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Ah, thanks for that correction. I assumed "cars" meant "rail cars". My mistake.
Your experience is valid, and the emotional response probably serves a survival goal, but it still is not data.
You think it's normal for the FBI to send blackmail letters to alleged rapists? I think it's more because they were trying to kill MLK.
He was more evil than you have imagined. Par for the course for a closer inspection of him.
Par for the course. No surprise at all. Putin is willing to compliment anyone who doesn't embarrass him AND may be of use later. But he's thin-skinned, like all dictators, and one critique could sour him.
So, you have no evidence either way, so obviously he's guilty? I mean, he probably was cheating, but to say "I don't know so he's bad" is a horrible moral judgment.
Tunnels are controlled by a single block - only one train can ever be allowed access at once, period. Until the "current" occupant train is verifiably out of the tunnel, that block is forbidden to all. Forests are…
> We can not design self-driving cars to the safety standard that is required for railways. That is completely false. PTC does that, and we've had it for several decades. There are several self-driving cars operating in…
In a modern passenger rail control system[0], ignoring the warnings results in automated responses like dumping all the hydraulic pressure, setting all brakes at once. This will have two effects: (1) the wheels will…
Your experience is sadly very parochial, and simply anecdata. Meaningful systemic racism is far more problematic than your experience with a few rural black males.
I never suggested they don't have a distinctive style. And "offputting" is personal taste; their success demonstrates that it is far from universal.
That makes more sense than secret laws. Suppose you invent a better way to control nuclear explosions and get more bang for the buck. Sensibly, I would think not patenting it would be the better path, but if you/your…
> If it leaves room for interpretation, it is a vague law and not a good law. Human languages do not have exact, logical meanings. It is very difficult to compose an English sentence that is not subject to possible…
You are claiming we sold military aircraft to Soviet-bloc countries during the Cold War? Cite, please.
1. The phrase "printing money" is a sure sign the speaker doesn't know what they are talking about. The US Mint has never handed new money to private citizens, nor even corporations (as funding). 2. Your complaint seems…
Disclosure: I work for a fully employee-owned company. Frankly, I can't think of a fairer way for a company to be guided. If we choose, we can vote to hire (shudder) Elon Musk to run our company - or someone actually…
The person you are replying to exempted 401ks - which no one is suggesting taxing, anyway, and it would be 100% politically impossible. They're still wrong, but your argument is a non-sequitur.
Antibiotics don't cure cancer. That doesn't mean we shouldn't administer them where they are effective. Also, you are strongly implying the USSR taxed the wealthy disproportionately. They did not, so your entire…
Reality doesn't follow the promises of Trickle Down - and especially not your bizarre variation. Most jobs in the US are from small businesses. That means billionaires create fewer jobs than Mom & Pop owners (even…
Your hypothetical "but if unicorns were real, would they win the Derby?" is a distraction.
So now you are slut-shaming as an economic policy?
Laws aren't moral. These laws are bad, and shouldn't be enforced. They should be changed, but we don't have the political will to do so, so "rounding up all the brown people and shipping them to Mexico" is not the…
Friction of paperwork. Not saying it's right, but it's a reason. Also, you are shifting the blame for immigrants getting arrested to the owners. That means the employees are actually blameless: they are caught between…
In a functioning, pro-democracy country: yes.
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Ah, thanks for that correction. I assumed "cars" meant "rail cars". My mistake.
Your experience is valid, and the emotional response probably serves a survival goal, but it still is not data.
You think it's normal for the FBI to send blackmail letters to alleged rapists? I think it's more because they were trying to kill MLK.
He was more evil than you have imagined. Par for the course for a closer inspection of him.
Par for the course. No surprise at all. Putin is willing to compliment anyone who doesn't embarrass him AND may be of use later. But he's thin-skinned, like all dictators, and one critique could sour him.
So, you have no evidence either way, so obviously he's guilty? I mean, he probably was cheating, but to say "I don't know so he's bad" is a horrible moral judgment.
Tunnels are controlled by a single block - only one train can ever be allowed access at once, period. Until the "current" occupant train is verifiably out of the tunnel, that block is forbidden to all. Forests are…
> We can not design self-driving cars to the safety standard that is required for railways. That is completely false. PTC does that, and we've had it for several decades. There are several self-driving cars operating in…
In a modern passenger rail control system[0], ignoring the warnings results in automated responses like dumping all the hydraulic pressure, setting all brakes at once. This will have two effects: (1) the wheels will…
Your experience is sadly very parochial, and simply anecdata. Meaningful systemic racism is far more problematic than your experience with a few rural black males.
I never suggested they don't have a distinctive style. And "offputting" is personal taste; their success demonstrates that it is far from universal.
That makes more sense than secret laws. Suppose you invent a better way to control nuclear explosions and get more bang for the buck. Sensibly, I would think not patenting it would be the better path, but if you/your…
> If it leaves room for interpretation, it is a vague law and not a good law. Human languages do not have exact, logical meanings. It is very difficult to compose an English sentence that is not subject to possible…
You are claiming we sold military aircraft to Soviet-bloc countries during the Cold War? Cite, please.
1. The phrase "printing money" is a sure sign the speaker doesn't know what they are talking about. The US Mint has never handed new money to private citizens, nor even corporations (as funding). 2. Your complaint seems…
Disclosure: I work for a fully employee-owned company. Frankly, I can't think of a fairer way for a company to be guided. If we choose, we can vote to hire (shudder) Elon Musk to run our company - or someone actually…
The person you are replying to exempted 401ks - which no one is suggesting taxing, anyway, and it would be 100% politically impossible. They're still wrong, but your argument is a non-sequitur.
Antibiotics don't cure cancer. That doesn't mean we shouldn't administer them where they are effective. Also, you are strongly implying the USSR taxed the wealthy disproportionately. They did not, so your entire…
Reality doesn't follow the promises of Trickle Down - and especially not your bizarre variation. Most jobs in the US are from small businesses. That means billionaires create fewer jobs than Mom & Pop owners (even…
Your hypothetical "but if unicorns were real, would they win the Derby?" is a distraction.
So now you are slut-shaming as an economic policy?
Laws aren't moral. These laws are bad, and shouldn't be enforced. They should be changed, but we don't have the political will to do so, so "rounding up all the brown people and shipping them to Mexico" is not the…
Friction of paperwork. Not saying it's right, but it's a reason. Also, you are shifting the blame for immigrants getting arrested to the owners. That means the employees are actually blameless: they are caught between…
In a functioning, pro-democracy country: yes.