Oh boy how are conservatives going to find ways to be mad at this I wonder

YSK it’s an incredible amount of arrogance that a Christian believes they are living in the end times. Since the time of Jesus people have assumed they were living in the end times, that they were going to be “lucky” enough to leave behind all of the evil sinners and that they would be saved. If you have the mindset that you are a Christian and you will be saved, then to also assume it is the end times and Jesus is coming back is pure arrogance, because everyone before you believed the same things. “But it’s different”. No it’s not. People thought it with the inquisitions, with the industrial revolution, slavery, every time they thought “this must be the end times” and it wasn’t. It’s hubris to assume that this will be the end times and you are living through it.

Jesus himself said no one would know, that it is unpredictable, so to think you can predict it is itself arrogance in the face of Jesus.

Oracle is circling the drain. On one hand I hate to see layoffs, but on the other… when was the last time Oracle was relevant. And not just in a “haha oracle bad” but seriously, any time Oracle is mentioned in the tech world it’s about how people are trying to migrate off of Oracle - or how Oracle has made it incredibly difficult to do so. If a company is altering their entire business plan on how to force you to stay - not just dark patterns but actual contracts and SLA requirements, you know they’re desperate.

Hell their move to “Oracle Java” and trying to close out the open Java ecosystem was so negatively received for the same reasons that we saw massive waves of rewrites trying to get everything away from Java. I’m pretty sure that’s why we saw Microsoft completely 180 on C# and went full open source.

Oracle has done everything in it’s power to shoot itself in the foot. Refuse to innovate, attempt to push new walls and boundaries to how you use their products, jack up prices, and companies are sick of it. They have a shit name, and no software architect in their right mind would ever use Oracle products now.

Hell, if I was interviewing a software candidate and they seriously told me in their interview that they would use Oracle, I’m pretty sure that would tell me they shouldn’t be hired even. The company has that bad of a reputation.

I’m sorry why did a 15 year old child have a gun at an event in the first place?

The defendant’s father spoke at the hearing, requesting that his son come home with him. He told the judge that he would keep watch over his son and he wouldn’t have access to social media.

Hard doubt there. Your son had a gun. You already proved yourself as not the most watchful parent.

I agree with this. It’s also time to add a stop in Arlington and Marysville. Both are becoming more commuter focused and aren’t even considering other options.

Holy shit, can’t say I blame them, sounds like a massive cleanup down there. Hopefully they can get it reopened soon

yeah this is some I declare bankruptcy bullshit. Goes right back to the federalist papers

Perdue Builders did a fantastic job on some windows for me, they weren’t the cheapest but also not expensive. Did a quality job, no issues.

Reverse Uno, I’m trying to find someone to reseal my patios, if anyone knows locals willing to…

Okay I read it, who do I need to call?

We don’t even know if it’s the same problem, or if it even is a problem yet

If they make any traction beyond a letter I say we should try

Literally that was my thought too, that they were all probably at a meetup and one person said “so those trains are a bit loud huh” and everyone just piled on, and some Karen decided that they need to send a letter.

Maybe I’m just a poor to them, but my home is literally in a flight path, I do hear planes roaring overhead regularly. Sometimes it gets a bit annoying, I’m not right under the runway or anything but sure I can hear it inside. I have never thought that I should go an send a letter to everyone. It’s one of those things, why does my tiny bit of land have say over the needs of millions of people? It’s just so arrogant in my eyes to assume that a bit of annoyance justifies everyone else in the region adjusting.

To be clear this is the Bellevue side, but you’re absolutely right about everything else. They’re rich people who are bitching constantly, who bought a home next to a large freeway/cooridor, and now they’re upset because they hear trains a few db over the constant sound of the freeway.

They also want free taxpayer money to… I don’t even know what. Soundproof their mansions and boats. Let’s all be crystal clear, they see a government agency and they think they can squeeze them for easy money.

Trains have been running since January in testing and they didn’t say anything then, suddenly after 6 months they can’t sleep? I call bullshit.

Seattle conservatives are trying to say them leaving is because of liberal politics. Which I guess may be partly true. Fair wages, unionization, keeping corporate overreach checked, allowing competition.

So yeah, if Starbucks is against those, then bye Starbucks

God they have done everything they can to stop CARE, even when the voters told them they wanted it they still try to stop it. Then they wonder why the public doesn’t have trust in them. Maybe you at least let them attempt to do what we wanted them to do without trying to throw up every block in the path?

Does America know how to do anything else?

Don’t worry, the feds killed the laws aiming to stop them from being a monopoly

Logically this makes sense, we’re also number two for number of tech workers. I don’t think this is a meaningful stat. I’d be more surprised if we were number 20 and Alabama was number 2.

Gotta agree, they’re just too afraid of pissing off drivers when they don’t realize drivers are going to be pissed off no matter what. Some places don’t need cars, and you aren’t going to have drivers happily not drive in a place because you say please. They need mechanical bollards that go up like you said at 9am every day. That’s what London did with Battersea power station and its revival, it is what we should do here.

That’s absolutely nuts, I hadn’t heard that. I had heard their “reasoning” for why, like “one kid only broke their leg”. Like they really think they have the authority and medical discipline to tell people that children don’t need to be airlifted. Insane.