What drives are the slots compatible with?
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It's more like, who wants to wait more than 30 days for a package to get delivered. Each yearly task takes specific tools and ingredients, that you can't wait for.
There is a certain yearly rhythm, so people are on 30 day schedules. 1 month of harvest in the fall (October) 1 month of processing the food (November) 1 month of swapping and trading food (December) 1 month of keeping animals alive in winter (January) 1 month of animal husbandry (February) 1 month of winter planting (March) 1 month of birthing new animals (April) 1 month of spring plating (May) 1 month of early harvests (June) 1 month of tending to planted crops (July) 1 month of travel (August) 1 month of making clothing and other things (September)
A better example would be Doug Ford in Ontario. Ford's Conservatives received only 41% of the popular vote but took 67% of the seats.
The First Past The Post System needs to be retired, it is anti-democratic. Either run-offs or a ranked ballot voting system would be better.
"Frequent change of administration, or at least the threat of such change, impedes consistent execution of plans; fickle public opinion may subvert at any time well laid plans which take time in maturing; the true democratic doctrine of restricting State activity to police functions, and the doctrine of non- interference with private rights, as well as the idea of State rights in opposition to federal power and authority— all these characteristics of a democratic government are impediments to a concerted action and stable policy...That, in spite of these antagonistic interests, conditions and doctrines, substantial progress toward establishing at least a federal forest policy has been made, is due to the fact that the American, in spite of his reputation as a materialistic, selfish opportunist, is really an idealist; that he responds readily to patriotic appeals; that, in spite of his rabid nationalism, he is willing to learn from the experiences of other nations; that, indeed, he is anxious to be educated. Finally, much credit is due to the men who with single purpose devoted their lives to the education of their fellow citizens in this direction."
Most roads, and highways, can be retrofitted with some type of passenger rail. To run alongside cars. No need to build in a greenfield.
It's amazing the environmentalists don't report how many new miles of road are put down every year.
In the 1920s suburbs became possible because of telephones, light bulbs,and radio, as much as they became possible because of cheap Model-T's. Lumber could be trucked in, instead of using horses to bring the wood to trains, or floated down river, dropping the cost of housing materials.
Real Estate was expensive along rail lines, but cheaper even a couple of miles away. So now developers could build diagonally out from rail lines.
Some towns might even be better off economically if they removed all their old bridges and replaced access to a town with a small ferry. If a town has transformed into a retirement community, becoming more bucolic and scenic would attract retirees and tourists. It would be less of a burden with up keep, more of a tourist draw.
Even though rail was a greenfield project, native treaty rights were trampled, that should also be remembered.
Technology wise, it was WWI that killed rail, unintentionally. All the trucks, post war, were dumped and sold for cheap. Companies bought them up and started hauling goods to market, without having to buy real-estate, or a factory, near a rail line.
During the dark ages, and early middle ages, people didn't have much money. Instead there were complex relationships based on obligations 'loans', IOUs, real estate transactions to hide usury, dozens of different currencies with different exchange rates. Determining wealth was a complex affair.
On a completely different tangent, Leonardo da Vinci probably illustrated the first book about double entry book keeping. He was interested in math and knew the author, most likely traded his artistic skills for math lessons.
The introduction of trains in the early 1800s literally changed the DNA of England. As people started to regularly traveled 100's of miles away from their villages.
The transatlantic cable was carrying millions of messages by the late 1880s.
American history tends to be written in a bubble. Some people in the U.S.A. were using chamber pots in the 1870s, by the 1870s London had a sewer system.
Too often the U.S.A. plays up a fantasy pioneer past. While in the U.S.A. people tend of talk of the 1860s as a time of pioneers and wagons, in large Western European cities Maxwell's Equations were being discussed in mathematics departments.
I think there is something to be said for, lack of a better word, the continuity of history. 70 years with the same monarch. A system of monarchy, for over a 1000 years.
It is a symbolic role, but symbols are powerful.
Would really like a hands on workshop to learn to do it (how to get a static IP, setup everything correctly, how to use https).
For instance lots of birders post their pictures to Facebook, it helps to connect with people and get tips about birding locations. But...at the cost of depth. The pictures look good, but you don't learn very much about nature. It's like fast food, not nutritious.
It also sucks the air out of the room, and prevents other sites from growing. Sites that could grow into something more useful.