davetapley

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[–] davetapley 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

OP using word 'convinced' is relevant here because whilst most people in USA 'need' a car (because there is no practical alternative to driving), they are being convinced every day that a private car is the only viable solution to transport in general...

... and then of course you get everyone freaking out when someone has the audacity to suggest that installing a dedicated bike / bus lane would mean less people need a car, and that would save everyone time and money.

Also while I'm ranting, I'm so over people harping on about how they can't rely on public transit and that's why they need a car. Like reliable and affordable public transport is some magical and unobtainable goal.

But then when gas prices inevitably get crazy high, or they get in a wreck, or traffic is a mess then that's just The Way It Is and in no way an indication that maybe everyone driving a personal car for every single trip isn't the most reliable or sustainable way to run a city.

[–] davetapley 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Latest ep. of Strict Scrutiny podcast ("AITA? SCOTUS Edition") has a good deep dive on this.

[–] davetapley 3 points 11 months ago

10/10 would visit again.

[–] davetapley 10 points 11 months ago

I fell in love with him after the execution of the Dasani video. Walking backward ten minute single take, amazing: https://youtu.be/wD79NZroV88

[–] davetapley 7 points 11 months ago

Did you see spin off Practical Construction yet? That's next level production, my wife laughed at me waiting for next ep like it's GoT or something.

Also do you notice that YT never pushes PBS videos? I'm subscribed but always have to go to channel.

Since you like a lot of same as me: check out Climate Town.

[–] davetapley 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You inspired me to look up List of space programs of the United States - Crewed government-led programs and a couple of things jump out at me:

  1. I'd completely forgotten about Ares I-X.
  2. I'd completely forgotten that Orion was supposed to go to the ISS, and:
  3. Orion EFT-1 was nine years ago today; two flights in nine years, just so sad.
[–] davetapley 4 points 1 year ago

Indirect, but you could run a Storj node and donate the profits to a good cause of your choice.

Also, assuming you don't buy more hardware, and you believe sustainability is a good cause, then running a node in itself is a good thing.

[–] davetapley 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Makes it officially first time drivers have remained same between seasons, I think.

[–] davetapley 2 points 1 year ago

This. I'm a computer programmer, never been in a union, but after twenty years of startups I cannot believe how good it is to be at a small, stable, employee owned company.

Only looking back do I realize that the people doing the actual work were never in control, and just how damaging that is.

To pour you life and soul into building something (time, and time again), and then have it taken away from you again, and again.

Never going back.

[–] davetapley 3 points 1 year ago

If you have F1TV you can eek out another five minutes of action watching Sainz' onboard, as his car is loaded on a flat bed.

 

Before I open on GitHub, to be sure, there's no way to filter posts by date range, right?

 

Think they'll be ahead before the summer break?

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