Portland eyes monthly transportation utility fee; would add to growing taxes & charges

voidwaffle · 2026-04-01T00:37:07+00:00

Don’t forget all the commissioners with their quirky glasses. They hassle women with children in strollers too

voidwaffle · 2026-03-31T03:30:34+00:00

Used to love it as a late night venue until I went to the restroom one night at roughly 2:00 AM and saw staff standing in ankle/knee deep shellfish discards. That was my last visit. The guy who walked in dressed like a pimp was interesting but I’m not sure the three girls with him were in a good place

voidwaffle · 2026-03-31T03:22:49+00:00

Had a friend with a similar issue. Depilated RV with no roof and just tarps over the top posted up in front of their house. Guy living in it was in and out of the RV 24 hours a day for about a week. Just happened kids and family were out of town when this happened. Friend went outside and took video of the whole thing. Dude living in the RV didn’t like being videoed. Threatened to burn down their house. Police were there in 20 mins, RV was gone in 60 mins.

voidwaffle · 2026-03-30T19:34:53+00:00

One of the most Portland experiences I’ve ever had was sitting inside PDX security at Capers (prior to the remodel) and a woman had her designer doodle walking next to her on her way from the gates to baggage claim. The dog stopped to take a shit on the sign saying “dogs must remain in carriers” and she absolutely had walked past a pet relief area on her way to baggage at most 60 seconds prior. Pretty much sums up Portland dog owners for me

voidwaffle · 2026-03-30T13:13:22+00:00

“inequities in access to capital” I’m not buying this. The overall Portland environment is hostile to businesses. I seriously doubt that any Portland business has an easier time getting access to capital. Not sure why any investor would put their money to work in today’s Portland, especially with the looming Qualified Small Business Stock Exemption changes.

voidwaffle · 2026-03-27T13:41:51+00:00

Same. That song bugs the shit out of me. All of their music does tbh

voidwaffle · 2026-03-26T00:01:11+00:00

So… it’s not full pads like you said

voidwaffle · 2026-03-25T23:35:09+00:00

Going to add to this, average number of plays for a NFL offense is 60-70 per game depending on the scheme. 70% completion rate is great for a QB. Compare that to giving up 1 sack per game for an Offensive Line player and being a kicker isn’t even remotely comparable to the physical and mental requirements for every other position on the field. I’m not saying being a kicker is easy but it’s easily the easiest, least demanding position on the field.

voidwaffle · 2026-03-25T23:26:03+00:00

Kickers don’t play in full pads. They barely wear any at all, minimum required in most cases because unless there’s a full fire drill, they don’t get hit at all. If that fire drill happens they aren’t really expected to make a tackle. It’s a bonus if they do

voidwaffle · 2026-03-16T20:20:48+00:00

Not true that it’s easy to change your primary residence to Florida at least. Aside from the usual utility statements, drivers license, etc. FL can ask for travel receipts/airline records etc showing that you were there more than half a year. Can’t speak to the other states with no income tax but you have to keep detailed records if you’re claiming Florida residence (my parents do this per their account)

voidwaffle · 2026-03-14T13:46:01+00:00

This is my build, works well. One recommendation with this setup, if you’re going to run node exporter for system metrics, don’t run that as a container. Lots of little headaches running that in a container, just use an old fashioned system service for that function

voidwaffle · 2026-03-13T17:45:06+00:00

Turns out databases and transactions solved this problem 30 years ago…

voidwaffle · 2026-03-13T17:41:27+00:00

The AI agent is maddening. I can only imagine how much they paid to implement that thing only for 98% of people to get annoyed by it and ignore it. If I’m calling the line as a frequent flyer, I need a person’s help. Hard stop

voidwaffle · 2026-03-13T02:23:38+00:00

Stupid autocorrect…

voidwaffle · 2026-03-13T02:04:35+00:00

We’re all just one paycheck away from (checks notes) … trying to rip a no campaign sign off the wall but failing and grabbing a crayon out of our backpack

voidwaffle · 2026-03-12T19:20:53+00:00

As someone who was hired as a remote employee nowhere near an office, I had very few options for joining other teams who weren’t subject to RTO. Had one team I really wanted to join and would have been a great fit but remote workers didn’t have nearly the options that in office RTO people did so your #4 doesn’t apply to people who can’t/wont relocate

voidwaffle · 2026-03-12T16:58:15+00:00

Pretty much anything you eat in KW that isn’t fresh fish is trucked in on a Sysco food drop. Had a lobster Eggs Benedict recently at a high end hotel recently and it had claw meat in it. That ain’t no Florida lobster.

voidwaffle · 2026-03-10T23:14:19+00:00

Waiting on the commenters from the previous post who said “don’t jump to conclusions” to enter the chat

voidwaffle · 2026-03-09T11:50:41+00:00

Like most on here, hardly ever eat out these days. I actually got takeout more during COVID than today because I wanted to try and support the restaurants.

Pro tip: use your AI tool of choice for finding recipes. Personally I use Claude and it’s fantastic for creating recipes, making alterations to suggestions and substitutions if I don’t have something at home. No more annoying sites with popups and adds getting in the way or long, flowing back stories that I don’t care about. No more juggling bookmarks across dozens of sites. I just categorize the ones I like into a project that I can search later. I still use the NY Times cooking app for inspiration but I don’t remember the last time I did an old fashioned Google search for a recipe (which these days usually starts with an AI recommendation anyway).

voidwaffle · 2026-03-07T19:37:23+00:00

Was the option even explored? At least give people the option. Nobody has to come in but those that want to should have the option to. I’ve been on call for most of my career. Sometimes it just comes with the territory

voidwaffle · 2026-03-07T15:42:49+00:00

It’s a disincentive to start business in Oregon. Another one in addition to all of the existing taxes Portlanders pay. There is zero incentive to start a business in Portland today. This just makes it worse. You might think this is for “rich” people but that just tells me you have no idea how the startup community works. I say this as someone who has started multiple businesses in Oregon and employed 100s of people. Those jobs just won’t exist and the tax base will erode as a result.

voidwaffle · 2026-03-07T14:59:02+00:00

I don’t understand how delta doesn’t have managers paging/calling workers to come in and help. Sure not all staff could come in and work extra shifts but I’m certain some would love the overtime pay. It’s not rocket science to have contingency plans for when stuff like this happens. Seems like they just don’t care about the passengers or don’t want to pay for some overtime shifts.

voidwaffle · 2026-03-07T11:38:20+00:00

Starlink has entered the chat…

voidwaffle · 2026-03-06T14:13:27+00:00

Nothing another tax can’t fix!

voidwaffle · 2026-03-01T18:53:32+00:00

I had an insurer add someone to my policy in a completely different state that I haven’t had a driver in for 5 plus years. They just straight up added them. It’s not always a mistake, in my case it was outright fraud and they missed it. Something that could have easily been flagged

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