CompactFlax

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Divided appropriately into apartments, it may be feasible.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Are we returning or leaving? Where did the channel end and the new one begin? I go through that enough for it to be a problem, but not enough to remember where they switch direction.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Port and starboard are easy enough in a powerboat (of the type I am familiar with). Tie up port side, sit on starboard (steer board) side to steer.

But what is most fun is remembering what direction in a channel one is travelling in an area where the channels merge.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Is this like the Apple car? Just around the corner?

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Being a hype marketer or thought leader executive is more lucrative than being a good developer. Unfortunately - I think, at least - engineering types understand too much about the technology and it’s hard to be such a massive advocate for something you know is 1/4 complete.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Even though they’re symbols of multifaceted societal problems, some of these are probably stunningly beautiful.

Even though it’s going to destroy much of that, these should be nationalized and made into housing, if that’s feasible (it could be location, or the construction and layout, or a lot of other good, non-NIMBY reasons).

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

There’s not much that kills weeds that doesn’t have some impact on humans, animals, or particularly fish.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In which case it is clearly industrialized piracy-at-scale and should be handled in the same way.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

It’s absolutely insane to me that people actively agitate against that idea and get upset when the leopards burn their house down.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Legally allowed doesn’t mean a whole lot when it’s 100kg vs 2000kg.

I don’t mean that it’s not a fair point, but is it worth a life?

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

I think that’s their point.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 2 months ago

In an effort to improve riding conditions so they might better enjoy their newly discovered sport, more than 100,000 cyclists from across the United States joined the League to advocate for paved roads. The success of the League in its first advocacy efforts ultimately led to our national highway system.

https://bikeleague.org/about/equity-and-history/

TIL

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