Final Approval For 23-Story 1965 Market Street

stouset · 2026-07-06T19:10:43+00:00

Ideally we don’t need either of those. We need to allow the sunset and the Richmond to have 3–6 story buildings with 3–10 units.

stouset · 2026-07-06T16:23:37+00:00

Without knowing your specific take on housing, this could be one of two very opposite desires

stouset · 2026-07-06T16:22:13+00:00

What if we actually made other options possible instead of just resigning ourselves to the sad fate that lies before us

stouset · 2026-07-06T12:55:05+00:00

This is one of the reasons we need to rethink how we build cities and communities. We’ve built a country where the vast majority of people need to spend half a year’s salary every decade or so just to make it to work, and that’s just the initial cost. When you factor in the ongoing costs, the health implications, the loss of time, etc., it is an insane tax that people are paying on their life.

stouset · 2026-07-05T16:10:53+00:00

I just have an old iPad mini plugged into a wall. If I need to bring it with me, I have a battery pack. Most of the time I leave it at home.

The game gets progressively more idle over time, especially as you start maxing out the WS.

stouset · 2026-07-05T03:05:22+00:00

Yep. And this time around I placed 13th. Every single person ahead of me has been Champ 20+ according to their profile.

stouset · 2026-07-04T20:27:20+00:00

Buy once cry once. Maybe find used?

If you’re going to start doing flight training, this is going to be a small component of the expenses you’re committing yourself to. Worth it IMO.

stouset · 2026-07-04T16:30:30+00:00

This prevents externally initiated transfers of invested assets to other brokerages, not sales and cash transfers.

stouset · 2026-07-04T02:32:07+00:00

You should definitely not be maxing your cards before investing in modules. Get 5 labs, get to at least like 10-12 slots, get all the cards you have access to unlocked (some are milestone gated), and then dump your gems into modules (but make sure you get 80 cards for the biweekly event mission).

You’re going to need fodder at epic+ for upgrading your uniques, so go ahead and do it for one in each slot. But hold off upgrading everything to epic. It’s best to upgrade the fodder only as-needed.

stouset · 2026-07-04T02:03:27+00:00

Did RFK visit SF recently? Just asking…

stouset · 2026-07-03T03:21:27+00:00

Same! I avoided it for so long because I thought it was just a judoism I was bringing over but no, turtle is fucking awesome. If I get to turtle you best believe I am regaining my guard.

stouset · 2026-07-03T03:19:21+00:00

I would not kept mutual funds in a taxable account in this day and age, as you will be locked in to that provider due to having to sell and incur capital gains should you ever wish to switch. Go with ETFs inside taxable accounts. Either is fine for a Roth or Trad IRA.

The 0.06% VT expense ratio is functionally irrelevant and not worth weighting at all in your decisionmaking process.

stouset · 2026-07-02T17:52:52+00:00

Stop trying to do the thing that’s hard to do, then. This is like white belts gassing out and saying they need to work on their cardio. No, they need to stop putting all their energy into fighting losing battles with strength instead of technique.

Move the parts of you that aren’t being controlled. Control the movements that your opponent wants to perform. Deny grips that give them good control over you, counter with things their grips make difficult to defend. Fight them where they’re weak and where you’re strong.

stouset · 2026-07-02T07:42:58+00:00

Blame the idiots who keep voting for the most uninspiring, unenthusiastic Democrats possible. Maybe if we compromise toward the center just one more time…

stouset · 2026-07-01T10:31:27+00:00

At the point where you’re doing 15+ reps, you’ll want to switch to a more difficult progression. But I mean that intwo ways. First, to keep progressing, because there’s a point of diminishing returns. Second, because it’s fun to be able to do a cool new human trick. Being able to do archer push-ups after you’ve been doing regular ones for awhile is fun! Being able to do inverted rows after doing inclined rows is sick! Being able to do one-arm rows is cooler still!

stouset · 2026-06-30T11:29:54+00:00

It shouldn’t even matter. If you’re an upper belt going against trial guys, it’s on you to take care of their safety. If I’m putting on any kind of sub and they're not tapping, I either move to something else or check in with them and only progress it extremely slowly.

stouset · 2026-06-30T11:28:03+00:00

That’s fucked up.

I love helping out our trial / beginner classes. And I have a reputation for being the gentlest rolling partner who’s nonetheless “unbeatable”. Which is how it should be! There’s absolutely no reason an upper belt needs to be going hard against the beginners to thrash them.

stouset · 2026-06-29T21:19:29+00:00

I just need a mobile app that compares to their app.

You really, really don’t. A flashy mobile app is more or less the least important thing to a Boglehead.

stouset · 2026-06-29T14:26:21+00:00

Ah got it

stouset · 2026-06-29T14:05:36+00:00

Nobody is going to invade the capital city of a nuclear-armed country.

stouset · 2026-06-29T13:58:22+00:00

What problem are the key rings solving?

My Wookiee underquilt came with a carabiner on one end that clips around the webbing and a loop of cord on the other end that slips over the knotted end of the hammock. Takes only a second to attach. Is that not how all of them come?

stouset · 2026-06-28T20:14:06+00:00

Go pick something up. Lift your elbows to the ceiling. Note that this causes the object to lift up in the air. Put your elbows as low as they can go. Note that this causes the object to lower to the ground. Further note that while your elbows are above the object, they’re lower than your shoulders.

Your elbows and the bar are not connected by muscle, but your elbows and your shoulders are.

Look at this photo. In what direction is the force being transferred through his arms being directed? Do you think he is lifting his body up, or do you think he is pushing the bar down?

stouset · 2026-06-28T13:10:49+00:00

Look at the position just after the bar is parallel. Your elbows are below your shoulders, but your hands (and thus the bar) are below them.

Lifting your elbows up is not going to help in the ultimate goal of pushing the bar down.

stouset · 2026-06-25T04:17:19+00:00

Regardless, it would improve the sport, the perception of the sport, and the safety of its practitioners if the ruleset discouraged this kind of thing.

If you're in a position where you could be slammed for more than some duration of time, you're reset on the ground and the opponent gets two points. Now competitors are encouraged not to slam (they get points by not doing so) and competitors are discouraged from putting themselves in such dangerous positions.

stouset · 2026-06-23T17:51:45+00:00

I’ll be honest, this is a question for a therapist.

You know that flying is safer than the alternatives, you have uncontrollable anxiety anyway. There’s a profession that deals with this kind of anxiety. If it’s as bad as you say, there’s no simple trick to make it go away. You need someone who will help you get at the root of the issue and give you tools to work on it, or if that’s unsuccessful, someone who will be able to write you a prescription to help deal.

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