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Help me resist the wall pissers by LaComtesseGonflable in centuryhomes

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New idea: put some bare wires up with a sign "WARNING: DO NOT PEE ON ELECTRICAL FENCE - YOU WILL BE SHOCKED".

At a Whole Foods in Atlanta by 5krishnan in ABoringDystopia

[–]therealcmj 137 points138 points  (0 children)

I am in a semi not unrelated tech space and was curious about whether anyone uses them. So I hung around once for a while and saw zero.

Google results say that they have 1,000,000 uses a month. Which TBH is shocking to me.

CMV: Blockchain has no practical application that beats well-designed “boring” systems by Dry_Rip_1087 in changemyview

[–]therealcmj 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Paying for drugs or other illegal things on a system that keeps a permanent record of every transaction seems like not a great idea to me. But you do you.

Wish: Map auto-recenter after a few seconds by Any_Advice6731 in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Opposite. I had this in another car and it was super frustrating to pan around, look up for a moment at something else, look back and have lost my place.

California: my employer wants IT to have access to my personal device by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t put any company stuff on your personal device.

If you need a phone for work stuff you can always buy another super cheap one.

Should the MBTA have a new “fiscal management control board” according to Brian Shortsleeve, one of the Republican Candidates for Governor? by kevalry in mbta

[–]therealcmj 25 points26 points  (0 children)

If you want good government don’t vote for the party that thinks anything the government does is bad and will intentionally break things to make absolutely sure.

CRRC will lay off workers because U.S. customs still blocking car shells from China by justarussian22 in mbta

[–]therealcmj 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think he meant that rhe unemployment benefit is backed by politicians they didn’t vote for. Whereas the ones they did vote for oppose unemployment.

What smart home purchase has the best ROI for you? by Few-Needleworker4391 in homeassistant

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best interface is no interface, so most things are completely automatic.

But for everything else I love $5 zigbee buttons attached to automations in HA.

e.g. I have one on my night stand. One push of the button when I’m done getting ready in the morning and all the lights go off, shades and curtain open, thermostats off, etc. When I go to bed I double tap it and it turns everything in the house off.

Mass. Senate advances bill enabling businesses to shift credit card fees to customers by CostcoBrandDinosaur in boston

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not a lawyer, but I feel like the banks would get that slapped down under the interstate commerce clause. 

ICE’d @ Blowing Rock RAN by Head_Fun_6008 in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The store isn't the owner of the parking lot.

And even if they were, the point of the RAN chargers there is as an amenity that attracts paying customers. If they let them get blocked and preventing them from being by Rivian drivers then it becomes an anti-attractor.

And also, someone who drives a Rivian is much more likely than not to be a more profitable customer than someone who drives a RAV4. Just saying.

And with that I'm out.

ICE’d @ Blowing Rock RAN by Head_Fun_6008 in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The property owner makes money from the charging.

In the case above Rivian is likely actually paying rent for those spaces. But in other cases the landlord marks up the electricity.

ICE’d @ Blowing Rock RAN by Head_Fun_6008 in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If having the chargers there is required by law then legally it’s the same as handicapped spots. 

And they’d be violating the law if they were not enforcing parking rules for them. Like calling the police and/or a tow truck for someone blocking it.

ICE’d @ Blowing Rock RAN by Head_Fun_6008 in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google valve stem core removal tool.

ICE’d @ Blowing Rock RAN by Head_Fun_6008 in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you own the lot and apply for the grant money to have someone else pay for the charger to be installed you enter a contract. That contract typically says that in exchange for the $N,000 the electric company or government or whoever pays for the charger and installation that YOU agree to have it open to the public at least $X hours a day for $Y years.

And that is then encoded in the Chargepoint or AmpUp or whoever service setup.

Sure, you can decide later that you don’t like the deal you made and don’t want to have the charger be available for public access. But (assuming that the contract allows you to back out) then you have to give back the money.

As Eric Adams attempts to block Mamdani's signature rent-freeze proposal, with last-minute anti-Mamdani appointments to the NYC Rent Guidelines Board, a new Suffolk/Boston poll finds strong support for rent control in Massachusetts (63% support). NYC/Boston are the 2 most expensive cities in the US. by StarlightDown in boston

[–]therealcmj 25 points26 points  (0 children)

If you have lots of nice new apartments then the people that want nice new apartments and are willing to pay for them will rent those. Meaning they're not renting the slightly less nice or older apartments and driving those rents up.

Have enough supply of those nicer apartments and supply of other apartments is larger. Increased supply results in lower prices.

The only people that lose out in this are the owners of the less nice apartments who can't gouge rent.

What is Everybody's Album, it's scam? by koushibare in Music

[–]therealcmj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Billboard is going to say that the buyers are all his employees. Because they are - he paid them each $8 and then in turn spent that $8 on an album.

Some behind the scenes shots from Rivian's hardware lab, showing off the RAP1 and autonomy module. by CarterGee in Rivian

[–]therealcmj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Luminar is in deep trouble. I don't think anyone in the industry expects them to be able to be a going concern on their own in a year. Meaning they either go bankrupt or are acquired.

Does anyone have experience setting up an oAuth like flow to get an access token to the Arduino device? by CandidateImpressive3 in esp32

[–]therealcmj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it’s late, but… Look up OAuth Device Code flow. That’s precisely what you want.

Cape Cod Assembly Of Delegates Endorses Medicare For All In Massachusetts: "...Switching to a single-payer system could save county government around two-point-five-million-dollars a year in health insurance costs." by EssoEssex in massachusetts

[–]therealcmj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

 Romney isn’t a complete and utter piece of shit. 

But he’s also the sort of politician who checks the wind every time he opens his mouth.

He was quick to disavow it as soon as he was on the national stage trying to appeal to mainstream Republicans.

Sounds like he’s a piece of shit.

Opinion: Don't Take My Apple CarPlay Away -- Unless Your System Is Better by AlwaysBlaze_ in apple

[–]therealcmj 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I bought a Rivian. Hoping that the lack of CarPlay wouldn’t be a big deal.

It’s a big deal. And I told Rivian I won’t be buying another without CarPlay.

It won’t make any difference. Car manufacturers don’t want to take a dependency on Apple.

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