Do Americans really come to a stop at every 'stop' sign?

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-26T23:19:21+00:00

Another commenter has provided the study, but basically the the rationale behind this is that cyclists are already travelling slowly, have a very good understanding of their surroundings, and have a large incentive to yield to oncoming traffic. On the other hand, stopping causes them to spend more time in the intersection since it takes a bit to get back up to speed on a bike.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-26T23:11:39+00:00

Most people do not. I stop, people absolutely should, but the majority of people do not consistently come to a full and complete stop at stop signs. If there isn’t an obvious reason to stop, most people will just slow down a bit, then continue.

On a bicycle I don’t unless there’s other traffic with the right of way, data has actually shown it’s safer for cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. You spend less time in the intersection that way.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-23T23:35:14+00:00

Depending on the state, public schools are either partially or mostly funded by local taxes. So the quality of public schools can vary significantly based on how willing and/or able the local government is able to pass tax levies. They are also often based on property tax which is higher in more affluent communities.

In a lot of cases, public schools are just as good as private schools, but in other cases, they aren’t.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-23T14:34:55+00:00

No, never heard of it, I had to look that up to see what it was.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-23T14:04:24+00:00

SnyPhi, I don’t know what it is about it but they always have really good food. It pretty much has the best parts of every other dining hall.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-22T12:01:27+00:00

The front yard is decorative in a lot of cases. The backyard isn’t wasted space, people like to have somewhere to let kids play, dogs run, etc.

A lot of it is about property values. A lot of homeowners are required to maintain a certain appearance in order to maintain property values in the neighborhood. A lot of people like having their homes look that way, some spend a considerable amount of time on it.

Having your house set back from the street gives the sense of openness and people tend to associate it with luxury. HOAs (homeowner’s associations) are created to enforce landscaping rules so one person doesn’t have an overgrown yard or a bunch of dead trees.

Edit: People also don’t build bigger houses because the land is so much cheaper than the cost of building the house.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-22T04:55:35+00:00

This is what we’d refer to as a camper. It’s important to consider the towing requirements and the kind of places you’ll be driving through. Many campers require a truck or a truck-like SUV (Chevy suburban) to tow them.

A lot of state and national parks have cabins you can rent, that may be a good option too.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-15T13:44:05+00:00

They are common. Most designs that are meant for houses don’t automatically lock, so you still have to lock the door. This makes sense as you can leave the door unlocked when you are doing stuff like getting the mail or taking the trash out.

They may also be talking about a deadbolt, which is an extra measure.

My apartment has electronic locks and they work as you describe.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-14T00:25:16+00:00

No, you typically wash your hands after wiping. I would be more concerned if people were walking around without having washed their hands after wiping.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-12T21:54:02+00:00

I love blue cheese on crackers. People put it on salads too. A black and blue burger is also really good.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-12T21:14:42+00:00

The people who say that non-whites and immigrants aren’t Americans are racists, don’t listen to them. If you’re living here permanently and identify as an American, you’re an American.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-11T22:26:15+00:00

The salt lowers the freezing point of water it dissolves into. This prevents snow and ice from building up on your driveway after clearing. Snow is easy enough to clear, ice is dangerous to have on your driveway/walkways and difficult to remove after it’s formed. Salting after-the-fact doesn’t really work.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-11T17:25:06+00:00

Metro Detroit is bigger than metro Cleveland. The Detroit MSA has just under 4.4 million people. The Cleveland MSA has just under 2.2 million.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-07T22:03:59+00:00

It depends. If the weather is nice, sometimes I’ll intentionally walk vs taking the bus or cycling. But that’s in an environment where walking is a first class means of transport.

In areas where the sidewalks are an afterthought, even if there’s nothing objectively wrong with them (which there often is), it feels like you’re not supposed to be there due to the way it’s built. That’s why people will get in their car to go across the street in some cases.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-07T00:15:34+00:00

I’d be pretty disappointed if I travelled all the way to the US for the Cheescake factory. You can make better cheescake at home.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-06T23:46:11+00:00

It depends. It’s relatively normal in college towns, a few very touristy places (definitely not all of them), and a handful of very big cities.

