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by zip1234 7y ago
I would say the internal combustion engine has not meaningfully cut people's day to day travel. Where prevalent, many just live further away and travel a long time still. I understand that long distance travel has been revolutionized b
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by zip1234 7y ago
Yes, it sounds like in this case there is systematic targeting of certain sized businesses in order to extract the maximum amount of cash. Big companies can afford compliance and lawyers. The little companies may not be able to.
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by zip1234 7y ago
The article uses the 'Forbes 100 fastest growing companies' list and equates it with the most successful companies. Fastest growing does not mean most successful.
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by zip1234 7y ago
The point is that it is inaccurate to use the word 'right' because the government is providing a product not a right as a right is something that you would have inherently without the government there anyways.
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by zip1234 7y ago
SQL is actually amazing at some things that are very difficult, verbose, or slow to do in C# or Python.
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by zip1234 7y ago
NYC or Manhattan? It is very difficult to park in Manhattan
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by zip1234 7y ago
Fast buses are difficult if they are stuck in car traffic. Remove the cars and the bus can move much faster. If the bus moves faster and can more accurately predict a schedule, more people may use it, which allows more frequent runs, and so
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by zip1234 7y ago
Busses can move a LOT faster without cars in the way and can be much more timely. Also, higher usage means that they can run more frequently, which also improves the usage rate.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Even Sqlite has json support these days...
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by zip1234 7y ago
Competition is what drives down costs in a market. If costs are going out of control, perhaps there is something in the current system that is preventing competition? Lack of price transparency?
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by zip1234 7y ago
*Some American showers. Probably most, but plenty of them allow for controlling both. My shower has a separate temperature control that can be left at the desired setting.
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by zip1234 7y ago
One could argue that no matter which company is selected.
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by zip1234 7y ago
There definitely are, but all of the ones I can think of off the top of my head were created before cars and zoning came about.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Not explicitly outlawed. However, cars are favored over everything. An example: when it snows, giant plow trucks come and clear the roads but the snow gets pushed to the side often covering the sidewalks so nobody can walk unless they walk
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by zip1234 7y ago
The free market is not what is creating sprawl. Sprawl is created by policy effectively outlawing anything but cars. Also, cars are convenient when everything is designed for them and pretty much them alone.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Schools don't need to be the crappy temporary trailers. However, do schools need fancy immense structures or can they just lease office space?
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by zip1234 7y ago
Perhaps schools should just be built with temporaries? It seems like there are no schools that are ever the right size. They either close the 100m school that was built 10 years ago because they don't need it or they need 100m to build
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by zip1234 7y ago
It depends on how they do it. It very well could be :)
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by zip1234 7y ago
How many empty or near empty cars will you see driving around tomorrow?
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by zip1234 7y ago
Cars aren't a money loser? Think of all those parking spots that cities pay for as well as the massive road infrastructure (as well as extra utilities that have to be run to account for urban sprawl). Cars are massively subsidized.
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by zip1234 7y ago
It's possible. Should not be done for safety reasons (and not the safety of the passengers).
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by zip1234 7y ago
International crime could get you extradited for 'free'?
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by zip1234 7y ago
What is interesting to me is that cycling technology really didn't come about until cars came. The first reasonably safe bikes were from the 1880s-90s and the car came in 1886. I wonder what would have happened had the cycling tech of
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by zip1234 7y ago
Also, air can often be unhealthy. Even places where the air is 'clean.'
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by zip1234 7y ago
Amsterdam is far windier than people realize though. Wind makes for more difficult cycling.
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by zip1234 7y ago
I have two friends that died while cycling. It is kind of crazy how much people put the blinders on when looking at cars. I really wish more people could envision a different future than a car-centric one.
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by zip1234 7y ago
It really is a great article and truly interesting techniques to get the size down.
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by zip1234 7y ago
I have an exceptionally inaccurate Omron monitor as well. If they can't get it right with a full up cuff I really have doubts about a watch.
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by zip1234 7y ago
Almost every single zoning rule or HOA rule out there is based on subjective aesthetics without taking into account the immense tradeoffs.
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by zip1234 7y ago
I guess people might think that while making such policies but I would say it isn't for certain that prices increase. They may actually decrease the value of properties since they cannot be used for more productive purposes. It also in

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