yeah as someone that bikes 25 miles per day for commute it kinda bothers me how many tax breaks are given to other forms of commute like trains, buses, vansharing, EV, etc.

I bike as well and never thought of this. Now, I'll never be able to forget it.

One solution is to simply treat everyone equally and not give anyone a tax break.

I know this is not what most people think, but in the context of good governance, my view is that no (legal) behavior is any more or less meritorious than any other.

Why would you think this? For illegal activities there is a hierarchy -- why would there not be for legal activities?

There are lots of perfectly legal things that are bad for everyone if too many people do them (the tragedy of the commons). Trying to reduce bad things happening to citizens is arguably the entire purpose of government.

Never really noticed it until I started a new job and they were pitching all these federal and company commuter benefits and didn't see a single one for bikes.

But hey.. my work has a nice locker room that makes biking possible so it's not all bad! I also ride about half the way on bike paths under high voltage lines so I do get some benefits :)

Wait, we are talking push-bike here, right? Because subsidies for electric motorcycles should totally be a thing.

a ubiquiti AC-lite with pfsense on an APU2

I'd rather have my wifi be a black box that just works and my router be a little more just raw hardware with openbsd or linux or pfsense.

Same here: APU2C4 running vanilla OpenBSD for routing, DHCP, DNS, attached to a Unifi AC configured in pure bridge mode. I was not too pleased with Ubiquiti's firmware though and flashed LEDE, for which you can find ready-to-use firmware images. No more need to install and run a java-based controller instance on another PC for just a wireless bridge. For guest WiFi, I got a GL-AR150 for 20€ and also run LEDE, this time in isolation mode -- guests are NAT'd on their own network and cannot see each other.

Cool didn't know about LEDE, I use the iPhone app to manage the ubiquiti. But I don't really need to manage much. Just upgraded the firmware once...

Have bought this gear myself and just waiting for it to arrive

they only build luxury developments in dallas too.. it's not exactly rocket science as too why.. the land is expensive and they need a ROI.

they take care of parking with prefabricated 5 story garages.

I don't really understand what he's talking about. Most farm equipment nowadays has thousands in dollars of GNSS equipment and a multitude of other sensors.

This. I suspect quite a lot of techies here would be surprised by modern farming.

I've followed what's happening in that sphere tangentially because I find industrial programming fascinating.

I think a lot of techies would be surprised what all that stuff costs as well.

Yeah meta-moderation, limited mod points and a secret algorithm for earning mod points based on reputation works pretty well. Oh.. and a maximum score for comments.

even if the containers are made with corten, it's not good for sea. The protective rust keeps getting washed off by the rain and the salt is too much for it to handle. Ends up rusting just as bad..

couple hundred times?

So you're saying my $800 mattress cost $4 to make and deliver?

ok dude..

I could see the markup being twice or even a little more than twice, but not 200x

They must have meant "couple hundred percent".

Yeah that's what I meantz sorry. Noprocrast means I often can't respond to comments or edit my post in time.

free or aided?

Most people climb el capitan aided.

There's a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AasQG3fR8Mo

I have a proper keyboard[1], thank you very much. It also destroys a Microsoft Sculpt in terms of ergonomics.

1. https://www.kinesis-ergo.com/shop/advantage2/

How do you like this keyboard?

I love it SO much. I wouldn't be able to be a software engineer without it. The amount of neck, shoulder, elbow, forearm, wrist and hand pain I once had is now gone completely. Not to mention I am a much faster and more accurate typist.

Data point added! Thank you.

I've definitely been on a bit of a kick lately trying to make my work setup as healthy as possible.

I re-bought everything, chair, monitor stand, electronically raising desk, keyboard, two vertical mice - for left hand and right hand. I didn't find it that hard to use a left handed mouse as a right handed person but your mileage may vary. I swap between the two throughout the day.

I think out of all of those, having the monitor at the right height, vertical mouse, kinesis advantage and then using a pomodoro timer are the best bang for buck. The standing desk is nice but not really essential in my opinion. Just getting up and walking after a 25-30m pomodoro session is good enough.