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811.
by gwright 7y ago
That is a completely different scenario than what would be the case in many areas of the US. In 2012, Amtrak estimated $151 billion to upgrade the Northeast Corridor (Washington DC to Boston). Adjusted for inflation that is about $168 billi
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by gwright 7y ago
Those factors are very different in those places also.
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by gwright 7y ago
Interesting enough the new version of the Acela trains in the Northeast will not have to be built to those freight train standards. On of the reasons is that the tracks are not generally shared with freight trains in the Northeast corridor.
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by gwright 7y ago
I commute by train to New Haven on the same tracks that Acela uses. The existing track corridor in New England is not appropriate for true high-speed train service. That really requires new right-of-ways, which would be extremely expensive
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by gwright 7y ago
> In fact there are examples now of white gay men who claim to hate "identity politics", what they really hate is that LGBTQ identity jeopardizes their "white" identity and they recognize this Speaking for myself, mm
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by gwright 7y ago
The TL;DR is always that the US ginned up the evidence on WMD as a pretense to go back to war. My take on all of that was the Saddam Hussein was running a con. He wanted his regional adversaries to have the thought that he had WMD but wante
817.
by gwright 7y ago
I'm curious, which case are you referring to?
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by gwright 7y ago
I'm pretty surprised at the hostility you have in your comments and your effort to convince me that there is little in common between the ideas I listed and your understanding of European sensibilities in these areas. You almost go as
819.
by gwright 7y ago
You aren't clear in what things you claim the "far right" is advocating but I'm guessing it isn't the things that I think the right is advocating like: * individual rights * equality for women * limite
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by gwright 7y ago
> What is in-vogue, however, is to be a nazi (little n, colloquial meaning, because I know sometimes people like to be pedantic) amongst the American right and alt-right, as the current American President's election has coincided wi
821.
by gwright 7y ago
I get that. I'm not saying that there aren't different use cases, I'm saying that it is reasonable that there should be different price points for the different use cases. Even if the physical plant supported symmetric bandwi
822.
by gwright 7y ago
Why is asymmetric speeds a problem? I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with having multiple types of service for different use cases. That is true with other utilities (electric, water, gas) and is part of general infrast
823.
by gwright 7y ago
What does this have to do with "capitalism"? People hiding their ill-gotten assets is hardly a unique characteristic of capitalism.
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by gwright 7y ago
That isn't a characteristic of "capitalism". Sounds more like a characteristic of any power structure.
825.
by gwright 7y ago
How about we stay away from nasty mob tactics?
826.
by gwright 7y ago
That works because almost all decisions are made without 100% certainty. "I'm not sure ... but I believe" is simply a statement of the obvious that everyone makes decisions with incomplete information. Characterizing decisio
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by gwright 7y ago
> Your job payload should be pure data but Rails ensures that it is code. Doesn't sound right to me. ActiveJob just serializes the arguments to the job. The job runners spins up the rails environment (i.e. the code) and deserialize
828.
by gwright 7y ago
I agree with you about the asymmetry, which I was alluding to but didn't really spell out. I also agree with you that we are limited by our current software/network infrastructure and fundamental changes in that area may be necess
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by gwright 7y ago
Not taking anything away from your point, I think we should also have real negative consequences for the people who commit security breaches. There is a real social stigma with regard to committing robbery, burglary, breaking and entering,
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by gwright 7y ago
Why were they in an imbalanced situation? In this particular case, I believe it was a trial. So parents could have withheld consent with no negative consequences as far as I can tell. I realize that this particular situation is about facial
831.
by gwright 7y ago
Thank you for surfacing this language. In the more general case, I was under the impression that informed consent was sufficient to authorize a data controller to collect/process private information and so the ruling didn't make s
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by gwright 7y ago
Fair enough. You were focused on the short term spikes and I jumped to the larger issue of a reliable grid that had backup power. The connection in my mind is that if you shift your mix of generation plants towards renewables then you have
833.
by gwright 7y ago
Not sure what you are talking about. Seems like prices are high in Australia: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jul/01/austr... It is pretty much basic physics and math: 1. Power supply mu
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by gwright 7y ago
We'll have to agree to disagree. Just think about the way modern media companies constantly shame and stigmatize people. How are you going to even define when someone is "shamed" or "stigmatized"? Aren't there
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by gwright 7y ago
I'm trying to understand what it means for a private company to "ban" something. My guess is that the government created a framework for a private company to operate as highly regulated utility with a monopoly on water distri
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by gwright 7y ago
Usually? Sometimes resource competition leads to innovations including more efficient use of the resource, discovery or development of new supplies/sources and so on. Or it might just lead to increased price leading to decreased dema
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by gwright 7y ago
Perhaps the consumers of the water relocate? Whether you view that as a mundane suggestion or a crazy suggestion depends on more context. Are these areas different neighborhoods, towns, states, countries? Who is consuming the water (golf
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by gwright 7y ago
So it is your belief that the government has a role in preventing someone from being shamed, shunned, or stigmatized by other people? Is is always important to remember that "has a role" really means "can use force to ensure
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by gwright 7y ago
Your reformulation doesn't seem reasonable to me. In both cases the vendor is refusing to conduct business with the customer due to religious beliefs. Why do you think it is OK for the customer to have to find a new photographer in one
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by gwright 7y ago
I just found it to be very funny way of describing the Amazon marketplace. Didn't mean it to be some deep analysis of Amazon vs. Walmart.

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