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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me again how traffic cameras make us safer and we can totally trust them to be applied objectively for public safety and no other purpose?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats a good etiquette to show you are doing a U turn in a left turn, so the cars behind you know?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The proper etiquette is “not there”. Just because you feel the need doesn’t mean it needs to be here and now. When you’re disrupting other people you’re also causing a hazard to you and them. You can turn on a side street or go around the block or turn into a parking lot so you don’t obstruct traffic don’t cause a hazard, and it may only add a few seconds

  Note that your gps would guide you around the block or other place you can do it safely

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Enshittiflation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That it only goes up to 2021

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn I knew there was a reason I never play the lottery anymore. I used to throw down a buck for the dream once in a while when the payoff got big enough, but even dreams have been hit by inflation so they’re no longer affordable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine prices have gone up at least 12% here as well, depending on what timeframe, and minimum wage hasn’t changed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nyt is an interesting case because they do have good quality reporting mi might be willing to pay for. Then they post some ultra-conservative sociopathic stuff on their op-ed or opinion page and I want to block their shit.

  Washington Post was also under consideration before it got Bezo’d

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How should a news article website financially sustain itself?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, I came here to say the opposite. If people were similar to me, a weak paywall is exactly right

  I hate the idea of paying per article: I don’t know the value at the time nor do I know whether they’re trustworthy. If something posted here isn’t readable without pay, I’m not reading it.

  However I do recognize news sources the I find useful, that are high quality, that are likely to have more well done news, and i do subscribe

  On the other hand I also pay a news aggregator and have no idea how their sources are paid. Do they get a cut per article I read? Is it effectively advertising where they offer teaser articles and hope to sell me a subscription?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No fear!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Decades later, I still remember a few weeks without skin on my palms, elbows, knees, forehead. At the time i wasn’t sure survival was a good thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A big difference is 70s car might retain its outer shape. Modern car not only intentionally crumples, but the passenger compartment is much stronger

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but also not a fair comparison. Whatever the safety status that Cybertruck might be, getting t-boned is always a challenge. No car has a crumple zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I got in a collision with a car from the 70s with a car today, would not the 70s car win out since it would primarily be metal? If so why don't people buy more 70's cars?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And have poor performance, handling, ride. Most people really wouldn’t want one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We all know crack was introduced primarily to black neighbor hoods. Why them? Why not people in the Appalachians? Or in Asian neighbor hoods all over the west coast?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would anyone care about poor whites in the mountains? Let them survive in their hovels and shovel coal. They had no organization or other power to affect anyone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While usually I’d encourage looking at rescue dogs maybe this is a scenario to be very careful with that. We got a rescue that had been traumatized and can still be challenging at times. While she’s a real sweetheart, she’s definitely not a starter dog.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be silly of me to get a small dog if I am a little afraid of bigger ones?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll be the anecdotes for that …… spent my whole life with dogs of all sizes and have always been comfortable with them. But the only one that bit was a mini poodle

  Then again, as the other guy said, I’ve always paid more attention to dogs that can do damage, vs the mini poodle bit me when I was ignoring it. Of course the most painful part of that was the tetanus shot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm 29 and my partner is only 28 am I exploiting her?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was occasionally on the other side of that and really hated it. I’m four years older than my ex, but also came from a more conservative (small c) town. Usually we were at the same stage of life but …… Sometimes that four years was a generation difference, which was very uncomfortable

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Hell is this Bull shit ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Recently shrinkflation hit juices. What used to be 1/2 gal, is now 1.5 L (at least in my grocery).

  I used to buy soda in 2L bottles as the best price, so it was sufficient for a family or a single person several days to a week. The reality is if it’s there I’ll drink it: the sugar rush is addicting. I think a lot of people still do this.

  Now I buy soda in a can, despite the much higher price and packaging, because I’m more successful at moderating myself to a can a day (and it’s usually sugar free so the calories are no longer the problem)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What the Hell is this Bull shit ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  33cl is the standard for beer

  Same here historically. US beer cans and bottles used to be 12 oz and I still occasionally see them. I even have one in my fridge.

