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by occz 4y ago
>Those infrastructure improvements sound great, don't get me wrong, but walking in a snowstorm in windy 10-degree-Fahrenheit weather would still be considered unpleasant by a lot people even with good plowing and lighting. (I person
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by occz 4y ago
>Engines can be modified to run on a lot of thing you can grow and process on a small farm. Maintenance would be an ongoing skill needed, so the role of mechanics and electro-mechanical knowledge would be highly valued again. You could a
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by occz 4y ago
>Growing up in northern New England, a lot of mall walkers chose it not because we have too many freeways or lack bike paths or nature trails, but because walking outdoors can be unpleasant in the dark, frigid, and often-slippery depths
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by occz 4y ago
The materials-part could probably be useful, but still, the utility of cars in a world where neither their infrastructure could be maintained nor their fuel produced is highly questionable. Bicycles are far less vulnerable, in my opinion.
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by occz 4y ago
For how long would cars really be practical in a "down in the bunker"-scenario, though? There wouldn't be any more fuel produced, probably, and cars require a fairly high standard of roads which also would be lost after not t
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by occz 4y ago
>Everything you have written is wrong. I think most of your counterpoints have been entirely disproven by other posters, but I'll chip in a few more points >Gas is very efficient. If you have the choice of burning gas at a power
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by occz 4y ago
I don't think that this is relevant at all in the context of this discussion - electric cooking methods - particularly induction - are superior to gas in essentially every way, shape or form - barring the production of wok hei, which i
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by occz 4y ago
>For railroads, the story is the same. Passenger rail networks are enormous money losers in every country they are deployed. Roads don't make money either.
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by occz 4y ago
Good stuff. The author of the post has also previously made a defeat device that can fairly simply be installed in your purifier, which simply reports the filter to always be at 100%. Useful if you're in a place where the filter will l
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by occz 4y ago
According to the article from DI, they are not.
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by occz 4y ago
There's no collective agreement in place at Klarna.
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by occz 4y ago
Basically all places in Sweden pay little when compared to the U.S. There are very few exceptions.
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by occz 4y ago
Looking at the Wikipedia-article, it appears to apply to unionized workplaces, and Klarna is not one of them. There are of course ways you can part with your employer that falls outside this law - you can be asked to waive your rights, in s
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by occz 4y ago
Depends on the legislation in the country of employment. In Sweden, the law covering this situation is LAS, Lag om Anställningsskydd, The Employment Protection Act.[1] I'm not exactly an expert, but if you're going to lay people o
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by occz 4y ago
> Playing traffic engineer is just as bad an idea as playing dentist or attorney. Given the absolutely abysmal track record of traffic engineers in the U.S as far as pedestrian safety goes, I hardly think you could do any worse by trying
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by occz 4y ago
I'd look to mobile applications for inspiration, as they have many of the same constraints as desktop applications do. In the mobile space, MVVM is pretty popular.
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by occz 4y ago
The title statement, while true, is not really useful, because it fails to tackle the really interesting question, which is why we are eating more calories than our bodies expend. Particularly interesting is why this started happening aroun
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by occz 4y ago
This design kind of relies on there only being painted edge lanes, as drivers are expected to yield out to these edge lanes when encountering cars from the opposite direction. Unless I've fundamentally misunderstood the concept.
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by occz 4y ago
As a staunch supporter of everything that reduces the amount of cars, I can't say that I'm particularly excited about this particular type of bicycle infrastructure. What benefits does it have over a configuration with a properly
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by occz 4y ago
News reports claim insiders are saying they will as well: https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/planen-skicka-in-en-ansokan...
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by occz 4y ago
Truly worrisome to see Sweden at the top, but definitely not surprising.
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by occz 5y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1515324097223225345.html
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by occz 5y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1514938507407421440.html
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by occz 5y ago
>In my European experience roundabouts are better for cars safety Correct - roundabouts reduce traffic fatalities in intersections quite signficantly. >worse for bicycle safety (cars are driven closer to bikes) I think this probably d
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by occz 5y ago
>I find turning on red to be a pretty bad idea, because Americans rarely stop fully and look out for pedestrians. I think a majority of pedestrian accidents occurs on turn on reds/stops. Right on red is indeed unsafe: https:/&
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by occz 5y ago
> Right now they're trialling allowing California style allowed right turn at red lights. Sounds unwise - this is a fundamentally unsafe policy [1], and more people will die if it's implemented. [1] https://www.scien
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by occz 5y ago
Depends on the country. In Sweden, mostly yes. Entirely fossil-free, with some nuclear in the mix.
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by occz 5y ago
In around the 150-800 km span, high speed rail reigns supreme over all other modes of transport. Above that, airplanes start making more sense, but for any trips in that span HSR should really be the default.
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by occz 5y ago
>but trains are also directly subsidised to the tune of billions each year. The rail network just costs a ton to build and maintain. Just wait until you hear about how subsidised the infrastructure for cars and trucks are.
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by occz 5y ago
This can be remedied with proper grade separation - when there are no crossings, no honking is necessary.

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