CrimeDad

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Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.

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CrimeDad OP , to U.S. News in NY Gov Hochul delays controversial NYC congestion pricing plan ‘indefinitely’.

Yes, allegedly $1 billion per year over the next fifteen years plus $500 million for the tolling infrastructure. However, the MTA board could override the governor if they really need the money.

CrimeDad , to Home Improvement in Do ceiling fan motors from the same manufacturer and same time change based on the blade length?

I think you should just give the longer blades a try.

CrimeDad OP , to Home Improvement in The flowerbeds in front of my house could use some work.

Small world, indeed! I never considered that any of my neighbors would have even heard of Lemmy. Thank you for the compliment on the house; it really deserves a little more TLC from me in the front. The deer are definitely a problem, but I just assumed the arborvitae were growing like that because I never bothered to prune them.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in Pornhub Pulls Out of Texas

PornHub pulls out on (Cream )Pi(e) Day? We used to be a country.

CrimeDad , to Do It Yourself in Need help identifying type of 240 wires

Can you just snake some new wire and not tear out the old wire? Not sure if legal or kosher, but it might save some time and effort.

CrimeDad OP , to Home Improvement in These just go out with the other recycling, right?

Not especially, why?

CrimeDad , to Do It Yourself in comfortable wooden seats

My ass is feeling better already having read this post.

CrimeDad OP , to Home Improvement in These just go out with the other recycling, right?

I’m sure the risk presented by a couple of CFLs to just me is pretty small, but all together it seems like a significant problem for everyone.

CrimeDad OP , to Home Improvement in These just go out with the other recycling, right?

Kind of wild that they were ever on the market in the first place.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces Comes to Harvard’s Campus

I almost did, but it occurred to me that I’m not sure what Zionism really means. I suppose some people sincerely believe in it, but is it fair for the term to include people who are just in it for the real estate, people who just use it as a political cudgel, or Christian evangelical doomsayers? Furthermore, there have to be a few Zionists who would acquiesce to Palestinian demands or disagree that it should be in Palestine, right?

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in As Students Face Retaliation for Israel Statement, a ‘Doxxing Truck’ Displaying Students’ Faces Comes to Harvard’s Campus

What they wrote was fine. Israel hawks are sick in the head.

CrimeDad , to Home Improvement in Are there any window AC units that don't hang outside of the window (building requirement)? Or is a dual-hose portable AC unit my best option for an energy efficient AC unit?

How loud is yours? I’ve got one that I avoid using because it’s too loud, much more than a regular window unit. It doesn’t sound broken, so I’m wondering if mine is just a bad model or if it’s a common trait.

CrimeDad OP , to Home Improvement in Tested my central heating today.

Lol we had the windows open so it was the chilly weather that reminded me this morning.

CrimeDad OP , to Home Improvement in Tested my central heating today.

I know what you mean, but I don’t think I really got any of that this time fortunately.

CrimeDad , to U.S. News in Retailer Target says it's closing 9 stores due to theft. The crime data tells a different story.

Target is the one making the claims and closing the stores. And they have the data. It’s on the them to explain the discrepancy. I don’t think the differences in the sizes of the stores potentially offers an explanation. It seems more indicative of a flawed business plan, that they’re having trouble making smaller stores work even in lower crime areas.

As for shrinkage, it hasn’t doubled, at least not recently. I think the article references an increase of 9% or $0.13 over the past few years. If they were getting $3.00 profit of every $100.00 in sales and that increase in shrinkage was not made up for at all, it would mean that Target would have only missed 0.39¢ of profit, or 0.13%. Besides, shrinkage isn’t just outright shoplifting as the article explains. It also includes employees helping themselves, which they might be more likely to do the more their employer takes advantage of them. In other words, some of that shrinkage might actually be made up for by increased productivity. The employees are just giving themselves little unauthorized bonuses when they can.

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