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Yes, it is completely reasonable if you understand the concept of externalities.

We once were. We built canals, a massive railroad system, then our interstate system. Likely a sign of our slow decline to a has been country. Today we should be building subways, …

I may have to stop using Em-dashes.

Long haul trucking should almost not exist. Automate a hub and spike rail system instead. Truck the first and last mile.

They want to privatize it for private gain and to shut down climate change alarms. It is in Project 2025.

That plane had recently had major service done. The computer was likely shut off for that service.

Texas just passed a law to license autonomous driving, but does not take effect until this fall.

Just look at the cover of “mom porn” books at the dollar store. They are mostly body builders with muscular bodies.

That is nice, but I doubt any city can afford to put that at every single crosswalk. Assuming there are enough to have an actual walkable city. A street sign and pavement markings …

Microsoft gave up on a phone operating system far too early.

Except, they are not even trying to lower the deficit. They are trying to cut taxes.

Like many countries in Europe, the price should include tax and tips as well.

Here in rural America, turbines use very little land. Probably similar to an oil well. The field it is placed in loses little capacity for other farm uses. The farmer gets a nice s…

Create a hub and spoke system with automated container sorting at the hubs. Basically build a national rail distribution system that works like a modern distribution warehouse. Lon…

I have wondered about the effects of adding minimum wages/salaries for positions that require each degree level. For example, if the job requires a bachelor degree or masters degre…

He has also not shown the ability to design new products. All of their vehicles except the Cyber Truck where in design when he bought the company. His one product is a flop.

Exactly this. The difference in a “red” or “blue” state is usually only about 5% of the population. The only place this is not true is DC.

The root cause is a lack of viable alternatives.

A lot of my media are home movies.

Not at rates anywhere near tax rates on wages of a middle class worker.

Power. The power to punish. The power to attempt to make people or countries do what you want. It is not economic. It only makes sense if you think like a mobster.

A black friend of mine gets stopped constantly. He is highly educated (well beyond a bachelors degree) in a stem field. He dresses professionally. He drives cautiously and does not…

We have tried this before about 100 years ago. Supply chains and economies were not nearly as interconnected as they are now. Read the history of the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.

I disagree on drug development. It is important enough we could simply pay for the research. We pay for a lot of it with taxpayer money already while the gains are privatized. The …

FB marketplace is a terrible market. It does not allow exact searches. It forces scrolling hundreds of ads in the hope of finding what I need. Even Craigslist had (has?) far better…