What do they do with the bricks they take back? The website doesn’t seem to say. Not taking duplo or built sets makes it sound like they aren’t being recycled into something new. Are they being cleaned, sorted, and resold?
What do they do with the bricks they take back? The website doesn’t seem to say. Not taking duplo or built sets makes it sound like they aren’t being recycled into something new. Are they being cleaned, sorted, and resold?
Seems like they could connect something wireless to the fiber to provide internet to the home.
I’ve read there’s lots of “dark” fiber in cities, but I don’t know if it’s true. I do know that AT&T has a fiber line that runs through my neighborhood, yet I can’t get fiber internet. Really stupid.
I always find it strange when host nations choose performers from the non-host nation. Like why is Gaga there? She’s not French.
CapMetro slowing adoption of electric buses
Proterra bankruptcy really threw a wrench into it.
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/07/cap-metro-stops-shift-to-all-electric-bus-fleet/
The books after the first one really go off the rails. I look forward to them trying to sell a movie about Paul’s ridiculous transformation.
Good. Now make the block non-temporary.
SCTV. Kids In The Hall. So much talent in two shows.
I also don’t know if a law that says search engines have to honor a robots.txt file. I guess we will see what happens if Bing or some other service decides to ignore it.
What isn’t the norm is to serve one robots.txt to one company, and a different robots.txt to everyone else. Which is what Reddit is doing here.
Cancer costs shouldn’t be a thing. Especially for people with insurance. What a con. Just give us socialized medicine already.
Prices on all cars were crazy high, not just EVs.
No, I wouldn’t feel differently. In fact letting search engines scrape and point to your content is what leads people to your site. It’s free advertising. If you’re going to let one search engine in, you should let them all in. If you want to be public, be public. Otherwise put up a login firewall and go private.
Long list of city props coming to ballot
So far there are thirteen planned propositions.
https://communityimpact.com/austin/south-central-austin/government/2024/07/22/austinites-likely-to-face-13-ballot-measures-on-government-election-rules-this-november/
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/07/council-oks-13-proposed-charter-amendments-for-november-ballot/
In Austin, we get better news from local blogs and freebie tabloids than we do the major paper or TV channels.
Doesn’t seem legal that a robots.txt could pick and choose who scrapes. Seems like legally it would have to be all or nothing. Here’s hoping one of the search engines ignores it and makes it a legal case.
I’m not understanding what stops a search engine from scraping a publicly accessible website. ?
I don’t understand how you prevent a search engine from scraping a public website?
This is one reason why most libraries don’t keep records of individual’s past checkouts.
I wonder if he will get that airtime. The Fairness Doctrine doesn’t exist anymore, but this does:
Halo canceled at Paramount
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/halo-canceled-paramount-plus-1236075994/
Netflix revenues up due to ad sales/ad supported plans
Evidently screwing customers twice by making them watch ads for the same price they used to get ad-free has been profitable. Let the enshitification continue!
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/netflix-subscribers-277-million-q2-2024-earnings-1236076843/
In other news, their ad sales VP left this week for some reason.
Apple News teaming up with Taboola ads
Sounds pathetic. I wonder how many product managers have been in charge of Apple News since it started?
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/07/16/apple-news-ads-may-get-much-worse-with-new-taboola-deal
WBD down 67% yoy, layoffs incoming, BankOfA wants sell off of assets
Not since AOL Time Warner has there been such a boondoggle of media mergers. Way to go Zaslav!
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/warner-bros-discovery-rises-after-bofa-says-possible-sale-assets-likely-2024-07-16/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-explore-strategic-options-1235949753/
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-discovery-lays-off-1000-employees-finance-max-1236074169/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/warner-bros-discovery-should-explore-a-potential-sale-or-strategic-alternatives-bank-of-america-says/ar-BB1q6Bq9
Guide to voting in Austin
Good guide from KUT and Austin Common.
https://www.kut.org/austin/2024-07-15/austin-travis-county-voter-guide-voting-where-to-vote
Austin Water proposing rate increase
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/07/austin-water-tees-up-to-propose-rate-increases-to-council/
For anyone using Ghostery on their devices
Their Safari extension just stopped working. They reposted it under a new App Store entry. 🤷♂️🙄
https://www.ghostery.com/blog/adblocker-safari-app-migration
Weren’t people joking about bringing gondalas to Austin?
Looks like Dallas is actually considering it. Of course this is one of those mythical startups, so it will probably go nowhere.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/uber-like-elevated-cable-cars-could-be-dfw-s-next-attempt-at-tackling-traffic/ar-BB1p14tW
Should I insulate my garage attic?
So it’s currently 100 degrees F in my garage today. I’m sure it will only get worse as the summer goes on. I added some of those insulated garage door panels, but I don’t think they did anything.
Now I’m wondering if I should add fiberglass insulation to the attic space above the garage. Would this help, or just lock in the heat? Would using a radiant barrier up there work better?
Jared Padalecki Fires A Parting Shot At The CW
Good article about Nexstar’s race to the bottom. Maybe they can hire David Zaslav to help them run the CW further into the ground.
https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/jared-padalecki-fires-a-parting-shot-at-the-cw.php
Ascension will stop offering health insurance plans in Texas
https://www.kut.org/health/2024-06-27/ascension-will-stop-offering-health-insurance-plans-in-texas
Ascension will stop offering health insurance plans in Texas
https://www.kut.org/health/2024-06-27/ascension-will-stop-offering-health-insurance-plans-in-texas
Plex freebies - too many commercials
I swear I’d watch more of the ad-supported content on Plex if it didn’t stop every ten minutes to show four minutes of commercials. I hope they are making some money from this deal, but I doubt it. Most of this content is available from other ad supported streamers with about 1/4 of the commercials. So why would anyone watch this?
Vanguard votes “yes” on Elon’s pay package
Just in case any of you own this ETF.
https://www.404media.co/you-probably-unwittingly-voted-to-give-elon-musk-a-huge-raise/
Democrat calls only 7 EV-charging stations deployed under US program 'pathetic'
“Just seven electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations have begun operating with funding from a $5-billion U.S. government program created in 2021, marking "pathetic" progress, a Democratic senator said on Wednesday.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democrat-calls-only-7-ev-charging-stations-deployed-under-us-program-pathetic-2024-06-05/
Out of order stories
I will be so glad when the flashback/flash forward/flashback fad of storytelling is over. Trying to watch “Manhunt”, and they can’t even be bothered to show the moments leading up to Lincoln’s assassination in order. It reeks of “the writing is weak — what can we do in the editing to spice things up?!”
Reel mower sharpening?
Anyone know of a place around town that does reel mower sharpening? Austin Outdoor Power website says they no longer offer it. I have a kit but I don’t want to deal with doing it myself if I don’t have to. Thanks for any leads.
ACL fest brings almost a half billion dollars to Austin economy.
Also $8 mil in park improvements.
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2024/05/acl-fest-shows-499m-economic-impact-with-8-1m-donated-to-parks-improvements/