Taldan @ Taldan @lemmy.world

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I was curious what it would be like. Looks like a pretty normal fundraiser site. Probably wasn't worth getting put on another NSA list tho

It'll be really telling if Silwa drops out to support Cuomo

It worked for Wal-Mart

Which isn't really a sustainable business model, but it's quite successful

The most painful part is even if the budget is increased, we won't be able to get this talent back for decades

It's very specialized skills that can only built up after decades at NASA. Once it's gone, it's gone for good

$1 million to save all those lives is way too much. That's almost 0.00025% of an Elon Musk

America, as a country, would sooner sacrifice a million children than tax a billionaire to support safety nets like flood warning systems

Is it a net positive? I'd worry it'll be used to paint future restrictions as being arbitrary or caprecious

Are you usually this dishonest, or do you have a particular bias against bikes? I dislike liars, and you are a liar. The law you cited explicitly contradicts your strawman

Here is an excerpt of the law you did not read:

If a stop is not required for safety, the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance shall slow to a reasonable speed and yield the right-of-way to any traffic or pedestrian in or approaching the intersection. After the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance has slowed to a reasonable speed and yielded the right-of-way if required, the pedestrian or person operating a low-speed conveyance may cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping.

Here is the law: https://colorado.public.law/statutes/crs_42-4-1412.5

Chicago is pretty different to most of the US. There is actual reliable public transit. The average resident isn't doing nearly the driving of the average American

Vehicle fatalities are generally far higher than gun fatalities in the US. For decades it was the #1 cause of death under 45, only recently being dethroned to poisonings thanks to fentanyl

For Chicago, this is brought down by very low car ownership rate (by US standards), and a high gun fatality rate (including suicides by gun)

Still surprising guns have kept up though

Driver's license requirements honestly should be much higher

America has ~280M cars, and ~500M guns

Americans, at least, are very accepting of guns. There's a reason the fatality rate is so high

Eh, there were a dozen different guys that invented flight (or were close to it) around the same time. The Wright Brothers were just the ones to successfully defend their patent

The technology had just progressed to a point where fixed-wing flight was viable, so the invention became inevitable

I've been pouring hot grease in glass jars for decades without having one shatter. You're severely overestimating the risks

It's poor urban design. Put paths where people want to go

Well that's embarrassing for them

I once let my license lapse for almost a year because I was working remotely and drove so little that I kept forgetting to renew it. Figure that 6% difference is only a few years in a lifetime, it's probably just lapsed licenses, and when people get to the age they stop driving they typically keep the car longer than the license

Fuck this Russian propaganda bullshit

I just donated to the Ukrainian defense fund to spite OP. Anyone else who wants to donate can do so here: https://u24.gov.ua/

Slava Ukraini

in the end, IT is by definition always something administrative rather than actually productive

Lol, what?

Might as well say mechanics are administrative too

Out of tens of millions of children, that's nothing. It was pure fear mongering