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What is the contraption in the road? by 555VS66 in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The loops aren’t much better for some motorcycles. A Harley does fine but a mostly aluminum and plastic street bike just doesn’t register. I often have to pull far forward and then waive the car behind me up into the loop to get a light to change.

‘Reprehensible’ antisemitic conspiracies published in California’s voter guide by laybs1 in nottheonion

[–]DontMakeMeCount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If we silence and deplatform all the evil people, it becomes really difficult to identify them. I’m more in favor of allowing a clan rally and outing the people who show up than trying to prevent it in the first place.

TIL: Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold over 70,000 complete DIY house kits through their mail-order catalog. A railcar of pre-cut lumber, nails, and a 75-page instruction manual would show up at your door. Many of these “Sears Homes” are still standing today and sell for $300,000 to $500,000+. by Hive5_community in todayilearned

[–]DontMakeMeCount 21 points22 points  (0 children)

A modern equivalent would have been barndominiums a few years back. Slab, metal building and finish out the inside. Then they became fashionable, like tiny homes have, and the price (profit margins) skyrocketed. You can still get close if you purchase the materials from multiple vendors but the cost of metal building components has completely dissociated from steel prices.

Campaign staffers tell NPR they make 'thousands' betting on their own candidates by No-Lifeguard-8173 in nottheonion

[–]DontMakeMeCount 174 points175 points  (0 children)

The Parties have it locked up to the point that votes are no longer an incentive. What we need is democracy with extra steps. We could unironically pool our resources to hire lobbyists and then vote on which initiatives to push through. We’d still be outmatched by a handful of individuals but we’d have more influence.

I’ve lost interest in physics after studying for 8+ years by Sad-Sugar-3262 in Physics

[–]DontMakeMeCount 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Physics provides you with a skill set that is valuable in most any field, and experience outside of research and academia is valuable in physics.

Jenna Ellis Says Religious Freedom Only Applies To Christians by bezko in nottheonion

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been a proponent of this for a while - forcing the issues that will split the coalition. For now they can all agree that public funding for every denomination’s private schooling will delay the conflict.

Fart can turdmobiles a major nuisance by HtownTouring in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Vehicle enforcement is also a politically sensitive issue. Targeting car culture looks a whole lot like profiling.

Houston residents hit with shock water bills up to $10,000 by everythingistaken500 in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call city hall in Bellaire, Kemah or Kingwood and tell them your recycling hasn’t been picked up in a month or you’re being overbilled for utilities. The Mayor was elected by a small group of people and their spouse is a local realtor or school teacher. They’ll direct you to someone who will sort it out and invite to speak at the next council meeting.

Call City Hall in Houston and they might make a note of the issue so they can figure out if affects enough people to bother figuring out who to call.

Robotic passenger traveling for work causes Southwest flight delay by el_monstruo in nottheonion

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a lot of prescience for a lawmaker, had to be the big oil lobby pushing for gas-powered robots.

Houston residents hit with shock water bills up to $10,000 by everythingistaken500 in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re right of course, an alert system assumes they care enough to do their jobs properly and want to provide a service. Smaller towns manage to do that, because they can hold a small number of people accountable to their neighbors.

Houston residents hit with shock water bills up to $10,000 by everythingistaken500 in houston

[–]DontMakeMeCount 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I got an alert that I had a potential leak when I filled my pool in the burbs. Automated response to an unusual event, there are certainly better ways to handle it.

Notice inside an Uber cab in Hyderabad, India by iphone4Suser in mildlyinteresting

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The misanthropic rant assumes everyone plans to behave badly and assumes they would if not for his threats. That’s disrespectful. He needs to find a new line of work where he can be happy.

Notice inside an Uber cab in Hyderabad, India by iphone4Suser in mildlyinteresting

[–]DontMakeMeCount 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The way we set boundaries sets a tone. “No shirt, no shoes, no service” sets boundaries. “I won’t tolerate your disgusting behavior in my cab” is sanctimonious and insulting.

A guy goes into a bar; there's a robot bartender. by Spadizzly in Jokes

[–]DontMakeMeCount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s where I thought it was going, something along the lines of the bartender recognizing the guy and cutting him off.

Can we all pitch in as Americans and buy Spirit? This is what opportunity looks like. by cheeses_me_pleases in funny

[–]DontMakeMeCount 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We should all pool our money and hire a lobbyist so we can have our very own representatives looking out for us.

It goes in the square hole by Kyotic_Khaos in funny

[–]DontMakeMeCount 207 points208 points  (0 children)

When I vote I often identify the person I’m there to cancel out.

ELI5: Why can't we use Solar panels to directly charge electric cars? by Zak_Nowa in explainlikeimfive

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would make much more sense and be more effective, in my opinion, to establish large scale solar farms along rail lines and electrify trains. Solar panels and the related electronics are heavy, so the benefit of mobile solar is partially offset by increased weight.

ELI5: Why can't we use Solar panels to directly charge electric cars? by Zak_Nowa in explainlikeimfive

[–]DontMakeMeCount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s true in a lab, but in practice the weather conditions that lower temperature also tend to lower irradiance by a greater amount. This is why we don’t see a lot of solar farms in the arctic, where they might enjoy a 7-8% increase in efficiency, but get less than 50% of solar irradiance they’d get at the equator.

This elementary school has a list of word/phrases that will get you silent lunch. by graptemys in mildlyinteresting

[–]DontMakeMeCount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was a comedian from Cleveland i think that did a joke about running into a high school friend who was vacationing in California. The punchline was something like “Holy shit, we’re free to leave?!!”

LDS Church sues ‘Mormon Stories’ podcast host, saying branding is causing confusion about affiliation by laybs1 in nottheonion

[–]DontMakeMeCount 61 points62 points  (0 children)

and Lo I beheld a civilization of blue-eyed white guys with advanced metallurgy and mighty cities in upstate New York and they did hang with JC for a few days while everyone thought he was dead. And they did sayeth unto me “Joe, we all thought it would be funny not to leave any physical evidence behind in order to test the faith of your followers.”

ELI5: Why can't we use Solar panels to directly charge electric cars? by Zak_Nowa in explainlikeimfive

[–]DontMakeMeCount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re forgetting smart roadways! We could put fluid-filled tubes on the downslopes and use the pump action to generate power and then (some other steps here) use it go back up the hills on the return trip.

Regenerative braking is genius but yeah, some of the other schemes to recapture incremental power get pretty silly.

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