sunflowerfly

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by sunflowerfly 8mo ago
Yes, it is completely reasonable if you understand the concept of externalities.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
We once were. We built canals, a massive railroad system, then our interstate system. Likely a sign of our slow decline to a has been country. Today we should be building subways, a hub and spoke high speed rail system, and an automated hub
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
I may have to stop using Em-dashes.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Long haul trucking should almost not exist. Automate a hub and spike rail system instead. Truck the first and last mile.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
They want to privatize it for private gain and to shut down climate change alarms. It is in Project 2025.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
That plane had recently had major service done. The computer was likely shut off for that service.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Texas just passed a law to license autonomous driving, but does not take effect until this fall.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Just look at the cover of “mom porn” books at the dollar store. They are mostly body builders with muscular bodies.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
That is nice, but I doubt any city can afford to put that at every single crosswalk. Assuming there are enough to have an actual walkable city. A street sign and pavement markings should be a minimum.proper curbing for the blind a first add
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Microsoft gave up on a phone operating system far too early.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Except, they are not even trying to lower the deficit. They are trying to cut taxes.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Like many countries in Europe, the price should include tax and tips as well.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Here in rural America, turbines use very little land. Probably similar to an oil well. The field it is placed in loses little capacity for other farm uses. The farmer gets a nice subsidy and the county receives tax revenue. This scenario is
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Create a hub and spoke system with automated container sorting at the hubs. Basically build a national rail distribution system that works like a modern distribution warehouse. Long haul trucking should not exist.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
I have wondered about the effects of adding minimum wages/salaries for positions that require each degree level. For example, if the job requires a bachelor degree or masters degree then the job must pay at least $X/hr. Set that r
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
He has also not shown the ability to design new products. All of their vehicles except the Cyber Truck where in design when he bought the company. His one product is a flop.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Exactly this. The difference in a “red” or “blue” state is usually only about 5% of the population. The only place this is not true is DC.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
The root cause is a lack of viable alternatives.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
A lot of my media are home movies.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Not at rates anywhere near tax rates on wages of a middle class worker.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
Power. The power to punish. The power to attempt to make people or countries do what you want. It is not economic. It only makes sense if you think like a mobster.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
A black friend of mine gets stopped constantly. He is highly educated (well beyond a bachelors degree) in a stem field. He dresses professionally. He drives cautiously and does not speed. He once joked he does not feel as bad getting stoppe
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
We have tried this before about 100 years ago. Supply chains and economies were not nearly as interconnected as they are now. Read the history of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
I disagree on drug development. It is important enough we could simply pay for the research. We pay for a lot of it with taxpayer money already while the gains are privatized. The other areas are not critical to our lives and, while there i
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
FB marketplace is a terrible market. It does not allow exact searches. It forces scrolling hundreds of ads in the hope of finding what I need. Even Craigslist had (has?) far better searching. If you do something crazy like sort by distance
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by sunflowerfly 1y ago
We taught our toddler to count from zero. Their kindergarten teacher was not amused.
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by sunflowerfly 2y ago
Monopolies for drugs that received even a penny of government subsidies should not exist. We should simply pay for research and open the patents on the results, or outlaw drug patents outright. Let the drug companies compete on manufacturin
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by sunflowerfly 2y ago
I also woukd not buy too old for the safety features. But my 2007 has side air bags. Sadly it has over 330k miles and will need replaced soon. Likely with another lowish mileage 10+ year old car that I can pay cash for.
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by sunflowerfly 2y ago
EV’s catch fire at a far lower rate than gas vehicles.
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by sunflowerfly 2y ago
As a non soccer fan, why does the offsides rule even exist at the pro level? It would be far more fun with fast breaks.

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