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Even though we've had "normal diets" for way longer, it is impossible to study those effectively without first closely defining the diet in question (which is effectively the same as feeding Soylent, minus the powderization and conservation).

Following that, it should be much easier to closely examine the effects of Soylent on people than it is to study any other non-standardized form of nutrition. And yet every "fact" about Soylent you read is purely anectodal.

[1]: https://github.com/espruino/Espruino

Woo!

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On my gallery page:

> By upgrading your image server to thumbor you would go from 16687.68kb to 29581.33kb for 19 images (using WebP images).

All of my images get filtered through convert through convert(1) -quality 90, could that be a reason?

The skills here are not legendary per se; the mean might be a bit better. The difference is that people seem to have more respect for other drivers and dangers on the road, creating more awareness overall.

But still, I think allowing skilled drivers to drive faster would do no harm to the population, if the faster people stick to the guidelines. For example: you do see the occasional snail moving in the left highway lane, but it won't be long until he is ushered away by some faster car with some furious flashes of the brights.

The speeding system we have here seems to make a lot more sense to me: On most highways, there is no speed limit. The only (theoretical) limit is the motor limitation of 155 mph (250 km/h), which can be taken out, but will almost always lead to losing any kind of motor warranty.

In practice, there are limiting signs to 75 mph (120 km/h) for passages where the road is not good enough or there are narrow curves, unclear conditions etc. In my experience, this system works wonderfully: when the road is good, you can drive as fast as you like, so people are more concious about paying attention to the road and their rear mirrors, especially when hogging up the left lane.

I acknowledge that completely overtaking this system would be impossible for the US, simply because the roads are not up to it and the driving tests are not rigorous enough, but I think Germany serves as a fine example that there would be no harm in raising the speed limits a few notches.