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Karstan

@Karstan@urbanists.social

"There's only one rule that I know of, babies-'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'" he/him (ish) โ“‹

Free Palastine. Land Back. Black Lives Matter. Love is Love. Gender is made up.

As https://urbanists.social/@SRLevine puts it: "Favorite stars don't cost money and can make someone smile (or at least feel seen) so I use them often. I'm not being weird at you specifically, I'm being weird at everyone." Unless... ๐Ÿ˜

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annaghughes, to random
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One representative of every land animal is chosen to fight each other. Who emerges as the one true apex predator?

Karstan,
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@annaghughes predator? Probably Grizzly bears, I'd say. The last of the big megafauna predators. And they're MEAN.

But, if it's just who would win in a fight? Then I'd pick African Elephants. They can literally pick up and body slam 10,000lb rhinos.

MLE_online, to random
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I just found the perfect thing for our garage tiki bar lying in the gutter near my house.

I have no idea why it was sitting in the gutter, but I'm not going to look this gift horse in the mouth

Karstan,
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@MLE_online Isn't this how the Bradys found that cursed statue??

Karstan,
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@MLE_online yep!

enobacon, to random
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If filling potholes is virtuous, why is creating them not judged more harshly?

Karstan,
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@enobacon Potholes just appear randomly. Nobody knows how they occur. It's a mystery of nature.

MLE_online, to random
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The organizers of this career-day panel I agreed to do want my linkedin and a headshot they can use for publicity purposes.

Am I the only one who doesn't have headshots or a linkedin account? I don't like careers enough to have cultivated either of those things.

Karstan,
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@MLE_online Headshots for a job that doesn't directly revolve around one's physical appearance (like modelling or acting) will always be EXTREMELY weird to me. Who started this trend?!?

Karstan, to random
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I dunno why they don't just bring back airships and fill them with hydrogen. It's cheap and plentiful, our technology is FAR beyond what it was 100 years ago, and I can't imagine hydrogen is any more dangerous than JET FUEL.

Karstan,
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This is a serious toot folks. Airships are awesome.

enobacon, to random
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who doesn't like a clean crosswalk ramp

360 from the bike lane ramp to the adjacent crosswalk ramp and back to cross where I was headed

Karstan,
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@enobacon I'd love to help sweep!

enobacon, to random
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Why is PBOT's sweeper leaving this debris field behind on the speed hump?

tow-behind sweeper picking up gravel, slowing down to dig deeper into the pile on the speed hump

Karstan,
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@enobacon spite?

Karstan, to random
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Fuck yeah. I win the internet today.

seachanger, to random
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    Karstan,
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    @seachanger They kind of already have that with the FHA programs?

    Edit: I just realized all my responses to you have been contrary of late. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Ugh, sorry!

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger Yeah, good point. In the current market where buyers have to compete with each other it's not great. FHA loans require more in depth home appraisals, etc. and sellers often choose the easier sale (cash buyers, or conventional loans).

    The whole housing system (if you can even call it that) is such a clusterfuck in this country. :/

    rasterweb, to art
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    My bikeโ€ฆ

    Karstan,
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    @rasterweb <borat voice> mah biii-ike

    seachanger, to random
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    whatโ€™s a headline from a better timeline youโ€™d love to read?

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger US High Speed Rail System Receives Upgrade: Newer Even Faster Trains!

    enobacon, to random
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    to point oh or not to point oh, that is the question... that I'm pondering about the and its fenders, which say they like tires up to 2.1, or I should get some more fenders (if you need some 20in fenders I might have some extras after I figure this out.) schwalbe big apple.

    Karstan,
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    @enobacon I'd gleefully purchase your spare 20" fenders :)

    seachanger, to random
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    icymi Iโ€™d like to establish a new church, The 10,000 Year Church of Love and Space. Book-based religions have real staying power, so it makes sense to create one with the goal of maintaining a 10,000 year old technologically advanced civilization so that we can learn to explore space and actually eventually see whatโ€™s out there. Obviously to last this long we will have to reorient around healing and sustaining the miracle of our life-giving planet Earth, so thatโ€™s the central theme of our church

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger the problem with religion is it will quickly get corrupted by those in power. Look at Christianity. A dude comes along and says "hey wouldn't it be cool if we were all nice to each other?" and a few centuries later they're torturing people for not believing in it the right way.

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger Some of them? Buddhists are also lynching people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence#Regional_examples

    No religion is exempt from these kinds of examples AFAIK.

    seachanger, to random
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    woke up thinking itโ€™s time to get Hollywood making big immersive iMax movies about life after a real green new deal. show us Scarlett Johansson boarding a gorgeous train in Seattle and stepping off in LA hours later! give us steamy intersectional rom coms in lush, electrified cities! I want Pedro pascal & his kid traversing an eco-utopian continent via e-bike on rails to trail corridors through vibrant towns, wild forests, and regenerative farms!

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger Malena chanting: "Solar punk! Solar punk!" Everying joining in "Solar punk! Solar punk!"

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger punk :)

    Karstan,
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    @seachanger PUNK!

    greendesignek, to portland
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    This guy is terrible for

    https://bikeportland.org/2024/02/22/mapps-to-pbot-union-gas-tax-wont-fund-bike-lanes-that-drive-everybody-crazy-384164

    Karstan,
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    @greendesignek i hate that he or Rene are likely going to be our next mayor. I hate it so much. I'm not sure I could stomach 4 more years of them destroying this city.

    Karstan,
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    @enobacon @greendesignek i dunno if voting strategy is gonna mean that much for mayor when we have such a lack of quality candidates. Plus Portland "centrists" or "moderates" (or whatever the conservatives are calling themselves these days so they don't feel bad) seem to love Gonzalez and Mapps.

    Karstan,
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    @enobacon @greendesignek little would please me more than for me to be wrong about the true political leanings of the average Portland voter

    Karstan, to random
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    My older sister, a doctor, and her middle-school aged child both have nasty cases of COVID. My sister only masks when seeing patients (not in other parts of her hospital) and my niece not at all. She's been calling me daily to complain about how unfair everything is. So far I've managed to only point out once that they probably wouldn't be sick if they wore n95s regularly.

    enobacon, to random
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    I'm basically stalled/stuck on the issue and haven't moved forward on any other aspect of this project. I need the source code for the controller and/or cycleAnalyst? Somewhere there's a bug in the regen current limit, and also my desired braking scheme (hold this speed) should be easily supported if it could dynamically change that speed limit parameter. Between weak braking and hamfisted control, it's not an easy bike to use. ๐Ÿ˜ž Because software.

    Karstan,
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    @enobacon what did GRIN say about it? Is it working as intended? Seems like they should fix it if not

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