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New comment by arwineap in "Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers"

arwineap — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:57:44 +0000

This is a great game, I will note however that I'm not sure what the future of the project will look like with the dark horse publisher getting signed

I worry that they may be looking to take it closed source

New comment by arwineap in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

arwineap — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:19:03 +0000

So they can monitor if something goes wrong, have a tech troubleshoot and deploy with the right parts.

Modern HVAC and fire control b systems for buildings are often connected now as well

New comment by arwineap in "ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists' signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons"

arwineap — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:20:41 +0000

I think you misunderstood what parent was saying

The same orgs that harassed and antagonized Aaron Schwartz are not going after AI for the same thing at a much much larger scale.

What's different? The size of their bank accounts.

New comment by arwineap in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

arwineap — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:14:08 +0000

To an economist, the highest and best use of the land around disneyland is not my home. It's not housing. It's hotels, motels, restaurants. So my land would now be taxed at that rate, until I'm forced out

For devil's advocate's sake, how is this not state sponsored gentrification?

New comment by arwineap in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

arwineap — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:20:05 +0000

Alternatives like aggressive up zoning and development would benefit this cohort and be welcomed as well. It's very natural to welcome things that benefit you

New comment by arwineap in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

arwineap — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:15:15 +0000

> she doesn't need that house

Ick.

Georgists would say that if some corporation built Disneyland next door, I no longer deserve to live there. How am I to compete with the vast productivity of a massive corporation?

Where do I deserve to live then? Only where my productivity matches the economic bar of those around me?

I'm getting old and tired. Am I only allowed in a retirement home?

New comment by arwineap in "Does Georgism work? Five years later"

arwineap — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:01:40 +0000

Both can be true. The luxury development can increase value for neighbors while making surrounding areas cheaper

New comment by arwineap in "The Return of Sail Power: Cargo Ships Are Turning Back to the Wind"

arwineap — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:06:36 +0000

> in order to get meaningful propulsion, you introduce heeling

I think that in order for this to work we would have to take on more traditional downwind trade routes, which would avoid a lot of the traditional heeling

New comment by arwineap in "I don't like passkeys"

arwineap — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:42:49 +0000

The keychain and passwords app are separate and keychain still exists

I always operated under the assumption that the passwords app was just a more casual view into the keychain

Maybe that's a bad assumption

New comment by arwineap in "LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features"

arwineap — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:28:04 +0000

It actually happened. The US GNIS system was updated, and thus the apple maps and google maps have updated their maps to reflect

Other map providers will have to make a decision, but these sorts of things have historically been fraught with politics, I think most maps will go with whatever the official source they use has declared

New comment by arwineap in "Jellyfin 12.0"

arwineap — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:57:42 +0000

I left this year when they told me I'd have to re-buy my lifetime pass. I suspect they rolled it back, but as you said that was the last straw. All of these streaming nonsense that keeps getting re-enabled, totally troublesome to help friends with the same settings

I couldn't help but think with all the ads they were serving me directly, that they must be selling my data as well. That's not the point of self-host. No thank you.

Jellyfin still missing download w/ transcode, but with space getting so cheap I don't miss it. I do need to improve the music side though

New comment by arwineap in "The oldest bar in every state"

arwineap — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:57:06 +0000

The eagles club, the elks club and the rotary club are all still active in my area.

No idea why they name themselves after animals

New comment by arwineap in "Wages in America Are Too Low for the 30% Rule to Work for Renters Anymore"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:08:32 +0000

That's just not how it works. If I was to call a plumber and a sheetwaller, and a painter, I would be paying $6-12k for a leak. This kills any idea of profit for this year.

What really happens is that I put on my big boy pants, I talk to the tenant, I visit the unit, I crawl under the house, I cut out the drywall, I remove and patch the plumbing, I replace the drywall, I mud the wall, and I paint the wall.

I could have it the way you suggest, pay 10% to some property manager and 1500-3000 for any call to any contractor but that means... I'd have to raise the rent, and not by a small amount.

At the end of the day I'm a housing provider, so I'd like to keep rents and vacancies low. This seems to be what tenants want too.

So yes, I'm doing the best I can, but no, my work is not encompassed by a phone call

New comment by arwineap in "Rent collections are down in New York"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:56:06 +0000

Pets, and car maintenance can both damage the property. Noise in the quiet time disrupts other tenants

Does programming cause property damage or impact other tenants?

New comment by arwineap in "Rent collections are down in New York"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:55:01 +0000

A lease is a contract that both parties have agreed to. If the tenant breaks that contract, it should be terms for eviction. If the landlord breaks that contract, the tenant should be free to break the contract and move.

If the tenant does something criminal, sure, that's up to the police.

New comment by arwineap in "Rent collections are down in New York"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:47:34 +0000

People who want to rent a flat want to tour it first, this makes sense. But in your situation the tenant in arrears has an incentive to make the unit look uninhabitable preventing it from renting.

Additionally, if they are behind on rent, the deposit will not be enough to handle both.

New comment by arwineap in "Rent collections are down in New York"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:44:06 +0000

$600,000 asset vs a $3000 deposit

New comment by arwineap in "Rent collections are down in New York"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 11:28:57 +0000

> I def. stopped paying my rent a few times until my landlord fixed their shit

In most municipalities, this is OK so long as the thing that needs to be fixed is a habitability issue. Heat, water, etc

> One day he showed up at my place (with soup who was coming to fix something) and tried to enter. I told him to stay out.

??? You wouldn't let him solve the issue you stopped paying for? How do you justify that?

New comment by arwineap in "Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)"

arwineap — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 03:13:58 +0000

This is not a commercial game, and tokens cost money.

New comment by arwineap in "Wages in America Are Too Low for the 30% Rule to Work for Renters Anymore"

arwineap — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:46:24 +0000

You were lucky to not have to deal with vacancies, non payments, turnover, rehabs, or capex. I don't think your experience is the common, and it certainly won't scale like that.

One tenant losing their job, getting some sort of medical issue, or even a poorly trained pet can reverse 2 years of profit. These happen all the time.

Personally, the keyboard jockeys talking about how easy contractors have it is hilarious, so I guess we both get a laugh today