tweedledot

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by tweedledot 3y ago
Indeed. No conspiracy theory is needed - people took every opportunity to acquire power and wealth, and the already powerful and wealthy were the most equipped to do so.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
> what it takes to dig for oil and all the steps needed to turn that into a moving car Indeed. Petrochemicals form a fundamental physical part of all cars. And everything else. I look forward to the innovations that need to replace them.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
Ironically, it’s very easy to literally overtake a phone zombie, whether on foot or by car.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
Or I can decide that “forward” is bad and go somewhere else. Let’s not forget that those pushing apps and smart devices care only for sales and profits.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
> The world has moved on Movement is not self-justifying. Have you weighed the pros and cons of what movement there has been in the last 5 years due to smart phones? >traditional cellular phone and SMS system is only slightly more use
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by tweedledot 3y ago
Service will resume in about 15 minutes.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
You’re still going to hold up other people if you stop to chat or stick your arms out of the tube.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
At least where I live (UK) I didn’t. I didn’t realise my observation would be so controversial.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
The statistics for where I live (Wales, UK) show a horrifying post-COVID gap in school attendance for socioeconomically deprived families. We have probably lost the cultural norm that all kids at least attend school.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
I don’t think that a parent’s desire to go to a particular restaurant at a particular time justifies using mind-numbing pacifiers on their kids. I say this as a parent of young children. We solve this by taking our kids to appropriate venue
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by tweedledot 3y ago
I don’t follow - why?
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by tweedledot 3y ago
Sounds very similar to the existing road infrastructure.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
Funny how people don’t like mechanisms explicitly designed to combat the tyranny of the simple majority and to protect minority interests when it doesn’t suit them.
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by tweedledot 3y ago
To maintain the level of throughput we expect and need, trains have to run to a rigid schedule. If things were re-jigged so that trains could leave a bit late for some reason or other, the resulting reduction in throughput and corresponding