hytdstd

7 ms·

1.
by hytdstd 3y ago
I'm no exception to your rule, but are you really so confident that all of humanity shares the same appetite for status signalling? I'm not a particularly social person, but even I can think of some counterexamples in my personal
2.
by hytdstd 3y ago
No, they may not explicitly enjoy it, yet they likely appreciate the ease the automobile-focused society brings, even though it contributes to around 7000 pedestrian fatalities annually. Anyone rational would view such preventable loss of l
3.
by hytdstd 3y ago
My guess: people dislike critical discussion about the things they enjoy.
4.
by hytdstd 3y ago
What? Clearly this man receives a great deal of value(>$50k) in having these statues in front of his home. Just because in theory, he's creating value for the franchise that he isn't capturing, doesn't mean he's being
5.
by hytdstd 3y ago
> it's far more eco friendly and lower carbon Footprint to own an rv and travel and stay in it in various places than to own several properties and fly between them. It's considered worse to drive (vs fly) unless you have more
6.
by hytdstd 3y ago
The prius is one of the most reliable vehicles on the road today. These are just priuses with larger batteries and more powerful electric motors.
7.
by hytdstd 3y ago
According to this article, ebikes do produce fewer carbon emissions than conventional bikes overall, while considering manufacturing costs: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/long-reads/cycling-enviro...
8.
by hytdstd 3y ago
There's an interesting blog post about this topic: https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/blog/climate-impacts-biking-v...
9.
by hytdstd 4y ago
Really? I ride a bike and I can't wait for lots of people to use e-bikes to get around. Research shows that "the more people ride bikes, the safer all bike riders are on the streets." [0]. Also... I'd much rather get hit
10.
by hytdstd 4y ago
I'm interested in these statistics, can you suggest a source?
11.
by hytdstd 4y ago
I'm confused, I don't see any memes in the article. Were they deleted?
12.
by hytdstd 4y ago
Too much distracted driving, and too little enforcement of existing rules for me to care. Every day, I see other road users take calls, record videos, all behind the wheel: why should I give a shit? My options are either to remain frustrate
13.
by hytdstd 4y ago
Yep, this is exactly why I recommend everybody I know to buy the biggest, largest car you can buy. The outcome of vehicular collisions is based almost entirely on who has more mass and energy, and you might as well set yourself to win. Sure
14.
by hytdstd 4y ago
I don't really have any evidence for this, but I always imagined the nimby's who care most about property values would concern-troll about housing projects being "affordable", or their "environmental impact".
15.
by hytdstd 4y ago
> The primary aim of NIMBY is to lower density because less supply=higher prices I don't think this is actually true. If you spend enough time on Nextdoor and read what nimby's complain about, the chief concerns are traffic, pa
16.
by hytdstd 4y ago
I'm really skeptical of your argument. To start with, you mention that many presidents majored in History-- but the prestige came from the law degree that followed, not the history B.A. (which maybe is popular due to history's foc
17.
by hytdstd 4y ago
You don't think they controlled for that?
18.
by hytdstd 5y ago
Isn't this paper discussing land use, and not environmental friendliness? Concerns such as the cost of transport are ignored here.
19.
by hytdstd 5y ago
I know you couldn't find it, but what was even the basic principle? It's hard for me to imagine that dramatically increasing land use, transportation and infrastructure costs could be environmentally beneficial.
20.
by hytdstd 5y ago
According to wikipedia[1], an ebike is about 10x as efficient per passenger mile as a tesla. Also, an ebike is 2x(!) as efficient as a conventional bike. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transpo
21.
by hytdstd 5y ago
I don't think the risk to yourself is the reason why operating a motor vehicle is a licensed activity.
22.
by hytdstd 5y ago
Why do you think that?
23.
by hytdstd 5y ago
How is it clearly trash?
24.
by hytdstd 5y ago
I apologize if I'm being too pedantic, but actually facebook closing would affect lots of companies who use fb ads to reach customers.
25.
by hytdstd 5y ago
Purely out of curiosity: why does poor capital utilization concern you? It's their gamble, their resources, their right, I think.
26.
by hytdstd 5y ago
It sounds to me like you have a problem with the concept of conglomerates utilizing their capital.
27.
by hytdstd 5y ago
This wasn't my experience at all, go figure! I made a shrimp and a sardine (from frozen) one.
28.
by hytdstd 5y ago
it's very common for professors to do contract work (not for lesswrong though, lol)
29.
by hytdstd 5y ago
From that calculator, it seems that you need to be making $2.3M in Fremont, CA to get to 50%.
30.
by hytdstd 5y ago
You're right, although vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death in young adults in the US. I'm just saying that SUVs and trucks externalize their costs onto other road users.

More ›