kamarg · HackerTrans

4 tháng trướcdiscuss

The city supposedly did an enforcement weekend on it last year. It was so ineffective that the state actually changed registration laws so that you pay the sales tax when you purchase a car at the dealership and then you get your plate in the mail. That doesn't go into effect until late this year and I won't be surprised if it gets pushed back before then.

kamarg

4 tháng trướcdiscuss

Where I live, it's common to see at least one person run a red at every major intersection and not just for left turns that couldn't be made due to cross-traffic. Quite often these drivers have expired temp tags which means they don't have insurance because you have to show you registered your vehicle to get insurance. Enforcement is awful so people have been trained to realize there's virtually no consequences to their bad habits. And if they do cause an accident, well it's not like the police will show up in time to stop them from driving off.

In fact, it's so bad that parts of the metro are reinstating red light cameras this year despite having decommissioned them years ago for similar legal reasons as what Florida has run into.

kamarg

4 tháng trướcdiscuss

If you can't tell who was driving, you shouldn't be sending anyone a ticket.

kamarg

5 tháng trướcdiscuss

The Hunt brothers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday

kamarg

6 tháng trướcdiscuss

> This seems incredibly inefficient. Is there a future for hybrid aircraft, which would feature both traditional turbofans and large batteries for energy storage?

I would assume the extra weight would make it not really worth the added cost and complexity.

kamarg

9 tháng trướcdiscuss

> Recovery is beyond the scope of most small practices.

Seems like a business opportunity. Could probably work very similar to other collections agencies where they either buy the debt for pennies on the dollar or take a percentage of the collected amount.

kamarg

9 tháng trướcdiscuss

Humpback whales have been known to defend other animals from Orcas. The food of my enemy is my friend type of thing I guess.

kamarg

9 tháng trướcdiscuss

> With such a… fixed opinion, the hidebound government agencies can't allow themselves to think that the overall risk profile has increased

This is only true if policy makers are logically consistent. If they're not then whatever they feel like at the time goes. I don't think it takes much effort to see that logical consistency is not something that is highly valued by the people currently in charge.

kamarg

10 tháng trướcdiscuss

I knew a guy that was extremely upset to find out that there isn't a lenticular garage door product so he could have it display an "animated" image as it opened/closed.

kamarg

10 tháng trướcdiscuss

> This means people are okay with whatever is happening

Or it means the game has been rigged which is exactly the point of all the gerrymandering going on right now. Tons of people are not okay with what is happening but their power to replace their government representative has been or is currently being effectively stolen from them.

kamarg

4 năm trướcdiscuss

One of the things I always heard when getting into software development is that the hard part isn't writing the code but rather figuring out what problem to solve. Now the hard part is going to be figuring out what problem to solve and how to tell the AI to solve it. If you're already good at the first part, the second part should be what you focus on and you'll likely become very in demand.

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