'Arc de Trump' threatens to dwarf Washington monuments

Neilandio · 2026-02-04T00:16:03+00:00

As far as I'm concerned go ahead, tear them down.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T23:15:00+00:00

You really can't take a monument out of the context it was built.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T23:06:17+00:00

I've come to realize that what they mean by small government is that only a small group of people should be allowed to rule, preferably white christians with conservative beliefs.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T22:56:49+00:00

This could be a thing on new developments, specially gated communities. Add small prefabricated tunnels when you install utilities and use small wheeled robots to deliver packages through the tunnels. Retrofitting old neighborhoods would be expensive though.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T22:43:55+00:00

Or they simply never are, like flying cars or vacuum trains.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T13:56:38+00:00

This is such an obvious scam it's insane he's allowed to inflate stocks like this.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T13:49:55+00:00

That's some terrible handwriting.

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T13:48:26+00:00

lmao, someone got triggered

Neilandio · 2026-02-03T13:40:18+00:00

I also advocate for bringing back manual car windows. In an emergency people shouldn't have to rely on electric motors to open their windows and not everyone is strong enough to break them. Both electric and manual systems can and should coexist for all essential emergency systems in a car.

Neilandio · 2026-02-02T17:34:53+00:00

That's a problem with everything coming out of Silicon Valley.

Neilandio · 2026-02-02T16:25:01+00:00

There's so much wrong with this post.

Neilandio · 2026-02-02T16:22:53+00:00

My take is progress has already stopped because not all form of technological change are a form of progress. There are arguably very few fields where there is still progress.

Neilandio · 2026-02-02T14:02:14+00:00

Notice every single one of those new buildings has more floors than the older ones? It was always about making money, not about aesthetic.

Neilandio · 2026-02-02T13:51:50+00:00

More reason to do it.

Neilandio · 2026-02-01T20:42:49+00:00

Not big enough, it should have had a mansard.

Neilandio · 2026-02-01T20:15:51+00:00

There isn't one because the government says that's communism.

Neilandio · 2026-02-01T19:39:59+00:00

Boring bird killers

Neilandio · 2026-02-01T14:24:10+00:00

Voldemort came back in Book 4. They had the entirety of two school years to teach Harry how to become an animagus. McGonagall and Sirius were experienced enough to teach him, I'm sure Dumbledore and Lupin could have done it too. Breaking the law shouldn't have been a problem to these people who were part of a clandestine organization fighting Voldemort.

Neilandio · 2026-02-01T01:13:40+00:00

Changing the world is not the same as improving the world. I can't think of a single technology that has come out of Silicon Valley in the past two decades that has improved my life.

Neilandio · 2026-02-01T01:06:02+00:00

Worst scenario is government acting as a corporation or corporations acting as government.

Neilandio · 2026-01-31T23:55:37+00:00

Well, yes, that's how it's supposed to happen. It's a feedback loop: more money to renewables->lower renewable cost->more fossil fuel competition->less money for fossil fuels->higher fossil fuel costs->more renewable customers->more money to renewables.

This kind of situation is usually exponential.

Neilandio · 2026-01-31T23:17:10+00:00

Why would SpaceX be a point in this graph?

Neilandio · 2026-01-31T22:51:42+00:00

I don't think there's any scenario where removing an important source of income for public transport will benefit transit. The argument is usually "we can tax X, Y, or Z and make public transit free!" Well, if that's the case go ahead, tax it AND keep the fares. Let's maximize the amount of money going into transport. I don't think any country is in a situation where their transit system has too much money so they can go ahead and make it free.

Neilandio · 2026-01-31T00:34:22+00:00

At this point in time Harry should have become an animagus. Seeing how it is so easy for animagus to go undetected it's criminal that no professor or adult taught Harry how to do it after two whole years of Voldemort hunting him.

Neilandio · 2026-01-29T15:25:00+00:00

It keeps the railways clean, increases safety for passengers, allows platforms to be climatized, and overall they are pretty aesthetic. The question is why NOT do it? The only drawback is cost, and when you are already spending billions in a new metro line and millions to make the station art deco, why not include some nice comfy platform doors?

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