u/cibyr

and people living in apartments are less likely to have/need a car!

I don't want to assume anything about your situation, but if it would save you money in the long term it could make sense to take out a HELOC to fund it.

Gas-powered blowers are adequate for homeowners, but not for professional landscapers. They are less powerful and less durable. A tank of premix won't last for one job, when the worker must do several jobs every day.

Might be time for a heat pump?

Electric leaf blowers and line trimmers are quiet and work just fine. We can, and should, just ban the gas-powered ones (and actually enforce said ban).

There's nothing wrong with buying a nice guitar to just play at home, so long as you can afford it.

Keep the tolls. Keep them the same for everyone, and simply give people money.

Urgh, means testing strikes again. How much will it cost to administer this program? How much time and effort will it take for someone to sign up? What proportion of eligible drivers will even know about the program, let alone bother with the paperwork?

Not my o-rings, not my shuttle.

It's insane that Good To Go will try charging your credit card, fail, and then not send an email about it. These fuckers send a completely useless "Your statement is ready" email every month, but don't bother when something actually needs your attention?

Or make it legal to buy a goddamn boat from somewhere else (repeal the Jones Act!)

I guess I was assuming you'd like to know how to left-foot brake smoothly (not just stomp). Maybe just /u/parasailing-partners

You've got to think about the brake pedal as a completely different type of input from the other two. The clutch and the accelerator work on position but the brake pedal modulates pressure. Try resting your left foot on the brake pedal, and instead of moving your foot just gently squeeze it. Don't even squeeze it with your whole foot - just move your big toe.

Don't worry about the clutch, or what gear you're in. You won't stall so long as you're still moving. Move your foot over to the clutch and downshift to the gear you want for the corner exit when you've finished your braking.

WTF would "stopping too quickly" even mean? There's a million reasons why someone might need to make an emergency stop, and it's the following driver's responsibility to not crash into you if you do.

Who gets Juneteenth off?

Oh, glad we totally fucked up the I5 for it then.

Like I said above, I like Single Transferable Vote. But any proportional representational system is basically fine.

Nah, my main concern is that these should not be elected positions at all. But if you're gonna elect people to run your transit agency (and your police, and your courts, and your schools... sigh) you should at least not do it in the literal worst way possible.

I don't think I can succinctly explain everything that's wrong with tiny bespoke single-member districts, but here's an approachable (with bright colors! and animals!) explanation of one aspect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mky11UJb9AY

edit replying to your edit: Proportional Representation is the canonical solution to this problem. There's a lot of ways to go about it, but I'm fond of Single Transferable Vote. The main thing is you have one big district with multiple winners instead of many small districts each electing one person, which makes individual votes matter way more often and avoids any weird distortions arising from how you draw the districts.

This is such a no-brainer. It's good for everyone. Just fucking do it.

Directly electing the majority of the board is dumb. Doing so from eleven districts instead of using some sort of proportional representation is turbo mega ultra dumb.

Tell me, how does one "just" register a "motorcycle" that doesn't have a VIN?

A license for what? If it can go over 20mph or has more than 750W, then it's not an e-bike but that doesn't magically make it a street-legal motorcycle either.

To be fair, I didn't read the article. I clicked straight through to the text of the law. Which says this:

The legislature recognizes the recent proliferation of electric motorcycle use statewide, especially among teenagers and young adults. The legislature also recognizes that there is currently no state regulatory framework that has specifically been developed for such vehicles.

(emphasis mine)

"The extent to which the operation of an electric motorcycle should be subject to mandatory driver education requirements, driver's license or permit requirements, or a minimum age requirement" is one of the open questions that the new law is setting up a work group to answer! Or at least write a report on. By October 31, 2027. What are you supposed to do in the meantime? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The 20mph thing is such a stupid limit. It should be legal to have an e-bike which can keep up with traffic on a 25mph street.

What makes a "legal rider"?