This isn’t raising revenue. This is maintaining revenue during inflation.

Just like a cost of living raise isn’t extra money. It’s maintaining the status quo.

The city could just look to increase income tax slightly as an alternative. But that will never go over well, despite being a very equitable solution. Remember it only spans 1% between the top and bottom brackets. Up to 1 fucking percent extra is all the richest in the city pay.

Also it’s been at the same price for years.

That still is at or a little below inflation for the whole time.

Unless you’re advocating for lowering the wages for already underpaid by Motivate/Lyft employees … who is known for being an employee friendly company.

The price didn’t really go up. It just adjusted for inflation.

They’re doing this in neighborhoods with high theft rates. You’ll need to either be home or pass that info to the concierge in a doorman building. Started a little while back. Amazons not even the first to do this.

This is going to become more common. Customers are becoming price sensitive thanks to the economy so they can’t just incorporate the cost of all the theft into the sale price. Something has to give.

Or order elsewhere. But I think most delivery services will be rolling out similar features in the very near future.

The city is on the hook for whatever costs it incurs.

You know that won’t end well. That’s basically a blank check.

But remember the rules: gotta act surprised.

I’d suggest playing with temp differential if possible. There’s pros and cons to high vs low, it really depends on your priorities. Noise vs energy efficiency vs equipment stress. To me the old standard of 1F is excessively tight. Heating wise I’m ok with 2F, which means it starts/stops a lot less.

As far fan noise, that’s a trade off too. In my experience your brain ignores steady sounds pretty easily. I forgot earlier I had the dryer running until the cycle ended. That hum is just something we filter out when we get used to it. On/off however is jolting. You don’t really adjust to that. Modern better systems are obviously quieter than those hotel units but never silent. That’s a lot of air moving through a small space. Physics comes into play. Central heating with multiple registers each with less airflow will be quieter. But still not silent. You still hear it turn on/off. But less airflow makes it less obvious.

I don’t think there’s hard rights/wrongs here. It’s just what you prioritize in what situations. My bedroom I care more about noise, so I overcool it at night when it’s time for bed, then have a higher differential and low fan speed. That lets me keep it cool in the summer and not turn on so much. In the living room I let the thermostat control the fan speed so it will be low if possible (maintaining temp mostly). I care less about noise.

Yea, the flooring thing is an insane boondoggle that someone should be in jail over. It's constantly being repaired/maintained, and that will be done for many years, if not in perpetuity because the whole point of the structure was to get landmark status right at 30 years old. It's already almost 1/3 of the way there. Once that hits, no chance on being allowed to replace it.

And it's not like they didn't know this. Marble is a little stronger than chalk. It's a very soft material. Hence it's used to carve statues because it's a nice medium to work with and still polishes up.

Using it in a place built on pylons over multiple train tracks in the middle of a decade long construction project where it would be subject to small vibrations in perpetuity was stupid. The structure is going to expand/contract due to temperature below the structure as well. Foot traffic is just an extra problem.

Over the weekend it looks like it was inadequate. I keep things a little cooler but my PTAC didn't even run constantly those days.

For the rest though, that looks way too much like short cycling to me. Inadequate insulation might be part of it, but I'd try increasing the temperature differential.

Most things are not terribly efficient at the start/end of the cycle. The more on/offs you have, the more time it's spending in that state. Either that or the thermostat is too close to the unit and as the heat rises the cooler air in the rest of the room gets to it pretty quickly.

I found increasing my differential to 1.5-2 degrees vs the standard of 1 to be a game changer efficiency wise. Much less starts/stops. 1-2 degree jumps/drops in temperature in the room aren't a big deal, I'm not that sensitive. Not to mention it's a lot less stress on the system not doing so many starts stops. Oh and noise is better too. I don't care about white noise in the background. Starting/stopping however can get annoying.

The other thing to look at is fan speed. If the fan speed is too low, you can end up with a warm pocket in the room, then when the system turns off the pocket moves and it starts back up. Higher fan speed will distribute air better resulting in less cycles and more consistent temp. Smarter thermostats can even go high for a bit then go low to maintain like the ecobee.

It’s not so much bad design as it is corporate interests. The whole project was real estate and construction grifters profiting off 9/11. The design choices were just tools to maximize profit.

If this is ruled illegal so should every business that has banned customers unless there’s a court order backing it up.

Unfortunately when gas is shut off it can take weeks even when fixed for inspections and turn on to happen due to the bureaucracy so nobody is left with responsibility should something happen. Everyone but the president of the US needs to sign off that that work is done and up to code.

Goes for a lot of things. Owning a home or business too. Hell your position can get sued when you accept a job, and yes you can be fired "with cause" for something your predecessor did... which means no unemployment if your predecessor wasn't punished. One of the many stupid things in US law.

