tylerflick's comments

On: Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower anger and anxiety

[tylerflick]

You could try signing up for a race. 5k’s are a good intro if you’re new to running. Plus it’s a nearly free hobby.

[engineer_22 → tylerflick]

Thank you for the suggestion

On: Factory-built housing hasn't taken off in California

[tylerflick]

It’s wild to hear people scape goat REIT funds and campaign for rent control when the real problem happens to be “average people” owning investment properties. Step 1 of fixing the problem is the immediate repeal of Prop 13.

[crooked-v → tylerflick]

Repealing Prop 13 would be good, but wouldn't fix the core problem, which is that CA (and most of the US) is literally decades behind on building sufficient housing units for population growth because of self-inflicted zoning and permitting problems. California isn't unique in this, Prop 13 just makes it even more painful because old people hang onto houses that are too big for them and so constrain the already-limited supply more.

[onedognight → crooked-v]

Prop 13 isn’t the reason old people hang on to their property. You can downgrade and maintain your Prop 13 tax advantage.

[epistasis → onedognight]

Most of the smaller, walkable places that are not car dependent do not allow that Prop 13 transfer, because it's mostly rental places.

Condo defect law is far far more onerous than defect law for single family homes, to the point that it doesn't make sense to offer units for sale. There are those working on reform but it's a slow process.

I have see it happen with older friends: they could move to a smaller place that's more appropriate but they'd had to pay a ton more.

The Prop 13 distortion on the market is very extreme. Perhaps even more so than the super low pandemic interest rates compared to today's interest rates.

[m463 → tylerflick]

I kind of think prop 13 was for "normal people" but has benefitted corporations, which can lease out a property forever without changing hands.

On: Phil Spencer is exiting Microsoft as AI executive takes over Xbox

[tylerflick]

2020 yes. 2024 on PS5 IMO was a waste of money. The problem is they both require tons of computing power to run smoothly and look good.

On: Puget Systems Most Reliable Hardware of 2025

[tylerflick]

Check out OpenRGB. It more often than not supports your device and it runs on most OS’s. I used it to turn off the rave happening in my rig.

On: Message from Pope Leo XIV on the 60th World Day of Social Communications

[tylerflick]

If only he had the power to excommunicate entities from the internet.

On: Soldering Prototypes with Enamel Magnet Wire (2020)

[tylerflick]

Is this really easier to work with than bodge wire (wire wrap)? Asking because I still have a few rolls and would rather not waste money.

[russdill → tylerflick]

I have 31 AWG wire. I wouldn't use anything else for PCB rework. Bends so easily, no stripping necessary, and the roll will never run out.

On: AI’s impact on engineering jobs may be different than expected

[tylerflick]

Wake me when the auto-router works.

On: Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb without ropes or safety net

[tylerflick]

The one educated in bird law.

[EnPissant → tylerflick]

touche.

[mckn1ght → EnPissant]

I assumed they were talking about the uncle’s fake hands: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UWVVLKZ56zM&pp=0gcJCTMBo7VqN5t...

On: Doing gigabit Ethernet over my British phone wires

[tylerflick]

This has been my experience as well. I did have signal issues with cheap consumer router+AP combos, but after switching to Ubiquiti hardware coverage and signal have been great.

On: 40M Americans Live Alone, 29% of households

[tylerflick]

It’s a complete mis-use of needed space regardless of someone’s sentimental value attached to it.

The culprit is not the concentration of jobs to a geographic area, it’s NIMBYs and crap like California’s Prop 13 artificially constraining supply.