InevitableList

I love how all of facebook's privacy settings are set to 'use and abuse me' and periodically get reset to such every now and again. It used to tell you what shopping your friends did, like if your boyfriend bought an engagement ring. When asked if he thought this was a good thing Zuckerberg's answer was basically, "Yes."

There's a movement in Spain and people put stickers in their shop windows that say, "You can use my phone" so kids can call home without the need to carry their own phone.

This is world news. Which world capital are you talking about?

I'm criticising the headline not the article.

Oh yes those infamous left wingers like Clinton and Starmer. If only those of us on the right could have convinced them to be sympathetic to Gazans earlier!

What a weird headline. In what sense are we too early?

Check out the map men video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtBV3GgQLg8

They're terrified that if people are allowed free time and personal wealth again there will be a 2nd hippy movement that will loudly oppose their wars and power structures.

Trains are designed to operate for 30 or more years so the turnover is slower than cars, which have an average age of 12 in USA.

12 foot ladder- https://archive.ph/iZqnd

12 foot ladder- https://archive.ph/XRppG

A somewhat shallow look at China's HSR network that nevertheless provides some insights into how new lines are transforming some regions.

I don't understand why western media is so reluctant to acknowledge the broader social, economic and political benefits these lines are intended to provide. Failing to consider such questions means they will never understand China.

I read an article about China's HSR that stated that a line with a top speed of 350km/h was 90% more expensive to build than a line built for 250km/h. The trains don't spend much time at top speed during short journeys either. https://www.economist.com/china/2017/01/13/china-has-built-the-worlds-largest-bullet-train-network

A cubic meter of air weighs 1kg according to a Big, Bigger, Biggest episode about France's TGV. Japan's new Maglev is significantly smaller than the Shinkansen and the tunnels it runs through are 20% bigger since standard HSR already has problems with tunnel boom that can be mitigated at the tunnel entrance and exit. I also wonder how trains traveling in opposite directions will handle passing each other at 1000km/h given China is already working on next gen trains with that speed as a goal.