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erikaww

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About erikaww

email: erikaww@umich.edu

Recent public activity

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    Comment #41795056

    Couldn’t this be engineered away? Put half the battery on top and another on the bottom

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    Comment #41677895

    I think you mean organizational issue not development skill issue. If shit is constantly hitting the fan, that is the orgs fault, not the engineers

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    Comment #41672218

    I’d give multiple weeks of time for a city trash can lol

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    Comment #41632127

    In a decade there will be a light rail that is even faster than the shuttle! (Between Everett and SeaTac or the city)

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    Comment #41613557

    I could not have picked a worse example

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    Comment #41613524

    Sounds like we should fix the right problem then! If my loved ones don’t get justice, then I am taking shit into my own hands.

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    Comment #41611840

    You completely missed the nuance that peer countries have up to half an order higher deaths per capita. This is an easily solved problem. More on the nuance: humans are imperfect w…

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    Comment #41611394

    Kind of. Call it what it is. It’s extremely pervasive and has a massive impact on the culture, quality of life and economics in the US. It is a shame because it would be a fixed pr…

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    Comment #41611372

    Hmm yeah plane failures are totally as pervasive as traffic violence Calling it propaganda is also crazy. Like you want people to keep dying this way? Great way to show your true c…

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    Comment #41610830

    You’ve never been in accident or almost hit by a car? You don’t know anyone that has died that way? Really? Infinitesimal? It’s one of the leading causes of death among youth on th…

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    Comment #41606796

    I think it would be a fantastic idea for the government to surveil road infrastructure. We spend a crap ton of our GDP just on healthcare addressing the negative impact of traffic …

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    Comment #41501052

    Funny thing is that there is a near footgun with this go: if you defer and set a non named return in a defer, like cErr, that won’t actually set that variable. Not sure what actual…

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    Comment #41462055

    All you need is a

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    Comment #41419314

    “Got mine!”

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    Comment #41419293

    Car makers would adjust but road freight would fight this tooth and nail

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    Comment #41406714

    hand fed a crow hot cheetos right outside the palace of fine arts. good times.

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    Comment #41306043

    It’s crazy these individuals are forgiven.

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    Comment #41231656

    Overcoming stigma perhaps? Making it seem bougier

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    Comment #40950209

    If AT&T had spent more on security, this would not have happened. I absolutely do not believe individual engineers should be held liable.

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    Comment #40892865

    Supply and demand

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    Comment #40886172

    On hot days, I’ll drink nearly two gallons. Most days 1.5 gallons. Just water. I have a very large cup that is a pint and a cup. I’ll drink 8-10 of those a day. Though I eat a lot …

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    Comment #40878436

    Seems like we should have common sense zoning so these individuals aren’t literally financially incentivized to expand sprawl and put out articles like this so they can continue to…

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    Comment #40851501

    ENETUNREACH: The Chinorussese Solar Federation is blockading platinum rich asteroids until they get back war criminal and musician Vladimir the handyman, accused of using a wrench …

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    Comment #40838285

    The answer to that is not banning apartments through the vast majorities of our cities, forcing everything to be spread out so that you have to drive a car to participate in societ…