Danatronic

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[–] Danatronic 6 points 1 year ago
[–] Danatronic 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If commuter cars can be replaced then so can commuter trucks.

[–] Danatronic 2 points 1 year ago

The problem is mostly that we don't build rail spurs in industrial areas anymore. If we did, then these cars could detach from trains at a shunting yard, and split up to head to all their different destinations individually. But the only last-mile infrastructure we currently have is roads.

[–] Danatronic 1 points 1 year ago

The biggest reason why companies use trucks instead of trains is that you can fill a semi truck and send it off a lot quicker than you can fill a whole train. I think rail cars capable of individual operation would work great in place of semis, because you get all the benefits of the smaller size, but you could also link them up into full trains for efficiency when possible.

[–] Danatronic 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Turn on google tracking

[–] Danatronic 3 points 1 year ago

Some people should really not be allowed to drive without passing some sort of "basic knowledge about vehicles and what to do when something goes wrong" course.

And yet we hand out drivers' licenses like candy because the alternative is being trapped at home with no bike or transit infrastructure.

[–] Danatronic 1 points 1 year ago

It's named after the bases but I believe it includes the outfield too.

[–] Danatronic 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's called a baseball diamond.

[–] Danatronic 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that's the whole ideology of ABA, to get rid of certain behaviors as if the reason people were doing those behaviors was simply because they couldn't understand that they shouldn't do them. Stimming isn't just pointless disruption, it's an important tool for self-regulation. Limited speaking isn't just a refusal to communicate, it's an actual difficulty with the medium of spoken word. Beating these traits out of people, either figuratively or literally, doesn't solve the underlying issues that affect their internal experience and their happiness.

Sorry for ranting at you, I just get so mad about this topic.

[–] Danatronic 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My mother was a special education teacher, and she saw my stimming and sensory issues and decreed them to be a problem because I'd never be "normal" (and I use the term loosely). "You're so smart! You can't have any issue with anxiety! Lights are that bright for everyone, and no one else complains! Figure it out!"

I was in special ed and the teachers were like that there too. It's so frustrating how the people with the most power over autistic people's lives are so often the people who understand us the least.

[–] Danatronic 2 points 1 year ago

"yeah but those places are really expensive to live"

They're expensive because they're rare. Supply and demand. If more places became better at walkability, then everywhere already walkable would get cheaper.

[–] Danatronic 5 points 1 year ago

It's more acceptable if the lane is wide enough to overtake and/or they're running at a decent clip, i.e. 10-15 mph. But jogging is usually more like 5-10 mph.

 

I may not have drawn Hela to summon all my cards, but I still unbuffed his Ronan for the W.

 

I keep accidentally upvoting and de-upvoting things I didn't intend to.

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