thomasguide

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City streets in country places(departmentofgeography.substack.com)
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by thomasguide 7mo ago
Interesting article on the relationship between cartography and the development of California's early highway system.
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by thomasguide 8mo ago
Without wanting to paint with too broad a brush, I would say in my experience driving in 10x countries, U.S. drivers, being most habituated to spending their lives in cars, drive in the most distracted, least careful way. Especially in plac
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by thomasguide 8mo ago
FYI, this is about the titles of these books, not the textual content of the books themselves. The implication of the article is that sci-fi is losing relative standing to fantasy, but another interpretation is that science fiction titles
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by thomasguide 4y ago
“Cost per square foot” to build doesn’t take into account land acquisition costs? Some of the “economies of scale” the author is discussing accrue to whoever in the development partnership contributes land. If a piece of land can support th
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by thomasguide 4y ago
In the U.S., which is among the largest oil producer as of recent years, the fossil fuel industry is heavily subsidized.[1] [1] https://e360.yale.edu/digest/fossil-fuels-received-5-9-trill...
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by thomasguide 4y ago
Great tip! Never knew this. Thank you!!
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by thomasguide 4y ago
This comment does not show a lot of curiosity - even a quick read of the Wikipedia article for gender identity refutes this argument. Gender has been differentially and socially constructed throughout human history.[1] [1] https:/&#x2
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by thomasguide 4y ago
Not to hijack this thread, but curious whether some map people out there might opine on growth areas for this space - technologically, artistically, product-wise.
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by thomasguide 4y ago
Same here.
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by thomasguide 5y ago
From my own professional experience: it costs a minimum of $350 per net rentable square foot for new construction of mid-rise rental apartment buildings. This includes all materials, labor and design/permitting costs, and the cost of l
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by thomasguide 5y ago
Plastic American-style milk bottles are funnily enough one of the only easily recycled plastics, if I am remembering correctly. Standardized glass containers would be useful, although in some ways already exist (mason jars usually accept co
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by thomasguide 5y ago
Yes, this is a good point. Plastic is cheap because producers don’t pay the true costs. There are externalities with glass too (think shattered bottles in public spaces) but my feeling is they’re fewer and less earth-destroying.
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by thomasguide 5y ago
As a cook I find the squeeze actually sort of frustrating. Sometimes it usefully delivers the right amount of ketchup (or mustard, or whatever) to its destination; mostly it splatters. In any case I still have to use a knife to spread it ar
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by thomasguide 5y ago
This is very interesting, but I can’t help but feel that a glass bottle with a metal cap (and one of those Dutch condiment spatulas) would be just fine for all these applications and also be more easily and effectively reused and recycled.
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by thomasguide 5y ago
The target of these laws is not kitchen knives. Pocketknives (manual blade, less than 3") of most kinds are legal.[1, see exceptions] Bans of this kind are fairly common (for instance, in California, there is a ban on concealed carry o
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by thomasguide 5y ago
Not disagreeing with you per se, but what is benign in some contexts might not be so benign in others. Knife crime is a big problem in London - the tight regulation is in response to these circumstances. For instance, of the 126 homicides c
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by thomasguide 5y ago
Knife purchases are controlled in the U.K.[1] Persons under 18 are not allowed to buy knives, but in practice this means most people are showing an ID to purchase a knife. [1] https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives