MisterMower

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by MisterMower 1y ago
Alternatively, because they don’t believe their own rhetoric but think using it will be effective in getting their voters to turn out.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
There is a lot of space between outlawing abortion and finding ways to help women choose not to abort their babies.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Why would Claude be an authority in this subject?
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by MisterMower 1y ago
If here is the US and they were born here, they are citizens, no? Why would they be worried about deportation?
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Bingo. Same logic applies to car jackings or home invasions. Just the fact that the next potential victim could be armed and many states have laws that allow victims to use lethal force to defend themselves has a massive deterrent effect.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
State owned nuclear worked out great for Chernobyl. I don't trust the state to run them, especially given the string of failures by our government to do anything competently over the past 20 years.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
We could reprocess it but choose not to. This is what France does. It’s not a novel process. Instead we stupidly let it sit there and pay to secure it. Why are you so irrationally anti-nuclear?
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Requirement 73 of the IAEA's Safety of Nuclear Power Plants would be a start. That rule is so stringent that it requires bag in/bag out procedures for changing HEPA filters at nuclear power plants. Bag in/bag out was develope
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Did you read what he wrote? They’ve been made uneconomical due to excessive regulation and that’s why nobody bothers building them.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
From the Typhoid Fever page on Wikipedia: “Industrialization contributed greatly to the elimination of typhoid fever, as it eliminated the public health hazards associated with having horse manure in public streets, which led to a large num
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Automobiles saved an order of magnitude more lives when they replaced horses because horses leave manure on streets, which breed flies and other insects that can spread deadly diseases like typhoid fever. Cities were littered with horse dro
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Not enough. I've been consistently stating throughout this thread that people need to pay for their use. The fact that motorists shoulder some but not all of the cost is not an argument that cyclists should be exempted from paying any
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by MisterMower 1y ago
I'm sorry you aren't able to see the parallels. Let me explain them for you: Dog owners are the motorists. Dedicated infrastructure was built specifically for them to use. Parents with kids are the cyclists. They want to restrict
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by MisterMower 1y ago
> Your takes are really, really ignorant. Thank you for sharing that. I hope you feel better now. > Allowing cyclists to run red lights significantly reduces mortality. Waiting at an intersection is provably one of the most dangerous
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by MisterMower 1y ago
There was no implication. I was just genuinely curious why you think the double standard should exist and why you think it is fair. There were no bike lanes in the city I live in until ten years ago. They took lanes on roads that were never
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by MisterMower 1y ago
No, it would be like a city building a dog park and then having parents bring their kids to the park and demanding that dog owners keep their dogs on leashes while in the park. By your logic, this is fine because the kids aren’t pooping in
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by MisterMower 1y ago
You realize states levy taxes on gas too, right? And that those taxes are remitted to city governments to build and maintain infrastructure?
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by MisterMower 1y ago
More than half of the US doesn’t pay income taxes. Your point about non-motorists subsidizing motorists is nonsensical in this context. At least some of the taxes motorists pay are directly used for road maintenance. Roads deteriorate wheth
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Let me be more direct: because it’s legal for cyclists to run red lights, you think they should? I hope you can see what I am getting at now. You can’t have it both ways. If cyclists are going to use roads designed for and paid by motorists
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Cyclists travel slower than the prevailing speed of motorists, and they accelerate from a stop much slower. And while they don’t take up much space, the space they consume is not zero. We can argue the magnitude here, but the effect is obvi
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Because motorists don’t fund all road upkeep, cyclists who consume those very same roads are entitled to pay none of it? What exactly is your point? For the record, I support closing that gap, in addition to taxing the odometer on electric
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by MisterMower 1y ago
What do you think taxes on gasoline are for? You’re absolutely right, roadways are insanely expensive. That’s why it’s infuriating to see entire lanes expropriated for cyclists.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Surveys? “Yes I’ve been in an accident on my bike Mr. Poll Taker.” “What? Of course it was the other guy’s fault!”
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Riding a bike without a helmet is permitted in most states, too. Just because it’s lawful doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Cyclists contribute to congestion and occupy road space that was created through taxes on motorists while paying nothing for these benefits. Cyclists are not licensed and their bicycles are not tagged or inspected for safe operation on road
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Say every single one of the 330 million people in America flushes a toilet five times a day, every day of the year. That’s still less than a cubic mile of water. Lake Mead, by comparison, has a volume of 7 cubic miles. Every American could
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by MisterMower 1y ago
That equilibrium is changing as more people discover the high costs of paying in attention.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
They are bringing neatly one new coal power plant online per day. To the extent they’re building any renewable energy capacity, it’s nuclear power, and some PV farms with their excess solar panel production that can’t be sold internationall
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Stack Overflow is that way, sir. This is Hacker News.
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by MisterMower 1y ago
Yes, that is how time works. And your point is?

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