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  • I'm not sure they are as real as OP claims, unfortunately. I looked up NASA-TN-D-6193 for you, but its actual title is "Dynamic and static wind tunnel tests of a flow direction vane".

    Edit: happily, the content of the paper really is about formalizing the performance rating of a device that had been used in conditions beyond its original intended use.

  • Ah, so it's just purely political intimidation and sabotage, without any remaining pretense of legitimate legal purpose.

  • How do they not all get eaten by predators?

  • Creative, but clearly not particularly effective, given Italy's continued reputation for corruption.

  • INB4 they seize it and give it to Israel as "reparations" (to be immediately spent on munitions against Palestinians).

  • Nobody should give a fuck what people like you want, and I'll tell you why:

    The real problem in America is that people think they're entitled to a detached single-family house so they don't have to "share," and politicians indulge that selfishness by making exclusionary zoning laws that attempt to force an oversupply of single-family homes, but actually just create a shortage of every other type of housing.

    This fails in two ways:

    First, it does not result in everyone who wants one getting to own a single-family house, because even though they're oversupplied compared to other housing types, they're still scarce in places people actually want to live because the land they sit on is itself scarce.

    Second, it drives up costs for everyone, from renters, to homeowners of expensive houses in inner suburbs, to owners of cheaper houses in the exurbs who "drove till they qualified" and now have extreme commuting costs, to everybody who has poor quality of live due to car-dependency. To add insult to injury, it fuels speculative bubbles because prices are so high normal people can't afford to participate in the market anymore, so it creates an opportunity for exploitation by investors instead.

    So yeah: you're welcome to dislike dense housing all you want, but unless you're prepared to actually pay for a single-family house -- without being subsidized by exclusionary zoning, meaning that you'd be fairly competing on the open market with developers who would put the land to a higher and better use -- you just have to fuckin' deal with it anyway. You "are not entitled* to have your selfish wishes enforced government policy at everyone else's expense.

  • In theory, developers who would replace single family houses with multiple houses, townhomes or condos would be OK. We do need more housing in general. Although, IDK if real estate developers are a trustworthy bunch.

    Trustworthiness of developers is a moot point because exclusionary zoning laws prohibit that replacement in the vast majority of urban areas anyway.

    That's what so many people in this thread don't get: the law, designed to give even more privilege to already-privileged single-family homeowners, creates literal housing shortages (in the places people actually want to live, because housing is not fungible between locations), and then they somehow confuse that government mandated distortion of supply vs. demand as "capitalism." They keep blaming "foreign investors" and other scapegoats, but they're not the real cause of the problem.

  • fck ice

    Jump
  • Paraphrasing Kimberly Jones of BLM, they're not 'your' local spaces to begin with.

    Respect for property starts with equity.

    (Note: I do not endorse the censoring in the video, but I couldn't find a complete version.)

  • it is a show about three terrible people going about their lives, and failing to learn any lessons in the process

    Only three terrible people? Which of the four main characters are you excluding?

  • Also, Star Trek was nearly cancelled early on due to the expense of it and concern that it wouldn't have broad enough appeal, but Lucille Ball herself saw the potential and said to keep it.

    There are multiple stories like that. Nichelle Nichols was thinking of quitting the show until MLK himself told her how important her character was as a black role model.

  • Yep. Basically, protestors made it clear they knew where he lived and so he fled like the little bitch he is.

  • I mean, why not? It's probably not as if she's got some other more important future event to heal up for.

    (INB4 she un-retires again for 2030.)

  • Political parties are toxic and should be abolished. At the very least they should have zero acknowledgement or support from the state, including prohibiting use of state support for their "primaries" and prohibiting listing party affiliations next to candidate names on ballots in the actual elections.

  • Yes, but also it's important to remember that there are no such things as "car lanes," only general-purpose ones. Even if good bike infrastructure exists, cyclists are still allowed to ride in those lanes, which means dangerous close passes by buses could still occur.

  • it's more like a vertigo, an incoherence because of a wall moving beside, a dizziness.

    In other words, an exercise bike probably doesn't give the full effect, compared to being passed by a bus on a real bike that you have to actually balance.

  • It's a shame Miller is too much of a sniveling coward to stay in his own house.

    I'm surprised he (presumably) still leaves the protection of the military base to go to work.

  • How is this "Oniony?" Maybe regarding liberals, but leftists have never been anti-gun (see e.g. the Black Panthers).

  • Department of Homeland Security has been inherently a fascist organization since its inception after 9/11. It, including ICE, cannot be redeemed and must be destroyed entirely.

    By all means, push for "accountability" as a mitigation tactic, but understand that's all it is.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    ‘Exclusively for the elite’: why Mumbai’s new motorway is a symbol of the divide between rich and poor

    www.theguardian.com /global-development/2026/jan/21/exclusively-for-the-elite-why-mumbais-new-motorway-is-a-symbol-of-the-divide-between-rich-and-poor
  • science @lemmy.world

    Outstanding in her field: cow recorded using tool for first time

    www.thetimes.com /uk/science/article/cow-recorded-using-tool-for-first-time-swch8r0hd
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    South Carolina's Freeway for Bikes (It Makes Millions!)

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    Motorists’ Party Brings MAGA to Czech Politics

    jacobin.com /2026/01/motorists-maga-czech-politics-environment/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    Saying "No" to New Jersey's E-Bike Law

    rpa.org /news/lab/saying-no-to-new-jerseys-e-bike-law
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    AI-created Iran protest videos gain traction

    www.france24.com /en/live-news/20260115-ai-created-iran-protest-videos-gain-traction
  • politics @lemmy.world

    Harris and McDaniel: Democrats can’t win in 2026 on Trump resistance alone

    atlantadailyworld.com /2026/01/04/harris-and-mcdaniel-democrats-cant-win-in-2026-on-trump-resistance-alone/
  • politics @lemmy.world

    Fulton County Judge Officially Dismisses RICO Charges Against All 61 #StopCopCity Defendants

    atlantadailyworld.com /2025/12/31/fulton-county-judge-officially-dismisses-rico-charges-against-all-61-stopcopcity-defendants/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    Say YES to a traffic-free Oxford Street, but demand decent cycleways in the West End

    action.lcc.org.uk /oxfordst
  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world

    TIL Guinan's namesake

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    New Jersey first state to unveil ‘ambitious’ statewide plan to reduce traffic deaths to zero

    www.nj.com /news/2025/12/nj-first-state-to-unveil-ambitious-statewide-plan-to-reduce-traffic-deaths-to-zero.html
  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    French President explains the political consequences of AI

  • Privacy @lemmy.world

    Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns

    apnews.com /article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd
  • Music @lemmy.world

    Tom Cardy - Not Quite Almost Christmas Time

  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world

    Why all the free-stuff Facebook groups you’re part of just changed their name

    sfstandard.com /2025/11/07/buy-nothing-group-facebook-taken-down-trademark-infringment/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    This is incredibly stupid. It will drive up the cost of housing

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/cd04npykexyo
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world

    Feds indict congressional candidate who tried to stop ICE from driving over protestors

    www.rollingstone.com /politics/politics-news/kate-abughazaleh-indicted-chicago-ice-protest-1235456274/
  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
    Locked

    In response to the other thread

  • Political Videos @lemmy.world

    You'll Own Nothing and It's Awful

  • Selfhosted @lemmy.world

    You'll Own Nothing and It's Awful