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Just a shiny male toy…

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If you look at NYC’s mayoral timeline, you’ll see David Dinkins ahead of him for just one term, 90-94.

In my opinion, he was the real solver of our crime issues, as besides the overall economy starting to escape the republican shitstorm of Reaganomics, we started the PAL program (Police Athletic League) and used some anti-crime money to keep schools open later.

This is a key point here, most crime was being committed by bored young men of school age, so instead of letting them out at 3 till their parent(s) got off work, PAL and other after-school programs let them hang out with friends, shoot basketball or take fun classes, etc. People had the ability to stay out of trouble a lot more easily, and for free.

First year of Dinkins, homicide peaks. Then it starts trending sharply down, statistics backed by the first ever computerized crime ledger, compstat. That first year made everyone think Dinkins was ineffective, so Giuliani got his shot. But all Giuliani did was coast on Dinkins work, besides posting cops in visible places like MTA turnstiles.

I really want to write a long screed about how shitty of a mayor who couldn’t win a single lawsuit Giuliani was, but I think airing out how much better his precessor was would hurt his image even more.

But I’ll say this: that whole nightclub scene NYC used to be famous for? Killed by Giuliani. There were nightclubs where you were in shoulder-high bubbles, dancing or more if you wanted. Famous places too, that one spot in the east village that was a bankrupt church, converted into a goth nightclub… just memories because of a sensitive bitch fuckhead named Giuliani.

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It was mostly due to work by Giuliani’s predecessor, David Dinkins. I wrote a longer comment about it.

The ‘broken windows’ theory was really an excuse to put black and brown people in jail for minor crimes. People still hop the turnstiles, but that’s not the real source of crime.

Look at the overall economics of the period, once Reagan was gone and the people in NYC could start getting jobs again… What’s attractive about being a criminal? It’s hard, and there’s always the chance someone’s got a dagger or pistol on them.

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Fuck yeah, you remember when he lost the fight against the Brooklyn museum of art for a painting of the virgin Mary made of elephant dung?

In other cultures, that dung symbolizes the potential for life, but it offended that sensitive fascist bitch to where he tried to cut 1/3 of our tax money to the museum until they took it down. Courts denied that loser for violating the first amendment. And that kept happening, repeatedly, he’d violate the first amendment, lose the associated lawsuit and cost the City millions in the process… Repeatedly. What a loser.

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Right? These fucking morons can’t even write/produce good movies most of the time.

RubberElectrons,
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Yep, I’m on year 8 with my red wings; besides some gashes in the leather over the steel toe, still kicking and comfy.

RubberElectrons,
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Knipex smooth jaw plyers were sort of an accidental purchase, my last $50 I ever spent at Sears.

I won’t use any others when given the chance. Easy to wipe clean, very strong action, and the handles have a bend so you kind of can’t pinch your fingers when gripping something small. I love em.

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It’s interesting how some govt programs literally fly, faster than sound, if the end result is a loud bang.

Meanwhile ones that are ostensibly meant to help people (SSA, VA, WIC) have the lowest quality programmers and program managers fucking it up for everyone.

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Hi friend, please reread and note the caveat, “one of the very first”, which position number 5 certainly includes.

Also, a bit childish to want to rank systems based on creation date. If you feel like “losing”, please read on:

  • NYC total system length is about 800 miles (1.1km)
  • yearly ridership: 1.8bn rides
  • If we count the el’s (elevated rapid transit, which is still running), first ride was in iirc 1868.

But look, the important thing is that both our countries (presuming you live in the UK) have nice mass transit systems to keep cars off the roads. I look forward to visiting your country and riding its underground system at some point.

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Most people wouldn’t respond to the question, “who was here first?” with “how much time has passed since you got here?”. Right?

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I understand what you’re saying, and I don’t agree. We’ll just leave it there 😎

RubberElectrons,
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The gleeful “recalibration” is what is dark about this.

