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Derail any conversation by mentioning "microwaving your water" rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah. Microwaves are more efficient than most non-induction stoves.

Derail any conversation by mentioning "microwaving your water" rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Magnetrons are a lot less efficient than magnetic induction (which most modern electric kettles use). Magnetic induction is about 90% efficient at converting electricity to heat in the vessel, whereas the most efficient microwaves are about 60% efficient at converting electricity to microwaves.

Two icons, one accolade Fernando Alonso and Robert Kubica are the only drivers in the 21st century to win both a Formula One race, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I believe in Nico.

Germany's "rearmament" debate expands to include Mandatory Military Service - PlatformNews in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would make authentic GATs way easier to find.

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ICE arrested 2 more in front of the courthouse (www.opb.org)
 

Also r/Portland mods are auto-filtering posts about ICE.

There's nothing in the new tab about it despite coverage by every major outlet. They removed by submission of the above link as a "duplicate".

Rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

sex gifs

Capitalism is killing us in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The US has slave labor and all they do is pick cotton and staff call centers. If I'm living in a state with slave labor either way I'd probably take the one with the trains.

Capitalism is killing us in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well we've got all that in the US already, so can we just do the version where we get trains in addition to the other stuff, instead of just the other stuff?

Car-brains: Bike lanes and public transportation is too expensive. Also Car-brains: in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I went to an onsen (hot spring) town in Japan. They have hot spring water, so on a lot of the streets business owners just turn the hose on and point it downhill. Worked pretty well for keeping the streets clear of snow, but requires a lot of existing geographical conditions.

2025 Monaco Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread 🏁 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Smaller cars is the only thing that would fix Monaco.

Last month, San Francisco turned an oceanfront highway into a park called Sunset Dunes. It's a huge success. Some drivers are still mad about it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The outer Richmond and outer Sunset are incredibly reactionary, car-brained NIMBYs. Only reason this went through is because it got put to a citywide vote. Left to the Board of Supervisors there's no way it would have gotten through. I think the Sunset dipshits are already trying to recall their supe for letting it happen.

Pasadena Grapples With Rising Road Paving Costs Amid Declining Gas Tax Revenue in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'd be interested to know whether the majority of those cost increases came from labor or materials. Or, possibly, just additional graft off the top by the contractors if Pasadena doesn't use in-house crews for their paving.

But cities like Pasadena have some of the easiest conditions possible for maintaining roads since they never (or only very rarely) get below freezing.

rideshare rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 116 points 1 month ago

That rideshare driver's name? Albert Einstein.

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Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
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Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA (usa.streetsblog.org)
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KOIN TV Workers Allege Outrageous Union-Busting Tactics from Management (www.portlandmercury.com)
 

...and the NLRB agrees with them.

Seems like Nexstar is just trying to stall out the clock until there's another Republican in the White House who can gut the NLRB.

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Concrete planters for calming traffic removed after frequent collisions (bikeportland.org)
 

The gist is that Portland drivers couldn't stop hitting crucial safety infrastructure (proving its necessity) so PBOT gave up on it.

As one of the commenters pointed out: Since a pedestrian/bike fatality costs PBOT nothing and replacing a concrete planter a car has demolished costs them more than nothing, to balance the budget they're going to go with more pedestrian deaths.

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Hochul Pushes for Congestion Pricing Delay in Last-Minute Reversal (archive.is)
 

I honestly thought it was going to be Adams, but I definitely knew it wasn't going to happen.

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Ask Eater: What’s Going on With the Flock Food Hall Downtown? (pdx.eater.com)
 

This is about the alleged food hall that was going to be coming to the Ritz Carlton Tower. They made a big show about how they'd be offering spots to the food carts they displaced.

Well now e-mails are bouncing and there's radio silence from everyone involved about whether there even will be a food hall anymore.

It sounds shocking, I know, but it certainly seems like the olive branch that they offered to assuage everyone's anger about the food carts they were displacing was a lie.

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Did y'all know they're building a monorail line under the Panama Canal? (www.railjournal.com)
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Monkey-wrenching road pricing (cityobservatory.org)
 

Here's the fallout from Kotek's decision to stop all tolling, as well as a history of promises made and then broken about tolling.

A couple of things I took from this article:

  • Oregon has reduced GHG emissions for most sectors except transportation
  • Tolling was part of the plan to reduce transportation emissions
  • Tolling on the I-5 Bridge will drastically reduce traffic on it, which obviates the need for more lanes
  • Only tolling on I-5 while leaving 205 free creates huge issues
  • The state was counting on tolling money for all of its projects, so car dependence is hurting car dependence, which is a small silver lining
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Here's Gonzalez getting "accosted" on Max (youtu.be)
 

He filed a police report for someone brushing his shoulder walking through the aisle and then criticizing his homeless policies.

Him not riding Max anymore has nothing to do with "violent and antisocial behavior" and everything to do with him being unwilling to face his constituents.

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Portland Diamond Project (MLB to Portland) in negotiations to purchase 164-acre RedTail Golf Course (www.portlandtribune.com)
 

Seems just as unlikely as previous proposals, and also way outside of town (technically Beaverton, but the course is owned by the city of Portland).

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Amtrak Cascades adds two more daily roundtrips starting Dec. 11 (wsdot.wa.gov)
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