> Endemic means that a disease has a constant presence with a population;

 
That's not what it means.
 
It means that a disease is present at a low level in a population, i.e. R0 =< 1. Once an endemic disease starts spreading in an uncontrolled fashion, it becomes an epidemic or a pandemic.
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AIDS is still considered an epidemic disease, for instance. Rabies is considered endemic to certain animals in North America because it's there, it just doesn't spread out of control all the time.

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Covid is too contagious to ever be endemic. At best we'll get measles-like oscillating waves of infection. It's going to kill 250K+ Americans per year in perpetuity and there are plenty of people living their lives with that bit of risk calculus in mind.

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> these same people have to start working to start their lives and, again, are qualified to do nothing other than basic service industry jobs.

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This is a bizarre way of looking at the workforce when over half of all young people go to college.
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No one owes the restaurant industry, or the restaurant patron, their labor. Nobody. If restaurants close because they can't make money paying their workers what they want to make, fuck 'em. There's a labor shortage, and that's life.
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A lot of the people who asked for better restaurant wages pre-pandemic and were told "GO GET A BETTER JOB IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT!" did exactly that - they went and got better jobs.
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> I don't know why you're so hostile to the idea, but COVID did not permanently kill late-night dining.

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Of course it didn't. It certainly did negatively impact it in a great way, though. Just like it impacted everything else. And it's going to keep impacting it for a long time.

I moved here from Portland 18 months ago after living in Portland for 12 years. Do it yo.. best decision ever. I could write you a long piece here but to sum it up.. Pittsburgh is better in all ways except the food scene. The nature scene is really good too but the mountains don't go as high and you're going run into some pollution in the water ways. As for weather / rain. MILES AND MILES better in Pittsburgh. Soooo many more sunny days and better less dreary weather overall. Someone in this thread said something about Portland's downtown being more vibrant.. dead wrong. Pittsburgh's downtown is way better and yes a few homeless but nothing like Portland. Arts and culture.. hands down Pittsburgh by a lot. Very few bands I love ever manage to get to the west coast and the scene here is not a lot of folky stuff. Really didn't like that about Portland's music scene. BUT if you like the big doom metal scene of Portland, Pittsburgh does not have a doom metal scene :(

I would be happy to get a beer with you when you come into town to talk more. Feel free to DM me any questions and to set up that beer.

Lowes carries BNC connectors and coax. Not sure if they have pre-built cables.

The casino's purpose is making money, if they don't have a 24 hour restaurant there it's because they've already ran the numbers and figured out that they can't make money off your hypothetical.

less crazies in general. all anti-vaxxer people I know back in Portland are starting to find jesus. I always figured the far left and far right would some day unite. It's starting to happen now in Portland. The land of extremes

Plate scanners could record gps coordinates, use an area, then look at times. Was the plate in the same general area at 1pm? Then not again until 5pm with scans at 3 and 4 not registering the plate? Then they weren't there for more than 2 consecutive hours.

Will it have false negatives if as the scanners going across it misses you? (Say, someone walking and blocking the image) sure. But that's a better outcome than ticketing wrongly.

Seems feasible to me?

Re: parking mid air. Please don't start with strawmen. If the ordinance is 2 hours per day, adding per day is not a ridiculous requirement. The signage should convey the ordinances accurately.

Lou Iezzi, definitely less than $100, maybe $70

Was in a bind and used Mellon St Garage once and it was $80

You have an extremely abrasive way of talking to people. Anyone ever tell you that?

Endemic means that a disease has a constant presence with a population; I am very aware of its meaning and used the word to describe what I intended to say accurately.

>People don't want to risk their lives for shit wages. I know people who used the pandemic to get out of the hospitality industry entirely and I doubt they're the only ones.

I also know people like that, and good for them. I also know people who turned 17, 18, and 19 during the pandemic. They are qualified to do exactly nothing and their parents aren't going to pay for them to be unemployed into perpetuity. Fuck the capitalist overlords (seriously) and everything, but these same people have to start working to start their lives and, again, are qualified to do nothing other than basic service industry jobs.

I don't know why you're so hostile to the idea, but COVID did not permanently kill late-night dining. This shit will work itself out eventually. There is demand, there will be supply. I too hate capitalism, but that's what we've got and its basic precepts will, as always, apply.

Do you speak for the entire population of Allegheny county? Maybe you wouldn't, but other random person who is up at 1:00am and looking for a bite to eat might consider it if it's the only option within a 30 minute drive.

I think you mean ACABs

I wouldn't really consider going there for food, the entire place is depressing.

No, but Yes. The Theory Yes ooor Nnnoo

I paid 72.76 last year at the Goodyear in Monroeville.

That there would be no feasible way to enforce anything but a "per day" rule I guess helps with the implication, at least. (It also does not state that it's referring to the street and not about parking mid-air, for instance)

Where’d the Howlers crowd migrate to?

It was my favorite bar I was so sad to hear it was sold :( I’m moving back in the next year and I’ll need a new spot

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You're missing the point. If you want to get a bite to eat and the only place open is the casino, you will consider going there when otherwise you wouldn't have set foot on their property. It's about attracting potential customers, not about selling food.

That's just the tunnels that lead to Pittsburg TX

I've always wondered this. Thanks for posting

It’s jokes like this that give me hope for humanity

This is simply a glitch in the matrix. There has ALWAYS been an ‘H’ in Pittsburgh. /s

Just on Saturdays :(

They track to warrandale and never leave there? Do you have any tracking #'s for examples? What kind of stuff are you shipping?

I ate here once, four or so years ago, and it was the worst breakfast food I've ever eaten.

This is awesome- Thank you for sharing