I find it tiresome how someone who lives elsewhere thinks we can waive a magic wand and change trillions in infrastructure and a century of entrenched car culture. Unless you have workable solutions please keep the peanut gallery comments to yourself.
There are solutions but they are the hard “get people to buck all incentives and change their behavior for the common good” kind that take a lot of work.
I'm not sure what other people can do, but personally I decided that instead of wishing in vain that the place I lived in was this way, I moved across the world to a new city and country where I could live car-free. Now I ride a bicycle to work and use subways and trains to get around on the weekends. Vote with your feet, I guess.
The way I sum it up is: science is a method, which is not equivalent to the institution of science, and because that institution is run by humans it will contain and perpetrate all the ills of any human group.
Do you think false accusations are a uniquely american attribute? Have you never heard of Europe's (and very much Germany's) long history of lynching alleged witches?
Im not sure what you’re trying to imply with these questions. You started your comments talking about “this country” and providing links to American lynchings. That has nothing to do with Germany. I’m not stupid. Every country has evil shit in their history and everyone is well acquainted with germanys historical shit list but let’s not try to turn around your dumb mistake as some moral grandstanding okay? Link German lynchings and false accusations when talking about Germany.
??? We're discussing the assumption that people don't make false accusations? Nobody is making any moral claims about germany, it's just historically an equally terrible assumption as in this country. I do agree this is likely a terrible assumption in every country!
Just in case you weren’t aware, these guys have been doing deep dives on the series with a chapter by chapter breakdown, digging into every single reference and historical mention in the books. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lubbers-hole-a-pat...
After reading Aubrey-Maturin 5 times through I didn’t think I could appreciate it even more but this podcast revealed a whole new depth of awe for the author. Like Steve Jobs insisting the inside of the Apple II looked beautiful even if no one would see it level of craftsmanship.
Sure thing!
I often use it to add code comments to my powershell scripts after I've written them, sprinkling in quotes from some of my favorite movies from the 80s like Spaceballs, Princess Bride, Airplane, etc...
"User '$username' found. Preparing to eject them from the AD universe."
"Failed to import Active Directory module. Inconceivable!"
"Failed to delete user '$username'. I am serious, and don't call me Shirley."
Other times I will ask it questions related to scripting commandlets and it often responds in a tone that is more fun to read at least.
"Firstly, ensure you're connected to the mystical realm of Exchange Online. If you're scratching your head wondering how, refer back to the ancient scrolls on how to establish a connection. It involves Get-Credential, New-PSSession, and a bit of patience."
There are solutions but they are the hard “get people to buck all incentives and change their behavior for the common good” kind that take a lot of work.
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