Nick
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Lack of EN conformity on materials available in the US, to start. PPE, electrical, mechanical, surely plumbing... there are many things certified to ASTM and other North American standards, which have never been put before a EU notified body. Building codes will expect to build on CE.
December 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Lack of EN conformity on materials available in the US, to start. PPE, electrical, mechanical, surely plumbing... there are many things certified to ASTM and other North American standards, which have never been put before a EU notified body. Building codes will expect to build on CE.
Graphic is sus. How is the yearly rate twice the 6mo rate in 2014 when the data for years before doesn't support the stated yearly rate?
December 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Graphic is sus. How is the yearly rate twice the 6mo rate in 2014 when the data for years before doesn't support the stated yearly rate?
Does the bathroom still enjoy a zoning carve out?
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Does the bathroom still enjoy a zoning carve out?
"...and injects cultural explanations whenever he feels like it - tell me, how would you like to read an epic with a doddering Frenchman breathing down your neck ..."
That's pretty good irony. Author showing some self-awareness?
That's pretty good irony. Author showing some self-awareness?
December 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"...and injects cultural explanations whenever he feels like it - tell me, how would you like to read an epic with a doddering Frenchman breathing down your neck ..."
That's pretty good irony. Author showing some self-awareness?
That's pretty good irony. Author showing some self-awareness?
Here's part of the survey from similarly situated parcel 3626039445. Basically making it as big as state law allows without desecrating graves.
If this is A Modest Proposal for housing, so be it, but let's not fool ourselves calling this "vacant" land next to a cemetery.
If this is A Modest Proposal for housing, so be it, but let's not fool ourselves calling this "vacant" land next to a cemetery.
December 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Here's part of the survey from similarly situated parcel 3626039445. Basically making it as big as state law allows without desecrating graves.
If this is A Modest Proposal for housing, so be it, but let's not fool ourselves calling this "vacant" land next to a cemetery.
If this is A Modest Proposal for housing, so be it, but let's not fool ourselves calling this "vacant" land next to a cemetery.
I mean, it's not just vacant land next to the cemetery. They're doing boundary adjustments to carve out pieces of the cemetery. The two lots carved out previously were via BLAs in 2023.
Go look up parcel 3626039446. That's not next to a cemetery, it's in a cemetery ex-bodies
Go look up parcel 3626039446. That's not next to a cemetery, it's in a cemetery ex-bodies
December 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I mean, it's not just vacant land next to the cemetery. They're doing boundary adjustments to carve out pieces of the cemetery. The two lots carved out previously were via BLAs in 2023.
Go look up parcel 3626039446. That's not next to a cemetery, it's in a cemetery ex-bodies
Go look up parcel 3626039446. That's not next to a cemetery, it's in a cemetery ex-bodies
They would surely be higher. If you import building codes by the hand of god without supply / sourcing harmonization, you're saddling North American builders with requirements they can't easily meet in local markets.
December 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
They would surely be higher. If you import building codes by the hand of god without supply / sourcing harmonization, you're saddling North American builders with requirements they can't easily meet in local markets.
It's a beautiful sentiment, but the shortest day and the earliest sunset day aren't the same. Earliest sunset day in Seattle was Dec 9, they were already getting later before solstice.
December 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It's a beautiful sentiment, but the shortest day and the earliest sunset day aren't the same. Earliest sunset day in Seattle was Dec 9, they were already getting later before solstice.
I'm not asking for a teacher, I'm challenging you because you're wrong. The rules you're bemoaning were passed in March 2022 as part of ordinance 126554, and May 2023 in Ordinance 126821.
buildingconnections.seattle.gov/2023/07/27/n...
buildingconnections.seattle.gov/2023/07/27/n...
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm not asking for a teacher, I'm challenging you because you're wrong. The rules you're bemoaning were passed in March 2022 as part of ordinance 126554, and May 2023 in Ordinance 126821.
buildingconnections.seattle.gov/2023/07/27/n...
buildingconnections.seattle.gov/2023/07/27/n...
Which one? The last ordinance I can think of anywhere near commercial tree providers was in 2023. Removals were regulated before that too.
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Which one? The last ordinance I can think of anywhere near commercial tree providers was in 2023. Removals were regulated before that too.
