amalgamated_inc

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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
It's a local downturn, but I don't think the industry or career is dead. It's still a darn good job compared to most others, even if not quite as over the top.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Well, language like "reactionaries" is a dog whistle obviously. Pretty offensive tbh. Tells me what team you're on and what you're up to.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Watching this video now. Impressions: - In most of the city shots, you can clearly hear that road/tire noise and honking are by far the loudest noises. EVs won't change this. - In the Delft segment, a train was the most significan
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Switching lines, waiting on connections, and coordinating, of course. This is true of all public transit systems, even the best ones. Unless you live directly at the source station and have a direct shot to your destination station, you&#x2
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
> most new cars sold in the US are trucks source?
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Yea, that's true. But I can walk around plenty of cities with cars driving within feet of me and not hear much noise besides the road noise at all. I suppose the design of the city makes a difference, e.g. are there sound-reflecting ba
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Of course, as they should be. The last Cultural Revolution didn't go so well, remember?
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
I know these places. They are poorer and have less freedom and I'm not interested.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Yes, of course. This faux environmentalism is just an excuse to take people's freedoms of individual transportation away. I am aware.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
False; most modern cars aren't very loud. At city speeds, the loudest part is the tire noise. At highway speeds, the wind noise. You only really hear the engine in ICE cars under heavy acceleration or if the car is designed to be loud
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Of course it's from the WaPo :D
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
It is an interesting question, isn't it? I'm not saying I believe that, but really, which one IS morally better? Is the numerical population of your species a moral good? Is it the average quality of life? What if the chickens had
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Thanks for the archive link, just read the article. Yea, I mean, all of this seems quite obvious. Hunger/appetite is a biochemically regulated system just like thirst or pretty much any other desire is. As the article points out, this
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Wouldn't it have slightly raised the value of everybody else's money?
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Nice. Good for them!
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Let me guess: nothing
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Or just do it to find out your bedroom/office/kitchen is unhealthy.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Why not just legalize forgery? Same thing. Even suggesting this suggests somebody is not a serious person. Related: My game https://fedupgame.com/ allows you to mint trillion-dollar (and more) coins :) (Sorry, not mobile fr
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Yea it kind of seems like everything is Pascal's wager now. My argument is correct because any alternative is eternal hellfire. And even if my argument isn't very convincing, we should still do it because 0.1% chance of eternal he
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
> Medicare, which currently refuses to cover treatment for obesity until it causes significant health problems like diabetes or heart disease Of course the problem could be that there is currently no known treatment for obesity.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Mmm eggs :) Love those on my steak.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
I suspect if Chevy does the Equinox, they're gonna do the Traverse and other vehicles soon after.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Yes to all of the above. I like EVs and am kind of a nerd about them, but realistically it doesn't help the adoption of a technology to push it before it's ready. We just don't have the manufacturing capacity for batteries, t
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Yea the Equinox (only driven the ICE as a rental) is a decent car that 80% of people would be happy with. $30k for that would indeed be a very good bargain, and quite a bit cheaper than most EVs. I think most comparable EVs are quite a bit
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
This would influence weight, but probably wouldn't influence BMI much. There are slight discontinuities with BMI in relation to height, but I don't think people have grown THAT much. But yea, for sure they've gotten taller.
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
> One that’s gotten very popular on the internet right (though there is prior art from Mother Jones on the left) points the finger at “seed oils.” What? The right? This idea is so old that I remember it from when I first started reading
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Brazil, India, China, Singapore
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Also known as the "F150 Lightning starting at $39,900" phenomenon lol You can't get them below $70k
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
What's the price target?
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by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Thanks for testing! I suppose that was you I was racing then ;)

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