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by notauser 2y ago
Any dispute which has a Wikipedia page (like the Malaysia/Singapore water dispute) is: - Too complicated to assign blame to one party - Futile to rehash in HN comments
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by notauser 5y ago
In the UK, the statue came first - phone boxes were modelled on Soane's tomb in a London graveyard near St Pancras station: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-tomb-and-the-t...
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by notauser 5y ago
That's because rent of $1.5k is for the whole of a house, whereas the mortgage is only covering whichever part of the house you don't own. My rent would be $3k, but I own one third of the house, so my mortgage is $2k. The alterna
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by notauser 5y ago
In the UK, lenders are resticted by the regulator - only 15% of their loans can be at greater than 4.5x income. As a result 5x and 6x income mortgages tend to be easier to get the more you earn.
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by notauser 6y ago
There is definitely non-linear pricing in the London housing market as one example. When I was last looking - Studio apartments and one bed room apartments rented for similar amounts, and so did two beds and three beds. But the price jump f
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by notauser 6y ago
Aluminium or Titanium frames make the best travel bikes. - Unlike steel, they don't rust. - Unlike carbon, they can cope with rough treatment (for example when loaded into the hold on a plane). They are less likely to be damaged, and t
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by notauser 6y ago
The cycle lane on Kensington High Street (a major London East-to-West route) actually sped up car journeys. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/01/removed-lond... When it was removed the study &
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by notauser 6y ago
I work on the basis of 80g of uncooked pasta per person for our family. We aren't exactly skinny, either, despite being pretty active (an average of 70 miles of cycling a week). The difference is probably made up with vegetables, fruit
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by notauser 6y ago
Not having a private drive is mostly an issue in London, where curbside chargers are already being built all over the city. Here's an example of the light pole chargers that are being installed in residential areas in London: https:&#
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by notauser 6y ago
Here's an example of the light pole chargers that are being installed in residential areas in London: https://www.ubitricity.co.uk/b2b-local-authorities/ They deliver 5.5 kW, which is fine for overnight charging.
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by notauser 6y ago
Not hard. We have taken the whole family camping by bike-train-bike. Even a small car would be a doddle. The four year old is towed using a follow-me, all the gear goes in a couple of panniers. We have spent a small part of our car-money on
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by notauser 6y ago
Diplomatic buildings have often been strong points designed to keep staff safe in uncertain times. This is true even in safer locations; the new US embassy in London is very much a fort although the defensive features (like the water-filled
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by notauser 6y ago
Thankfully the people of SF have voted for some change for the better. https://sfbike.org/market-street-2020/ It isn't perfect, but, keep hopefully people will keep voting for improvements.
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by notauser 6y ago
UK VED is a polution tax (not a road tax) and cycles don't pay it because they don't pollute. VED is a very small proportion of the UK general tax take and not ringfenced to funding roads. UK roads are funded from the general tax
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by notauser 6y ago
There have been quite a few studies with conclusions like this: "On average, the estimated health benefits of cycling were substantially larger than the risks relative to car driving for individuals shifting their mode of transport.&qu
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by notauser 6y ago
Given that poor people can't afford to hoard because of the cost of storage (especially in cities) and financing, isn't it better that rich people are encouraged to hoard when supply is plentiful? The problem arises when rich peop
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by notauser 6y ago
The U.S. did not use COVID-19 diagnostic tests produced by the WHO in favor of producing its own. So it could have deviated on mask guidance, too.
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by notauser 7y ago
The very best HDR cameras have roughly the same dynamic ranges as the human eye. You can't display all of this range to people because of the limitations of display technology, but you can feed the full range to a facial recognition en
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by notauser 7y ago
It's hard not to talk about the most dominant thing in your life, and only a few people have the skill of being genuinely interested in the priorities of other people. Some people are boring about their hobbies, some are boring about p
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by notauser 7y ago
I live in London, where escalator lane discipline is very good - mostly because if you fail to stand on the right you will get jostled by 80kg of fast moving commuter. It's a culture shock going to places where people stand on both sid
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by notauser 7y ago
My builder bought goods in 100kg at a time by cargo bike from a local aggregation point. The only things which couldn't be delivered this way were joists, which came by a small electric lorry.
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by notauser 7y ago
Quite possibly. I'm a line manager and amicable resignations are much cheaper than terminations when you add up goodwill, management time, and direct costs.
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by notauser 8y ago
Yes, but fewer people are having children, which reduces the demand for suburban living. The suburbs also have less attraction for me as a parent. In the old days you could let your kids roam a suburb freely - now you can't. So why not
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by notauser 8y ago
EVs are more efficient (in terms of emissions per mile) even when powered by fossil fuel grid generators, because power station generators are so much larger. They can also be fitted with big, centralised, emissions scrubbers. And the gener
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by notauser 8y ago
It is miserable having a young family. The first two years of having a child have been 70% crap, 20% sleep, 10% rewarding moments. There are a couple of up-sides: - The rewarding moments are pretty cool, and there are more all the time. - Y
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by notauser 9y ago
Singapore is pretty light on motorbikes compared to places like Hanoi. I cycle year round in London and would rather cycle commute in Singapore. Once you are acclimatised to the humidity it's not that big a deal, and it's always s
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by notauser 9y ago
Look up one of the Singapore cycling clubs. There are plenty (with lots of Australian and French members as well as locals). There are some oddities to riding in Singapore, but once understood I found it a very enjoyable place to bike.
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by notauser 9y ago
It's actually really nice to bike in Singapore, provided you can shower at work. I cycled every day for a month along a mix of park connectors (cycle paths) and two and three lane roads. I only had one close pass from a car because on
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by notauser 9y ago
It's about ten or twenty years too early to establish the success of the Emirates Air Line. In London it's necessary to build infrastructure well before the demand appears because otherwise it's too late to thread it through
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by notauser 9y ago
Sidewalks aren't flat, and they don't have priority at junctions. This makes them unsuitable for commuting or serious cycling. To make it a viable form of personal transport it's better to keep cyclists on the roads.

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