Dedicated right turn lanes make it a lot easier, unfortunately most of the streets in Boston are too narrow to have them. This past year we had a cyclist get killed by being right hooked by a semi, which is one of the reasons a lot of the intersections have been repainted to accommodate cyclists using devices like…

Exactly. More cities are painting bike boxes to help avoid this, which allows cyclists to filter to the front and wait for the light in front of cars. I always position myself directly in front of the lead car’s field of view to avoid getting cut off.

If a one-way street has parking on both sides you should take the middle of the lane and not let cars pass you. If it has parking on only one side you ride on the opposite side.

Put lights on your bike and do everything in your power to be visible. As a plus, the screaming neon yellow apparel costs a bit less because most people think it looks ridiculous.

In the city where my office is located, some busy intersections have started to put up bike signals which turn green about 3 seconds before the car signals do. It’s a lot safer, and I think if more places did this fewer cyclists would run red lights.

In most cases following the rules makes you more predictable and less likely to get hit. Generally it’s other motorists breaking the rules that create unsafe situations, and in most states you are allowed to maneuver for your own safety (Massachusetts goes so far as to say that cyclists are not legally obligated to…

True. In the Boston area there are local ordnances about biking on multi-lane roads which require cyclists to bike in a full lane with traffic; these exist because state law allows cyclists to filter and split lanes unless specifically prohibited. When I’m biking on a road like that, I bike either in the middle or to…

The biggest thing, regardless of laws, is that dooring and right hooking are two of the most common cycling accidents, and both are avoided with more aggressive lane positioning.

Staying to the right side of a lane is not a good universal rule. In most states it’s legal to take the whole lane, in some states there are areas where you legally must merge into traffic and take the whole lane, and in the entire country it is both legal and a good idea to ride far enough into the lane to be outside…

I passed a cop doing 85 on Route 2 (speed limit 55) going into Boston. Didn’t even pull out.

The issue is that in places where renting is cheaper than buying, land is expensive. It doesn’t matter that a tiny home costs so little when the land to put it on will be 2-300k minimum, as it is in a place like Boston.

I wonder how heavy the axles and differential would have to be to not snap like twigs.

People are entitled to their preferences either way, there’s nothing wrong with someone who doesn’t want to deal with older philosophies of UI design and character creation in their entertainment.

That’s all fine and good, but is somewhat tangential to the statement that Wasteland 2 is similar to and has the same downsides of Fallout 1 and 2. I like all the Fallout games, and Wasteland, and am glad they all exist.

Yeah, in both the original Fallouts and Wasteland 2, you have relatively minimal guidance on how to make a workable character, to the point where certain builds are just frustrating and/or unplayable.

It’s unapologetically old school. If you liked Fallout 1 and 2, warts and all, you will like Wasteland 2. If you find that the old games try your patience, Wasteland 2 will too.

It’s not quite apples to apples when you’re talking about a swap like this, though it’d be important to look at body condition.

Problem is for $11k you can probably get a stick-shift IS. Probably. The prices on the manual versions are a little nutty. If you’re willing to go over 120k miles you can play in the 8-10k range.

When I decided to DIY the timing belt on my WRX with someone I met on NASIOC, I thought everything was going peachy...until a piece of my drivers-side exhaust cam gear broke off in his hand.

Since you still use the command phrase on an ostensibly memory wiped synth, you have a point there.