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bslalwnon Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic

There isn’t a single sentence in your comment that isn’t hyperbolic.

bslalwnon Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic

>The prices of cars have “skyrocketed” because the price is now closer to what they actually cost. Meaning, less is being externalized.

This is false. There are no “externalities” that are now getting paid. You don’t pay for the right to drive upfront, you already have a permit for that, and that permit is what pays for road maintenance, etc. Maybe the current price is not fair, but that permit hasn’t increased in price. The reality is that Europe let all manufacturers buy one another so they don't have to compete anymore. So they can do whatever they want with prices.

>Cars are inequality-creators because the drivers offload the cost to everyone, including those who don’t drive.

Which wasn't a problem when everybody could afford to drive before Europe ruined everything.

bslalwnon "Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay": Blue Cross Approved Surgeries Then Refused to Pay

What are your options? I suppose you are liable to pay for the surgery fully and then you have to sue your insurer to try and get the money back?

bslalwnon AI can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything

You are getting replaced, man. Burying your head in the sand won’t help.

bslalwnon Vacheron Constantin breaks the world record for most complicated wristwatch

Quartz can’t either :)

bslalwnon Vacheron Constantin breaks the world record for most complicated wristwatch

That strap… way to ruin it

bslalwnon Publishers say traffic to their sites has plummeted due to Google AI Overviews

>The issue is not the banners, it's the hundreds of trackers those sites are using.

Which my browser promptly blocks.

>Or are you also mad about warning signs on chemicals bottles

I’m not because I don’t have to click okay every time I use a bottle of bleach.

bslalwnon Default styles for h1 elements are changing

Does this mean there are people out there who don't use a reset.css stylesheet? I find that to be spooky.

bslalwnon Publishers say traffic to their sites has plummeted due to Google AI Overviews

Between those AI overviews from Google and the cookie banners mandated by the EU my willingness to click on a search result has reached zero.

bslalwnon ICE director wants to run deportations 'like Amazon Prime for human beings'

> it's bad for businesses that need their labor

Those poor millionaires won’t have people dumping labour costs anymore :(

bslalwnon Cannabis smoking associated with persistent epigenome-wide disruptions

Can you be specific about those tweaker psychological and personality changes? I’m someone who’s never dealt with weed smokers, as it’s non-existent in my circles.

bslalwnon MSU study finds number of US nonparents who never want children is growing

I don't know why I should want a child. I don't know what I would do with it, and I don't want to spend my money and time on it. I suppose it's something you either have or don't and I don't. I wonder if, in the past, many felt like me, but they were forced to have children because of peer pressure. As that peer pressure disappears, fewer and fewer people will have children.

(I don't buy the doomerist "oh look at the planet we're leaving them" religion)