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by so33 6y ago
I’ve said this above but I don’t think this is an incompatible view with what the article says. But the predominant attitude is that everyone just ought to move to the suburbs eventually because it’s just “obviously” so much better, with th
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by so33 6y ago
I don’t think that’s the thesis of the article. Rather, I think the article is saying that nice things alone don’t compensate for the opportunity costs and negative second-order effects you incur when obtaining _some_ nice things. To use th
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by so33 6y ago
> Living in downtown Palo Alto probably costs 100% more than living in Pleasanton, which is roughly a one hour commute. As I understand, there’s heavy resistance to building any sort of density in Palo Alto. That will, of course, skew th
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by so33 6y ago
> the left and the right my opinion are missing the key points on freedom (the left suppressing and labeling, the right militarizing). If I had to choose between “cancel culture” versus militarized violence, cancel me any day.
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by so33 6y ago
Bus rapid transportation could be a better fit, given existing freeway infrastructure. But good luck taking away two lanes of highway anywhere in the United States (true right-of-way separation is necessary for any effective _rapid _transit
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by so33 6y ago
Nespresso isn't technically espresso either, as Wirecutter points out ( https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-nespresso-ma... ). That being said, I was under the impression moka pots require a lot of
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by so33 6y ago
> It's like saying "Delhi is too Indian" No, it’s like saying “Delhi has too many Hindi speakers” or “Delhi has too many Brahmins” or “there are too few Muslims in Delhi” or “Delhi isn’t doing enough to combat colorism”. &
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by so33 6y ago
cities built around transit and biking.
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by so33 6y ago
I believe the first Intel product announced was the [EDIT: iMac - see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_(Intel-based)#1st_generat... ] MacBook Pro at Macworld in January of 2006, long after it was announced at WWDC in
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by so33 6y ago
> The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan > In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is t
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by so33 6y ago
> As evidence, he pointed to data from real estate companies that showed less interest in California, New York and New Jersey as well as slowing searches for homes in larger cities This isn’t good evidence for the argument. People who li
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by so33 6y ago
> It's only when you go out to the suburbs, probably one of society's least efficient constructions, that you see the lowest prices -- a perfect balance of efficiency, I guess. It is weird and I wonder if there's some less
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by so33 7y ago
But USPS is focused on efficiency and profitability. They have streamlined many of their operations and created new profit making initiatives (e.g. Informed Delivery), all while having the mandate that mail cost the same from Alaska to Flor
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by so33 7y ago
> TurboTax on the other hand, is a relatively nice experience. For this tax year I used TurboTax. I have a relatively simple return, but editing stock sales was extremely tedious and I was constantly upsold on random products when I just
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by so33 7y ago
> A car is just easier, assuming light traffic, short drives, and good parking And that’s precisely the problem, because cars don’t scale well. Suburbs surrounding large growing urban areas in the US are often clogged with traffic. Just
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by so33 7y ago
Now imagine how the non-bike lanes would look like if every one of those people on a bike was in a car instead!
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by so33 7y ago
FWIW I don’t see anything extraneous, neither in the source code nor on the page. Browser extensions can inject content, of course; that might be what’s happening here.
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by so33 7y ago
The check is issued by the “Bank of San Serriffe” ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Serriffe ). Perhaps they have different typographical conventions...
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by so33 8y ago
Sure, comparisons to Gitmo might be unwarranted, but this article is not about cafes merely playing music nonstop (which is indeed ubiquitous), but about Starbucks playing the same few songs over the speakers repeatedly while denying employ
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by so33 8y ago
>I see your point, but still EVs are not that great for environments compare to trains, forget the energy for moving. Energy to build, the tire residues that goes to our public water and ... Unfortunately, many seem to think that just be
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by so33 8y ago
>Just look at the mayhem easy to obtain government backed student loans have caused in "higher" education - skyrocketing tuition and a bachelors degree being worth about the same as a high school diploma was in the 80's. B
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by so33 8y ago
Maybe the smart car was too small, but “Small” cars (by American standards, anyway) are still popular. They’re just disguised as SUVs and classified as “subcompact crossovers”. With how wide American roads tend to be, the Smart car is perh
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by so33 8y ago
The goal of most "anti-car" (most aren't really anti-car, just anti-cars in the city) people is not just to create pedestrian zones, but also to change land-use patterns so that it doesn't feel as necessary to drive ever
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by so33 8y ago
It's important to note that public transport systems are often forced to run unprofitable routes. Late night routes and paratransit are inherently unprofitable but improve accessibility. Of course, there are more unsavory reasons, u
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by so33 8y ago
>Why should public transit be paid for by automobiles? Let the users of each service pay for what they consume. Why should anyone pay for anything they don't use? I understand this is a fairly common position to take in general, but
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by so33 8y ago
Most city centers that go "car-free", especially in Western Europe, only do so for a few blocks. Imagine the entire area around Times Square becoming pedestrianized. And yes, as much as they seem to clutter city streets, electric
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by so33 8y ago
>Isn't it wonderful how the car allowed a large number of families to own a home with a piece of land, yet have access to the amenities of a city? That was an illusion. House prices are soaring in the inner suburbs (case in point: t
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by so33 8y ago
Actually, no. The MTR’s farebox recovery is over 100%. They make a profit on fares and make even more money on real estate.
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by so33 8y ago
City Observatory is a publication that lobbies for urbanism. So you have to take that into context when considering their argument. Their argument is not that removing roads doesn't reduce quality of life – their argument is that citie
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by so33 8y ago
>The reality is that roads provide something people want - the ability to get around quickly, on one's own terms, without dealing with waiting times or trip planning, and without some of the unsavory experiences that can sour public

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