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> It's really amazing that people say things like "car owners should not get subsidized" (by whom?), while talking about transit that is literally infeasible without massive subsidies.

If road usage fees cover less than half the cost of roads then clearly someone is subsidizing roads.

Road user fees don't even cover half of the cost of roads let alone make up for all the negative externalities.

For sure, let's charge methods of transportation based on negative externalities such as how much space they take, safety, and noise/particulate pollution.

Emergency services and social costs of crashes are immense.

The Patriot had minor damage. Regardless, all SAM systems, regardless of how good they are, have vulnerabilities to massed attacks. My understanding in this case is that the Patriot performed very well.

I've seen a lot of criticism about giving weapons to Ukraine because of a 'current production is only X per month' thought process. It's a flawed premise because production was only supporting the needs of a peacetime force. Production in peacetime is there just to maintain capability and meet export demand. However, it is exceptionally useful to practice scaling up production to ensure that the capability to do so is there. Russia has failed the test so far--whether or not the US and allies pass the test remains to be seen.

Tenor is owned by Google, which is all the more confusing for why the Giphy sale was blocked by UK regulators.

Manhattan should:

- remove 90% of street parking

- make the remaining 10% incredibly expensive and time limited to short durations which makes it so that spots are always available for someone that actually needs it for something like moving

- cut down every other road to be impassable by cars or extremely limited

- add wide, safe, protected biking/scooter lanes + bike parking in all the freed up space

- lower speed limits everywhere to cut down on noise and increase safety

Freedom? Cars as freedom is such a misconception. They are highly regulated. They take up so much space that they are difficult to store and require subsidized storage everywhere one goes. They create massive amounts of pollution both in particulates and noise, causing health problems to those that have to live near them. Cities are not noisy--cars are noisy. They certainly have their use but the negative externalities are exceptional and are not paid for by the users of the cars.

The beauty is that there are so many different ways to transport things now than the form factor of car. There are electric utility vehicles the size of golf carts with heat and cooling and a bed for transporting things. There are miniature vans similar to this. They all are quieter, safer, and take up less space than cars. I agree that cars have a place, but by and large their use should not be as catered to as it is now and life should not be centered around them.

> Nobody sitting on a 5 or 6 acre lot in the middle of hickville is going to build one house and pave the rest with asphalt.

I have actually seen this with concrete, but it is usually grass without trees. However, it isn't really the point. The point is this: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/13/climate/clima...

There is very much evidence that building more housing decreases the price of housing. I'm not sure why you think there isn't. https://www.upjohn.org/research-highlights/new-construction-...

Tokyo's population has grown while prices for housing have remained constant. For another example of building more housing keeping prices down, look at Houston. https://fee.org/articles/how-spontaneous-order-keeps-houston...

Have you tried it on VS Code? Have found the Rust experience in VS Code to be pretty good.

What regulations would make it impossible now?

People everywhere like large houses but it is not entirely preference. The government has a hand in that as well.

TIL, didn't realize that it was used as the storage engine for MySQL.

TIL, didn't realize that it was used as the storage engine for MySQL.

The very poorest don't even drive and are also disproportionately impacted by pollution from driving. The strata above that buys used cars.

EVs are amazing already. Great performance, quiet, convenient for many use cases. How are ICE cars getting 'shittier'?

Well written article--clarification on how Meta uses it though. It is not Tao it is ZippyDb: https://engineering.fb.com/2021/08/06/core-data/zippydb/

Rural doesn't seem quite right--in rural areas you can actually buy food at a roadside food stand. NA sprawl is effectively 'housing desert' where the only thing is housing.

Weight should certainly be part of the calculation. Road wear, momentum at speed, and particulate emissions (including from tires) all increase with weight.

EF Core: 1. load order and related line items 2. edit anything 3. call SaveChanges()

Definitely check it out if you haven't recently!

A 2TB nvme drive is less than $200. If VS is saving significant dev time, people would install it even if much larger install.

Memphis is full of underutilized 4 lane roads--remove 2 lanes and add a bike path + trees. The difficulty is that unless there is a bike network, it will get limited utilization. Need to build out a way to get places and people will use it.

It's 21% less but also those are quarterly numbers that you are showing.

There are very very few fresh ideas and even those require the vast majority of the project built on someone else's work. Taking something existing and doing it better is what business is all about.

If a software team just argued about what software to build, finally came to an agreement on what they should build and then built it saying it was done without getting any feedback from the users of the software would not be successful. Likewise government shouldn't release a law and expect to never have to tweak it. In fact they should be prepared to make changes until they get a satisfactory result.

It's commonly used for the main wire into homes. As long as it is sized properly and uses the appropriate connections it is fine.