I just came up with a thought the other day! This would be a decades long approach and I have no idea if it would work. The idea is for generic American cities, that have a few sky scrapers in a downtown and then the burbs.

Start with 3-5 square blocks in the heart of downtown and close the roads. Make them permanently pedestrian only. These roads are typically very wide, so allow food trucks/vendors to occupy a portion of the center. Add bike lanes, and add really good reliable public transit around this area. Let that marinate for a few years, then add another chunk of the same size.

I think you would see this portion of the city become a very popular residential area. Businesses will figure out how to provide amenities where people gather. By starting small you are not requireing people to get rid of their cars, just not use them in certain areas. As this expands you will have a larger and larger portion of the population that finds it inconvenient and expensive to own a car once their needs are met in this ever expanding bubble.

I doubt you could ever get this done, but it’s an idea!

Usually described as a coup.

Is that the same story as the movie by the same name?

Captain, we’re going to need a new tactic. Operative 15 has found a gaping flaw in our capabilities.

Always warms my heart to see the amount of respect these athletes have for their competitors. Sometimes people are awesome!

Thanks for keeping us on topic, Chief. We almost stopped thinking about sex for a min.

I’m sure there have been minor incidents, but as far as I know Sikhism comes to mind as a religion that doesn’t have blood on its hands.

It’s a monarchy… So yeah…

Cat probability: 98.3%

Does this mean forcing companies to keep servers running indefinitely? (No link, so I’m just speculating) I understand the frustration when servers are shut down prematurely, but I have to say I don’t feel that is a reasonable requirement.

If games were required to provide self hosting software I’d be on board with the legislation.

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Is this the same Bob Ballard that found the Titanic and the Bismark?

I agree, we all have search engines and if someone doesn’t understand a word or phrase they can learn it on their own. Brilliant write up!

Well, not that shocked…

Was this the root cause??? Hahahaha

Looks like forced perspective. I think the hawk isn’t looking at the little bird, but from our angle it looks like they’re face to face, so we assume they are much closer than they are.

So what would you propose as an alternative? Should we go back to nepotism? I feel like a flawed implementation of meritocracy is better than openly accepting nepotism again.

I see the value in the argument. We assign far too much credit to skill that was actually luck and circumstance. The author doesn’t provide an alternative though. Even with this flaw I’m inclined to believe striving towards a meritocracy is still the best course of action until a better option comes along.

When you’re starving you don’t refuse food because it isn’t your favorite, you eat it and try to find better food next meal. The author didn’t give us better food, just pointed out we aren’t eating what we want.

Recently learned this is a double exposure image. They took an exposure in an unlit room for the lightning, then put Tesla in there reading a book and took the second exposure.

It will be very difficult for someone over the internet to help you troubleshoot without some type of schematic of what you’re trying to accomplish.