Rivalarrival

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago

Suppose he willed his car to his living son, his house to his son, and the remainder of his estate to Bob.

He dies. Son is alive. In this case, son gets house and car. Bob gets everything else.

Suppose son dies first. In this case, the house transfers to the son's estate, where it is then transferred to son's heirs. The house was bequeathed to the "son".

But the car does not transfer to the son's estate. The car was bequeathed to the "living son". The car transfers to Bob with the rest of Dad's estate, not to the son's heirs.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago

I think you are misunderstanding.

Divided highways in Finland have speed limits of 100-120km/h.

If you build a new road that looks like a divided highway, but you put up 30km/h signage... People are going to drive 120km/h. They aren't going to drive 30km/h just because it is the posted speed limit. They are going to drive the 120km/h that they drive on every other road that looks like this one.

Major roads in urban areas of Finland have speed limits of 50km/h.

If you build a new road that looks like a major road, and you put up 30km/h signs... people are going to drive 50km/h.

Here's the important part that you're not quite following: Residential roads in Finland are 30km/h. If you build a road that looks like a residential road, and you put up 50km/h signs... people are going to drive 30km/h, not 50.

Nobody is saying we should get rid of the speed limits. Yes, we certainly do need them. What we are saying is that people are going to drive at the speeds that the road design supports, regardless of the posted speed limit. If you actually want people to drive 30km/h, your road needs to look and feel like a 30km/h road.

Anecdotal, but I lived in a rather large allotment, established in the 1960s. We had no pavement markings on the blacktop. No edge lines, no center lines. Everyone drove 20-25mph throughout. Then, the city decided to paint solid centerlines and edge lines on the primary access road through the allotment. Now, everyone drives 35-45mph on that part, while they're still at 20-25mph in the rest of the allotment. The pavement markings make the exact same road feel like a primary artery rather than a residential side street.

If you wanted to accomplish the reverse, you could withhold the centerline markings and paint crosswalks instead. Paradoxically, two-way stops or even "yield" signs can (in certain cases) reduce speeds more than 4-way stops.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

One of the other victims was the CEO of Blackstone's real estate investment group. The people who brought you the housing crisis.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

#GuillotineParty

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

$5000-$15,000. If you can't afford a vasectomy reversal, you can't afford kids.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

While it's not guaranteed, chances are very good that it can be reversed. If you change your mind later, you can attempt to reverse it.

Nobody should be having kids before the age of 30 anyway.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

where users should be sensitive to persecution and the importance of safe, moderated discussion spaces.

Is that why you came to Lemmy? For "safe, moderated discussion"?

I feel like the overwhelming majority of "refugees" were escaping heavy-handed moderation.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

CA needs someone that is going to do something drastic against investors owning homes.

2000% increase in property taxes, but owner-occupants are exempted. Only investors pay the tax.

And, any year the owner occupancy rate is less than 90%, the investor tax is increased another 20%.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

Calling it now: Hillary is gonna try again.

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