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New comment by lotsoweiners in "Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents"

lotsoweiners — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:36:46 +0000

I would bill by ticket machine too if it was my job to collect money on the parking. I’m guessing that the amount of people who never pay is much higher than zero so it really only makes sense when you have such high throughput that the slowdown is detrimental (such as the Bay bridge).

New comment by lotsoweiners in "UBI Is the Wrong Answer to the Right Problem"

lotsoweiners — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 03:30:13 +0000

> No one wants to do nothing. People want to feel like they are contributing to society in some way.

Speak for yourself. I want to do nothing and have no interest in contributing anything to society. If I won the lottery tomorrow I’d guarantee a net negative for society.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Digg is gone again"

lotsoweiners — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:48:54 +0000

I think people who want to stay anonymous just will not participate anymore. Like I’ve enjoyed using this site, Reddit etc but couldn’t care less about dropping them if I need to have an id verification to access. Someone will probably create a new communication method to replace this.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "BuzzFeed Nearing Bankruptcy After Disastrous Turn Toward AI"

lotsoweiners — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:16:00 +0000

Nelson voice: Ha ha

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Little Free Library"

lotsoweiners — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:20:00 +0000

Yet I still see someone scanning books with their phone to find the value most times I am in goodwill.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Dan Simmons, author of Hyperion, has died"

lotsoweiners — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:28:57 +0000

To each their own I guess. I never found the Expanse television series to be very good when compared to the books.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing"

lotsoweiners — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:42:04 +0000

I live in as suburban of an area as you can imagine with master planned communities and what not. I can still walk to 3 grocery stores, multiple bars, fast food restaurants, fast casual restaurants, coffee shops, medical offices, convenience stores, and loads of other services in under 15 minutes. The suburbs built in the 90s and 2000s are not the dystopia people make them out to be.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "NIMBYs aren't just shutting down housing"

lotsoweiners — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:38:02 +0000

Please give an example of somewhere that has groceries 30 minutes away and is denying some small business to move in near by. This makes it sound like you have never seen a suburb and are describing some extremely rural area.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Downtown Denver's office vacancy rate grows to 38.2%"

lotsoweiners — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:39:28 +0000

Or move somewhere with bigger homes at a more affordable price.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Downtown Denver's office vacancy rate grows to 38.2%"

lotsoweiners — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:37:22 +0000

The good news for you is that you can live like this in almost any major city. Those of us that absolutely want to drive places and live in SFH zoned areas can also do that. Win win.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Downtown Denver's office vacancy rate grows to 38.2%"

lotsoweiners — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:33:08 +0000

It’s the raving drug addicts that cause the problem. That is a choice those people made.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Miami, your Waymo ride is ready"

lotsoweiners — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:43:46 +0000

It might but I’ll be still driving home “intoxicated” so long as the vehicle I drove to the drinking establishment can’t drive itself home. This is why I prefer the model for personal self driving vehicles.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes"

lotsoweiners — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:54:54 +0000

Even if it is only 0.5% I would prefer that large institutional investment firms not be allowed into the housing market.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Ask HN: Any Microsoft employees/devs here? What's happening to Microsoft?"

lotsoweiners — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:51:04 +0000

> Unless hands are tied by work or contract.

So most people.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Mayor Mamdani Announces Complete Redesign on McGuinness Boulevard"

lotsoweiners — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:56:27 +0000

I’ve been to the big European cities and I am not sure I’ve seen anything I’d say was nicer than the big American cities. What specifically are you referring to?

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Linux is good now"

lotsoweiners — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:12:40 +0000

Did you start using Linux on the Mac hardware or on PC hardware? I have a late era Intel Macbook and was considering switching it to Ubuntu or Debian since it is getting kinda slow.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades"

lotsoweiners — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 01:06:35 +0000

Yes but many of us love it all the same.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "How did DOGE disrupt so much while saving so little?"

lotsoweiners — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 02:40:35 +0000

I work in state government and while contractors don’t get benefits that FTEs receive, they are usually paid close to double in salary.

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros"

lotsoweiners — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:55:34 +0000

Just curious. How does that benefit someone like Ellison?

New comment by lotsoweiners in "Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study"

lotsoweiners — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:37:53 +0000

I always describe the smell like a cross between a skunk and a Christmas tree.