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The article you linked shows that more people moved to the upper bracket than the lower (5% vs 4%). In relative terms the earnings growth was even more dramatic -- the upper class …

There are existing prototypes of laser systems for killing fast moving insects such as mosquitos. Imagine a device on a fence pole covering the surrounding acre. There are plenty o…

Scooters don't have pedals.

If your opinion isn't informed by data then what value could it possibly have?

Sure thing! /sbin/init is pid=1, the single process that the kernel starts when a system boots. It typically runs a command to kick off bringing up userland to the correct runlevel…

Where are you getting 50kph from? Nowhere did I suggest that was a safe speed for daily riding. We've been talking about 35kph, or 20 miles an hour, which is a perfectly reasonable…

That appears to be a ride where they've deliberately set a slower pace for a ride based around socializing. 12-13 mph is about right if you're going to be leisurely carrying on con…

I teach unix internals to engineers as part of my job and I've found most engineers aren't intimately familiar with the distinction between the RC system and the init system at all…

I spoke of the ground being a stationary object (the most common one anyone will encounter, as I put it). I did in fact fall onto the ground. Crashing into stationary objects is in…

Yes, without question. Systemd provides me absolutely no benefit when running a server and adds considerable complexity and fragility in a critical component. A traditional SysV in…

I think you might be confused. We are talking about the danger involved with two bikes going the same direction with a 10kph speed differential (25kph / 35kph). When crashes like t…

We're talking about two vehicles colliding with each other. The mass of the vehicle is absolutely relevant. Crashing a bike at 30mph/50kph is not as dangerous as you suggest, you c…

Are you thinking only of riding on roads? I often ride on paved bike trails. They're usually maybe two meters wide with mixed pedestrian and bike traffic. Even in a bike lane you'r…

No they don't. The Oxford Cycling Club claims an average of 17mph -19mph or 27-30kph: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/club/profile/7892/oxford-c... "The average speed can vary ac…

25kph is a meandering speed for an adult on a road bike. 30kph is quite common and 35kph isn't unusual. I regularly ride paved commuter trails with bikes doing all of those speeds …

No, the data is not up for sale. As the article you linked clearly states the data is anonymized and cannot be tied to individuals. It's simply not a thing. It would violate PCI-DS…

I'm not sure what you mean with the first bullet point. All banks which do payment processing do lending. It's inherent in the nature of the service, that's what the above article …

Using credit cards at thrift stores cannot affect your credit score. That article is poorly written and is discussing impact to credit issued by the credit card issuer. It may impa…

Yes, with a per capita expenditure of $700 it's safe to say they aren't covering any serious illness. "Our costs are low because we have a healthy lifestyle" -- more like the costs…

I'm looking for more than a strap and a seat. I'd like the entire interior space to be repurposed to absorb impact energy.

Honestly what I'd like is a safety oriented cabin designed to minimize whiplash. Restrain my head and neck, surround my body with impact absorbing material and put a screen in fron…

Would you care to elaborate? I'm finding your opinion rather odd myself. The vast majority of people never freeze their credit and never have to expend any energy on the issue of c…

On the contrary, credit card theft is one of the most common forms of identity theft. As I said above, it is far, far less time and expense to follow up to actual fraud with a poli…

As I said above "No one is talking about totally ignoring fraud and allowing a default judgement to occur" You are discussing something entirely different, unrelated to the point I…

The vast majority of people will spend less time as this is a rare occurrence. Freezing a credit report is not going to prevent someone from getting ahold of your information. It w…