FromHoiPolloi

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by FromHoiPolloi 9d ago
I'm afraid that as a pedestrian I would never cross an intersection where cars zigzag through each other instead of stopping... My imagination says I would have to order a taxi to cross from one block to another changing a 5 minute wal
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by FromHoiPolloi 21d ago
Oh, I agree that people don't pay for the external costs of their vehicles and that reducing the number of cars is what makes the cities great again. My gripe with the autonomous cars is that they still need to park _somewhere_. They m
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by FromHoiPolloi 22d ago
How? The traffic is the movement of vehicles. Can you save traffic by increasing the volume of trafficked things? How would AI vehicle coordination work with non-AI participants (i.e. meatbags)
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by FromHoiPolloi 28d ago
It should be doable with cooperation between the two, right? If we add that FSF aims to provide free alternatives to some vendor blobs the landscape begins to look promising.[0] One party to provide needed specs for hardware, one party to f
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Pessimist's Guide to the Next 10 Years (2010)(nextnature.org)
1 points by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago|1 comments
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
Previous submissions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1776994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4935064
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
Oh, I'm not familiar with his works unfortunately.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
or 'Fake London'
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
Yes. My point was that it's easier(?) to get below freezing point above water than below. So while the cold air keeps the upper part of the iceberg (relatively) intact - it will slowly melt below the sea until the center of gravity cha
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
My take would be that underwater temps cannot get below freezing. So the surrounding temperatures above water can be lower than under water.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
Oh I fully agree. One thing that (I think) is being overlooked is that when some people switch from cars to public transit, the congestion eases. One doesn't have to make everyone switch to buses/light rails. Just enough for eve
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
Not quite. Communism is when the gov controls the means of production. The end result is indeed shitty stuff due to lack of competition. But you can achieve similar enshittification by failing to break monopolies etc.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
All governments do stuff. Usually it's passing and enforcing laws. What set of principals stands (or lurks) behind these laws - that's where the meat of the matter is.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
They still have to park somewhere... And the service (Waymo or a future competitor) that has it's cars closer will win more customers or can charge higher fees for faster service. The parking infrastructure might move a bit. But it won
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
I know in some places taxis are considered public transport. But I do not agree with that. It's still a car with one or two passengers. The only similarity with public transport is that you can use it while under influence.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
You don't have to nuke anything. Every street is fixed/rebuild from time to time (30-40 years). The steps to follow are: 1) Allow mixed use zones. 2) Update the specs how the roads/streets are supposed to look like. After t
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Connected cars from China and the EU's cybersecurity [pdf](osw.waw.pl)
3 points by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago|0 comments
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
ok... Why the majority of people don't want to endure the hassle of riding the bus?
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
No, it's not. It's a car for hire. Problems created by car-dependency will not be solved by adding more/cheaper cars.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
Inflation is a killer unless the paycheck is adjusted accordingly.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
This, plus decent public transport.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
What other tools are there available? I believe increasing minimum wage, punishing (through tax) rent seeking would also be viable.
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by FromHoiPolloi 1mo ago
That's not 100% true. At the beginning of industrial revolution workers have been working insane hours - often 12-16 hour shifts 6 days a week. See the 1833 [1] bill that limits work-shift for children aged 9-13 to 8 hours a day. The f
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by FromHoiPolloi 3mo ago
I'd argue it was a vassal state, not occupied (per se) at least from the 1950's onwards. Yes, the soviet troops did station in Poland, but the beatings were administered by other Polish citizens.
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by FromHoiPolloi 5y ago
Also... why would USSR and Germany need a non-aggression pact when they did not share any border?
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by FromHoiPolloi 5y ago
No. I mean the support USSR received from USA after the German attack. A third of trucks used by the Red Army where US made A third of soviet airforce was US made. US also sent a lot of high octane fuel needed for the airplanes. A signifi
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by FromHoiPolloi 5y ago
The USSR was perfectly capable of wrecking havoc on itself without the fed. While the Soviet evacuation of it's industry to the east was impressive one must not forget the massive aid the USSR received from the western allies.
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by FromHoiPolloi 5y ago
The vast majority of wars have been won by the party with stronger economy. There are of course exceptions. Especially when the theater of operation is on the other side of the globe (i.e. 1776)
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by FromHoiPolloi 5y ago
How did you learn this lesson?
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by FromHoiPolloi 5y ago
I'd say that the Western cities were barely touched. When compared to the destruction along the Eastern Front.

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