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    Rent is theft

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  • See, that's an excellent point! But "landlords suck" as a stance doesn't allow for nuance like "some landlords suck and some tenants are abusive dirtbags", it paints all tenants as pure victims of a system and all landlords as evil overlords. This lets people who are tenants feel righteous.

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  • I'm trying to point out that "landlords are evil" is a stupid stance because how and why you do things matters. Everything counts in large amounts, and I have had good landlords before. Tenants who have never done their own property maintenance rarely understand what goes into property maintenance.

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  • Someone created the house. The house didn't grow there organically...

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  • Does this still apply to the apartment building I once lived in which was built and run by an immigrant family as a long term family investment, and they charged a really reasonable price?

    Just curious.

  • We're experiencing a flood of new subscriptions - many of them default via topics, I understand that - but all the same: New users - what are some of your favourite TV series?

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  • I think that one episode of The Last of Us might have been one of the single best episodes of television ever made.

  • We're experiencing a flood of new subscriptions - many of them default via topics, I understand that - but all the same: New users - what are some of your favourite TV series?

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  • Oh, you want Pluribus.

  • We're experiencing a flood of new subscriptions - many of them default via topics, I understand that - but all the same: New users - what are some of your favourite TV series?

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  • Firefly was mind-blowing, back in the day. So was Stargate SG-1. CSI, for all its faults, was fascinating at the time. Blue Planet was gorgeous. Fullmetal Alchemist. Pushing Daisies. Dead Like Me. The Middleman. Wonderfalls. Numb3rs. The Last Detective. Have Gun Will Travel.

    I have a soft spot for Dr. Who, and the old Star Trek stuff. Loved House. For all it's flaws, Sherlock was excellent. Dexter was fantastic for a little while. The X Files - so much wrong with it and honestly hard to care because of the acting. One Punch Man. The Expanse. Poirot. MASH. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Wire in the Blood. Babylon 5. Titus.

    I liked Hogans Heroes. Highlander: the Series. Airwolf, when I was young and uncritical . Forever Knight.

    There were some middling shows with exceptional episodes - Supernatural, "jump the shark", others that were good.

    I haven't watched much tv lately. It's hard to like fiction as much as I used to.

  • My wife came out as gay last night

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  • I strongly recommend watching "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" as a cathartic road trip Aussie comedy palate cleanser.

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  • It's very difficult to convince people of something that obviously isn't true.

  • What’s you obscure low key achievement this year?

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  • Fair point.

  • Harlan Ellison was not actually a great writer.

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  • I actually like some of his characterization! It's funny, but in his dislike for women he seems to give his female characters a LOT more agency and power than other writers. His women have actually complex inner lives and personalities with motivation, even if they're awful.

  • Harlan Ellison was not actually a great writer.

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  • Two of us!

  • New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

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  • Still probably cheaper than retrofitting a building with gas pipes 🤷‍♂️

  • New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

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  • Not really. The problem isn't that gas is somehow unreliable, it's actually that gas doesn't scale at all. It's a massive expensive infrastructure change and it's not flexible - you need gas. Electrical stoves can be powered by solar, wind, propane, etc; gas only works on gas.

  • New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

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  • Congratulations! Now run the piping for gas to every apartment in a major city. Do it for the same budget as battery induction cooktops. Then we'll talk.

  • New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

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  • You are #3 on the "your power sucks" roster for this thread!

  • New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

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  • I'm seeing a lot of derogatory comments exactly like this shitting on the power grid. Either there's a bunch of southwestern kids on here who never sat through a storm in their lives and can't imagine weather which impacts infrastructure, or the mockery bots are in play.

  • New York City Housing Authority to Replace Gas Stoves With Battery-Backed Induction Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program

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  • Depends on where you live. California in summer, and most places where you have trees+snow will get you outages. The rise of data centers using power scoped for residential areas is also likely to have impacts.

  • What’s you obscure low key achievement this year?

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  • Congratulations for the no drugs no booze.

    I recommend adding in some masturbation though, clearing out old sperm is a good thing overall. Just don't death grip and don't use porn. Your imagination is usually enough for most folks.