hgomersall

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by hgomersall 5y ago
Well as a pedestrian or cyclist, I'd like to make that risk judgment, not the vendor of the car that the person passing my bought from.
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by hgomersall 5y ago
Plastics can be toxic by leaching additives without the polymer itself breaking down. Moreover, much of the damage caused by microplastics (i.e. only mechanically broken down) is poorly understood. At the very least, they seem to harbour no
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by hgomersall 5y ago
I still think the cars should anticipate risks and behave accordingly. Out and out fraud aside, they should basically never injure anyone.
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by hgomersall 5y ago
I'll be more impressed when he solves climate change.
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by hgomersall 5y ago
Celsius isn't SI, though I can appreciate there are reasons for particular units in particular circumstances.
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by hgomersall 5y ago
The value is twofold: 1. Everything uses a common base, so you don't get a base change on a scale change (or indeed, two different bases for different parts of the same measurement), and dimensional consistency becomes trivial. 2. The
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by hgomersall 5y ago
If I were cycling past a car and the door began to open, I would (and do) respond on the assumption that that door is going to open all the way. You don't have to be moving fast for that to be problematic. Moreover, there are plenty of
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by hgomersall 5y ago
I agree with opening the door a crack as the final check, after you think no cyclist is coming. It seemed the parent post was advocating opening a crack as a first line check. It was that I was opposing.
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by hgomersall 5y ago
So what does the cyclist do with that warning? Given space they might stop, which is pretty discourteous by the person opening the door, but with insufficient time they might well swerve into a traffic to avoid the collision, which could be
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by hgomersall 5y ago
How much have you used it? For me it just got shinier and shinier once over the (significant) initial hump.
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by hgomersall 5y ago
Except that some economists did predict the global financial crisis based on their models. The thing that marked them out was that they were all heterodox economists. Largely the predictions were based on a solid understanding of the financ
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by hgomersall 5y ago
It's worse than that, not only are the first principles demonstrably flawed, the towering edifice built on top fails due to some very iffy analysis. It's remarkable how much time and effort goes into attempting to maintain the ide
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by hgomersall 5y ago
There is a shortage because the oil producers have realised they can ride the OPEC supply restrictions and make more money. US oil producers are not part of the cartel, but they might as well be. As always, someone does well out of inflatio