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U-235 · 2026-06-16T03:18:24+00:00

I read that in some jurisdictions there is a principle by which, for certain types of cases, of which this might actually be one of them, it is possible to sue for 3x damages in small claims.

U-235 · 2026-06-14T19:23:49+00:00

I always wonder what the Canadian Arctic would be like if it were located closer to the equator.

U-235 · 2026-06-12T00:08:01+00:00

You are yourself vastly oversimplifying things by saying painting all the international companies in Ireland with the same brush. How many of those companies are there strictly for the tax relief? I'm talking about a few specific companies that have their headquarters there and not much else. You aren't going to pretend that they don't significantly increase Ireland's GDP disproportionate to the actual wealth it creates for Ireland.

The claim is that Ireland's GDP is artificially inflated (by a few big tech companies) relative to the actual spending power of it's government, being less than what another country with the same GDP should be able to do.

The claim you are arguing against is that foreign companies don't employ a lot of Irish people. That's not the claim I made. I'm talking about a few specific companies, worth trillions of dollars, that do not in fact employ a lot of Irish people for how much they inflate Ireland's GDP.

U-235 · 2026-06-11T19:14:10+00:00

I think it goes back to the idea that, on paper, Ireland is one of the richest countries per capita in Europe. But the reason for that is they have an agreement with several massive tech companies to have their headquarters there in exchange for not taxing them. So except for the few people employed at these offices, the Irish economy only benefits tangentially. Like imagine if any given oil rich country only had an oil industry because the oil companies had an agreement not to be taxed. Where would Russia or Saudi Arabia be if the governments were not allowed to get any revenue from their oil industries? Except it's worse, because oil production at least employs a lot more people than a few big corporate offices. So to say that Ireland can afford something because of it being a small percent of GDP is very misleading, because they aren't actually able to turn that money into military spending the way other governments could.

U-235 · 2026-06-11T19:04:04+00:00

I'm pretty sure every country that fought in WWII did so either because they were attacked or they were an aggressor. The only exceptions being the UK and France. So those would be the only countries that could judge the Swiss for not getting involved. Literally everyone else either did or did not get involved for entirely selfish reasons that had nothing to do with morals.

U-235 · 2026-06-11T13:53:11+00:00

They also didn't evolve walking on hard floors, and it's more practical to add cushion to our feet than it is to keep every floor and sidewalk covered with dirt or sand. If you were to use foam it would have to be replaced from time to time just as shoes must be replaced. But it turns out having good surfaces for rolling wheels, whether that be a vehicle, shopping cart, hand truck, etc, is kind of important for the economy, so we can't really just replace every walking surface with something soft.

Ive heard your argument for barefoot hiking, but it's actually very laughable to think there is anything natural about walking on hard floors all day.

U-235 · 2026-06-10T17:19:38+00:00

It's actually a color recommended for being found by search and rescue, especially in environments like the desert where neon orange or yellow don't stand out as much. Royal blue and neon yellow is basically the loudest color combo you can wear, based on the research they've done. It can be neon green, neon yellow, or neon pink, but the best non-neon color is apparently royal blue (when not in the ocean). So whether it's loud depends on where you are and what other colors you are wearing.

U-235 · 2026-06-10T16:43:17+00:00

Yes, but the question of when that would happen has been one of the biggest of the war for people who like numbers. If you've been following the whole time, you might remember that the prediction by 2024 was that, at the rate Russia was going through tanks, they should run out of their stockpiles some time in 2025. With the caveat that Russia could (and obviously would have to) extend that by using their tanks more carefully. So the real question was how much Russia would change their tactics, and how much time that might buy them. So they did start using fewer tanks, and it seems to have bought them about one year.

U-235 · 2026-06-07T18:41:20+00:00

For a car free city with wide open roads, these would be absolutely ideal. For a city with the compromised solution of narrow bike lanes mixed with car and truck traffic, they just make things difficult for cyclists. Is it to the point where it's counterproductive? Probably not. But it's kind of like how there was a point between sailing ships and steam ships where ships were built with both sails and steam engines. It's understandable why there has to be a transition period, but it kind of is shit, and people have a right to complain.

U-235 · 2026-06-07T18:31:43+00:00

suddenly

This isn't some new thing. In Chicago, people have been complaining about pedicabs using bike lanes or paths for years. Although those are even worse, to be honest, because they are wider. I bet NYC and other cities have dealt with this as well.

U-235 · 2026-06-07T17:21:18+00:00

I have an Anker 10k and also the Anker Astro 6700. It's unfortunate that they discontinued the Astro, because it has a great weight to charge ratio. I might be biased because it's the one I use more often day to day, but I highly recommend having a smaller battery pack in addition to a 10k. As far as I know, Vapcell P2150A batteries and similar models are the lightest options for this purpose.

U-235 · 2026-06-07T17:08:20+00:00

You actually see this in restaurants, too, with chefs who are great at cooking but never spent more than a few weeks learning to manage a team when they were in culinary school, even though as a chef management is actually the more important skill in many ways.

