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It's a bit more complicated than that. There are fixed or per-vehicle costs: * signage, lighting, snow removal, etc. * weather-related wear and tear from freeze/thaw, thermal expan…

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2001/12/01/bumper-mentality/

> scale with weight Road damage scales with axle weight to the fourth power (w^4). So if a 500lbs motorcycle is the unit of damage, a 4,000 lbs sedan does 4,096 units of damage (40…

I think the author is missing another major factor: the early bicycle doesn't solve any problem satisfactorily. A velocipede at best saves you a bit of energy going flat or downhil…

The elevators I've seen have a "group call" feature slightly hidden in the menu.

I don't think that solving these kinds of difficult problem is about thinking slowly. Unfortunately for most engineers, their entire lives and schooling have never exposed them to …

The SSD firmware is smart enough to rotate the hot sectors over the entire space gradually. It is a problem to have a full SSD from a performance perspective. Modern SSDs use pSLC …

I think there are startups making a similar sort of engine for general aviation. It's good to see that there is development of the same idea for commercial aviation. This isn't lik…

> It is crazy people think apple isnt on the side of privacy. > It also ensured pressure from governments and plaintiffs, including CSAM victims, who preferred Apple’s more interve…

I was able to see The Odyssey yesterday in 70mm, and it had a preview of Dune 3. I wasn't planning to see Dune 3, but that preview made me want to see it. Can we monitor seat avail…

One of the hopes I have for AI is that products like this become almost unsellable. Gemini strongly disrecommends buying this product[1], but it's not clear if the opinion is based…

I'm not going to claim that elevator malpractice isn't possible, but no elevator is designed with a single point of failure for any safety critical system, so I don't think it's ea…

This post was pretty technical. Let's explain a couple of terms: ML-KEM -- Module-Lattice-Based Key-Encapsulation Mechanism ML-DSA -- Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorit…

Put them in the vegetable bin in the fridge, too. Should make them last much longer.

AI is both terrifying and miraculous. Good to have stories like this where it enables something that might be impossible or impractical otherwise. I do think the author has a good …

This article really buried the most interesting part: the shaping of public opinion by the home office in the UK following acts of terrorism.

The French Revolution is no longer possible. The surveillance state plus wealth mobility means the wealthy will be in New Zealand before anyone erects a guillotine, and the people …

Rural power was always expensive, but now due to wildfire risk, it needs to be ruinously expensive. It's not for the benefit of the cities, and driven by corporate risk management.…

Yes. That is a central problem with power distribution in California. The cities are paying exorbitant prices for electricity to pay for safer infrastructure for rural customers (u…

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-21/spa... https://archive.is/yFZjd ---- The complaint here isn't from SpaceX investors. It's from retail investors that are be…

> So a passion tax seems like something that should exist and not really be decried. To put it the other way, work that is distasteful in some way, should also pay more, but this i…

Also product liability. If you give a domestic hair dryer a 12 ft cord, someone will use it in the shower. If you give an insta-pot a 6 ft cord, someone will drape it off the count…

What is a "fair" outcome? Is it easier to hold back talented students with a low bar or push untalented ones to a higher bar?