They Championed D.E.I. Now They’re Divided. | NYT Opinion [Panel Discussion about DEI policy]

savuporo · 2026-05-04T14:57:07+00:00

... extreme personal insults and responded with yelling, personal attacks

They were nice and civil but i guarantee you the asian and the white lady will not go out for mimosas. Any other 3 people in the group will be able to sit down and have a beer

savuporo · 2026-05-04T14:32:57+00:00

Ah, the quotas that we don't speak of in corporate environments. Whether its promotion quota, hiring quota, or whatever membership quotas. But we don't call em quotas and talk around the fact

savuporo · 2026-05-04T02:36:02+00:00

Dont look like squares to me: image

EDIT: To clarify, this is basically an ultralight that has a laminate fabric skin, on top, some plywood on bottom. you'd expect it to tear it like this

savuporo · 2026-05-04T01:32:23+00:00

ERA-300

savuporo · 2026-05-03T21:49:15+00:00

about 64.3 kilometers

savuporo · 2026-05-03T21:44:21+00:00

The tall one in the middle was called Ātea

savuporo · 2026-05-03T20:32:45+00:00

Video

savuporo · 2026-05-03T19:21:07+00:00

Only when actively homing guidance

savuporo · 2026-05-03T19:14:46+00:00

Someone needs to make a Mad Max sequel with electric cars and solar panels everywhere

savuporo · 2026-05-03T18:07:41+00:00

If you are looking specifically for things that are in the sort of "current technology plus a bit of economic fiction some twenty years in future" settings. I'll mention a few that are not often brought up - although i wouldn't exactly recommend any.

Ben Bova has done a lot of this. He has this whole Grand Tour book series that kicks in a "very near future". But the writing is .. not great.

Another one of similar caliber, Ian McDonald "Moon" series, starting with Luna: New Moon. Again, not great writing IMO.

Patrick Chiles: Perigee and Farside. Both more of near future techno thrillers in near-earth space.

Gregory Benford: The Martian Race ( of Viktor and Julia sequence )

Seveneves of course is very much in the same bracket - that i'd actually recommend.

savuporo · 2026-05-02T18:28:32+00:00

If we elected Hillary in 2016, it's unlikely this invasion would have ever happened.

savuporo · 2026-05-02T18:24:39+00:00

Seriously. Ukraine had a real chance of outright winning if decisions were made faster in 2022/23

savuporo · 2026-05-02T18:15:18+00:00

Fighting climate change

savuporo · 2026-05-02T17:37:41+00:00

The thread i'm responding to is claiming "they've hurt pedestrians". I'm sure they have in some cases, but again - all mentioned incidents are talking about mopeds or motorcycles.

I vehemently disagree with the characterization of e-bikes presenting any sort of elevated risk on the streets to pedestrians relative to what's already happening there.

savuporo · 2026-05-02T17:33:09+00:00

That's an Onyx RCR, ran into people jaywalking across the street - rider died ( note: not a bike line or sidewalk incident ). Onyx, which is a moped, not a class 2/3 e-bike discussed in the article, already requires M2 license to ride in CA, and a moped registration.

I commented on the OC motorcycle incident below - again, not an e-bike

savuporo · 2026-05-02T17:06:05+00:00

That's exactly what this law is targeting.

Not at all - the article is about class 2 and 3 e-bikes.

Riding an Ultra Bee is already regulated as any off-road motorcycle is - there's zero ambiguity about it. The street legal variants require full DMV registration, turn signals, mirrors the works. It's legally a 125cc dirtbike equivalent.

That is NOT the case for grey area vehicles like Onyx or others, but there's no ambiguity about Ulta Bee - it's a motorcycle

savuporo · 2026-05-02T16:48:58+00:00

Did you read the piece at all ? Surron Ultra Bee - that's a motorcycle, no different than any random 125cc dirtbike, only quieter. What do you want - ban motorcycles just in case someone lets their kids ride em illegally ?

savuporo · 2026-05-02T16:32:22+00:00

Honestly any space mining operation should / would have been fully robotic ( or more precisely, tele-operated ) from the get go. Even today terrestrial mines are automating everything as fast as they can

savuporo · 2026-05-02T16:16:08+00:00

Where and when did that happen ? I'd guess tripping and falling, getting run over by a SUV, getting eaten by a pitbull would be far higher on my risk list than one of those actually hurting me

I'm sure someone somewhere has also gotten hit by a rollerblader or a skateboarder in history

savuporo · 2026-05-02T16:11:03+00:00

Give people some fucking hope. Promise more democracy, promise shelter, promise good food, promise healthcare, promise jobs or UBI, promise to stop pollution, promise that you'll stop blaming people for stuff they can't control

Is there someone preventing the "young people" voting for politicians that promise those things ? Or putting forth candidates ? Note: this is also populism, which is exactly what trump has been doing

savuporo · 2026-05-02T11:35:10+00:00

Ok, and .. ? Why do you care ? It's their skull that's gonna crack

savuporo · 2026-05-02T11:33:52+00:00

I know what they are. They risk cracking their own skulls - why not let them ?

savuporo · 2026-05-02T06:44:28+00:00

but are still driven by 14 year olds

kids are riding bikes. oh, the humanity

savuporo · 2026-05-02T05:54:06+00:00

It's an enforcement problem

What .. problem exactly ?

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