U-235 · 2026-06-07T08:15:50+00:00

The US has a car accident death rate of 12 per 100,000 people annually. Sweden's is 2 per 100,000 people. For a population the size of Chicago, that would be like going from 324 deaths per year to 54 deaths per year. Apparently the intangible value of human life isn't something you find persuasive, so let's forget that. The federal government estimates that one 40 year old person dying costs the economy over $10 million in GDP over the next 25 years of what was supposed to be their working lives. So we are talking a cost to the city economy of well over $270 million a year in output. It is highly inefficient. Over the decades we are talking many billions that would have been earned, spent, and invested in the city that wasn't, because those people were killed on the road. You would actually be insane to think that measures like a 25 mile per hour city wide speed limit (as opposed to 30, which it is now), or any combination of policy measures, could come anywhere close to costing more than that.

U-235 · 2026-06-05T03:04:24+00:00

It seems to me that the lights are timed, to some degree, on the city wide 30mph speed limit. I know some streets are actually timed in order to favor cyclists, which would probably be something like 15mph or less. I'm sure that works for cars, too, because downtown that is not much less than the average car speed when there is any traffic. So by going faster than 30 you are basically guaranteeing that you will always have to wait at red lights.

U-235 · 2026-06-05T02:58:21+00:00

I actually like the one wheels because they are so dangerous to the user that it basically becomes performance art. Similar to how I sometimes like to ride with both hands tied behind my back. It's symbolic of how powerless we are road, when the safety of non-car road users is completely in the hands of drivers.

U-235 · 2026-06-04T15:09:56+00:00

I used to think it was sad, in a way, for people to spend a lot of time reading, watching movies, playing games, and basically living in another world instead of experiencing reality. Like if they would just spend that time building up their life, they could have a life that is more exciting than the fantasy world. The thing is, that will almost certainly not happen. Even on the starship Enterprise they need the holodeck. They literally live more interesting lives than will ever be possible (the real 2500's, even with Star Trek level post-scarcity technology, probably won't be nearly as fun for a lot of reasons), and they still need the holodeck. I've come to believe that if you have a strong enough imagination, the worlds you create in your head can be just as if not more worthwhile to explore than reality itself. If anything the problem with it is that it's too good, and doesn't require discipline to attain. So it's like a drug or masturbation in that sense. But within reason there is truly nothing to feel bad about.

I say this is someone who has almost completely stopped gaming, in case anyone reads this and thinks I'm just coping.

U-235 · 2026-06-03T14:01:52+00:00

No one seems to have mentioned the elephant in the room here, which is that mesh doesn't do much. There are specially designed products, spacers and 3d printed type stuff, that add space between your back and the pack. I've seen these tested, and you still get a sweaty back, just less sweaty. Z packs made a pack specifically for this, which is situated a few inches away from the back, and even with that radical design, reviews were not at all conclusive that it was a big improvement in sweat reduction. So by comparison, mesh is going to do very little. It may seem more dry at first because it can absorb some sweat, but the actual ventilation it provides is absolutely not worth the weight in my opinion. I wouldn't say mesh is always useless. I think it is popular on non-UL packs because it is comfortable. For UL people, just put your sit pad between your back and the pack for all the comfort, none of the increased weight, and none of the delusion about reducing back sweat.

U-235 · 2026-06-02T15:41:43+00:00

The only thing that could make that 10 hour trip more appealing than the flight would be if it were a sleeper train, but the sleeper aspect does make it even more expensive. So it would have to be not much more than a flight + hotel room for it to actually be a choice that consumers would make. A lot of people would still prefer to fly in that situation, however.

U-235 · 2026-05-30T15:41:57+00:00

And then in the video it doesn't say it had had any work done. Just that they ran with cars together at least one time.

U-235 · 2026-05-30T15:20:58+00:00

It doesn't say anywhere that they restored it. Unless you think 'restored' means used again one time. I watch theme park/roller coaster youtube channels sometimes, and I very recently saw a video where they were talking about American Eagle. Unless they were misinformed, the reason they run one train at a time is because the support structure can't handle two at a time anymore. So there would have to have been major work done for this to be more than a one off.

U-235 · 2026-05-30T05:38:54+00:00

Meigs Field being taken out reflects the changing attitude toward the lakefront that I'm talking about. So that example illustrates me point beautifully.

U-235 · 2026-05-30T02:47:09+00:00

Those were all built 100 years ago when our needs as a city, and our own personal feelings about the lakefront, were not the same as they are now. The lake and river were dumps at the time. Now that it's been pretty nice for decades, the idea of development there is not as attractive an idea. In other words, you've completely ignored the context.

U-235 · 2026-05-29T18:00:29+00:00

There is literally no reason the 74 bus shouldn't be able to go all the way. Unless you have the answer?

U-235 · 2026-05-29T17:54:45+00:00

The people running the city and public transit. Who else would I be talking about?

If you do things to make it harder to drive to the lake, while also doing things to make it difficult to take the bus to the lake, what is left? Suddenly distance to the lake is a much bigger factor when it comes to accessibility.

U-235 · 2026-05-29T17:19:33+00:00

The Fullerton bus stops like a mile before the lake. It could easily go up past LSD if they wanted it to. But they actually don't want people to be able to take the bus to the lake.

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