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Subway trains in my city (Vancouver) are autonomous

This is a point I think needs to made more often. Bad things get way more attention and I think people on both the left and the right, both social justice people and free speech pe…

I'm in BC and we definitely have identity politics and polarized parties. It's not as bad as the US today, but it's there. Comparable to the US in the 90s maybe. Also BC leans heav…

Everything that you buy online, in a Walmart, or is otherwise manufactured a city away from where it's sold? Trucking costs are built into most products. My grocery store sells app…

I don't actually think that sounds heavy handed at all. The reason being a puppet of the USSR is a bad thing is because of how bad the USSR was, not because it's inherently bad to …

Or hostile governments, or other bad actors. I foresee a coming cyber war between the US and China fought entirely by AI.

As a new developer I'd like to hear more about why this is?

American decisions can set precedents which other countries follow, and are often pushed by their trade policies. They also affect American IT companies, which are used by people a…

Can you explain what your comment means?

Municipalities could easily accomplish that with zoning restrictions.

In my city it's common for large retailers to provide parking lots at a cost. If you buy something, the cashier gives you a stamp that nulls your parking charge. Anyone can park, b…

Thats true if we already had a way of knowing they would fail but we don't. Startups are how you try new ideas to find the good ones. Do having them work there and fail creates inf…