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drt

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  1. Wasn’t that a Tom Clancy novel?
  2. The only way this happens is if cost of water skyrockets or regulation comes down due to a widespread supply shortage. Which is to say it would be fucking painful at a societal scale. People just don’t have a conservation mindset, and the average Joe won’t or can’t pay for a grey water system as it stands. I can’t imagine what a plumber would charge for the first time they tried to rig up a system, especially if it was piecemeal. Which is sad because at the neighborhood or apartment building scale, it wouldn’t be that hard or expensive to do. For a single house, when they’ve never done it before…good luck.
  3. I get only having one set of pipes to residences. Utilities cost money. I think the lower hanging fruit is grey water systems for toilets and irrigation, ie using water more than once at the end of the line. Can also do rainwater collection for toilets as well, as that doesn’t cost much for treating and you’re looking at what, around 1000-1500 gallons a month to flush toilets?
  4. You can’t blow the whistle on things that aren’t illegal, because we don’t have robust data privacy laws.
  5. It’s not that hard when you look at rates of alcohol use and suicide for active duty personnel. Having lots of guns around is a bad idea. Now guard shack of a major installation seems different to me, but it is also located inside the city limits of a relatively safe American city.
  6. Why the fuck is San Antonio that low when they have more water scarcity problems than Austin?
  7. Eh she told me just to do it for the first 20 yards or so until I was out of the crowd, I was just so freaked out I took it to the max. It was only a 1000 yard swim or something short, and I’m comfortable in the water even though I’m not fast. I had just never considered the possibility of drowning because of things outside my control. The other tri I did was a staggered start, which makes way more sense from a safety perspective.
  8. My significant other used to do several tri’s a year when we first started dating. She talked me into doing one with her that was an open water swim in the ocean. I’m a decent swimmer but not at a competitive level. The day of the swim was relatively choppy, which I wasn’t looking forward to. Then as I was headed to the start to jump in the water, she decided to tell me about keeping your head up above water, so you can see other swimmers and not get kicked in the head and drown. I think I was one of the slowest guys in my age cohort, as I basically swam head up the whole way. Freaked me the fuck out. I’ve done one more since but it was a way smaller race that was better organized and in Canyon Lake.
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    Austin FC

    Well, money.
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    Austin FC

    Yeah his distribution. Yikes. But great save on the pk also bush league ref.
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    Austin FC

    That teen Wolfe yellow was definitely a “I’m so tired and I don’t mind kicking the shit out of this guy moment”. not one of Wolfes best coaching jobs. Just seems ok to not manage the game and see if we can hang on.
  12. I’d love for some smart person to calculate the economic impact of the lost productivity for Houston this week, and compare that to the cost of burying the major lines.
  13. Reading his obit, his stint in Iraq was just another event in his life. The guy had seen some shit. RIP
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    Austin FC

    Hines is not a smart defender. One Seattle chance he ran back head down past the other 2 defenders to keep Seattle on side. Just dumb. First yellow was because he had a bone headed giveaway. Bleh. The team looks uninterested and uninspired.
  15. Not an engineer but have repaired enough framing to tell you what the engineer would likely say. SYP lumber of same dimensions, each side of the chord of the truss. Glue generously with construction adhesive, and as I assume you don’t have a framing nailer, screw 2 rows of 4” structural screws alternating sides 6 inches on center. I prefer Grk https://www.homedepot.com/p/GRK-Fasteners-10-x-4-in-R4-Self-Countersinking-Flat-Head-Multi-Purpose-Screw-50-per-Pack-103141/203525231 congrats, it’s now way fucking stronger than it was originally.
  16. It’s not that we can only have them if they’re poisonous. It’s that over and over again we’ve chosen the most convenient and/or cost effective option over all else. is cast iron or steel cookware as idiot proof for eggs as Teflon? No. Is it absolutely worth it for a whole host of reasons? Yes. Plastics and health just ultimately end up being a result of short term thinking.
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    USMNT 2024

    This is the most disjointed performance we’ve had in a long time. Guys have no idea where anyone is going or where the space is. Can we fire gerg already
  18. I’m a few beers deep, but this is the type of thinking that has typified democratic policy my whole life. I hope he gets up at the next debate and tells trump to fuck off. Don’t be scared. besides that, if he steps aside the dems lose. Who else beats trump? The best president of the last 50 years or an unknown. For a smart guy I don’t fucking get this take at all.
  19. I ran last night at 9pm and it didn't make a shit. The asphalt was just radiating heat. Looks like 5am is the only option until November.
  20. I saw some study that said a massive percentage of ocean based microplastics are essentially paint fragments. It made sense to me seeing as modern latex paints are essentially plastic coatings, but in a quick google I can’t find what I’d consider a reputable source to confirm/deny. Everything seems to point back to one study by some euros.
  21. Seems like I’ve said some version of that so many times the last few years. Why has that project taken so long?
  22. My grass has given up already. Last week it looked healthy. This week it looks like it could die tomorrow.
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    Austin FC

    Do we know who we will play for those 2 league cup games?
  24. Tribute videos ring a little hollow when we’ve done jack shit as a society to enact change. Honestly it seems disrespectful.
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