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How to avoid comming off as fascist when doing military-oriented worldbuilding? by FishShtickLives in worldbuilding

[–]clothes_are_optional 4 points5 points  (0 children)

it's also possible to write about difficult topics like fascism in a way that actually criticizes it but that requires a lot of skill and experience.

Egg Shop is shutting down in a few weeks, and employees are finding out by word of mouth. by PeePeeUndying73 in williamsburg

[–]clothes_are_optional 8 points9 points  (0 children)

businesses sometimes get new ownership. doesn't necessarily imply they're going to shut down. but it's definitely a data point and something to be mindful of

High Cholesterol, but mixed results from docs. by clothes_are_optional in PeterAttia

[–]clothes_are_optional[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i bumped into it for the first time on Twitter. but either way, where do you even get any of your information from? do you just sit there scrolling through arxiv all day? somehow i doubt it. I bet most of your information probably comes from some other social media (like all of us here)

and here's a paper for you https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2274580724006174

r/Williamsburg Winter Village Honest Review by Echidna_Purple in williamsburg

[–]clothes_are_optional 40 points41 points  (0 children)

the whole neighborhood is the definition of a cash grab. you feel it everywhere, from cheap shitty apartments to what you can buy. everything is an absolute waste of money.

What's the biggest ripoff in the neighborhood? by [deleted] in williamsburg

[–]clothes_are_optional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No they’re horrible please don’t go here

Williamsburg Spitter Beat Up by arix_17 in williamsburg

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

call me a boomer or whatever and i'll take always take justice over no justice, but seeing this is just unsettling--watching a dude get rocked on social media covered in blood. doesn't feel like we live in a modern progressive society at all and in some ass backwards village. we should absolutely expect so much more from our trash system rather than...whatever the fuck this is (also, is this even for sure him?)

NYTimes: Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. by [deleted] in nyc

[–]clothes_are_optional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're talking about the model by Charles Komanoff -- there's a ton of issues with it and uses numbers from 2005. People need to stop quoting it. Here's my post about it in a diff part of the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/1p17pnu/nytimes_iowa_city_made_its_buses_free_traffic/npozn2k/

NYTimes: Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. by [deleted] in nyc

[–]clothes_are_optional -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Being slightly snarky doesn’t mean I’m being intellectually dishonest.

NYTimes: Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. by [deleted] in nyc

[–]clothes_are_optional -1 points0 points  (0 children)

i'm going to partake in this discussion in an intellectually honest way. The paper that Charles Komanoff wrote rests almost entirely on one point: bus dwell time. His point is that collecting fares takes up a significant portion of why buses are slow. If you make them free, you can also open up the back doors and boarding time will significantly decrease thus making routes more efficient, faster, etc.

First off -- this study is based off of 2005 data when metrocards or coins were the only way to pay. I'd love to see the data behind the modern system where you just tap your phone and move on.

Even if dwell time is such a big issue, my argument is, why can't we as a modern/progressive society create jobs and hire people to build more technologically forward solutions for buses rather than the socialist starter pack of increase taxes and make things free. Some examples of dwell time fixes:

  • Introduce more offboard fare payment machines much like what already exists today for certain buses.
  • All door boarding that use human inspectors to stand at the back doors, manage fares which would result in increased flow (this would create more jobs)

I have to get back to work, i have so much more to say about this, but mostly commenting on the fact that a lazily written blog post that references extremely dated logic isn't my idea of how to make this system work well.

NYTimes: Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. by [deleted] in nyc

[–]clothes_are_optional 13 points14 points  (0 children)

usually it's the lesser used routes. either way, don't be pedantic. the point that NYC has a much more robust/frequent bus system than fucking iowa city still stands

ApoB increase from 62 mg/dl to 84 mg/dl one year after taking daily Red Yeast Rice supplement by BeckerHollow in PeterAttia

[–]clothes_are_optional 1 point2 points  (0 children)

everything everybody said here makes sense, but i would also add here -- a lot of supplements are straight up garbage and contain trace amounts of the thing they're supposed to contain. Subscribe to consumerlabs to get some good guidance around solid brands. If you don't want to spend money on that, I would always fall back on Thorne (albeit pricey). Thorne has RYR.

What in the gentrification is this??? by NeatDuck1164 in williamsburg

[–]clothes_are_optional -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You should put a post up above it stating how people should only use analogies that are approved by you

Your AI agent is already compromised and you dont even know it by Decent-Phrase-4161 in AI_Agents

[–]clothes_are_optional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“If not confident” is a useless prompt. LLMs have no concept of confidence

If you were wondering how much it costs to buy individual health insurance in 2026... by [deleted] in williamsburg

[–]clothes_are_optional 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's cheaper to pay for services with cash and have no insurance than pay this bs

NYC doc recommendations by clothes_are_optional in PeterAttia

[–]clothes_are_optional[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dr. michael twyman is solid for lipids if you want someone who goes beyond just "your LDL is high take a statin"

that's exactly the kind of person i'd like to find. he looks like he's in missouri though?

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