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Klystron , in The Interim Computer Museum in SODO

Obviously not to the same scale or anything like that, but re-pc has a nice little computer history exhibit. Plus they have a huge selection of second hand electronics. Fun to sort through if you check it out every couple of months.

neuracnu , (edited ) in Sound Transit unanimously approves East Link starter line to open spring 2024
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The Sound Transit Board also blew off the concerns of Seattle Subway and Transit Equity For All when they decided to torch $170M in funds (and 2 whole years) to study precisely how terrible an idea it will be to eliminate useful stations in place of putting a transit stop on the doorstep of the city jail and a BMW dealership instead of in the middle of the CID. And also rob midtown (First Hill) of their connecting station.

theurbanist.org/…/sound-transit-approves-east-lin…

PeleSpirit ,

At the monthly meeting, the board also approved $122 million in additional studies for the Ballard Link extension, which some transit advocates, including advocacy group Seattle Subway, argued were of dubious value and should be rejected.

kinther , in Good to Go?
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I have my account setup to auto-deduct if I get lower then $10, refreshing an extra $100. I don’t have any sticker - just the plate, make, and model in my account. Since setting this up years ago I have not had any issues.

Might have to reach out to their help team to figure out wtf is going on?

poopsmith , in New local troll: Pia the Peacemaker (Bainbridge Island)
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Saw this yesterday! Very cool to see in-person, although I do worry about its longevity.

sebinspace , in Seattle police arrest teen accused of robbing Lake City business

Like… Lake City Quiet Pills Lake City?

kinther OP ,
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I grew up in Lake City and it has gone through several periods of trending down, then back up. Right now it’s on the downswing again…

Ubermeisters , in 'Devastating' death of Seattle woman stabbed over 100 times highlights domestic violence statistics

I’ve never bothered to check out the King5 website before now and let me tell you, I wont be back. Shit website giving me popups even with ublock and adblock. Guess i don’t need to read it.

Here’s a video of the troll being built, to counteract my saltiness about the shitty website:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcJyHGHTBEs

DougHolland ,
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KING5 is the worst news website in Seattle, certainly. Even KOMO — a Sinclair station, so the news is frequently slanted toward nuttiness — has a workable website that doesn’t slap users in the face like KING5.

BloodSlut ,

It actually was fine for me, but im using uBlock, Ghostery, Privacy Badger, and NoScript.

Usually websites break for me, but this one was actually functional

PeleSpirit , (edited )

Is Lemmy hiccuping or did you post this in the wrong thread? A misunderstanding on my part.

Ubermeisters ,

Idk are you in a Seattle community post with a link to the King5 news station website? Which happens to be ass?

PeleSpirit ,

I thought you were referencing the other post about the troll and I had both open. My bad, I agree King and Komo are both ass. Kiro is wishy washy considering they sponser mynorthwest.

PeleSpirit , in Hōkūleʻa docked in Seattle on its journey to circumnavigate the Pacific

Looks like they’re giving tours today too, thanks for posting.

specialseaweed , in Good to Go?

I've never been mailed a bill and I don't have a balance with them. At the end of the month, they charge my card for my tolls.

Phrodo_00 , in Seattle’s $170 Million Wager to Reduce Light Rail Construction Impacts on Westlake Avenue

Jared Axelrod, a public policy manager for Amazon, worried such a move would jeopardize economic recovery and return-to-office plans

Maybe they could stop those plans

poop , in Thanks Komonews for going with this shitty tactic

pro tip: they still leave cookies, even when you “opt out”. You’re American, you don’t have a right to not be tracked. Use Firefox Focus, purge your cookies regularly.

Trilogy3452 OP ,

Using Fennec and I’ve turned on data deletion as soon as I close the app/all my tabs (almost hourly)

Sunforged , in Seattle’s $170 Million Wager to Reduce Light Rail Construction Impacts on Westlake Avenue

Wild controversial take from a born and bred Seattleite: Fuck Amazon.

neuracnu , in Thanks Komonews for going with this shitty tactic
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Note the logo on the status window there: TrustArc.

A little searching for that company shows that this dark pattern is effectively a feature of their service. Twitter user “pixelscript” dug into their javascript a bit to find the cause of the delay. It turns out that, as you may have guessed, this isn’t any kind of asynchronous callback pause waiting on the remote server to do something. It’s just a self-imposed client side delay; because they feel like making you wait.

Original post: twitter.com/pixelscript/status/…/1

Screenshot (from Starbucks’ implementation) https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/9681fde3-619a-410c-a33b-a2a961dff2c2.jpeg

Moral of the story: do not patronize businesses with hostile relationships with their customers.

Urbanfox ,

TrustArc is website cancer.

Accept and they’re gone in an instant, reject and they make it fucking annoying…

I reviewed them as part of an RFP exercise to implement a cookie tool, and was shocked at their practices.

Flabbelgnarpf , in Thanks Komonews for going with this shitty tactic

Pretty sure this is actually fraud. Trying to trick someone into abandon their rights by lying ist fraud right?

Agent641 ,

Its not illegal for websites to waste your time. For example, Reddit

poop ,

This is America and KOMO/Sinclair is an American company, serving American users. What “rights” do you think you are being tricked out of? You don’t have a right to not be tracked.

Flabbelgnarpf ,

You found the European.

Stoney_Logica1 , in Listeria warning issued after three deaths linked to contaminated ice cream machines

Accurate name for the restaurant.

zarlin , in Thanks Komonews for going with this shitty tactic
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Check Reuters for a good unbiased source of news. Its actually what a lot of other news outlets use as their source.

Trilogy3452 OP ,

Thanks!

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