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A felony charge is harder to prosecute. Maybe they didn't think they had enough evidence to win

And yet all of the desirable(aka expensive) places to live are mixed use dense neighborhoods built before the concept of Euclidean zoning? Eg. Old pre-zoning, pre-car neighborhoods…

You get one of these: https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-electric-cargo-bikes/ On the occasions you are moving something larger than can fit in the bike you can take a cab/rent a c…

Except in Model A the products have some utilitarian/recreational value to humanity (coats, iPhones, ect.) In Model B the product is a transaction network that is horribly ineffici…

I think the problem is in America the frugal clerk makes 3000/month, a white collar professional makes 8000/month and a high level executive makes 14000/month after taxes. And I wo…

In a Western context with our property situation perhaps but look at Japan. 91% of the population lives in an urban area and even in the most desirable metropolis Tokyo it is relat…

Even though it seems like she lives in an urban area (or urban enough to be squeezed by rising home prices), the public transit is so poor that she spends 3-5x more time getting to…

I think the MTAs woes are unique to the MTA/management of the MTA and not lack of competition. Paris and Madrid have no problem building and operating trains at reasonable costs ev…

I think that statement is meant to set the historical context rather than promote pseudoscience... Later in the article: >even as the health benefits of curcumin remain unproven be…

I don't think the point of the article was to say that placebo is a legitimate effect but exploring the philosophy of science implications of the research on placebos the author wa…

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/09/spy-vs-spy-3 Everyone is standing on the shoulders of someone else.

If you're interested in the design/factors in mass transit, I highly recommend Alon Levy's Pedestrian Observations blog. For example, this is a post about bus branching: https://pe…

A reusable straw would be like the ones you see in a sippy cup or one of those reusable strabucks cups you see. Made of a more durable plastic than the flimsy one use straws. Like …

I'll just add to this thread that a large % of Citibike members in NYC are also owners of personal bicycles (like myself - unfortunately can't find source atm). My personal use cas…

But has it been optimized for taste? Or for the marketplace and maximum profit? You mention the tomato. If you've ever had a fresh heirloom tomato I think you'd agree that they're …

I am familiar with NYC mesh( https://nycmesh.net/faq/ ), one of the linked networks in the article, and it answers many of your questions. To answer your most salient question(abou…

Only comes in non-stick? That's no bueno.