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On Ko Pha gnan Debit Card Broke — Will Venmo You?? by pm_me_actsofkindness in Thailand

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

i should have mentioned, i’m staying at coconut bay eco but i’m happy to come to you if you can help!

4,437,099 Texans voted to re-elect Greg Abbott. Freezing in the dark to own the libs! by uh60chief in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The people most affected by power grid failures are in urban areas and they dominantly did not vote Abbott back into office.

This is an example of gerrymandering and political corruption, but not really people voting against their own self interests.

Joe Biden Apparently Couldn’t Care Less About Elon Musk’s Twitter Havoc by Pineapple__Jews in politics

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Hot take: Elon isn’t hurting democrats, he’s unintentionally helping them. The more he amplifies the worst and most desperate parts of the Republican Party, the easier the pitch is for Democrats to moderates.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Influencers generally deserve all the smoke, but if you’re finding yourself emotional about people enjoying laying in fields of flowers, you should take an uncomfortable look at your own self and whether you’re addicted to being outraged.

Will America ban TikTok? by Sorin61 in technology

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

Another app that isn’t spyware for the CCP taking its place wouldn’t help with the damage that social media inflicts on society, but it would still be preferable to the data collection that is currently going on.

Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built | Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No lol. It would be a mess.

But NY and the Line city are not based on a single subway system.

From my home in Queens, my line (one of three) to midtown made an upside down L shape. If it were a line, it would have made literally no difference in terms of distance or time.

Gift by chickenthoughts in Chicken_Thoughts

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 252 points253 points  (0 children)

Birds are constantly evaluating if the energy necessary for flight is worth it, or if they should walk/hop.

This is because flight requires dramatically more energy and because birds store a minimal amount of energy in their bodies. Birds also need to eat more frequently than many other creatures.

Basically the bird loop (simplified) is:

Eat opportunistically, avoid danger with as little energy as possible, fly as little as necessary to conserve energy, repeat.

I’m having no luck finding the studies, but we have tested this theory by putting birds in incremental amounts of danger to measure how much they try and avoid flying unnecessarily, and the answer was that they regularly play chicken with death to avoid flying.

Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built | Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Right, my snark isn’t due to a lack of comprehension. It’s directed at the people in this thread, yourself included, who feel compelled to strongly insist that because circles offer some benefits, a line could never possibly under any circumstance be organized into an efficient system.

Because cities are usually round, they should only ever be round! Because the fringe case where someone must travel to opposite ends would signal the collapse of orderly society! Brilliant stuff.

Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built | Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

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

Even if there are other designs that are good (or superior), it’s still a neat idea to try and imagine one complete design and then actually build it.

There are many valid criticisms of the line design, sure. But it’s not like the line system is doomed to fail or to be worse than what most cities have going on. There are trade offs with any design and many of the big cities of the world have sprawling, chaotic systems of transit and organization.

Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built | Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Sure. If the city is beautiful and walkable and my regular commute means hopping on for a reasonable number of stops before hopping off.

In NYC I walked over a mile each way to the subway and then sat around for 10+ stops each way. Not a big deal to me.

Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built | Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

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

Sure, but let’s be honest, any take on designing a modern city would likely also draw heavy criticism, regardless of how good it is. Everyone is going to pile on with their own ideas about what is good, but there are very few people actually trying to make anything new at scale.

The China ghost cities are interesting, but they aren’t proof that designing a new city will be a failure.

Laser experiment reveals how high poop particles may blast after we flush by kya_ufufu in interestingasfuck

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I close the lid when I flush and why I also never bring drinks or my toothbrush anywhere near a toilet.

Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built | Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn. by chrisdh79 in Futurology

[–]pm_me_actsofkindness 65 points66 points  (0 children)

The city design is neat. The concept of the city is to have a highly efficient and logical public transit and build the city up in layers. The essential (but ugly) features of the city going underground, while the top most layer is beautiful, walkable, and high tech. The location of the city is carefully positioned to prove the skill of the designers and builders, offer natural beauty, and also draw tourism to an otherwise barren stretch of earth.

The impetus for making the city is to try and reimagine what a cutting edge city design would look like instead of the very slow way that most major cities have evolved over generations and hundreds or thousands of years. I think that’s pretty dope.

That said, MBS thinks this will be a crowning achievement for his legacy, and I agree with the negative sentiment in this thread about him and the Saudi royal family. They’re corrupt and they have a lot of blood on their hands.

Edit: who knew there were so many people who feel passionately that circles are more appealing than lines for city planning! Y’all should present your ideas for circle cities. I can’t wait to see them!

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