trips on flat ground
The market for vacuums seems pretty enshittified. That much plastic getting replaced every 5 years just doesnt seem that sustainable. Repairability seems to be an afterthought for a lot of the popular brands. Im looking at sebo right now, its just a heavy investment for my current situation
I think this should be a warning to anyone running a federated socmed node. Since twitter had to deal with an absolutely massive userbase and high content generation rate, moderation required a full time department and even then it wasn’t perfect. Imagine having to deal with that as a large node admin.
I think this sort of development is a symptom of the largely inflexible nature of land use policies in the US. Since for the most part, the US is stuck with regressive policies like parking minimums and single family zoning. In our current state, it takes a private company to get past the bureaucracy. I think this shows that if there was a solid push for land use reforms, we wouldn’t need a private company to make livable, walkable cities. The market does exist for this kind of living in the US, even in a state like Arizona.
Honestly I can see a future where privately developed and owned enclaves may become the norm since as you say, it gives a rather high level of control to a company in terms of who lives there, who works there, etc. I imagine that this could be a very lucrative business model, especially without guardrails, like the US likes to do.
As a side note, I peeked at the Tempe zoning maps where this development is sited, and of note is the fact that this is built right next to the light rail which helps with carless living. The development is one of the few areas that are zoned mixed-use in Tempe, most of which are also located near the light rail. It seems like there are a lot of plans in store for that light rail but it goes slowly as it always does in the US
Looks like they had to get this decision in before one of the members had to step down in a few days at the end of the month. The board isn’t allowed to pass decisions without a full board and it looks like with the composition of the current senate, the chances of any new appointee getting confirmed is slim. It would be interesting if dems could actually get their members in line to get an appointee through. The decision they did pass is wild though, if the majority of employees join a union, the company automatically has to either recognize or have the labor board run the recognition election. AND if they do any shenanigans, the union automatically gets recognized. I’m not really well versed in this so I assume “entering bargaining” means that they have to start contract negotiations. This eliminates or at least limits the ability for the company to influence the formation of unions.
Even if youtube wasnt already recording watch history under the table, all the data that youtube needs to generate meaningful recommendations is already there in my subscription list.
bagless is a non starter for me at this point. Im tired of the stuff i just vacuumed going airborne when I go to empty the thing out. I heard that repairability for sharks to be basically bottom of the barrel since they keep coming out with new models and stop supporting old models.