About 80% of the subway lines in NYC pass through Wall Street. G train is included in phase 1, and it doesn't even pass through Manhattan. The F is also included, and it's a feeder to Queens.
No idea, but all DC-NYC trains and a sizable chunk of commuter rail systems in that area are still 25Hz/11,000 volt. Though I think they have inverters or M-G sets on the actual trains to provide 60hz power to the lights and outlets.
NYC subways basically are Musk's (non hyper) loop with longer vehicles. Interesting idea would be to run shorter trains more frequently. This is possible with the right signaling especially if a driver and conductor aren't needed.
To make the cop look like a blithering idiot in front of a jury. Quantity matters as far as sentencing. Frankly, if someone is selling small quantities of heroin to adults, I'd hope they'd get the shortest sentence possible or walk free. The cost of jailing someone for a year pays for a lot of treatment for opiate addicts, which is where the money is more effectively spent.
Many low-level dealers are themselves addicts and essentially victims who'd be better of getting medical treatment instead of being jailed.
Authoritarian? What percent of its population does the EU jail vs the US, which jails almost one in one hundred adults at any given time?
Capitalist companies aren't inherently good -- there's nothing wrong with the government regulating them. Direct election got people plenty of demagogues. How common is it to prosecute people over a tweet? You're sensationalizing. Neo-Nazis may occasionally be prosecuted, but so are Klansmen in the US.
Land of bizarre, harmful regulations? That's the US, not the EU. No EU country jails 1% of its adult public. The US does. That should tell you something about the level of regulation and enforcement in the EU vs the USA.
Not only that, but they don't let people view full business reviews on a mobile browser -- they try to force people to download their silly little app.
They don't let you view full review for a business on a mobile browser, instead forcing you to "get the app." There are workarounds, but there's no reason why I should be nudged to get an app to view info that's otherwise freely available on the Web. Unless they like to track "customer" locations of course, and monetize the data.
I'm saying that laws in the US are already over-enforced. Societal good would be achieved through inefficient and degraded law enforcement. e.g. when DeBlasio pissed off the cop union in NYC and cops went on "strike", refusing to arrest for minor offenses or give parking tickets, violent crime didn't go up. Life went on, and people got a respite from harassment for a while.
That's funny about the pretty woman. Cops in the town where I grew up were caught for selectively pulling over pretty women, and giving them the choice between a sexual act and a trip to jail. Fortunately, they eventually picked on the wrong woman -- I think at least one of them got some serious jail time. (Hopefully he'll be on the other end of the situation in prison.)
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See, I don't care about being socially acceptable. I PREFER to be one of the rabble, giving polite society the birdie :D
Webcam is easily "fixed" with tape, the mic on most laptops won't work if there's a "dummy" plug in the 3.5" mic connector.
Painful in what way? I don't do anything that I *need* a smartphone or data plan for.
Meanwhile, I just pushed the "UP" button on my A/C twice. Why does it need to be connected to a PC, Alexa, or anything else other than an outlet?
Unlike many European/Asian countries, the subway runs 24/7/365. It may not be perfect or modern, but it basically works.
About 80% of the subway lines in NYC pass through Wall Street. G train is included in phase 1, and it doesn't even pass through Manhattan. The F is also included, and it's a feeder to Queens.
No idea, but all DC-NYC trains and a sizable chunk of commuter rail systems in that area are still 25Hz/11,000 volt. Though I think they have inverters or M-G sets on the actual trains to provide 60hz power to the lights and outlets.
Cars still have four wheels just like the Model T in 1908... not like the trains are running on steam/coal power directly.
NYC subways basically are Musk's (non hyper) loop with longer vehicles. Interesting idea would be to run shorter trains more frequently. This is possible with the right signaling especially if a driver and conductor aren't needed.
Lie in court once, pay the coinsequences: your testimony is no longer reliable.
To make the cop look like a blithering idiot in front of a jury. Quantity matters as far as sentencing. Frankly, if someone is selling small quantities of heroin to adults, I'd hope they'd get the shortest sentence possible or walk free. The cost of jailing someone for a year pays for a lot of treatment for opiate addicts, which is where the money is more effectively spent.
Many low-level dealers are themselves addicts and essentially victims who'd be better of getting medical treatment instead of being jailed.
Authoritarian? What percent of its population does the EU jail vs the US, which jails almost one in one hundred adults at any given time?
Capitalist companies aren't inherently good -- there's nothing wrong with the government regulating them. Direct election got people plenty of demagogues. How common is it to prosecute people over a tweet? You're sensationalizing. Neo-Nazis may occasionally be prosecuted, but so are Klansmen in the US.
Sure, but the desktop site sucks on a 5" screen, and it shouldn't be necessary to load it. It's only needed because Yelp are being evil.
Land of bizarre, harmful regulations? That's the US, not the EU. No EU country jails 1% of its adult public. The US does. That should tell you something about the level of regulation and enforcement in the EU vs the USA.
"Europe" isn't a single country with a unified Internet access policy, it would be hard to do.
Watching Zuck squirm is good fun. May the trend continue.
I'll take privacy over the kind of creativity that robs people of their privacy. Creativity is over-rated in this respect.
Or Big Bikini. The atoll, not the mammary support garment.
Online shopping will always have more returns than brick 'n mortar. You can't actually examine the item, try it on, whatever before buying.
I know exactly why, and it's one of many reasons why my opinion is: "fuck Yelp."
Not only that, but they don't let people view full business reviews on a mobile browser -- they try to force people to download their silly little app.
They don't let you view full review for a business on a mobile browser, instead forcing you to "get the app." There are workarounds, but there's no reason why I should be nudged to get an app to view info that's otherwise freely available on the Web. Unless they like to track "customer" locations of course, and monetize the data.
Better yet, the data shouldn't be collected. We don't need to solve every crime -- a crime-free society is a totalitarian one.
I'm saying that laws in the US are already over-enforced. Societal good would be achieved through inefficient and degraded law enforcement. e.g. when DeBlasio pissed off the cop union in NYC and cops went on "strike", refusing to arrest for minor offenses or give parking tickets, violent crime didn't go up. Life went on, and people got a respite from harassment for a while.
That's funny about the pretty woman. Cops in the town where I grew up were caught for selectively pulling over pretty women, and giving them the choice between a sexual act and a trip to jail. Fortunately, they eventually picked on the wrong woman -- I think at least one of them got some serious jail time. (Hopefully he'll be on the other end of the situation in prison.)