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by magduf 7y ago
>I have to carry around a helmet- yes I find this burdensome. Unfortunately, I don't have the luxury of biking to work yet, but if I did, I'd be using a backpack for what I hope are obvious reasons. Any good backpack these day
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by magduf 7y ago
Ok, but now you have an airport that takes 2-4 times as much space as normal ones. Airports already consume an incredible amount of space; most places don't have that much space to spare. This reminds me of someone's crazy propos
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by magduf 7y ago
I wouldn't be so sure. This line of thought seems to reflect a bias towards modern-day societies and how they operate ("modern" being the last couple thousand years or more). In ancient hunter-gatherer societies, people mos
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by magduf 7y ago
Here's my not-so-scientific hypothesis partially formed by my last relationship: women frequently get "BFFs" (other women best friends) who they're extremely close to emotionally, sometimes much more than their own boyfr
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by magduf 7y ago
>while at the same time it's advantageous for women to be as sceptical and critical of men as possible. I don't know about this. These days, I've seen and met many women who have numerous male friends. Sure, ultra-conser
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by magduf 7y ago
Cheating towards the end of a relationship usually points to someone that was probably emotionally checked out of the relationship already. Basically, the cheating was just an effect of the relationship dying. So yeah, no point in being u
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by magduf 7y ago
For a problem like this, I wonder if it would be easier to just make a replacement cable for the DB-19 connector on the computer itself, which replaces the external DB-19 with some other more-common connector (along with the cable that goes
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by magduf 7y ago
I was thinking that maybe users weren't seeing the emails. Look at the stats provided to LE: there were a grand total of zero refused requests. Instead, all the requests were either approved (small minority), or ignored (all the res
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by magduf 7y ago
I think you have some fanciful ideas that simply are not borne out by reality. >this is why key employees are often upgraded from mere tools to investors by the issuance of stock options - that sort of thing is never going to happen in a
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by magduf 7y ago
>From that same source, roughly 1% of all head injuries admitted into hospitals are from cycling, and 60% are alcohol related. This stat means absolutely nothing. It's coming from a place where not that many people cycle, the summa
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by magduf 7y ago
That's true, but they also have nearly zero influence on the company or its direction. And legally, they have zero ownership (unless of course it's an employee-owned company, which Boeing is not), so they simply have no say. It&#
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by magduf 7y ago
Even if it really is examined so thoroughly as to be the safest plane ever, it's still going to be a pretty lousy flying experience because it's a crappy old narrowbody chassis that's decades behind in technology and refineme
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by magduf 7y ago
What are you talking about? The shareholders, the board, and the upper management collectively are the company. The rest is just employees and assets. Employees don't own the company, they just work there for money and can be let
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by magduf 7y ago
I partially agree: I think it's pretty silly trying to petition some big corporation run by sociopaths to behave better towards their customers. If you don't like the way they're treating you, then stop buying their crap. Ho
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by magduf 7y ago
1438 is pretty far back, before the Renaissance. I seriously doubt carts or coaches were "common", as in every commoner owning one. I'm sure they were around, for carrying goods, doing construction, etc., but this is more l
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by magduf 7y ago
>Crime happens on the trail, no question. Really? This was the first I had heard of it since moving to the area last year, and it has me a little worried. I thought NoVA was supposed to be one of the wealthiest places in the US. Of cou
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by magduf 7y ago
Just watch out for armed robbers: https://www.insidenova.com/news/crime_police/bicycle-rider-r...
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by magduf 7y ago
I'm not advocating for mandatory helmet laws in that post, I'm just pointing out why you should wear a helmet on a bike, regardless of any laws. You, personally, will be safer with a helmet; it's a simple fact of physics.
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by magduf 7y ago
It rains all the time in Tokyo and other parts of Japan, and bicycling is extremely common there. It's also very hot during the summer months. I guess the key is: don't be lazy?
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by magduf 7y ago
>I once saw a fascinating pamphlet advocating for graded runways: planes taking off head downhill, landing, uphill. The idea was that you would save a ton of fuel. It doesn't work, unless you build double the number of runways, at h
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by magduf 7y ago
It's a good point. Parking should be allowed only on privately-owned land. Look at how it's done in Japan: you're actually not allowed to buy a car if you can't prove you have a place to park it.
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by magduf 7y ago
You can't have it both ways. You can't have a car-friendly city that is also great for cycling and public transit. Besides, gratuitous destruction of that "convenience" is good for society and the planet. The obesity r
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by magduf 7y ago
>but I can't help but be struck by how dangerous it seems to commute on a bike pregnant with a toddler onboard. People in Japan do it all the time.
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by magduf 7y ago
>They've also introduced obstacels and lots of wavy turns to make speeding through the city very hard or impossible. If you want to go anywhere by car you're virtually stuck in a never ending traffic jam. Now they just need to
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by magduf 7y ago
I live in suburban DC too; this place is terrible for cycling. I pretty much only ride on the trails (usually W&OD, also Custis and Mt. Vernon) because they're safe.
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by magduf 7y ago
They didn't have carriages in 1438 except maybe for royals.
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by magduf 7y ago
>20 mph is far, far faster than "casual biking". Most people can't maintain 20mph much less 12mph. Maybe if your country is flat as a pancake. If there's hills, then yes, people really can hit 20mph, even with casual
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by magduf 7y ago
Cars are not the only reason to wear helmets. Simply falls are enough of a reason: you're not a pedestrian when you're on a bike, and you're susceptible to injuries that pedestrians simply are not, even if the bike is not m
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by magduf 7y ago
>The lived experience of IRV is that this does not happen. What "lived experience"? IRV has never been used in American elections at least, unless you count some towns.
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by magduf 7y ago
This is a good point I think. If this system were adopted, all it would take is a small number of activist people to understand how to game the system, then post a bunch of YouTube videos explaining to all their acolytes how they can join

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