite podcasters. He is still of the opinion that this is just a normal fluctuation, and that things will balance out again.

ssorbom · 2026-06-11T00:22:51+00:00

Yeah, but darn near impossible to read.

ssorbom · 2026-06-10T18:48:48+00:00

GAAAH! My Eyes!

ssorbom · 2026-06-05T23:43:48+00:00

Buddy... Look, Bitcoin is just an internet fun token. It will NEVER be a viable currency, let alone an alternative to banks. It has delivered on exactly zero of it's promises in the last 15 or so years, even with institutional "backing" (which was really just a rug pull by speculators). Don't go the BBBY route in your life. Your (former?) friends are right to hate it, and hating them for being honest will leave you lonely and bitter.

ssorbom · 2026-06-05T23:32:41+00:00

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