lucidguppy

They make them that big because they try to justify the price.

I'm all for it - I want it to happen, but I'm driving a used EV right now living the good life. The age of EV hype is gone, now we need real products.

Oh look at this nuclear power ... no stop looking at solar and batteries! That would actually solve the problem!

You can have a pretty good simulacrum of a forest using only two tennis courts worth of land (a pittance in most US cities that have 30% reserved for parking).

Look up Miyawaki method.

1. People have lower tolerance for jerks.

2. A few bad apples can spoil a group.

3. Maintaining a group is a thankless job.

4. Third places are money making establishments now rather than community focused. So people save up to go to the ones that they'll remember. So there's competing money for these attractions, and the experience undergoes enshitification.

Solutions?

- lower the cost of community space so more people can enjoy them.

- social etiquette needs be enforced through culture. Conformity has its benefits. We don't need planes to land because Johnny had too much to drink.

Flight is a luxury of the current times that will likely not last another 100 years except for the very rich.

1) You have to walk in Europe. 2) People eat better.

I wonder if there's a D&D setting like this.

The Normans strike again!

I hope they fix the issues with the controllers dying.

Older structures cost more because they lasted longer and were more maintainable. Growth was given priority over tradition - and we've had to deal with the tradeoffs.

support pick your own orchards

I wonder if you could test for crispness using ultrasonic tech.

Just make sauce out of the mealy ones.

Duh - sell the parks to a golf resort developer!