  But most new beers are sold in pint cans, which in theory should match a bar draft (but don’t always and there are no regulations to protect consumers)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do wonder about that. My ex’s uncle decided that financial and legal issues were insurmountable so he could no longer be here. Obviously I have no idea whether a humane option would have been an option, but his issues were clearly temporary so any opportunity to intervene could have saved a lot of collateral damage. Including, while his family appreciated that they didn’t have to discover him, that cop shouldn’t have either

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one who doesn’t have a ‘home’ choose their team?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My brothers and I were competitive growing up, so we all cheered for different football teams and hoped our team would beat our brothers

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I even had my work as an example - we have 8 chargers, 30a level 2. That’s lower than many of us get at home

  …… but that’s the point where a better goal should be to just make up for energy used by the commute. The reality is most of us move cars at lunch time. 8 fairly low end chargers is sufficient to top off 16 cars in a standard workday.

  That factory didn’t need bigger chargers, and could easily halve that if you don’t expect people to share

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does having a child with someone give you any legal right to their property?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes it’s not the wording of the law but the way it’s implemented. Sometimes the law can seem quite egalitarian, but that doesn’t help if the mother is always assumed both the default custodian and less income. Thats no longer as true as it used to be but judges can be old fashioned

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not a normal occurrence. He does a good job of answer that several ways. Watch the video

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Technology Connections] Don't overthink electric car charging (we should be doing it differently) [52:12]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That video is well done and good at laying it all out. I wish I could get my brothers to watch it.

  The thing is, I came here as devils advocate, thinking he was going too strong on level one. But he did well.

  • I had a similar discussion with my older brother, where I tried to convince him level one was possible, especially short term, but that he’d be happier with more. He installed 50a level 2, after I explained it’s the same as an electric range circuit (that’s what I have. Almost always more than I need but nice to have)
  • no luck at all with my younger brother. He works for a legacy car manufacturer and is convinced EVs are not practical. They found it impossible to install chargers at a plant since it would need the power of a city …… since they assumed every spot needed a fast charger and that all would be in use all day
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come I can vote a yes or no vote for new taxes or bonds? But cannot choose where the money I give goes to? Should that also be my choice?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m quite cynical about it. No matter what is short money, the funding is always for education or fire fighting. It seems more likely they always shuffle around the budget so the shortfall always end up where we’ll vote for it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you rate your country's constitution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I still believe it’s a pretty good system that has generally held up well for a couple hundred years.

  It’s in tatters right now as all three branches are being run by power hungry sociopaths. Yet The people who run those branches at lower levels are still trying to do their jobs. There are still checks and balances. There is still hope our partly capsized ship will right itself. Authoritarianism required collusion across the heads of all three branches, yet each branch is still partly functioning

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do trains save fuel when they literally park on the tracks and block multiple intersections, with over a hundred vehicles steady burning gas all around waiting for the train to fucking move?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s frustrating as hell

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do trains save fuel when they literally park on the tracks and block multiple intersections, with over a hundred vehicles steady burning gas all around waiting for the train to fucking move?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine a big part of it is lack of infrastructure spendinf.

  • Is there a place to stop for whatever reason they’re stopping?
  • Are there always at least two tracks to prevent bottlenecks?
  • are sidings big enough to fit any train allowed?
  • are there sufficient non-grade crossings?

  Or are we just letting freight lines continue to milk century old infrastructure without regard to anyone else?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don;t most of us Americans only need like one foreign language to pass high school? Why not make it mandatory for like 3 or 4 languages?Would that not give us the upper hand when traveling?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The US doesn’t have a national language, but does have significant communities of many ethnicities. It is well recognized that a second language is beneficial and I have to assume most states require it, although my experience there is limited. However it’s not reasonable to mandate that everyone learn a specific one. You should learn the one specific to your circumstances.

  That being said, most people have no reason to actually use the language they learned in school so are never fluent or lose it quickly. It’s a newer thing for schools to offer immersion programs to establish fluency

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After opening a jar of pizza sauce, how long would you trust it was still good in the fridge?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I always assumed they were such small jars because they’re I tended to be single use

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you actually tax the ultra wealthy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pay it off over time with lower taxes income.

  If I earn $1M I have to pay a lot of income tax. But if I take a loan for $1M, I may only need to earn a taxable income of $100K