"Democracy and human rights", "strongman dictatorships". Dear God this rhetoric has aged like milk. I can't believe we ever fell for it.
It's literally on their border and the history is akin to if The South established its own nation state in Cuba after the Civil War and China became its ally. At least admit the double standard. I don't mind realpolitik…
> You can't coddle someone to success. The most succinct way I've heard this massive cultural problem explained.
I don't really see a link between electric bus fires and diesel fires. The safety issue is that electric vehicle fires are far more difficult to control than their combustion counterparts. "Electric Vehicle Fire" by…
A combination of factors; cost, customer expectations, and convenience. It's easy to produce a lot of power, it's not easy to do so reliably and within emissions specs. That's where the cost comes in, and where customer…
Had the same experience, and ended up being satisfied with Magic Earth[1]. I tried more or less every major navigation service (paid and "free"), and I ended up sticking with it. And no, I'm not affiliated in any way;…
Adult Control Panel? I always think "Adult" when I'm trying to bring up the legacy panels instead of the function-crippled slow modern iterations.
Car sewer? Car brain? Wow, didn't know we had zealotry and disparagement over _choice of transport_ of all things, generally a matter people have little choice in; it's determined by where you live and what sort of life…
The alleged effect. > Every year of private renting was associated with an extra 2.4 weeks of aging on average. The alleged solution. > Our finding that renting social housing was no different to outright ownership…
Never had the pleasure of visiting but if this is accurate it might sound like the best of both worlds.
What, you don't enjoy German dining where the vast majority of restaurants serve food made in a factory? What an unsophisticated palette you have. /s https://youtu.be/wzc_VNh42HM?si=ngrOt5nHsadPCRuR
I don't disagree with the patient's diagnosis, but my issue is with what would happen if we were living in, as you put it, "a functional democracy". Contemporary democracy isn't new. Has it ever delivered what you claim…
I concede I might be totally wrong here, but the issue with rail seems to be profitability. I live in (moved to) Europe, and the railways are far more developed than in the US. But as far as I know, they all have to be…
This is the most r/NoahGetTheBoat thing I've read this week. > PETA claims its investigators visited a whopping 57 operations in Thailand where coconut milk companies that work with HelloFresh forced the animals to work…
Assuming very cheap availability of raw bamboo, do you know if it's feasible to get the processing cost down with scale, to end up being cheaper than wood timber?
I know, that's implied. That's why I said it's a cultural class; both parties are unable to co-exist. It's nothing personal. It's just, outside of FAANG and fields with a FAANG-like culture, the expectation is generally…
Japan isn't the US, though. The effects of Japan's stagnation and economic woes are very real on the ground, and in terms of quality of life. I'm not praising Japan as being somehow superior in that regard, but Japanese…
I got a Makita shop vac a couple of years ago for home use. It's huge, loud, and heavy. But it sure is the best vacuum I've ever owned.
I remember those; especially the smell. Nobody ever cleaned inside them. Definitely built up your immune system though! Just imagine what the bacterial load in those things was. edit:…
I haven't had a close look at contemporary playgrounds but they certainly don't look anything like this. I'm kind of torn on this. On the one hand, I was lucky enough to grow up in an environment without much…
I think it has to do more with the compromise between sound engineering practices and the legitimate demands of marketing rather than any inherent nature of electronic parts. I don't mean to suggest that the electronic…
This is one of my favorite things about living in Germany. I bought my current car in 2018; it doesn't have a single scratch. Back home I'd be lucky to go six months without some careless idiot damaging it.
My sentiments as well. It gives the impression of a society where the only sentiment not scoffed at is satisfying one's urges and impulses. It's so hollow and empty.
I haven't missed them, that's for sure. I've been blocking custom fonts (and only allowing whitelisted JS) with uBlock for a very long time. It's insane how bloated, janky, and slow things have become.
> It's important to stand up to lies and to speak against recognized propaganda for what it is, but how capable are we as a society even to recognize the propaganda and lies when we see them? And how many of us have the…
"Democracy and human rights", "strongman dictatorships". Dear God this rhetoric has aged like milk. I can't believe we ever fell for it.
