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> you will get a bloated government which will do everything manually Like creating useless bus lanes? Then creating useless programs to write tickets to thos

> you will get a bloated government which will do everything manually Like creating useless bus lanes? Then creating useless programs to write tickets to those "parked illegally" in bus lanes? Then creating useless digital waste finding a "better way" to write these pointless tickets over a pointless lane? > The key is still to launch fast The key is to get rid of things that don't work and can't provide worthwhile value to the _majority_ of tax payers.

mrgoldenbrown 2y ago
The bus lanes are not useless, they have measurably improved commutes, and parking in them is in fact illegal, so why the air quotes?
- akira2501 2y ago
  > they have measurably improved commutes By how much? 1%, 5%... or? It's measured so what's the measurement? > and parking in them is in fact illegal And all you have to prove this is a snapshot. Which are not accurate and is the basis for the entire thread here. And people who didn't commit any crime have been charged. So there is clearly an open question as to how many of these pictures appear to be illegal versus how many actually are. > so why the air quotes? Those are actual quotes and you've projected your assumptions into my actions. Did it harm your ability to understand what I wrote? If not then why make an issue of it?
  - markemer 2y ago
    They meant scare quotes. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20quotes https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20quotes While they may be “quotes” of stuff from the original (which that technically was) the intent was clear.
- potato3732842 2y ago
  Measurable and positive does not mean worthwhile. (Though I suspect that many bus lanes are in fact worthwhile but that's beside the point.) Furthermore, there's always someone who benefits and will lie with statistics to keep the gravy going.

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> you will get a bloated government which will do everything manually Like creating useless bus lanes? Then creating useless programs to write tickets to thos

by akira2501 2y ago

mrgoldenbrown 2y ago
The bus lanes are not useless, they have measurably improved commutes, and parking in them is in fact illegal, so why the air quotes?
- akira2501 2y ago
  > they have measurably improved commutes By how much? 1%, 5%... or? It's measured so what's the measurement? > and parking in them is in fact illegal And all you have to prove this is a snapshot. Which are not accurate and is the basis for the entire thread here. And people who didn't commit any crime have been charged. So there is clearly an open question as to how many of these pictures appear to be illegal versus how many actually are. > so why the air quotes? Those are actual quotes and you've projected your assumptions into my actions. Did it harm your ability to understand what I wrote? If not then why make an issue of it?
  - markemer 2y ago
    They meant scare quotes. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20quotes https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20quotes While they may be “quotes” of stuff from the original (which that technically was) the intent was clear.
- potato3732842 2y ago
  Measurable and positive does not mean worthwhile. (Though I suspect that many bus lanes are in fact worthwhile but that's beside the point.) Furthermore, there's always someone who benefits and will lie with statistics to keep the gravy going.