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Comment Re: Lol. (Score 1) 148

We pay about $450/mo including electricity for a 35' slip in california. So about $12/ft. A couple of marinas cost more, and several cost less, usually between $350 and 500 for a 35' slip. I spend maybe $1000 on parts per year and $2000 on maintenance. It's like owning a cottage. Most everything will last for 20 years but then due to rust or UV or mechanical wear things begin to break at a pretty rapid pace.

Comment Re:isn't that just how used things work? (Score 1) 148

Used Apple products less than 6 months old usually retain 85% of their retail value, so selling for close to half of retail, especially for something where an older model is not available yet, is really stunning. This was supposed to be a flagship "everyone has got to have one" product that was going to sell out, and sell for more than retail on the secondary market. By apple standards somebody is going to lose their job over this.

Comment Re:So they're making a threat (Score 1) 211

Lots of things influence politics. We should generally think that's a societal good. People are getting involved enough to call their representatives? Neat.

And, like, 'Truth' Social is allowed to exist. So it's not merely about people being involved in politics that they mind, maybe just that there are lots of YOUNG people on TikTok, and young people aren't really super stoked about all the old folks doddering around our institutions.

Are you saying that political representatives don't really like it when people participate in politics? Probably true.

Comment Re: Any engineers here know anything about seawall (Score 1) 69

That's for the entire bay, though? San Francisco the city only needs about 14 miles of seawall. Then it's another 50+ miles to San Jose, and 65+ miles up to Richmond point. I would imagine each city will tackle the problem different as they're in different counties, different soil types and most importantly different elevations

Comment Re:The Good News (Score 1) 162

The only reason I still have a windows machine is for the exceedingly rare game that doesn't work on proton/steam, and more importantly, Fusion 360, although browser-based OnShape apparently is pretty good if you have a computer/GPU that can make it run smoothly (they both use the same licensed "kernel" that almost all CAD software uses)

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