unenlightenedgoblin
unenlightenedgoblin t1_je5sge0 wrote
Reply to comment by SewBee_It in Chicken Keeping In Pittsburgh by ClothesGreen8716
Yes I think it’s 1200 sq foot or greater lot gives you up to 5 hens (or 2 goats) by-right. I was looking into that possibility when house hunting.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_jd0vneg wrote
Reply to comment by BurghPuppies in DA to seek death penalty against man accused of fatally shooting McKeesport officer by OaSoaD
Killing the guy also won’t bring back the officer…just increases the total body count from the incident
unenlightenedgoblin t1_jc72v0t wrote
Reply to What can a ChatGPT developed by a well-funded intelligence agency such as the NSA be used for? Should we be concerned? by yoaviram
Obviously it’s way above my (nonexistent) clearance level, but I’d be absolutely shocked if such a tool were not already in late-stage development, if not already deployed.
unenlightenedgoblin OP t1_jaewm38 wrote
Reply to comment by PGHxplant in Perceptions on Short-Term Rentals in Pittsburgh. How do Short-Term Rentals like AirBnb impact your community? Inspired by recent discussion at a community meeting, interested in hearing your thoughts from across Greater Pittsburgh. Responses anonymous, not affiliated with AirBnb, etc. Thanks! by unenlightenedgoblin
I will re-share results on this thread once it’s been up for at least 24 hours
unenlightenedgoblin OP t1_jaekc3a wrote
Reply to comment by confusedhealthcare19 in Perceptions on Short-Term Rentals in Pittsburgh. How do Short-Term Rentals like AirBnb impact your community? Inspired by recent discussion at a community meeting, interested in hearing your thoughts from across Greater Pittsburgh. Responses anonymous, not affiliated with AirBnb, etc. Thanks! by unenlightenedgoblin
Sorry about mobile, I think it may have to do with the question format. Most of the questions are 'grid' style where the same responses are presented for a series of related questions. I can see how this would be difficult to show on mobile. The alternative would have required participants to answer many more individual questions so I erred on the side of keeping the survey as short as possible (which seems to have screwed over mobile users)
unenlightenedgoblin OP t1_jaejz2u wrote
Reply to comment by S4ltyInt3ractions in Perceptions on Short-Term Rentals in Pittsburgh. How do Short-Term Rentals like AirBnb impact your community? Inspired by recent discussion at a community meeting, interested in hearing your thoughts from across Greater Pittsburgh. Responses anonymous, not affiliated with AirBnb, etc. Thanks! by unenlightenedgoblin
Good question! So far there aren't a ton of responses, but I'm hoping to bring the results with me to the next community meeting, and to eventually work with our city councilperson to help draft policy responses that are responsive to local opinions and needs. The reason I'm interested in this particular issue is that it seems to have a lot of general consensus across different constituencies, but the survey provides better local insight than my anecdotal observations, or national studies.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ja88yh4 wrote
Reply to comment by PsychicSarahSays in Pennsylvania GOP Senator Pushes State Police To Reconsider Gun Restrictions For Cannabis Consumers by OregonTripleBeam
I’m against laws existing on paper which a motivated cop or DA can use to deny you rights if they wished to do so. Bad laws shouldn’t be unenforced, they should be eliminated.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_ja69mjo wrote
Reply to Newbury Plan in Bridgeville by krn43
McMansion hell
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9jmzxe wrote
It’s safe, just shabby. Not exactly an enjoyable place to hang out but nobody’s gonna stick a gun in your face.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9jmpyb wrote
Reply to comment by jroc9696 in Gov. Josh Shapiro to join EPA and Gov. Mike DeWine to give update on East Palestine train derailment site - CBS Pittsburgh by oldschoolskater
Idk man your whole initial post read like one of those dolls where you pull a string and a pre-recorded quip from Fox News/Kremlin/whatever other Jordan Peterson-type shit you’re consuming pops out. Hardly reads as the ‘free thinker’ you’re so quick to congratulate yourself on being. I get the impression that you don’t have much experience in the world.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9jlk9a wrote
Reply to comment by jroc9696 in Gov. Josh Shapiro to join EPA and Gov. Mike DeWine to give update on East Palestine train derailment site - CBS Pittsburgh by oldschoolskater
Ah yes the enlightened czar Putin. What glimmering values he espouses. Go back to whatever hole you crawled out of, wannabe edgelord. If you like authoritarianism so much, I’m sure they’re eager for new recruits.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9jkpc5 wrote
Reply to comment by jroc9696 in Gov. Josh Shapiro to join EPA and Gov. Mike DeWine to give update on East Palestine train derailment site - CBS Pittsburgh by oldschoolskater
Tickles me every time I hear it 🤗
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9jfnbq wrote
Reply to comment by jroc9696 in Gov. Josh Shapiro to join EPA and Gov. Mike DeWine to give update on East Palestine train derailment site - CBS Pittsburgh by oldschoolskater
That narrative is so tired. Yes it’s bad that Biden didn’t visit East Palestine OH, but it’s also good that he visited Ukraine (the derailment happened 2.5 weeks ago, plenty of time to do both). When you can’t even criticize our current president without spewing Kremlin propaganda it just makes you look bad man.