This is stupid to just target AI while humans are free to have whatever bias they want.

The real reason for this is because some HR folks fear computerization puts their jobs at risk and they've got pretty powerful trade associations who pushed for this to ensure it's members have work..

It's not so much NJ Transit looking to firesale property holdings, it's NJ's republican lawmakers "starving the beast" to make it sell property at bargain prices to their developer friends.

Lets not mask what's going on. Developers who donated to a certain party are getting favors.

Are you really that dumb? You pay based on avg usage and types of driving. You also get rates increased if you get in an accident.

You clearly have never paid for insurance before or you’d know how stupid your argument is, given the first questions you answer are exactly that.

But from mile 0, and per mile, someone who rarely drives will be the biggest burden. That’s just math.

There’s data behind all of this. Commercial drivers have by far the fewest accidents per mile. It’s not even close.

Likewise, rental cars are about as risky as drunk drivers since so many of them rarely drive. The most likely class of vehicle to kill you in a collision is a rental. Least likely is a truck.

Yea, floods due to malfunctioning sump pumps happen when you have long cold stretches. Same if you've got a condensate line for a dehumidifier in the basement (assuming it's damp enough to run in the winter).

If you don't see water lowering, and no water exiting, it's likely frozen. The motor cools itself by being submerged in water. But it's designed to run briefly. If it's running for hours, that water is going to heat up.

One option is to get a hose and connect it to the sump pump, then pump it somewhere else for the moment to keep things under control. Just make sure it's somewhere downhill so you're not just creating a loop. It's a shitty option, but a common one in weather like this. That hose might freeze too if it's kept full of water, but you could take it inside for a few hours so it can thaw, or just lift and let it drain before it freezes. This is actually a pretty common workaround. Some people do this every snowstorm. Depending on the home and land around it, alternatives are expensive. Some people also just have some extra pipe in the garage and unscrew the clamp on the exterior and route it through that makeshift pipe after a snowstorm. Then when the snow melts put it back to the original plumbing.j

Given things are pretty frozen, you could also get a bucket and just empty it a dozen times or so if a sink is nearby. Odds are the ground is relatively frozen, so after a dozen or so times there should slow down. In a pinch that's an option but IMHO too much work.

Hopefully later this week things will warm up during the day at least and give things a chance to thaw.

I'd look around and see if there's evidence the previous homeowner had an alternate way of getting rid of water. Some pipes stashed away in a corner or under a deck, some hose. It's not uncommon in extreme situations.

Nope. But everyone I know has a family member, friends and coworkers who had the hookup.

Anyone who wanted a vaccine card but didn’t want to get vaccinated had the option.

Which is more reason to not have sympathy for anyone who lost their job for not getting vaccinated. They did it purely as a political stance. Fuck em.

To be fair: there was a lot of fake vaccine crap in NYC. Likely accounting for most if not all of the higher than average vaccination rate.

Everyone knows a pharmacist who would inject into a garbage can and give you a card for a small fee. Dose was used, paperwork followed. Literally no way to catch this happening unless someone got greedy.

Depreciation due to wear/tear on a rental doesn’t come close to your cut in revenue. You technically lose money with schemes like that in the long run.

Geico is cheaper because it’s a big step down in insurance. It’s what you get to meet the legal requirements. State Farm is a big step up. There’s more than a chance in hell State Farm may pay out if necessary.

Nothing wrong with Geico. For some people that’s exactly what they want/need. But even if the amounts on the policy are the same, it’s not the same product.

Same with State Farm vs one of the mutual companies like NJM, MET Life, Amica. You get what you pay for. Those are policies for people who expect to get paid out when they have an insurable event.

Comparing policies purely by coverage amounts is like ordering food by total calories. You’re ignoring a lot of the details.

It’s a common tactic now. There’s at least a dozen suspected incidents the past few years. They claim the stabilization work “failed” and it’s a safety risk.

This isn’t from JCP&L stupid. It’s an advisory from PJM Interconnection being sent to every power company customer on the east coast.

Either way is irrelevant. You always pay partially based on usage. That’s always factored in.

But someone who had a period of inactivity is going to be a higher risk. Lapsed insurance or license = higher odds of crashing

That’s a pretty reasonable policy tbh.

People who drive less get into more accidents. So making them pay more is exactly how insurance is supposed to work.

Yea. I’m not sure what the strategy is. Presumably they’re going to salt the crap out of bridges and places that will freeze first then backtrack on the rest.

I honestly can’t recall last time this scenario played out. It’s normally rain or snow. Rain turning to ice at this scale is uncommon.