My '96 Toyota T100 is exactly that. I would never want to downgrade to a modern monster-pickup.
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One popular way of talking about building for people is the concept of a "fifteen-minute city": neighborhoods where you can get to your daily needs within that much time via walking or biking. This does not require super-towers or any unusual level of density. My neighborhood - about ten years older than yours - comes close to the ideal, and while it has its share of apartment buildings, none are taller than half a dozen stories, and there are just as many people living in townhouses or single-family homes as there are in the apartments.
We don't have a metro station, but we do have an express bus line which will get you to a metro station in fifteen minutes, and that bus comes every five minutes. Not so bad.
No, there's not a shop on every corner - but there are two grocery stores within five minutes' walk, and two more within ten. No need to carry groceries on the bus at all.
...track down a piece of music I wanted to hear again, based on a description of its general vibe and the single line of the lyrics I could remember
...compare the weather resistance between various models of temporary carport
...figure out how to get the last stubborn bolt out of a snowmobile engine I was trying to remove (hidden underneath, behind a covered access panel, it turned out)
...design a costume I want to make, from a vague concept through inspiration pieces to specific details to a complete design sketch I can use to draft the sewing pattern
...apply a voice-over to a piece of video using kdenlive
...find a replacement ATV master cylinder which is cheaper than the OEM part
...fix an annoying string buzz on a mandolin
...locate the procedure for getting the city to plant a street tree in front of the house
...recommend a show I haven't seen which would fit the mood I was in
...make a recipe for a dish I wanted to cook, combining elements from two different variations I found online, modified to accommodate the ingredients I actually had
...evaluate all the second-hand welders available on the local craigslist based on their suitability for a certain project I want to tackle
...plan a last-minute night out in a city I don't know very well
...find replacement glass to fit a ceiling light fixture, from a picture of what I had and a description of what I wanted instead
...suggest some music not already in my library which would fit in with a certain playlist
...find out how parking works at an airport I was about to visit
...figure out why my motorcycle wasn't starting reliably
...find a plumber capable of solving an issue with an antique clawfoot tub
...learn how to assemble a DIY meshcore radio kit which came with no instructions, by taking pictures of the parts
I could continue, but I believe the point is made.
It would never occur to me to use an employer's hardware for such a purpose. It seems absurdly lazy, but I know that not everyone's life works like mine, so I would like to understand why this would be a real problem for people.
No, it's not the same work I was doing a year ago, but neither was that the same work I was doing a few years prior, and so forth, all the way back to the beginning of my career.
I only stopped using pico/nano after writing my own editor, which blatantly stole pico's interface design.
Never heard it called "mebufotenin" before.
I know some people love their parser generator tools, but I just don't find them to be worth the hassle; parsing is not a hard problem.
Someone managed to connect my phone number to my voter registration during my recent move, so the spam is back. This time, I am replying END or STOP and then blocking the number & reporting spam, just in case that creates more friction for them.
That's why Seattle ended up with a software industry presence, isn't it?
https://urban.uw.edu/news/crows-hold-grudges-against-individ...
https://crowlingo.org/journal/marzluff-mask-experiments-expl...
I have never been able to really love a phone without a keyboard; typing on glass frustrates me so much that I tend to just avoid using the device.
That was not the case for the families I knew growing up; homeownership was the exception, not the rule. My parents had eleven children, and never got around to buying a house.
Robots are much easier.
I do love the weird new world we're in. I feel as though I've been a player in an orchestra all my life, doing a little one-man-band act on the side, and suddenly I've been handed the baton and now I get to conduct the whole show.