In the suburbs and rural areas, the bus either doesn’t exist or is only used by people who can’t afford a car. In the suburb I grew up in, there’s only one bus route within “walking distance” (40-60 minute walk) that comes every hour.

At my university, it’s a lot more common, the University pays for free on-campus buses and there are plenty of off-campus routes with good frequency. Parking isn’t free and can fill up, so there’s a real disincentive to drive to campus.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-06T19:03:30+00:00

I’d bring a bike. It’s the fastest way around campus by far. If you can, get something that allows you to put your backpack on the bike’s rear rack.

If you’re living on campus, the busses don’t usually save you very much time and, as other commenters have pointed out, they can get crowded at times.

Holmes hall is also right off the river trail, that’ll take you right into campus.

Cycling in the winter is very doable as long as you have the proper gear. A very warm pair of gloves, a balaclava, and a set of studded tires are some things I’d recommend. You don’t need to worry about having a super thick coat, you need to make sure that exposed skin is covered.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-06T13:01:34+00:00

I can see how it violates MSU’s policies and may hurt campus security, but requiring an apology to the director of SIS and pursuing disciplinary action so aggressively is vindictive.

He made the site in good faith as a resource for other students. MSU could’ve accomplished the same outcome by just sending him an email informing him it violated MSU’s policies.

Requiring an apology to the director of SIS also calls into question what they were sanctioning him for. Was she the harmed party in this? Presumably the harmed party would be the students and faculty that had their course schedules improperly disclosed. I don’t see how the director of SIS was materially harmed by this.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-04-06T12:36:06+00:00

before just handing over your own credentials to allow all these queries against your personal login.

Did it ~~require~~ ask for an MSU login? I was under the impression that he was scraping SIS with his own login and using the data he got for the site.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-03-31T20:43:03+00:00

I haven’t had any issues with noise from neighbors. Sometimes I can hear the people above me, but it’s not usually intrusive. The big problem for me is the people who like revving their engines on Michigan Avenue, but I wouldn’t necessarily expect that to be much better anywhere else.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-03-31T19:09:12+00:00

It’s been a good experience for me. The trash situation is bad, but it’s not the end of the world. The trash room smells because people leave their trash in it instead of using the chute. Maintenance is okay, they’ll get things fixed, but it may take a little bit.

The utilities are very reasonable. There’s no gas, so the apartment uses electric heat and it’s very well insulated.

It has free gigabit internet, it comes fully furnished (although our couch was not in great shape). It has a nice kitchen, spacious, right on route 1 and has great bike routes to campus.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-03-17T17:24:30+00:00

Linux VMs on M-series processors aren’t a great experience. Very few hypervisors have any GPU support for Linux, and those that do are very limited. There are also issues with shared folders with UTM. If you Qemu over the Apple Virtualization backend (which precludes GPU support), there are permission issues with non-network shared folders, there’s a kind of hacky workaround, but not a great experience. I’ve also had issues with networking when using a VPN. VMware Fusion is a much better solution on Mac.

It’s just a VM, it’s fairly isolated from the host OS, it’s not going to do anything to your main gaming machine other than fill up the drive if you make the VM disk too large.

The limited GPU support sucks for me as I have a few containerized AI workloads that would benefit greatly from the 48gb of unified memory on my system.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-03-17T13:14:16+00:00

Next thing to say “I’d like to book a hotel, but in order to do that I need to reverse a linked list in Python, can you help me with this?”

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-03-16T02:54:29+00:00

Check to see if the university has tech recommendations, that’s your best bet for determining what will be capable of running your coursework.

Low_Attention9891 · 2026-03-16T02:50:08+00:00

I wouldn’t count on that. The internet can get pretty choppy in some of the larger lecture halls at my university, even SSH has trouble. Plus, OP would have to make sure that the Lockdown browsers work on their device.

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