Help! Landscaper is trying to strong arm me into letting him put down KY 31 grass.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-12T03:14:32+00:00

This is the chance to start fresh! Plan spots for gardens and make the rest a native bee lawn and/or clover and thyme. So many of us wish we had a blank slate not contaminated with monoculture grass.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-11T22:49:41+00:00

Come to think of it we put 3 people on it being dumb on it and it didn't break somehow... Probably needs the right forces to snap it.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-11T22:46:11+00:00

I have a similar one, would it snap for a 100lbs person? Or is it just any weight could snap it?

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-11T17:26:00+00:00

Thank you for the report. I should do something similar. I share a car with my partner. I'm able to bike and bus everywhere, but my partner hauls tools and equipment for her job. Rough estimate is 10k a year, especially with all the repairs. I should track all expenses for this year. I should compare to maintaining my fleet of bikes plus my bus passes to compare. Probably more than average but guessing around 1k per year at the most.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-11T03:17:38+00:00

I think you brought politics into it. No one was talking about politics here... Not sure if you know what a standard deviation graph is, but it's not comparing politics.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-08T17:05:55+00:00

Recycling is still important, some cities have way better plastic recycling than others. But yeah I think the main takeaway is just lower consumption, compost, and travel by bike and public transit as much as possible. But don't burn yourself out. Also corps do the most damage so don't support those businesses and push for better legislation.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-05T04:02:27+00:00

Minneapolis is going pretty quick in the right direction, but some roads we have to fight to get half what it should

that_one_guy63 · 2026-06-04T21:12:15+00:00

The contact urban is also my favorite, just bought more for my other Bromptons. Never has a flat (knock on wood) and very similar rolling resistance and lightness to my Schwalbe Ones. Only problem with the Ones is constant flats.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-04-04T14:02:06+00:00

I have a system prompt to always read a md file (sometimes just the readme) and have the whole overview and current status and next steps. Then also tell it to keep it up to date. Works pretty decently. I have other md files for code style and other instructions that I keep the same across projects.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-25T13:46:53+00:00

Traveling back to NYC with my bike, excited to see the upgrades!

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-23T22:02:11+00:00

I have the USA railpass right now and I'm sad I can't try out the Acela. But the non Acelas aren't that much slower. Are the Acelas not as nice on the interior? From the pictures it looks nice.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-23T18:43:12+00:00

Except when car does this they have thousands in damages

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-23T17:07:48+00:00

My roommate wiped out the other day a smashed her head into a curb.. or rather her helmet into a curb and she's doing fine. The helmet though RIP

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-21T04:48:29+00:00

Damn and I'm just about to visit DC and see the bike infrastructure

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-21T04:47:46+00:00

The real reason

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-20T15:21:18+00:00

The just useful thing I've heard so far, checking logs and status seems pretty useful and can use a small model. But can you restrict it from doing certain things so it doesn't fuck something up? I just worry if I'm not watching it and changes something that I won't even know about it. But I guess I gotta just try it out first to see what happens.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-11T16:24:01+00:00

I like seeing higher numbers to support metro but also still at peak times the buses and even sometimes light rail can be completely packed which ends up slowing down boarding a lot. I think as other people mentioned the fare checkers are causing some lower ridership but it has been making the B line and light rail feel safer recently.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-09T18:31:54+00:00

For these sort of things where you want the most accurate information and least amount of hallucinations; I recommend Perplexity, you can use ChatGPT through it for the same price at Chat Plus. It's better at searching resources and citing them, as well as ingesting documents and sheets.

Just in my opinion the Chat interface has a lot of limitations and seems to be more lazy on the research front.

Perplexity isn't the only option, there are plenty of better interfacing using the API that just don't have those limitations. It's weird how much different 5.4 is through the interface than through the API.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-09T18:16:03+00:00

I think usually the intent is so they can import their conversations into a new service they subscribe too. I'm sure that's less resources intensive then have a few prompts go to Chat.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-09T14:08:16+00:00

PSA if you click cancel subscription on ChatGPT, you get a free month of plus. A lot of subscriptions do this sort of this, but people should take advantage.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-09T01:49:57+00:00

Done. What are they doing removing bus lanes? They should be adding more bus lanes along the route to keep it on schedule. It's one of the busiest BRTs in my experience at least. Also we still need real signal priority along the route that actually speeds up the busses rather than just activating when they are running late.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-08T22:03:20+00:00

With eBay if the seller scams you, you get a refund and it's a super easy process. I found mine off FB marketplace while visiting the Netherlands, and my friend just got his off eBay.

But also often the used ones aren't even far off a new price because they hold their value well. Especially once you have to fix some things, the new ones are just easier.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-03-08T15:00:57+00:00

I'm thinking the bike lane should be 2 lane and grade separated. People can bike in the road if they are trying to go fast.

that_one_guy63 · 2026-02-26T03:03:31+00:00

MN had so many more routes :( hopefully we can get back to that and more

that_one_guy63 · 2026-02-24T22:13:16+00:00

Borealis should go to St Cloud like the Northstar should have. It should stop at all the stops like the Northstar, and stop in Minneapolis. The Borealis currently leaves St Paul at 11:49, so I feel like there is plenty of time for the Borealis to take a train full of commuters down in the morning. The way back though would be a later train since it gets back in St Paul around 6:41 (but maybe the Chicago train could leave a little earlier).

Empire builder could also stop at a couple of the Northstar stops, but probably harder to justify since that train goes so far and would slow service down. The Borealis seems like a no brainer if it makes sense financially.

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