ByronCinNZ @ByronCinNZ@mastodon.nzoss.nz

@rysiek It's almost as if disincentivizing driving was the solution all along. I think there are better ways to do that than the current reasons gas prices are sky high. :)

@rysiek Like, take lanes away from cars. Replace them with functional sidewalks and bike paths/lanes. There is a main thoroughfare a couple blocks over here that they did this to a year or two ago. It used to be a 4 lane road with a lot of traffic. Now it is 2 lanes with still quite a lot of traffic but they did a before and after study and it turns out that 90% of trip times down that road didn't change and the 10% that got slower weren't significantly slower. But it made walking/cycling on or around that road MUCH better.

"‘why is there this perpetual sense of crisis even though capitalism is supposed to be the best of all possible economic systems? Why is it that I can see poverty and starvation and war if this is the best that it can be?’"
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2022/06/china-mieville-marxism-communist-manifesto

Yeah, this is funny: https://www.comicsands.com/dc-bicyclist-protests-truck-convoy-2657003450.html

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A problem we have is when humans have no scarcity, we seem destine to begin attacking the infrastructure which keeps us alive.

I think there's a good chance that Proof of Work may prove the savior of our species by keeping us busy so we don't kill ourselves.

title text: 'We're shocked by the Notre Dame fire. Click for our tribute to--' [okay] 'Now that we're all staying at home these past few weeks thanks to this new coronavirus, we--' [okay]

(https://xkcd.com/2615)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2615
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I support this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300576591/how-do-we-fairly-tax-the-rich make taxation fairer in NZ.