Sadly no. It smelled like a wood fire.

People see that stat and just want to go full Goodhart's Law.

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The article is weird as it paints Ridgewood in a way that it seems like a victim. First off, it’s not gentrifying. Prices going up is not a sign of gentrification in itself. Rent burden is lower in Ridgewood than neighboring areas as well as borough - meaning the area is more affluent even if it’s not in Manhattan standards. I will say that yes, housing did triple, and rent is stupid high. That has not happened overnight, this is 2+ decades of constant increases.

Secondly, it fails to go into history of Ridgewood which has historically been occupied by Italian and German populations before Hispanic populations in mid-2000s. The Hispanic population is still large, but like the German and Italian populations, gave way to new expats, with increasing Black population from Bushwick to the west. There have also been expats from different states as well but no not “general white people” whatever that means.

Best place to see a rabbit/bunny in a non-sad environment? Some of the organizations around the city have opportunities to foster, but tbh I just want to pet/hang out with some for a bit.

>But we have a fundamental disagreement on civil and constitutional rights if you believe that achieving justice and defendant's rights are in opposition to each other.

In spirt, I don't believe they are in opposition.

In practice, if one pursues one side with recklessness, then pursuing one can hurt the other.

Anyone who pretends that's not the case would be denying part of the reason the US end up with mass incarceration.

Now that the pendulum swung over the other direction, defendant's rights are being increasingly overprotected at the expense of the public (at least in NYC). The discovery reform is probably a good recent example of that.

The right for a speedy trial should also apply to The People. If the suspect is free on the streets, the defense should be on the clock to be ready for trial, in my opinion.

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>for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world

That may have been true in his time, but that line would make John Adams be labelled as a crimes fear-monger in today's NYC.

Oh, sure. It’s where perception matters more than the reality of whatever a business or government publishes. So, this image and the discussion that has followed is a prime example. The perception from those not “in the know” makes it look like they are just standing around, even though the reality, as you’ve pointed out is completely opposite. Unfortunately despite you being 100% correct, it truly doesn’t matter. You see this in politics all the time as well.

It's strange that the article tries to paint renovation in a bad light. Aren't improvements of dilapidated property a good thing?

Like, Isn't this a good thing:

"A three-story, six-unit walk-up building at 1819 Grove St. is one area property that appears to have undergone a rehab inside and out, with a group of new tenants who moved in earlier this year. "

Encouraging things to fall into ruin seems like bad policy. We shouldn't let landlords remove stock from stabilization for no reason, but it feels like good policy to say: "either keep rent cheap OR significantly improve the property"

So it seems to be working as intended

The city council regulated battery sales within the city a few days ago:

https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/city-council-passes-bills-regulating-e-bike-batteries-IA2424684

There was an official discord. But from what others tell me it’s now a ghost town with spambots.

Go ahead and explain what you mean by optics

I mean... did it smell delicious? An entire supermarket's worth of food just got cooked.

Yup, I got banned from the discord for I guess bullying? Idk I was never told why.

And then I was muted in modmail for pointing out that all the weird claims being made were straight up false or unverifiable by anyone else.

By your logic you should need a license to have a phone or computer and store them in fireproof cases as well.

Legislation was just passed a few days ago that regulates battery sales in NYC, but that only applies to stores in the city AFAIK. There will still be people ordering batteries online or bringing them in from outside the city.

Registration / certification of the PEVs kills two birds with one stone. It ensures the battery packs / controllers being utilized are safe, and it tags the personal vehicle with a number that can be tracked if it breaks the law, making the owner liable.

Battery cells aren't the only cause of fires. There could be issues with motherboards/controllers starting on fire, motherboard / charger safeguards failing and causing a power surge to the battery. (each pack should have a fuse to protect against this.

IMO, all packs should have smart BMS built in with proper warnings for when cells aren't charging / balancing properly, or proper warnings for a thermal event. It'll cost more, but the more produced, the more they take advantage of economies of scale.

Even with all of these safeguards, battery cells can still fail and short out... for example if a dendrite pierces the cell separator and shorts out the cell or if the PEV was in an accident and there's no visually apparent damage. Until we have cells that are simply incapable of combusting, PEV batteries probably should be stored in a secure location, IMO. An apartment could build a safe storage locker, or maybe they only allow batteries of a certain size with the tenant proving they have a certified battery box / bag in the apartment that they're required to store their battery or PEV inside of that'll help to smother flames in the even of a fire. Probably wont' do anything about smoke though...

Something like this for small batteries:

https://firesak.com/

I personally own an EUC with a relatively small battery (1 kWH) as far as EUCs go, but I live in a house. A firesak would likely work for me, but I'm planning to build a battery box for it soon and in the event I buy a larger EUC in the future. Some EUCs have batteries as large as 3-4.5 kWh. Upwards of 40 lbs of cells packed tightly next to one another. You can't simply remove those packs, and there's no good way to safely contain those units inside an apartment. IMO, those units shouldn't be allowed in an apartment, no matter how well done the electronics are and battery packs were constructed. If a single goes into thermal runaway and that runaway spreads, it could create one helluva fire.

Yes. The embarcadero is a nicer road than queens blvd. Queens blvd was built intentionally too narrow to allow the eventual addition of light rail. Basically, they chose drivers slight convenience over transit users large inconvenience. The it only takes that train on the embarcadero 15 minutes to cover the entire length.

As for the tunnels: No! Since humans require fresh air and sunlight, if there are gonna be tunnels leave them for the machines

I was just thinking, who is going to enforce this? Until there's a wall of meter maids (like there are in some neighborhoods) whose duties are changed to ticket illegal trash, this new time thing can't do anything, right?

>We are to look upon it as more beneficial, that many guilty persons should escape unpunished, than one innocent person should suffer. The reason is, because it’s of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished; for guilt and crimes are so frequent in the world, that all of them cannot be punished; and many times they happen in such a manner, that it is not of much consequence to the public, whether they are punished or not. But when innocence itself, is brought to the bar and condemned, especially to die, the subject will exclaim, it is immaterial to me, whether I behave well or ill; for virtue itself, is no security. And if such a sentiment as this, should take place in the mind of the subject, there would be an end to all security what so ever.

-John Adams

I have no idea why this guy's crime hasn't been adjudicated. There is a lot of evidence that much of these delays in criminal court are the fault of the state more than the defendant. But we have a fundamental disagreement on civil and constitutional rights if you believe that achieving justice and defendant's rights are in opposition to each other.

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Covid shut down a lot of trial cases for near 2 years.

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100%. I'm not sure anyone on there rides a bike, I think they just like fighting.

You do realize that compared to 15 years ago the city has never been safer…

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Indeed. I am homeless and a good chunk of my income is in cash (yes income, I work). I cannot describe how frustrating it is being mad hungry and being a vegetarian and not being able to buy my damn burrito bowl at chipotle. It also caused problems when Manhattan Mini switched to not accepting cash. It made paying my bill a circus to get money onto a card to pay and was part of the reason I closed my unit last month. So even though it's law, some folks still don't all oblige.