Jackson
@jacksontech.bsky.social
Infra engineer, reader, and reluctant jock (watching F1, actually hiking, running, skiing, yoga). Lover of novels and the feeling of dirt between my toes. He/his.
Unfortunately people want to live in suburbs of the Northeast Megalopolis or the California coast and there’s just not sufficient land for everyone to have SFHs with yards. Similarly people get mad about the prospect of high density housing in desirable areas… Hard to fix via policies.
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Unfortunately people want to live in suburbs of the Northeast Megalopolis or the California coast and there’s just not sufficient land for everyone to have SFHs with yards. Similarly people get mad about the prospect of high density housing in desirable areas… Hard to fix via policies.
A significant aspect of the post war “American Dream” narrative is predicated on suburban homeownership. (Explanation not endorsement)
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A significant aspect of the post war “American Dream” narrative is predicated on suburban homeownership. (Explanation not endorsement)
For sure, but that all works on the assumption students want to learn.
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
For sure, but that all works on the assumption students want to learn.
I suspect they were introduced to this information but did retain it for whatever reason.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I suspect they were introduced to this information but did retain it for whatever reason.
A lot of people study CS because they want “a good job in tech” not because they like computers and wanted to understand how they actually work. For the first camp—they were never really going to learn anything more than necessary. The latter camp will be fine.
November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A lot of people study CS because they want “a good job in tech” not because they like computers and wanted to understand how they actually work. For the first camp—they were never really going to learn anything more than necessary. The latter camp will be fine.
Remember all the day in a life of videos and how mad people got at normal professional young women existing in the workplace?
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Remember all the day in a life of videos and how mad people got at normal professional young women existing in the workplace?
I think the major push back on WFH came from executives who no longer got to enjoy the prestige they expected (special offices, dining areas, etc. in premier offices in major cities). For a lot of those people it’s not about making $80k an hour, it’s about being recognized as “the best.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I think the major push back on WFH came from executives who no longer got to enjoy the prestige they expected (special offices, dining areas, etc. in premier offices in major cities). For a lot of those people it’s not about making $80k an hour, it’s about being recognized as “the best.”
These kinds of attacks are very easy and effective, we really need better supply chain security!
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
These kinds of attacks are very easy and effective, we really need better supply chain security!
I’m aware the average used car payment is around $520 a month for 67.2 months. I’m not confident low income Americans are getting $35k cars when BHPH places are selling $6500 Altimas, Accords, and the like.
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’m aware the average used car payment is around $520 a month for 67.2 months. I’m not confident low income Americans are getting $35k cars when BHPH places are selling $6500 Altimas, Accords, and the like.
I suspect the data skews towards white collar workers who can actually get approved for a $700/mo loan. Lower income Americans have late 2000s or early 2010s Hondas and Nissans which go for less than $10k—which they buy from used car lots.
Uncertain either group is at high risk of repossession.
Uncertain either group is at high risk of repossession.
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I suspect the data skews towards white collar workers who can actually get approved for a $700/mo loan. Lower income Americans have late 2000s or early 2010s Hondas and Nissans which go for less than $10k—which they buy from used car lots.
Uncertain either group is at high risk of repossession.
Uncertain either group is at high risk of repossession.
It looks like actual TB but I’m not actually sure what it would plug into. Almost everything TB3+ is just TB.
September 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It looks like actual TB but I’m not actually sure what it would plug into. Almost everything TB3+ is just TB.
Children should not be raising their younger siblings.
September 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Children should not be raising their younger siblings.
Yeah we’re basically in an arms race on vehicle height for driver safety. The CAFE exemption for light trucks doesn’t help either. It’s a ratsnest but I do think a nationwide reduction in enforcement exacerbated brewing problems.
July 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Yeah we’re basically in an arms race on vehicle height for driver safety. The CAFE exemption for light trucks doesn’t help either. It’s a ratsnest but I do think a nationwide reduction in enforcement exacerbated brewing problems.
People started driving much faster when police stopped performing routine traffic stops in the early 2020s.
July 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
People started driving much faster when police stopped performing routine traffic stops in the early 2020s.
Americans, like most people, are bad at risk assessment and drive a lot and farther than many of our peers. The familiarity and frequency further desensitize us to risk.
July 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Americans, like most people, are bad at risk assessment and drive a lot and farther than many of our peers. The familiarity and frequency further desensitize us to risk.
I somehow find time to cook meals all week while balancing a demanding job, friendships, a relationship, and extracurriculars. Hard to understand where these people are coming from TBH.
July 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I somehow find time to cook meals all week while balancing a demanding job, friendships, a relationship, and extracurriculars. Hard to understand where these people are coming from TBH.
Is our government doing its job? Politicians even the state and local level refuse to invest in disaster warning and mitigation systems, at a national level that same party is gutting research and education—long bulwarks of soft power. How many appointments went to TV personalities?
July 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Is our government doing its job? Politicians even the state and local level refuse to invest in disaster warning and mitigation systems, at a national level that same party is gutting research and education—long bulwarks of soft power. How many appointments went to TV personalities?
As someone who doesn't really game, what's going on here? Are games just distracting men from real life, undermining their socialization, or what?
July 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As someone who doesn't really game, what's going on here? Are games just distracting men from real life, undermining their socialization, or what?
Yep, I also think it attracts people who favor binary thinking.
July 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yep, I also think it attracts people who favor binary thinking.
Physics draws a lot of cranks, I can't explain it, I just enjoyed it because I'm a big believer in "adding thrust to overcome aerodynamic limitations."
July 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Physics draws a lot of cranks, I can't explain it, I just enjoyed it because I'm a big believer in "adding thrust to overcome aerodynamic limitations."
There’s no obvious consequences anymore, it won’t end one’s career or result in lawsuits. If we want honesty we have to provide consistent reinforcement by offering liars no quarter.
July 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
There’s no obvious consequences anymore, it won’t end one’s career or result in lawsuits. If we want honesty we have to provide consistent reinforcement by offering liars no quarter.
It’s hard to build houses when homeowners vote against it.
July 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It’s hard to build houses when homeowners vote against it.
My worry is people using this technology for dating profiles, texts, etc. won’t ever reach the committed relationship stage.
July 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My worry is people using this technology for dating profiles, texts, etc. won’t ever reach the committed relationship stage.
I think they drew too many taste inferences from that 1984 source, culinary preferences have evolved significantly over the last 40 years.
June 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I think they drew too many taste inferences from that 1984 source, culinary preferences have evolved significantly over the last 40 years.
I mean there was no way it wouldn’t be, how do you follow up the original?
June 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I mean there was no way it wouldn’t be, how do you follow up the original?