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persolb t1_jdzsnke wrote
Reply to comment by Plumbfitter-215 in 108-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Olde Kensington by Dryheavemorning
Many people aren’t in the union, and don’t want to pay more for those who are.
It’s an unfortunate coordination problem.
persolb t1_jdzsezh wrote
Reply to comment by the_sun_and_the_moon in 108-Unit, Mixed-Use Building Planned in Olde Kensington by Dryheavemorning
Anybody have a good reason for that ‘height max is 350” of floor area’? (also… units?)
Best I can assume is some assumption about blocking out the light of neighboring units…. But we have electricity now. Alternatively, you could just tax a building over that amount and distribute it to the neighbors on the east, north and west of the building.
persolb t1_jdxagd7 wrote
Reply to comment by 17times2 in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
You are arguing a straw man. I never said we should ignore safety, I said safety wasn’t number 1.
If safety was number 1, we’d all refuse to drive to work.
persolb t1_jdx3eco wrote
Reply to comment by 17times2 in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
I guess my point was that, much like driving to work, people take risks people take risks when working. The biggest risk, by far, that people take is driving to work in the first place.
The remainder of the risks are minuscule in comparison. A defensive driving course would make everyone safer than OSHA 10.
persolb t1_jdx0zd9 wrote
Reply to comment by bradlees in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
Four times. Two suicides by train, one roll away and crush, one because a scissor lift failed.
Excluding the two suicides, neither was ‘because they wanted to get it done’.
You missed the part where I said the goal is to mitigate risk. That does not mean safety is the first priority. The safest job is always the one that doesn’t happen.
persolb t1_jdx0677 wrote
Reply to comment by Sinder77 in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
You realize this is Reddit right?
persolb t1_jdw2hlz wrote
Reply to comment by Relentless_Salami in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
Yeah, we should stop pretending safety is our top priority. Safety is important, and people try to reduce risk, but in practice it almost always takes second place to doing what needs to be done.
Millions of people in the US drive to work everyday. ~100 of them die in vehicle accidents every day. Meanwhile ~5 people die a day at US workplaces (excluding vehicle accidents above and violence).
persolb t1_jdvx037 wrote
Reply to comment by Dcap16 in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
Adding the word ‘dead’ after ‘found’ would work too. Or switch ‘victims’ to ‘killed’.
The important information is that they are not alive anymore.
persolb t1_jduvur6 wrote
Maybe just me, but it seems like the headline should include the words ‘bodies of’.
They are victims even if they were buried under the rubble with just a broken bone.
persolb t1_ixrdfuu wrote
Reply to comment by cachemonet0x0cf6619 in Reuters: Global regulators to target crypto platforms after FTX crash by Globalist2
I’m not sure why you are on about taxes. Money launderers usually pay taxes on the money.
What I mean is that when you go to deposit money/coins in an exchange, they are going to likely end up filling out the same forms and doing the same reporting as if you walked up to a bank with $30k in cash.
Cash and gold are also a ‘global peer to peer network with multiple points of entry’, and the government forces companies to gate keep their entries.
persolb t1_ixqintl wrote
Reply to comment by cachemonet0x0cf6619 in Reuters: Global regulators to target crypto platforms after FTX crash by Globalist2
Practically, they will regulate exchanges… which is how most people keep their money.
In a worst case, this includes some mandatory reporting when you deposit or withdrawal to a non-exchange wallet. This would functionally bifurcate the market and require old school style money laundering.
persolb t1_iu5qiei wrote
Reply to comment by MacDynamite71 in what to do when witnessing a person threatening people on the train by am_pomegranate
Do not do this!
Push the emergency intercom button or call SEPTA police through the app.
persolb t1_itmjvuo wrote
Reply to comment by mexheavymetal in SEPTA working out kinks in mobile phone ticketing feature by bengalese
ConnDOT got mobile payments working, with integration to both Amtrak and Metro-North, in less than a year. SEPTA needs to just outsource stuff like this.
persolb t1_je1wwou wrote
Reply to comment by graveybrains in All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims found by Substantial-Pass-992
If the whole update can be a headline it should be. The entire rest of that article is filler.
Just to prove the point, I asked ChatGPT to summarize the headline in three ways and got:
Seven dead in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion
Seven fatalities confirmed in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion
West Reading community mourns loss of seven lives in chocolate factory explosion
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Someone paid to do it should be able to come up with a better headline. I also, after some persuasion, got it to provide click-bait versions...
"You won't believe what caused the deadly explosion at this chocolate factory!"
"Exclusive: Eyewitness reveals shocking details about the chocolate factory blast in Pennsylvania"
"Is the chocolate industry hiding something? Tragic explosion at factory raises questions"