And it’s just quite literally not comparable to Chernobyl. Next time just say that you don’t know what a half-life is.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9jdqip wrote
Reply to Is Pittsburgh a chain restaurant city? by thehofstetter
In the city? Mostly not. But the region is overwhelmingly dominated by its suburbs, where chain restaurants proliferate.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9arj59 wrote
Reply to comment by drr71-2 in Do you all have stories of people who quit the typical DC corporate/political career and pursued something else? by [deleted]
I’m just so used to the punching down and casual slights that define basically everyone I’ve ever met there. Idk why this sub even shows up in my feed I unsubscribed a while ago.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j9acl08 wrote
Reply to comment by FreemanCantJump in Do you all have stories of people who quit the typical DC corporate/political career and pursued something else? by [deleted]
Exactly the attitude that made me leave DC. Why the fuck do you care what someone else is earning?
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j8mveg0 wrote
Reply to Pa. Democratic official says ‘right-wing cancel culture’ brought down welcome billboard by CleverName550
Republicans are now literally against inclusion of ‘empathy and kindness’ in school curricula because that’s some socialist shit and ‘not every person deserves kidness.’ The American Way to them is just being a violent, raging, bigoted asshole.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j8d8fe9 wrote
Reply to Unique job opportunity in Wexford by jikarilk
Shouldn’t every salary meet cost of living? Pretty fucked up that it requires a special badge these days. This new version of the Gilded Era really sucks.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j7mcv2c wrote
Reply to comment by sintactacle in Why does Amtrack service not extend to State College? by vortical42
I can’t seem to find it, but saw a chart recently showing that while driving, rail, and flying have all recovered to pre-pandemic levels, intercity bus ridership has shown little recovery. I don’t have a great explanation for why, other than anecdotally some of the routes that used to serve Pittsburgh were canceled and never restored, wouldn’t be surprised if that’s also happened elsewhere.
When I lived in Germany, it was possible to get nearly anywhere in the country using some combination of public transport, even tiny dorfs (villages). I wish we had that same lifeline throughout our Commonwealth.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j7lbyr2 wrote
A few things:
- Those tracks (Pennsylvania RR) were built before dynamite had been invented, so blasting through inconveniently-located mountains (as they did for the Turnpike and I-80) wasn’t feasible. Since trains can’t operate on steep grades, this has resulted in rather indirect paths. The mountains decided where the tracks went as much as the planners did.
- State College didn’t formally exist at the time said tracks were built. State College didn’t have any appreciable population until the 1960s, by which point cars and buses were both widely available and promoted by the government.
- The tracks that pass through the State College area continue to Williamsport before you can continue south again. The only through route that would make sense there would be Pittsburgh-Scranton, which wouldn’t have much travel demand (though it could continue to NYC). Any route to Philly would most likely have to double-back, adding travel time and operational cost.
- Cars. We massively subsidize driving throughout the US, so often rail is not competitive on price. As far as I’m aware none of the roads around there have tolls.
- Buses. It’s much cheaper and less complex to run buses.
I would love to see it happen, but especially connecting to Philly would be challenging unless they laid new track (very difficult given property rights, lack of public support, cost, engineering, etc)
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j7homxa wrote
People like you...
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j70qytx wrote
Winter Phil vs Spring Phil. They fight to death in a televised match each Feb 2nd
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j6uz9n8 wrote
Reply to comment by ewyorksockexchange in PA Looks To Study, Expand Conservation Corridors To Save Wildlife by susinpgh
I unfortunately am in the Pittsburgh media market, where the Post-Gazette is run by a bunch of Trump nuts. It’s a shame, it used to be a great paper. Even if there’s stuff like this buried somewhere in there I just don’t want to support the owners. I would honestly love to be able to subscribe to a short (no more than 10-15 pages per issue), maybe bi-weekly + sunday issue type of physical paper, if there were one reliably covering events that I’m interested around here. Other than Reddit I’m not on social media anymore so I end up not consuming nearly as much news as I used to, and the stories that end up getting my attention tend to be higher quality.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_j6unrrz wrote
Reply to comment by susinpgh in PA Looks To Study, Expand Conservation Corridors To Save Wildlife by susinpgh
It sucks that the mainstream press around here never covers anything like this. I guess blood and guts and doom and gloom are probably more profitable.
unenlightenedgoblin t1_jedxq1a wrote
Reply to Hours of Ohio train derailment footage lost after being ‘overwritten’ by newsspotter
The jaws of capitalism must continue to devour us and our planet unhindered