RustyEarthfire

That's tough buddy

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization

-Jo Walton, Among Others

who the fuck invented strong overhead lighting

Well, in the beginning...

I guess the argument is that they will raise rent by the maximum, even at excessive risk of losing tenants? Because if the tenants will pay that much, why wouldn't the landlord charge that anyway?

Seems to be specific to Saanich, BC. It's about 2k pop/mi^2^, which is like medium density suburb (single family zoning with small yards).

Yep, even people living side-by-side may have very different transportation needs; the goal is to encourage bike use where possible, as it benefits everyone. Bikes don't have to replace every trip either. An e-bike can do 20mph (i.e. 3 mins per mile) with minimal effort, so the times for some of your trips are quite reasonable:

• Grocery: 9 minutes
• Fast food: 6 minutes
• Gym: 18 minutes (this is a bit high, but it's also exercise, so it kind of works out)

Cargo e-bikes can handle a 100lb load, so your grocery and gym bags are no problem.

All this is not to say that a bike would be a good fit for you, just that they can handle a lot more than you give them credit for.

Every presidential election is important, and it never makes sense to make a "protest vote". That's just not how voting works.

I'm sure somebody has cried wolf at every election, but McCain and Romney never aimed to become dictators. Republicans currently have a published plan to institute fascism. It's pretty obvious that these elections actually are exceptional.

It's a thingy for making video games

taken from their github page:

Godot is a popular Free and Open Source game development engine and toolset.

They are the 3rd most popular engine behind (commerical) engines Unity and Unreal, and seeing a major surge of interest after Unity altered the deal so bluntly that Vader would blush.

Ah, that's one of my favorites. It's just so sincere and fun. It's definitely unrefined, like a student film that somehow got a massive budget, but that is part of its charm.

Oh man, don’t stop

You got it! Here's some other consumer protections the administration has introduced recently:

• Direct filing with the IRS
• Price limits on asthma inhalers and insulin for seniors
• Requiring ISPs to provide consistent up-front information and pricing
• Restrictions on college junk fees and disallowing witholding of transcripts

Hungry for more? Check this out:

White House Statement on Junk Fees

That's from October, so some of it overlaps, but among other stuff there's still a "Click to Cancel" rule working its way through the FTC.

Sadly Biden has been spending a bunch of time on lame crap like climate change, human rights, health care, infrastructure, election integrity, etc., so it might take a bit longer for him to single-handedly usher in consumer utopia.

This seems entirely opposite to my observation. I'd say Biden and his administration are unusually focused on unfair or annoying business practices. In just the past two weeks the Biden administration:

• Set clear rules requiring cash refunds for flight delays
• Banned non-compete clauses
• Set new rules on "junk fees" for credit cards
• Increased the minimum salary for overtime exemption
• Expanded fiduciary duty to retirement "advisors"
• Announced a lawsuit against Live Nation (TicketMaster)
• Re-instated net neutrality