ManInTheIvoryTower
Sorry missed this direct msg! Thanks for the thoughtful response... some related recent coverage: http://news.streetroots.org/2016/07/06/portlanders-seek-city-hall-overhaul
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Yes my very dry sense of humor doesn't translate so well on the intertubes. A co-worker recently nearly lost their medium/large dog due to a reaction to pest control. I think this might be what you are talking about, not vaccines? The new pest con…
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Oh, that's what cupping is. I was WAY off.
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My point was that "why does my dog need vaccinations" is their #2 most asked question which is redic, until you realize that SE Portland elementary schools RARELY have vac rates that result in herd immunity due to the non-medical exceptions that Fre…
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She is a total freak. The way she swims it looks like she is clawing up a wall Hidden Dragon style. In swim camps they analyze your stroke with underwater cameras and give you tips on how to push water better, I can't imagine doing that with Katie.…
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After doing a bit more reading and thinking, garageless houses are starting to make sense to me if I take the long view. Like in 20 years when my kids are being shuttled around by self-driving Ubers and wondering why so many houses have these giant …
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Possible solutions: good public transit (check), rezoning (check), encourage density with city codes (check). I might quibble with a couple of the bullet items but you can't say local government isn't pulling the levers that are available to them.
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I'm not sure reduction of housing stock due to AirBnB is a thing, at least in Portland. I think the issue is that the "sharing economy" plus a lack of coherent policy and enforcement by CoP makes single family homes even more valuable as investment …
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Oh and @Loose_Thread I didn't mean to ignore your specific example, I just didn't understand the choice presented. ADUs and apartment buildings accomplish two different things and require different zoning, so I'm not sure this example makes sense. …
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@Loose_Thread my personal feeling is that living next to houses with ADUs built specifically as AirBnBs suck. That garage 2' from your backyard property line? Now it's a hotel room overlooking your raised beds! My civic feeling is that adding the o…
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As a homeowner I should probably be rooting for us to follow in Vancouver BC's footsteps but I fear for Portland if every 2BR+ single family house within 20m of the city center is $1M+ I *think* that is what the city is trying to avoid. I just can'…
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Multiple ADUs on a single residential lot seems like an end around of the purpose of zoning laws. You can already split big houses up into multiple units, build duplexes on corners, and build cottage-style if the lot is big enough. If you need more …
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Make sure your RAM is async though or network packets could cascade through HTTP.
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I'm about to setup a few static sites (myfullname.com, my wife's sole prop business, etc.) as Amazon S3 buckets if you'd like to provide me a zipped webroot I will try to add yours too. BYOD tho. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/Websi…
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A series of tubes
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Hey, it's not as bad as a county income tax, remember *that* shit? Someday we will grow up and get a real city manager instead of this fustercluck of a commission. There is a reason every other city government in America does it different than us; …
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My bud in Seattle spent a whole summer a few years ago DIY remodeling his house in Ballard, and got the price he wanted! Next week it was knocked down to make room for development. Ha good times.
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Punk and anti-capitalism can co-exist with working your ass off and building your career/rep, right?! But yeah the world he paints requires a much more type-A lifestyle than I would ever be able to live. I guess I focused more on the parts where fi…
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If you are employed and have a 401(k) see if your employer offers FI services, many do and it's seldom used by employees. Or Google fee-based financial planners, call one up in your area and talk to them about how they are compensated and ask speci…
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Wow that is an example of the type of thing (another is yanking apps from your phone w/o your permission) that will keep me out of Apple's walled garden for a long, long time... In related news... http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus-5x-price-slash…
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"Cruz Collapsing, Rubio Surging, Donald On Top". Anyone else getting turned on here? PS: Yes, Rubio and Kasich are the only ones who can win the general. And Rubio is the only one that can win the primary. So yeah, scary.
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The other problem with Ting is that nothing is unlimited. So by the time you add 100 minutes and 1000 messages and 1G of network you are already at $33+fees for a very bare-bones plan. Which sounds cheap but for those of us on unlocked phones and p…
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Another vote for T-mob. They just opened up the 12 band (http://www.tmonews.com/2015/12/lte-news-band-12-spotted-in-more-locations-t-mobile-affiliate-iwireless-launches-lte-in-iowa/) for LTE in Portland so if your phone handles it you can now actual…
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iTunes drove me off the iOS ecosystem years ago. Every time I'm forced to use it due to familial tech support I'm reminded I made the right decision. And harsh to say that Android has "way more" security concerns over iOS. Apple has a closed system…
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- two "decorative" coffee mugs, Kaladi Brothers coffee & a homemade "I Love Dad" ceramic. Full of pens and markers and one tropical drink umbrella. - map of office conference rooms (why can't I ever learn them by memory?) - coffee cup #1 (standa…
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Would hate to be accursed of being OT;
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Captions 1: Girl drinking beer while playing a tiny clarinet is cool? 2: Only time I've seen that guy NOT look cool. Is he taking his temp?
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One nice thing about vapes is that at least we can be sure that kids aren't picking up smoking to look cool anymore.
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Yes a transition to single payer would include some costs, but the $20 billion in retraining costs would be a small percentage of overall savings according to this source, http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single-payer-faq#insurance_companies The smar…
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