Cars that only multimillionaire's can afford are fucking stupid.

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Captain Lorca did everything wrong.

100%

Furthermore, POTS and SMS have zero mechanisms for authentication of identity (not to be confused with government identity - identity in this case just means that message from XxX_booblover69_XxX actually originated from an application with their credentials) Cryptographic signing is well understood

While transparency never hurts, I think the assumption should be that any communication that is not end 2 end encrypted *is* being intercepted and analyzed. To wit, the POTS and SMS systems need to die, and be replaced by E2EE, provider-agnostic federated protocols.

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Magma? Blood? Coffee?

*no more

It's been a looooooooong road...

So more "light truck" loophole? Sounds good to me!

Maybe we *should* bring DDT back

The places transit is well-funded are the places where it makes sense. Not american suburbs and rural areas.

It works well when a lot of people are going the same place. Not so much when a few people are going different places.

And waiting has a very real cost. A typical bus trip might involve waiting 15m for the bus, then 15m on the bus, then 15m waiting for the transfer, then 15m on another bus. 60min. Or a 20min drive. 40min @ $15/hr is $10. A 20m drive doesnt cost $10. Point to point will almost always be faster.

A city bus gets like 2-3mpg. 3! You need at last 10-20 passengers to make the trip less carbon intensive than driving. In a suburban area, you just aren't going to get that many riders inside of 5-15 minutes. So either you're paying a driver, fuel, maintenance on an empty massive bus, or people wait

It absolutely matters if people don't like it. You aren't supreme ruler. You need buy-in from the people who will pay for and use the infrastructure.

I swear, the "car bad" mentality is a fucking religion at this point. Both modes have their place.

And even if we wanted to, transit just doesn't really work anywhere outside of dense urban cores. It isn't cost effective at all to have frequent service to every suburb or rural community.

It *does* work really well in those urban cores, and we *should* be investing in it. But we need both.

A lot of people don't *want* to take mass transit though. The truth is driving offers convenience, comfort and security. Being able to go wherever, whenever, in less time, in comfort, away from obnoxious people, and not having to worry about being stranded somewhere sketchy? That has value.

The biggest issue with solar (and heat pumps, and EVs) is that the technology isn't accessible to renters. To which, of course, the solution is to force landlords to accomodate these technologies. Sadly our "government" listens only to the whims of capital...

I need to check out Mesen, this looks sick!

It's because it's several times more efficient to move heat from one place to another than it is to create it. Heat pumps can give the same benefits to heating but adoption is slow. Most heating is also done with gas, not electricity.

He just wanted a slurpee

They should have designated docking areas like other cities do

In case you haven't heard, the gestapo is kidnapping people in broad daylight. Being tracked and surveilled by the government or corporation is never a good thing.

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Being able to see around bloated SUVs when backing up would be a game changer!

Why couldn't we have had president Trebek?

And no more appointments to ANY office! In fact, POTUS should have ZERO influence on policy, law or administration beyond the veto power. Serving only as a leader in times of crisis, and as diplomatic figurehead.

I'm starting to think a panel of 9 lifetime dictators appointed by an 8-yr dictator elected by an unrepresentative electoral college who are picked opaquely by FPTP elections is MAYBE a bad idea.

We need RCV and ANNUAL impeachment elections for every politician! And SHARPLY limited executive power!