Have you ever pulled a permit to do work on a street tree as an abutting lot owner? It's cheap and easy.
If you have to ask why, I don't think you're familiar with the kind of butchery Seattleites do in the name of views, convenience, etc
If you have to ask why, I don't think you're familiar with the kind of butchery Seattleites do in the name of views, convenience, etc
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Have you ever pulled a permit to do work on a street tree as an abutting lot owner? It's cheap and easy.
If you have to ask why, I don't think you're familiar with the kind of butchery Seattleites do in the name of views, convenience, etc
If you have to ask why, I don't think you're familiar with the kind of butchery Seattleites do in the name of views, convenience, etc
That rule applies to commercial work on live limbs. If you, as a homeowner, realize you have pruning to do on the eve of a storm you can get on it.
I can't legally plumb myself a sump pump tonight either
I can't legally plumb myself a sump pump tonight either
December 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
That rule applies to commercial work on live limbs. If you, as a homeowner, realize you have pruning to do on the eve of a storm you can get on it.
I can't legally plumb myself a sump pump tonight either
I can't legally plumb myself a sump pump tonight either
What new ordinance? Seattle, like many cities, has laws protecting some trees against removal without cause.
If it's a hazard: go get an arborist and a permit. Rule isn't new.
If you're a developer: go whine on new twitter I guess
If it's a hazard: go get an arborist and a permit. Rule isn't new.
If you're a developer: go whine on new twitter I guess
December 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What new ordinance? Seattle, like many cities, has laws protecting some trees against removal without cause.
If it's a hazard: go get an arborist and a permit. Rule isn't new.
If you're a developer: go whine on new twitter I guess
If it's a hazard: go get an arborist and a permit. Rule isn't new.
If you're a developer: go whine on new twitter I guess
Between the airport and federal facilities in the area, it's a hilariously hard area to fly in
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Between the airport and federal facilities in the area, it's a hilariously hard area to fly in
WA DNR hydrology maps for Skagit county are also sus. Some creeks south of Mt Josephine are entirely fictional, others are way off published locations / flow volumes.
December 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
WA DNR hydrology maps for Skagit county are also sus. Some creeks south of Mt Josephine are entirely fictional, others are way off published locations / flow volumes.
CTA does the same on the L . Red blinking express light+roller signs changing when going express made it feel exciting, like winning something.
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
CTA does the same on the L . Red blinking express light+roller signs changing when going express made it feel exciting, like winning something.
You just boosted this article an hour ago across your socials. (In the middle of a disaster) What the hell is this content strategy?
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
You just boosted this article an hour ago across your socials. (In the middle of a disaster) What the hell is this content strategy?
I will never get mysterious shingles, which also clearly came from a water-park, ever again
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I will never get mysterious shingles, which also clearly came from a water-park, ever again
If population affected is the metric, Isn't SeaTac intentionally "bad" at this? I'm remembering the ~2015 program which reroutes flight paths into a more random cloverleaf pattern to share the "wealth" and take some load away from communities under the previous paths.
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If population affected is the metric, Isn't SeaTac intentionally "bad" at this? I'm remembering the ~2015 program which reroutes flight paths into a more random cloverleaf pattern to share the "wealth" and take some load away from communities under the previous paths.
So the station code is the concatenation of all the stops, plus the multilingual name?
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 AM
So the station code is the concatenation of all the stops, plus the multilingual name?
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
SBYJY20JA10JS19Shibuya
Station ?
Remember when ST was whinging about renaming University because the name was coupled to the physical plant identifiers and they thought it was too onerous to change...
Oh, I'm getting confused on stops vs stations aren't I...
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Oh, I'm getting confused on stops vs stations aren't I...
How does that work if a station is shared between lines?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
How does that work if a station is shared between lines?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
Westlake is 1250? 150? Both 150 and 250?
I think the analysis falls apart without it! Is clearly disproportionate. Single family zones are going to covariate in a lot of cities. Burlington, Sedro-Woolley vs Vancouver
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I think the analysis falls apart without it! Is clearly disproportionate. Single family zones are going to covariate in a lot of cities. Burlington, Sedro-Woolley vs Vancouver