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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
The second gen 737 was long in the tooth. IIRC, the 737 NG has a much better wing than it needs because its landing gear is so short that the plane can't get the right angle of attack on the airfoil during rotation. It's kind of d
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
You're missing some important details. The A320 and 737 have similar sticker prices, but it's not clear if one is cheaper to buy than the other because the prices paid for planes tend to be around half of the sticker price but the
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
We should accept that people have agency and are in charge of their own well-being unless they have diminished capacities. If they accept unfavorable working conditions because they like the stuff they work on, that's their business. I
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
The Nissan Leaf, and the Mitsubishi i-MIEV come to mind.
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
People with $4000 in easily seized assets / concern for their credit score probably aren't the ones treating ambulances as a taxi.
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
Netflix is a bit different in that (recently) they seem unusually reluctant to renew shows after the second season. People speculate that this is a rentier play, new customers don't value season 3+ as much as existing customers. Netfli
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
These people wanted to improve Google in the way the Auto Workers Union improved GM.
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
I don't own a car. I just call it like I see it, I don't think cars are great but bicycles seriously randomize the road, it's beyond stupid that 4000 lb cars driven by people who don't even operate the vehicle that well
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
> (The law violation works both ways too. Ever seen a motorist obey the speed limit? Me neither.) Drive next to a police car. > did you think that gas taxes are high enough to pay for roads? They would be if the gas tax revenue weren&
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
In America, Motorist == Community. It's bikers who are deviations from normal. We've built our cities for cars, now these bikers demand 'inclusion' on infrastructure they broadly don't pay for while flagrantly viola
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
No, but this ruling applies to Trump's personal account ('@realdonaldtrump') not the official Federal account (@Potus). You can read an analysis about why this conflicts with twitter's TOS here: https://pjmed
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
On balance. Some immigrants are bottomless pits, at the very least, why not just selectively admit the good immigrants?
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
Most bullet trains run around ~250-300 km/h - it'd take ~15-17 hours to go from NYC to SF/LA on a bullet train. That's 8 hours of sleeping, two hours eating, and 5-7 hours wondering if the speed of an airplane outweighs
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
I wonder if Youtube is prepared for the massive censorship demanded to create a safe space. It's not helpful that the progressive grievance hierarchy isn't robustly formulated, if a woman and a black man are mad at each other, it&
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
Why scrap the high income cap on insurance contributions? That's going to disincentivize the wealthy to participate in England's economy. I think there's a solution that would help the NHS and restore civic trust - cut immigr
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
Sounds like a good plan, can we start by only granting driver's licences to the most capable human drivers?
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
If only that were the case, often car users pay for pedestrian / bicyclist luxuries: https://bikeleague.org/sites/default/files/StateRevenueSourc...
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
That's correct. In tax court, there isn't a presumption of innocence: https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?refe...
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
The surveillance is less than worthless when schools are so constrained in their ability to meter out discipline. I went to one of the first surveillance schools in my state and I was bullied relentlessly, despite the video evidence the sch
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
When did google rebrand itself in NBA finals rainbows?
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
and suburban drivers pay gas taxes, vehicle registration fees, insurance fees, sales tax, etc. where does that go?
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
With good reason - a lot of people were hurting in the recession and watching the government pay for smart phones for lazy good-for-nothings must have been incredibly frustrating. If the government stopped favoring the unwilling to work ove
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
However, people in the suburbs pay for their infrastructure. Urban, rural, and bicycle transportation infrastructure is funded by suburban car drivers. I live in California and ride a motorcycle, there's no way I wear out the road more
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
Well, what other groups make up 5% of the population and get corporate logos changed in recognition of that group? About 5% of Americans watched the NBA finals, did brands go out of their way to make NBA fans feel included? Do news shows br
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
You're right, I was American-centric. It's a land littered with gas stations and finding other fuels can be extremely challenging.
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
I think it's because most people don't understand the benefits of LPG fuel, and LPG vehicles incur costs similar to other alt-fuel vehicles without enjoying benefits. Honda used to sell a natural gas civic and you could buy a home
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
This sounds like a group boycott if not restraint of trade. Is any authority looking into this?
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
Just to flag - the US Government (which operates NASA) was a major stakeholder in GM and Chrysler, major competitors of Toyota, when they investigated Toyota.
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
America is 100% the primary market for Lexus. The first Lexus car ever was unveiled in the 1989 Detroit Auto Show, Toyota's first non-Japanese Lexus plant was in North America. In fact, Toyota stopped selling top-of-the-line cars after
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by tastygreenapple 7y ago
> They are, however, still extremely addictive. Isn't every stimulant? I'm reluctant to ban things on the basis of their addictive potential without considering the consequences of the addiction. I'm pretty sure at least h

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