ALavaPulsar

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago

This is super great to see. Normally my home state just follows whatever California passes since we're a much smaller market, but this time they're really moving things forward for consumer repairability.

Also, just really reinforces how much I hate Kathy Hochul for absolutely neutering NY's right to repair bill. Glad I don't have her as my governor anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The bill they passed would keep us on standard time though, so you’re still stuck with 4:30pm sunsets in Dec/Jan. I’d rather stick with the current system until we can get permanent DST.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Not having access to natural light is what really drives me insane. During the winter, it's possible to spend all your daylight hours at work, so you basically alternate between harsh artificial light and darkness.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

I get they were going for a carton shape, but that looks basically impossible to clean.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Deception is just around the corner. Choose those around you wisely.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Stopping the aid might not stop him but heavy sanctions definitely would.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Frequent delays. Poor frequency. Weird routes. Slow average speeds that can barely compete with a bus. Always getting bogged down by track-sharing with freight.

The Northeast corridor is the only section of the entire system that is even remotely decent and is basically subsidizing the crappy lines that they are congressionally mandated to run so it’s not even that cost competitive with other modes.

To be fair, most of this isn’t Amtrak’s fault but just a reflection of the fact that America doesn’t care about passenger rail.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I mean that’s basically Las Vegas.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago (10 children)

If they want their new EVs to be eligible federal tax credit, the cars need to undergo final assembly in the US. Not to mention we just went through a pandemic that showed us the weaknesses of shipping all our manufacturing to third world countries.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Are we still pretending that China is a socialist country? Their social safety net is much worse than the US, which is regarding among the worst of OECD countries. I guess they still have a red and yellow flag so must be socialist utopia right?