davidgro @ davidgro @lemmy.world

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Yeah. I once even visited the US South, but it was the wrong time of year or area.

I have long said that the dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets are great because they precisely (though inaccurately) depict what they are made of. I'm glad to see I'm not alone in noticing that.

That's many of us in a few years.

And it's money we earned, taken out of our paychecks already.

This is simple theft, and it hurting a few more of the 'right people' now is not a good thing when it hurts all (American) people soon.

Yeah, I really wish it could be more like that here.

The largest cities near me do have all of those (and ferries) but not enough to take the place of cars for most trips for most people.

Are carpool lanes less common outside the US?

Where I am even some of the non-freeway roads have them.

Loose change.

I've often wondered if this is something that could be engineered correctly or is it genuinely a difficult problem to solve with multiple variables (incoming water temps, pressure, etc)

That's obviously not how the billionaires who create it would train it.

I don't get it.

Are you perhaps calling all of humanity a dragon?

I agree and think this a good shower thought, and also don't see it as a bad thing in general.

I've always thought that conceptually, background music is really strange - because of course it's Not part of the universe being shown to us (with partial exceptions like Guardians of the Galaxy) but is an added layer that only the audience experiences, and doesn't have a real-life counterpart.
Technically I suppose the same is true for something like subtitles, but those are more directly meta (they are clearly part of the mechanism of presentation rather than being presented as part of the show like music kind of is)

But that doesn't mean I think it shouldn't be there (Nor do I think OP said so) - it's just a weird thing we all accept as normal because it Does enhance the experience (usually)

Character from an anime called Re:Zero

Edit: I guess I got whooshed? I haven't seen the show yet, just know what some characters look like.

Yeah, people seem to confuse speed and position. Being farther back does not imply slower, and the increase in visibility often means I can make better lane changing decisions, so it ends up actually faster.

Just because that song never ends, and just goes on and on, my friend...

I see the sentiment that money should be abolished here all the time, but this is the first time I've actually seen a proposed replacement. It's an interesting idea.

That is a controversial opinion here.

(And I agree with it. I don't know what the way is, but I hope it can be found)

"historical" means failed, right?

I'll go for a serious answer.

When driving, particularly on freeways and highways, everyone must now leave a lot of space between them and the car ahead proportional to how fast they are going - even in heavy traffic. And they must allow a car that is signalling properly to merge into their lane. (But not like a bunch of cars at a time of course)

Everyone must also start to decelerate as soon as they see brake lights ahead or notice slowing, but they have more space (starting further back in the road), so won't have to decelerate as strongly as the car ahead is and will reach a higher minimum speed or be stopped for less time when the car ahead starts accelerating again.

I believe this would mostly end stop-and-go traffic and smooth out all slow traffic (increasing fuel economy and reducing stress) by reducing/eliminating traffic waves. Probably even increase average speeds (but I'm less sure about that)

Exactly.

I think around 48 hours.

High school LAN parties.

Parrots can be extremely intelligent, but are still dinosaurs.