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Comment · 8 months ago
I didn't post a link
Comment · 8 months ago
It's almost every site big and small, so there must be plenty of cases where they don't even want to track users.
Comment · 8 months ago
I don't really buy the nuclear deterrence thing. Say a country just invested in conventional military and went to war with a nuclear one, maybe even full-on invasion trying to capture it. They really gonna get nuked?

Arab nations did try to capture Israel multiple times, but maybe you don't count this because the war never swayed much in their favor.

Comment · 8 months ago
What do they get for cooperation? This reminds me of Diplomacy (the board game), where there are clear scoring rules kinda like Prisoner's Dilemma.
Comment · 8 months ago
The part about bike lanes is annoying. Whenever some city or district goes all in on bike lanes, the end result is almost nobody using those, and more congestion. It makes sense in like Manhattan.
Comment · 8 months ago
Two people crashing in big SUVs/trucks aren't really safer than two people crashing in smaller cars. As for the difference, my guess is the driving standards.
Comment · 8 months ago
It takes less power to accelerate a lighter car, but about the same to keep it moving. And some of the energy is recouped during gen-braking.
Comment · 8 months ago
Was this that one year when the whole auto market was completely screwed up? This is normally not an issue. Also why do you need a hatchback instead of just a regular car?
Comment · 8 months ago
This is the sole reason I've always hated Teslas. Didn't care that they're EV and new and have stereotypes about the drivers, just that the lights are way brighter. Or sometimes pointed further up out of the factory for some reason.
Comment · 8 months ago
How are we being forced to buy SUVs? There are plenty of regular cars for sale.
Comment · 8 months ago
So every article on some site I try to read doesn't throw a full-page modal, sometimes with a delay. At least reader mode will sometimes ignore those banners.
Comment · 8 months ago
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Comment · 8 months ago
The problem is usually when you're using notepad, it's in some situation where you don't want to install another exe. Like you're using someone else's PC or a random one in a library or something. This needs to be built in.
Comment · 8 months ago
I've never liked Windows but did appreciate the dumb simplicity of parts of it. Especially MS Paint. Like Mac Preview has always had all these nice advanced features, but lacked one simple thing most people need, a frikin pencil tool. Then they added a pencil but made it try to turn your scribbles into neat shapes every time... with fill.

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