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chucksta··on Vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health: study
Familiar with asbestos? Its pretty widely regarded as a bad time

https://www.asbestos.com/exposure/automobiles/

chucksta··on Automakers are sharing consumers' driving behavior with insurance companies
You can do whatever you want to it, you just can't legally drive it on public roads anymore. You are forgetting about all the use cases which aren't general public transit.
chucksta··on Stop Eating Sugar (2020)
> snacking on 2,000 calories worth of nuts

Density would not matter if its a hard limit

chucksta··on Why a White House Plan to Fund Office-to-Housing Conversions Isn't Working
Not an expert but know a little, good ole "it depends". Options for water and waste management, building size, occupation levels, etc. It would likely end up being fairly substantial to make every building dual use.
chucksta··on Man convicted for trying to help undercover game wardens recover deer with drone
You realize "deer recovery" means the deer has already been hunted and hit right? At best its in misery, at worst the misery ends in waste.
chucksta··on Boeing Disaster Proves Americans Businesses Greedy Mentality Is Broken
I think it makes them uniquely qualified to understand it, probably not write, as they would be too greedy to do a good job.
chucksta··on The (history of) spice must flow
Fair point but most beer had a low alcohol content .5%~3%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_beer

chucksta··on States, including CA and NY, sign heat pump memorandum
Uh or a generator..
chucksta··on The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day
I don't know, I just know "is it dutch or is it german?" is a common question and that's the answer. I think high/low is a geographic indicator of where it's spoken in germany.
chucksta··on The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day
Grew up in SE PA, i've heard it called old german or high german but I don't know what that means. PA Dutch is just an americanization
chucksta··on Penn Jillette wants to talk it all out
>my liberty ends where your liberty starts.

>i don't drive and the liberty i get from not having a car that i have to park somewhere is huge. better public transport would increase my liberty to move around even further. so this would not reduce my individual agency, but it would increase it.

To your point, who cares about the justification to your liberties? I drive. Yours end where mine start.

chucksta··on Car ownership in the US is becoming more expensive
Bold, knowing current tech in a car is an issue, moving to an 80's hi-tech car is mind blowing. They are known for being loaded with all kinds of 1 off proprietary tech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7JdE1Gq8IY

<3 the car too though, and thought the same thing at one point

chucksta··on Tesla Cybertruck Owner Gets 'Coming Soon' Message When Trying to Lock Diff
You can download an area map and use google maps offline https://blog.google/products/maps/google-maps-offline/
chucksta··on My heat pump: a personal story about a broken heating industry
The northern hemisphere is going into the dead of winter, heating is on a lot of peoples mind
chucksta··on Cops Used DNA to Predict Suspects Face and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It
Notable missing in the other response is polygraph, only a handful of states accept them.

https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/criminal-defense/are-lie-d...

chucksta··on The Downward Spiral of Technology
I don't think counting "let me google that for you" as a point to ease of use of the internet is legit.

I always saw it manifest as another version of RTFM. Meaning stop being lazy/do your own work.

chucksta··on Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel
I did, the charge back process wasn't the issue. Each time I would call, they would give me a new card and number, I'd go update everywhere. Then a few days later there would be a new fraud charge on the new card.
chucksta··on Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel
It goes both ways, a couple years ago I had to deal with a scammer who the bank kept "helping" with each new card they issued me. It happened like 5 times before it stopped, nothing I could do.
chucksta··on Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
Last I tried Vritualbox isn't reliably available on M1
chucksta··on Cloudflare employee posts layoff call with HR and goes viral [video]
Meaning they said "i'll work another 3 months, but I found a new job" and their current employment said "nah, today's your last day". I've seen it happen first hand.
chucksta··on 'Tranq tourism': TikTokers travel to film drug users
What about all the non-addicted people trying to live their lives in those communities? What do you feel for them?
chucksta··on Police have undermined the promise of body cameras
With all the tech they have in their cars, could easily do local backup there and then upload to a central location at return or when a trusted wifi becomes available
chucksta··on The biggest root cause of crime is fatherlessness
I only know a little bit second hand but I wouldn't be surprised, from what I understand each side has obligations to meet in the deal and the status can be lost on either side. Its also gonna depend on the state
chucksta··on The biggest root cause of crime is fatherlessness
The landlord and section 8 have to communicate about certain things, doubt they would lie for the tenant.
chucksta··on US retail lobbyists retract key claim on 'organized' retail crime
Close the store?
chucksta··on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says
Buy an electric car from a company that didn't bother to put immobilizers on their cars for 10 years? I wouldn't be able to get past "What did they skimp on this time?"

https://www.engadget.com/hyundai-will-pay-200-million-after-...

chucksta··on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says
They are both being phased out/discontinued is one good reason

https://www.gearpatrol.com/cars/a43720198/chevy-bolt-discont... https://electrek.co/2023/05/19/what-we-know-nissan-leaf-ev-r...

chucksta··on Health experts criticise new NZ government's shock reversal of smoking ban
You changed the context from rules that apply to people born after a certain year, to rules applied to everyone regardless of year.

I could be born in 2008 or 2007 either way I need to be 16. But I could be born in 2007 and buy smokes.

chucksta··on 280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
You are forgetting about the other coast. A 10 mile Radius will get you almost anywhere you want to go in a NE metro
chucksta··on Meta allows ads saying 2020 election was rigged on Facebook and Instagram
The point is who decides what is acceptable or not, who decides it, and what "free speech" they are allowed to interfere with.
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