[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok, but give us some credit.

It was only last weekend we had a national holiday to celebrate how we treated the natives.

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Indians really going out of their way to prove that yes, they are stupid enough to believe everything modi tells them

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

so... all those people who argued that trump getting indicted because is no big deal because an indictment is not a conviction, and it's all poltical... they feel the same way about this, right?

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As long as they’re not killing Ukrainians, then I guess yeah, go do whatever…

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

In Alberta, numbers are really more about how they feel than the actual value

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

My guess as to how it went:

  • random twitter troll: “haha Elon you’re probably the most blocked person on this site”
  • Elon: “not anymore”
[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

yeah, elon's not going to see the negative consequences of this personally, because he'll just use the "ban" button instead of the "block" button.

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i'm not saying "don't put money into savings", i'm saying every now and then, people should make a decision that benefits the world as a whole rather than just their personal financial situation.

boomers didn't sacrifice their own spending to build their net worth, they sacrificed *public* spending to do it. and not just public spending, but things that are literally free. like, deciding nobody should ever be allowed to build more housing anywhere ever, because that makes their real estate investment go up.

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 131 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

alternate phrasing: boomers stuffed all their money in their bank accounts instead of building a world their kids could afford to live in.

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The big benefit of light rail is you can make trains longer than buses, and fit more people. So if your system has outgrown buses, then you should move to rail.

But transit systems should always be trying to maximize frequency, because the more frequently a train or bus comes, the more convenient it is for riders. So if a bus fits 30 people and a train fits 90 and you’re trying to make a decision between providing a bus service every 10 minutes or a train service every 30 minutes, the bus service is the better option.

Different modes work best for different passenger demands, and you should use the right one for the number of passengers you’ve got. Overbuilding is expensive, and if you spend too much building out a network and the don’t have enough for operating expenses then you’ve got to reduce service levels.

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

he offered to buy twitter for a joke, and he actually did buy twitter because a court forced him to. not because this was some grand plan to accomplish anything - he literally spent months in court arguing that he shouldn't have to buy twitter, and he lost. that's the only reason he owns twitter now.

[-] notatoad@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

In most regions, you're right: you can put a noncompete in a contract, but enforcing it is another matter.

But noncompete clauses are explicitly illegal in California, where Twitter is based.

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