They're not nearly as fast as a subway though.

Thanks for the catch. Edited my comment.

I'm still not especially sympathetic that she didn't even try to apply until the 11th hour. January had already been an extension of the deadline. It's not like the law was signed in December.

It's not unreasonable for the city to ask a business to have permits to use private housing like that.

Sounds like she wouldn't need the variance since she lives on site. Just a permit. Which she could have applied for at any point between 2015 and when the city finally announced they were going to enforce the law.

Also, anyone who says “Maybe I’ll just sell [the triplex] and move to Florida, where I can do business without the government being insane,” sounds like a nut to me.

Man, I forgot that line.

Idk, maybe she's trying to say she's not some bank buying up everything to rent out? Which, to be fair, fuck all those guys. But also, lady, no.

I can only think she's in some sort of denial.

Especially with tax season going on, she's really going to act like government forms are some sort of undue hardship?

Honestly, even if she desperately wants to rely on Airbnb... then get the required permits? And follow regulations?

Just because it's not the wild west anymore doesn't mean it's banned.

> “I live here, you know, and I’m not a business,” Romero said. “I don’t want all my personal information out there for Licenses and Inspections to be able to look at.”

... I don't even know where to start.

1. you're accepting money from strangers, it's a business transaction. 2) the city government already has most of your important personal data. 3) why are you worried about L&I knowing about where you live but not randos from the internet?

Nah, no way the dog isn't better looking.

For a fraction of a second, my brain thought the headline was about the dog K-9 officer, not the handler.

I think that's a bit overkill. We can easily be manipulated by our baser instincts but there's a lot of compassion to be had from humans too.

Sadly, it's also much easier to break things than fix them.

>non government entity can find explosives powerful enough to do serious damage when hidden in a USB stick.

The cartels have some access to some pretty nasty stuff. And, if it went off as soon as the victim plugged it in, I bet you could really screw up their hand. Maybe their face depending on how close they were.

Same honestly. Not a thought I needed as I'm getting ready to sleep.

Good bit of the way down:

> "On Feb. 1, the Justice Department unveiled criminal charges against Meek related to images of child sex abuse. Among other accusations, authorities say Meek shared a video showing the rape of an infant. Meek has pleaded not guilty and currently sits in federal custody."

The widget is definitely cute but definitely a bit of a non-issue.

On the other hand, after knowing freezing and starvation, I bet a lot of people would do much to avoid that again.

Thought that too. It's buzzword vomit without any sort of hard definition on what they actually do.

From other sources, it looks like they probably posted the bail because they're anti-cash bail but damned if you could guess that was a stance of theirs from their website.

If she wants to make a claim like that, she should expect people to ask her to prove it.

Was just out for an errand. Seems like everyone even near a screen is watching.

Better the powers than be than another cheeto man.

To be honest, while it makes sense, part of me is more surprised to hear of it being icey/snowy.

Usually, I hear "Death Valley" and think "boiling hot."

That's actually my brother's favorite pizza in the city. Ah, the nostalgia.

It does look a little seedy though.

At least the insurance doesn't sound like they're yanking your chain.

Wishing you better luck on the next car.

Shit. Sorry to hear it.

And the wrong people will profit from it.

No, worse. Their kids will be. Most of these parents are of an age that means they're almost certainly up on their basic vaccines.