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And now they ship it down south to states who are happy to take it.

Beats me. Maybe they are too big to notice? Or don't care? I've done this more than once (and I don't take many Ubers). I end up paying less and the driver makes more money, so everyone is happy.

I've done this. The driver cancels your ride and you pay cash.

I've nothing against women in the workplace, but I do think it sucks that in most families both parents are forced to work in order to make ends meet. Universal childcare is the worst of both worlds - you miss out on all those special moments when your children are young and your kids get to be raised by a stranger. Plus the public gets to foot the bill.

I guess it works if you don't want those experiences and are happier working.

For the same reason that in the winter the weather people tell you the temperature, but then are sure to include the windchill factor (which makes it sound worse). In the summer they tell you the temperature and be sure to include the "real feel", which includes the heat index and makes it sound worse. Arguably, in the winter there's still a heat index and in the summer a wind chill, but that would make the news sound good, and mess up the whole strategy.

Bad news sells. Mostly it's totally made up BS. Global warming is another made up tragedy to distract us from real issues like wars, poverty, wealth disparity, care for the elderly and mentally ill, etc.

Oddly, NYC is archipelago city, and the only way from Long Island/Brooklyn/Queens to New Jersey is via Manhattan, hence the congestion. I guess one could take the huge detour via Staten Island, but the Verrazzano already has a big toll.

If only the roads were planned bit better.

You can write python code on an iphone with Pythonista.

Maybe he means the person who makes the automobile can afford to buy an automobile?

If it's your life, it might be worth it.

But then we end up with the OOM Killer, which is awful - randomly kill the biggest process because "reasons".... It would be better if the OS could say no.

A lot of the MTA's budget is spent on interest on their debt (about $4 Billion / year). Page 23 of your report shows they currently have about $45 Billion in outstanding bonds. A cursory view seems to show about $6 Billion is to cover capital projects, which makes one wonder what the other 39 Billion was issued for.

lsblk is super helpful and I've used it many, many times since I found it about 5 years ago.

inxi is a new one for me.

Command usage / knowledge depends on what you need and why.

Agreed, I've also been burned doing stupid things like this and always print out the commands and check them before actually doing the commit.

As they say, measure twice, cut once.

Don't feel bad, I think every professional in IT goes through something similar at one time or another.