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  • LAX Is Spending More Than A Billion Dollars To Make Horseshoe Traffic Worse

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  • On the bright side, they're right on schedule to build a transit station 1.9 miles away in 2055.

  • Native Americans?

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  • Most people in Argentina and Uruguay are white, and the (indigenous + indigenous-mixed) majorities in some of the other countries aren't necessarily big enough to be considered "virtually all," especially when you consider that there are folks with African ancestry there as well.

  • Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR

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  • Half Life: Blue Shift already happened.

    (I appreciate the Flintstones joke, though.)

  • 'Stay tuned!' Trump announces new criminal probe into Epstein ties to Bill Clinton

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  • (Epstein is commenting on these emails post-mortem? Maybe I missed something here.)

    Mark Epstein, Jeffrey's brother, apparently.

  • Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR

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  • Thanks, I had the same question.

  • Trump Rages at 'Soft' Republicans Pushing for Epstein Files

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  • Trump likes 'em hard, apparently.

  • Not impressed

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  • Nah, phylogenetically speaking, all descendants of fish must also be fish, by definition. Therefore, "being cold blooded" cannot also be a criterion (not that it would work anyway since tuna are warm blooded, BTW, and nobody would argue tuna aren't fish).

    The "living wholly in water" criterion actually works, though: land-fish (e.g. humans) live inside a bag of water that we carry with us.

  • Honestly that should have been a guaranteed one

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  • There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle."That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.

  • Android will let ‘experienced users’ sideload unverified apps as Google makes case for verification

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  • The mere phasing of it as them "letting" users do it shows that they fundamentally Do Not Get It and are still failing to respect device owners' property rights.

  • Not impressed

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  • Of course there's such a thing as a fish! A fish is any swimming vertebrate (or its descendant), such as a tuna, or a duck, or a human.

  • Should bots get reported?

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  • Thanks for the thread. I've been noticing those accounts and have been trying to figure out what action I should take as a mod.

    What's really fucked up about it is that the content is actually pretty coherent and on-topic, and it seems clear that at least some of the comments are human -- like it's more "tool-assisted" than fully "bot." So it feels like it's almost valuable but also kinda 'cheating,' which (from a mod perspective) makes it hard to decide what to do about it.

    What I'd really like to know is what techniques these accounts are using and what they're actually up to. The other day I gave one a warning and demanded an explanation, but I only got an angry reply and then the account was nuked by an admin before I had the chance to do anything else.

  • the self-hosting rabbit hole is a bottomless pit, isn't it?

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  • I've been noticing several new or new-ish accounts acting similarly. I need to go find an admin/mod discussion about what I (as a mod of another community) should be doing about it.

  • You're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on?

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  • I would count that as "high," especially when, as you suggest, you consider risk-adjusted rates.

    Basically, just don't prematurely pay off your mortgage if you have one of those 3% ones from a decade ago.

  • the self-hosting rabbit hole is a bottomless pit, isn't it?

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  • Well, cool it anyway 'cause it makes people think you're a bot.

  • Governments are like parents who say, "Do as I say, not as I do"

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  • That's because macroeconomics actually do work differently than microeconomics. The idea that a country should be run like a household is fallacy.

  • 'We're not going to be spending money on bike paths' – US cyclists urged to take action as infrastructure funding cuts loom

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  • I always hesitate to say it because I don't want to come across as making light of racism and sexism and whatnot, but it feels like a form of bigotry to me.

  • You're given $20,000 USD (or the equivalent in your local currency) to spend, but anything still left by the end of the day you lose for good. What are you spending it on?

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  • Better answer than "debt" unless that debt is at a high interest rate.

  • While we eagerly await the second coming of Steam Machines, it's worth remembering what a gloriously awful mess Valve got itself in over a decade ago

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  • I don't think that was Gabe "hating" Microsoft; I think it was him recognizing that the Windows Store/appx stuff that Windows 8 pushed was a threat to his business model.

  • AOC reacts to question if Chuck Schumer should remain leader

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  • She's right, but also, cut the head off a snake and the rest will die. Schumer needs to be made an example of, by being removed from office, to incentivize the rest to fall in line behind progressives instead of corrupt corporate stooges.

  • 196 @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The United States is a corporation.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    ‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately

    www.yorkregion.com /news/council/they-are-not-safe-richmond-hill-residents-at-traffic-meeting-want-bike-lanes-installed-this/article_87fbac7b-8518-5b61-9c85-7623e65915ab.html
  • Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. @slrpnk.net
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    Project 2025 says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ‘should be broken up and downsized’

    www.poynter.org /fact-checking/2024/project-2025-get-rid-noaa-national-weather-service/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Man allegedly steals truck to drive to vehicle theft hearing in Pawnee County

    kfor.com /news/local/man-allegedly-steals-truck-to-drive-to-vehicle-theft-hearing-in-pawnee-county/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Pontevedra, a Spanish City That Picked Pedestrians Over Cars |For two decades the mayor reclaimed space for people and limited vehicles in the city center, which reduced traffic & improved air quality

    www.nytimes.com /2024/09/25/climate/pontevedra-pedestrians-cars.html
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    The number of bicyclists we lose in collisions with cars, just in Somerville and Cambridge, is tragic and terrifying.

    mas.wrong.tools /@crystalvisits/113196082147634293
  • Bicycling @lemmy.world
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    UK Cyclist recruitment poster for the territorial army (1912)

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.ca
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    Ontario eyes barring new bike lanes where car lanes would be cut

    www.cbc.ca /amp/1.7328878
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Ontario eyes barring new bike lanes where car lanes would be cut

    www.cbc.ca /amp/1.7328878
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Atlanta’s democracy disconnect

    saportareport.com /atlantas-democracy-disconnect/columnists/grace-donnelly/gracedonnelly/
  • unions @lemmy.ml
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    Sometimes we have to escalate to be heard when we’re demanding a livable future

    www.latimes.com /environment/story/2024-09-15/sometimes-we-have-to-escalate-to-be-heard-when-were-demanding-a-livable-future
  • Witchy Memes @lemmy.world
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    MAGA pastor claims Kamala Harris deployed "witchcraft" in Trump debate

    www.newsweek.com /maga-pastor-claims-kamala-harris-deployed-witchcraft-trump-debate-1952902
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Beware the great green deception: ‘perceptionware’ is being used to hoodwink us

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2024/sep/12/fossil-fuel-companies-environment-greenwashing
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Cager attempts to murder cyclists during protest demanding accountability for police cager who murdered pedestrian

    globalnews.ca /news/10733802/investigation-underway-after-man-attempts-to-drive-through-protest/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Yes in my backyard: Democrats are changing their tune on housing policy

    www.businessinsider.com /yimbys-harris-housing-policy-walz-lower-home-prices-affordability-2024-8
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Utrecht, Netherlands, now and then

  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names

    www.nbcnews.com /nbc-out/out-news/teacher-says-contract-wasnt-renewed-wouldnt-use-trans-students-preferr-rcna166500
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Car park plans for old Exeter bus station site criticised - BBC News

    www.bbc.co.uk /news/articles/cwy5nj9g1e9o
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Toronto cops are parking illegally everywhere with impunity so they can get coffee

    www.blogto.com /city/2024/08/toronto-police-parking-coffee/
  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Well Said