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I know every generation has their class struggles, but let me tell you about the summer of 1990 when Supersoakers hit the market and only a few kids could afford them and the rest of us were hunted for sport.
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I think we need to build this.
I designed this below image, representing Lewis and Clark on the Mississippi in the style of Argonath.
At $1 Billion or more, I think it can be done.
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@anothercohen Matt's is great, especially for the setting, but there are clearly too many south Austinites here. Mama Betty's is top tier, it gets my vote.
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He just authenticated to Microsoft for the 35th time today.
Wait for him to click the "Keep me signed in" checkbox...
Perfect. Now, do nothing.
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He’s typing in a search bar, quick show him the search option he’s looking for.
Perfect. He typed the next letter that is also the next letter in the option we just showed him so take that option away and show him an option that doesn’t match at all
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Do you think that I don't understand your position? My problem is that routinely employees and leaders at your company will claim that concerns by the public are misinformation, when the very ones defending flock are people that stand to profit hundreds of millions of dollars collectively. "Our customers have the right to make their own decisions, but if they decide to not buy from us, we're going to disparage them as conspiracy theorists and misinformed people".
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This stuff is a lot simpler than people think.
Do we use modern technology to keep our communities safe?
A license plate reader on a public roadway that locates the amber alert vehicle, or locates the shooter before they conduct the mass shooting.
A gunshot detection sensor that directs responders to the victim bleeding out on the sidewalk.
A drone that warns officers of the suspect who is hiding with a gun around the corner, ready to ambush them.
This isn't even hyperbole. These are real (and recent) examples of Flock's technology protecting communities around the country.
a16z@a16z
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JUST FUCKING PLANT TREEEESSSSSSSS
They are what make cities LIVABLE
Here’s San Antonio’s river walk today. It’s the most “meh that’s nice” tourist spot, and yet San Antonio is the EIGHTH most tourist visited US city because of it.
TREEESSSSSSSSSS
Paul Seixas Fan Club 🥖🇫🇷@elmachuca
Everything's Bigger in Texas, La Sombrita edition
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Update: WaPo got its hands on the department's internal report, which apparently "paints a picture of D.C. police officials manipulating classifications — including of violent assaults, robberies and thefts — as they buckled under pressure from the department’s top brass to reduce crime." washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…
Emily Jashinsky@emilyjashinsky
13 DC police officers are now on leave over alleged crime data manipulation, which was left out of much of the media coverage when Trump announced his DC takeover. Standard line was: Crime is already way down! The police union was arguing otherwise but few in media listened.
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Roughly 1/4 to 1/2 of the shelter bus stops I use (across all the US) are like this -- depending on neighborhood.
It's not just about people sleeping in them, it's that they are trashed, glass broken, seats ripped up or piled with filth.
This destruction of public property is why we “can’t have nice things” because we have to construct everything to be asshole-proof, and so we don’t build anything (most common) or build with a fortress mentality, stripping our public spaces down to the austere and utilitarian, emptying them of anything that can be easily broken.
It's not like this in any other country. None. (England seems determined to give it a try, but has yet to reach US levels)
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND
Imagine being a working class person that depends on this stop in order to get to/from work to provide for their family. It doesn't have to be like this.
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Being in your early 40s is weird, man. People around your age are in every stage of life. You have people who are grandparents. You have people who have newborns. You have people dating 25-year-olds. You have people celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary. Some of them look 60, and some of them look 30. All the bases are covered when you are in your early 40s.
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@Romy_Holland @GarrettPetersen One reason it may be “easier” is that the newborn phase is when both parents are likely to be on parental leave. Fewer things competing for your time to add stress.
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@GarrettPetersen yeah the early months are really hard and i don’t get why ppl claim newborns are the easy part.
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i feel like ppl without kids have the wrong idea about what parents mean when they say it’s hard. the hard part is that you have to do it every single day, but none of the tasks themselves are at all difficult, especially once you’re past the newborn stage.
i would always much rather do whatever baby task is at hand than unload the dishwasher or clear up after dinner or vacuum the living room. changing a baby’s diaper isn’t hard or even unpleasant, it’s just harder than lying on the couch scrolling my phone and you’re not allowed to procrastinate it.
i’ve heard ppl be like “i just don’t know if i could do it!” dude, of course you could do it. you think billions of ppl have done it, usually multiple times, but somehow it’s gonna be too hard for you? the full on mentally retarded girl who i grew up with has 4 kids. i think you can handle it.
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Can somebody who is like "the crime decline in the USA in the 1990s is because we banned lead in the 1970s" please explain to me how robberies decreased 35% in the NYC subways in 1992 and basically not at all in the rest of the city?
Peter Moskos@PeterMoskos
@nicolegelinas There was a decline of 1,600 robberies in the NYC subway in 1991 (and close to zero above ground.) And then another 35% decline in the subway in 1992. This was before crime declined dramatically in NYC or the country. And no, "reducing lead" in the 1970s doesn't explain this.
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Notice in every city where crime is down (most cities), there's no reduction in poverty, no improvement in educational outcomes, no end to systemic racism, no massive increase in affordable housing. If I didn't know better, I'd think those things are unrelated to crime fighting.
Austin Justice@AustinJustice
San Francisco is now a model for how to fight crime. A few years ago it averaged 86 car break-ins per day. Today: 15. SF did two things: 1. Got a DA that prosecutes criminals: Following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, DA Brooke Jenkins started prosecuting prolific offenders and said so loudly. Crime dropped every year since she took office. 2. Put tech to use: In 2024, SF activated 400 license plate readers and deployed 80 drones citywide. This tech feeds officers live intelligence on suspects in motion. Drones alone have assisted in 1,000+ arrests since then. The technology lets authorities solve crimes as they happen rather than depend on much more intensive, legally perilous post hoc investigations (which ironically are often more intrusive than using tech). The results: - Car break-ins down 85% - Robbery down 30% - Burglary down 33%. - Homicides hit their lowest level since 1954. Plate readers, drones, a prosecutor who prosecutes. That's the whole formula! Austin has the opposite approach. License plate cameras are effectively banned. Jail bookings are down despite repeat offenders victimizing innocent people regularly. Bond violations went from 37 in 2020 to 250 last year. SF proved crime is a choice. Austin, so far, keeps making a different one.
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@nikitabier has anyone suggested that content creators be able to decide which line of their post begins the fade out into the “subscribe to read more” button? I have never once felt compelled to subscribe. having time to set the hook would help.
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