RubberElectrons,
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No,I just had to deal with this myself. Most you can do is share your entire desktop in Wayland, and it’s shaky. For the first time, I had to switch to Xorg and bingo, zoom works. Fonts are actually antialiased and kerned properly for certain applications that weren’t… Really surprising.

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No shit, numbnuts. None of us are getting our fair share.

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You can rescue some as I have. Birds are very unique and fun, but fragile and want as much love as they give (which is a lot).

I have two conures, one was “too loud” and ignored in the corner of their garage for a few years until he started pulling out all his feathers and chewing off one of his toes, at which point he was donated.

It took about a month to get him to trust me. He will not stop attacking his own feathers, but now does so in a relaxed, quiet way while on my shoulders. He loves to just hang out with me while I’m doing some design work or programming, calling from the open door of his cage in a certain way when he wants to shoulder surf. He’s afraid of everyone else, but I know him, his body language tells me that he likes being around me.

They are a unique gift in terms of a life form. I wouldn’t buy one. Go for a rescue, try to sense their personalities as you talk to them.

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What are your best air fryer/oven recipes?

My parents got me one of them fancy countertop air fryer/oven things and idk what to cook first when I get it set up. According to the box, it does everything a normal oven does as well as air fries. It can hold two whole chickens or 1 frozen pizza. It came with a rack for things like toast and a baking sheet. I also have a...

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I like making vegetarian stir-fried chicken:

I use yakisoba from the grocery store, toss it in a bowl with 2 bags of Daring chicken, shredded carrots and lots of onion and bell pepper. Air roast for about 25 minutes while the rice cooker does it’s thang.

Delicious, with a little salad on the side too.

This is for lazy days where I get home and am just too tired to cook.

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You’ll find that this invites scratches in your lens coatings, with minute bits of dust and sand embedding themselves into the cloth.

Microfiber’s strength is also its weakness: being so good at trapping material that it never lets them go, even after washing.

Beware.

NYC MTA sets Manhattan congestion price at $15 for most vehicles, just one MTA vote left before the first congestion pricing in North America (www.planetizen.com)

New York City’s congestion pricing program is moving forward with a $15 fee on passenger vehicles, reports Stephen Nessen in Gothamist, after the MTA board voted to approve it. The program now enters a 60-day public comment period before a final vote....

RubberElectrons, (edited )
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No thanks! We’re working on changing the laws to accommodate our less polluting, more fun, more efficient vehicles. Enjoy your traffic!

RubberElectrons,
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No thanks! We’re working on changing the laws to accommodate our less polluting, more fun, more efficient vehicles. Enjoy your traffic!

RubberElectrons,
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No thanks! We’re working on changing the laws to accommodate our less polluting, more fun, more efficient vehicles. Enjoy your traffic!

RubberElectrons, (edited )
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At least my life will have been more fun and interesting than yours 👍

Also: laws protect nobody until after the fact. Even in your car, you’re expected to keep your wits about you.

Either way, I’m usually passing people at about 10mph faster than they are in slow traffic, about the speed of a bicycle. When someone wants to change lanes, crossing my path, plenty of time for me to slow down and let them do their thing. If I don’t keep moving at least a little bit, my motorcycle will overheat as it is not water-cooled.

RubberElectrons,
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No thanks! We’re working on changing the laws to accommodate our less polluting, more fun, more efficient vehicles. Enjoy your traffic!

RubberElectrons,
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No thanks! We’re working on changing the laws to accommodate our less polluting, more fun, more efficient vehicles. Enjoy your traffic!

RubberElectrons,
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What a nice person you are. I’d never wish something so terrible on you just because we disagree. Happy holidays.

RubberElectrons,
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I remember finding this game in black and white on a 386 “laptop” that ran windows 3.1, bought for $5 at a thrift shop on a curious whim, back in 2006. Thing was more of a lugtop, easily 15lbs.

Not sure how but I accidentally found myself in this game.

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No, I still think bud is safer.

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