Are you saying we should not have safety regulations just because we can’t make everything 100% safe?

Neil Degrasse Tyson has a good video about his interactions with TH. Legitimately tried to engage and provide feedback on his paper, then TH went on Bro Rogan and talked shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uLi1I3G2N4

that entire album of hers is really incredible.

TIL thanks

probably because their cost is sunk in the real estate already and no one wants to buy it.

I have a concept of a plan on contraception.

exactly they are already doing it.

because he works in mysterious ways of course.

bro do you got any snacks to go with this

first two episodes were meh but they haven’t really gotten into the plot yet.

on the other hand i’ve seen lots of businesses use mcaffee.

i thought the same thing at first but i read the article and actually learned something about her. pretty cool lady who was politically active in her youth and still is.

still you’d think employees at “Truth” social would be the kool aid drinkers all-in on everything trump.

wait, he really did ~24 rallies from November 1-8 2016? would also like to see 2020 included in here.

The US was not a '‘very spread out’ place before WW2

no kidding, the population was also like a third of what it is now.

in fact cities like San Francisco were world leaders in mass transit, and trains were the axis of transportation of both people and goods (even existing suburbs were connected to trains, in whatever shape and size they come). The us cities spent and spend an enormous amount of money and debt to pay for all the road infrastructure,

yeah, mass transit within cities is a great idea and should be used as much as possible. I am not shitting on the general idea of mass transit. what I’m saying is, in the context of a practical daily commute, mass transit only works to a point, and a LOT of people live beyond that point.

Most people do not work remote all the time, even flexible / hybrid workers need to transport themselves some trips per week.

again, I’m not saying mass transit should never be used. what is the cost:benefit for the infrastructure to cover out to the suburbs? how much time is added to very long trips, and are people willing to deal with that?

so not only is the stock plummeting, it means the employees there have no confidence in the company whatsoever lol.

Most US metro areas are just too spread out for mass transit to be a worthwhile solution for most people. The only solution to significantly reducing cars in the US is telecommuting; unfortunately businesses generally don’t like it, so we need to find a way for this to be encouraged by the government with subsidies or something.

it’s not just capitalism, the US is a very spread out place compared to most other countries. if you want everyone to use mass transit you’re asking them to either 1) move into the city for similar commute times, or 2) spend an inordinate amount of time riding busses around the suburbs for the same distance commute. Neither are good solutions.

And also we have solved the “getting to work” debate with teleconferencing. why should we need cars or an even bigger mass transit system when most people can simply work from home?

I’m skeptical that hybrids with ICEs and transmissions at their heart really do have more longevity than BEVs and electric motors. ICE and especially hybrids are inherently more complex than BEVs, and have many more moving mechanical parts to wear out over time. So while BEVs may technically be “harder to repair”, there’s actually much less to repair in the first place. not to mention less maintenance like dozens of oil changes over the life of the car.

Battery upcycling is also becoming a thing. If an old battery is not fit for a car anymore it can still be useful in other contexts; like you could convert it into a battery for home or grid storage with minimal processing.

edit: rephrased to remove double negative