yostrovs

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811.
by yostrovs 8y ago
Are moving satellites in space easier to take out than a stationary antenna in Colorado?
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Seems like these stations are a novelty for just about everyone. Kind of like candle-lit dinners. You can turn the LED lights to low, but real candles are cool. Or LPs... pretty cool indeed. But those novelties don't rely on the govern
813.
by yostrovs 8y ago
I'm guessing it's a similar reason that church bells aren't carefully budgeted for to keep the town running. Do you use WWV?
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by yostrovs 8y ago
There's a reason it was passed during the lame duck session of the Senate, just before change of control. That's when urgent matters that are guaranteed to be ignored by the next Congress are handled. I'm surprised this needs
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by yostrovs 8y ago
I'm glad they were able to do it before the new Congress came on board.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
You're beating the wrong horse. I'm not arguing against public transport per se, but against the idea that the MTA resembles any kind of efficiency. Compare to Hong Kong, Singapore, Santiago, Chile, or really almost any other subw
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by yostrovs 8y ago
The have nearly 100 people in their fact check department. Legendary German efficiency.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
One can never perfectly compare two cities, can they? And I can't compare cost of car ownership in NYC with and without existence of a government subsidized subway. But if you measure dollar spent per passenger mile traveled, the MTA i
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by yostrovs 8y ago
We have never stated such claims. Considering we were opponents of Trump becoming president, this comes as a surprise.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
First, I would realize that you are probably the poorly informed one. The elders have been around much longer. They probably know most of what you know, they simply have a different opinion about it. Second, perhaps maybe it's not your
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Take a look at the subsidies that the MTA receives from the state and city. Add to that the money consumers spend on the service, and divide by number of rides. Now ask yourself why this number is more than it costs a person in Dallas to dr
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by yostrovs 8y ago
They're actually different people in most cases. It's just that you probably lump everyone together that is far from you on the political spectrum. Don't worry, most people do the same as you, and in the process nuance is los
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by yostrovs 8y ago
The "next generation" saves its own money and uses it as it likes, or rather indebts itself even further than the current. It's not necessary that the next generation will lead to a greater good. And regardless, most people w
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Article seems to imply that since a highly inefficient monopoly, on which thousands were forced to rely on and pay handsomely for, is simply going to turn off service for a year and a half, that's when you'll find out how wonderfu
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Is this composed by the poultry lobby?
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Good. We shouldn't have personality cults in the US. The founders saw the Constitution as the one holy and freedom giving thing, not fallible human individuals. Remember: rule of law, not of men.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Just noticed that the UN has adopted the North Korean proud and motivating writing style.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Thank you for the link. Here's the purpose of this, yet another, meeting: "To support efforts to implement the Paris Agreement and to increase ambition and climate action, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will bring world lea
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by yostrovs 8y ago
It does run out when there's no wind.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Young folks with great imagination and endless optimism about the human race will not see these as problems that don't work in practice, that cause more strife than they solve. Even some adults...
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by yostrovs 8y ago
We thought the Paris Accord was already signed and everybody was happy with each other except the US. But at least it was signed. Now we learn that there's the implementation agreement on how to make the previous agreement work. My que
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Your opinion is unnecessarily spoiling this discussion.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
How about Russia returning the wealth of the Ukrainian people, the Jews, Tuvans, Tatars, Lithuanians,etc? Will you do the numbers please?
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by yostrovs 8y ago
US filed paperwork announcing withdrawal. There's, I believe, a two year period that kicks in for renegotiation. So the process of moving as fast as it can right now.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
It's amuzing how people feel forced to add the "I didn't vote for Trump" when defending his actions that they like. Lest someone think they're monsters. The reality is that business-wise he's actually working h
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Thanks to the big tech companies and ad blockers.
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by yostrovs 8y ago
You're clueless and think you can judge this matter, while you ignore the fact that millions ran from Poland, East Germany, USSR,etc, risking torture and death, and ran only in one direction. And to you "the spirit of the time&quo
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by yostrovs 8y ago
Because capitals are show off places in oppressive countries. The reality is outside. I grew up in a small city in USSR and sometimes speak to people that grew up in Moscow or Leningrad. The difference is huge... They often owned cars, had
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by yostrovs 8y ago
I grew up in the USSR and I dreamt of Lenin because he was as ever present as advertising and Jesus put together in the US. Huge red billboards were everywhere, with quotes from or about Lenin and the party he created. When commercials appe
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by yostrovs 8y ago
The MTA will shut down the L train tunnel under the East River for almost two years. There's no talk of automatic trains being introduced as part of that, remarkably long, repair.

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