It's literally on their border and the history is akin to if The South established its own nation state in Cuba after the Civil War and China became its ally. At least admit the double standard. I don't mind realpolitik…
> You can't coddle someone to success. The most succinct way I've heard this massive cultural problem explained.
I don't really see a link between electric bus fires and diesel fires. The safety issue is that electric vehicle fires are far more difficult to control than their combustion counterparts. "Electric Vehicle Fire" by…
A combination of factors; cost, customer expectations, and convenience. It's easy to produce a lot of power, it's not easy to do so reliably and within emissions specs. That's where the cost comes in, and where customer…
Had the same experience, and ended up being satisfied with Magic Earth[1]. I tried more or less every major navigation service (paid and "free"), and I ended up sticking with it. And no, I'm not affiliated in any way;…
Adult Control Panel? I always think "Adult" when I'm trying to bring up the legacy panels instead of the function-crippled slow modern iterations.
Car sewer? Car brain? Wow, didn't know we had zealotry and disparagement over _choice of transport_ of all things, generally a matter people have little choice in; it's determined by where you live and what sort of life…
The alleged effect. > Every year of private renting was associated with an extra 2.4 weeks of aging on average. The alleged solution. > Our finding that renting social housing was no different to outright ownership…
Never had the pleasure of visiting but if this is accurate it might sound like the best of both worlds.
What, you don't enjoy German dining where the vast majority of restaurants serve food made in a factory? What an unsophisticated palette you have. /s https://youtu.be/wzc_VNh42HM?si=ngrOt5nHsadPCRuR
I don't disagree with the patient's diagnosis, but my issue is with what would happen if we were living in, as you put it, "a functional democracy". Contemporary democracy isn't new. Has it ever delivered what you claim…
I concede I might be totally wrong here, but the issue with rail seems to be profitability. I live in (moved to) Europe, and the railways are far more developed than in the US. But as far as I know, they all have to be…
This is the most r/NoahGetTheBoat thing I've read this week. > PETA claims its investigators visited a whopping 57 operations in Thailand where coconut milk companies that work with HelloFresh forced the animals to work…
Assuming very cheap availability of raw bamboo, do you know if it's feasible to get the processing cost down with scale, to end up being cheaper than wood timber?
I know, that's implied. That's why I said it's a cultural class; both parties are unable to co-exist. It's nothing personal. It's just, outside of FAANG and fields with a FAANG-like culture, the expectation is generally…
Japan isn't the US, though. The effects of Japan's stagnation and economic woes are very real on the ground, and in terms of quality of life. I'm not praising Japan as being somehow superior in that regard, but Japanese…
I got a Makita shop vac a couple of years ago for home use. It's huge, loud, and heavy. But it sure is the best vacuum I've ever owned.
I remember those; especially the smell. Nobody ever cleaned inside them. Definitely built up your immune system though! Just imagine what the bacterial load in those things was. edit:…
I haven't had a close look at contemporary playgrounds but they certainly don't look anything like this. I'm kind of torn on this. On the one hand, I was lucky enough to grow up in an environment without much…
I think it has to do more with the compromise between sound engineering practices and the legitimate demands of marketing rather than any inherent nature of electronic parts. I don't mean to suggest that the electronic…
This is one of my favorite things about living in Germany. I bought my current car in 2018; it doesn't have a single scratch. Back home I'd be lucky to go six months without some careless idiot damaging it.
My sentiments as well. It gives the impression of a society where the only sentiment not scoffed at is satisfying one's urges and impulses. It's so hollow and empty.
I haven't missed them, that's for sure. I've been blocking custom fonts (and only allowing whitelisted JS) with uBlock for a very long time. It's insane how bloated, janky, and slow things have become.
> It's important to stand up to lies and to speak against recognized propaganda for what it is, but how capable are we as a society even to recognize the propaganda and lies when we see them? And how many of us have the…