Well, we can at least agree Elon is a total over-promising douche nozzle. Never said it wouldn’t be expensive to cross those ranges, just that it can be done. Among the many issues facing the CAHSR project is how to cross the transverse range. The last section of the initial KTX line that took years longer to finish…

Ok, first off, I was just addressing the comment you made about it not being technically possible, while totally acknowledging that “China and US systems are apples and oranges”. It is much easier for the government get the land they need for projects in china, and the way it is looked at financially is very different…

Just some quick back of the napkin numbers-

Opinion seconded. If they won’t remember it, they are too young to go.

I cannot say anything about her content (haven’t watched it), but saying “She’s Korean after all” there is one step removed from saying “I’m not racist/homophobic/etc. because I have (insert group here) friends”. The two are not mutually exclusive.

You dint become a billionaire by spending your own money. And nowhere, on any of these projects, is he paying for it. Best you can argue is that the contract with the LVCA is heavily incentive based. 

Yeah, considering they still have yet to actually deliver a working project, should be a big pass. Their whole “we can do it cheaper” thing is based on just building smaller tunnels. I have still yet to see anything explaining how they can get the passenger throughput they are claiming with the vehicles they are using…

Judging form the language and writing on the van, seems like rural China. Which doesn’t surprise me a bit. Have spent a ton of time in those places with those drivers. They are crazy, but also damn good drivers.

Not sure if it is still the case, but I know years ago for Levi’s anything orange tab was outlet/much lower quality

if you have wire on the top of the mask, a good pinch should do most of the trick. The other thing I have found that works is to slide my glasses slightly further down my nose so they are ‘out of the line of fire’ so to speak

Speaking as someone from LA, has lived in China for over a decade, has lived in 2 of the biggest cities here, and visited a majority of that list, looking at it that way is a bit deceptive. The way you are looking at is straight population in an administrative area, which greatly favors China. The reason is that their…

There is a big difference between reading these stories and then having conversations about them and what we think is right or wrong, versus “live-editing” them and pretending like they were ok the whole time. Societies change over time, and trying to act like they don’t is doing our children a disservice 

Does not seem to be much information about the methodology behind this. Seems to be giving weight to total number of locations/states served rather than total population with access to the restaurants, which skews towards the east rather than the west........which is my long way of saying that in-n-out gives a better…

I don’t think anyone has ever said have a centralized app store and payment system is a bad thing, it is that Apple does not give you the CHOICE to use anything else, and that puts them in a position of too much power.

Yeah, never meant to imply that I don’t believe they exist, more in line with your other comment that saying it is ‘always’ like that is a massive overstatement.

Have lived out of the US for over a decade, and never had an ATM ask me what currency I want my transaction settled in. Have gotten it using a credit card to pay for things, but never an ATM. Also to note with ATMs, pay attention to the symbols on it to make sure it will work with you card’s network (plus, cirrus,…

I can’t wait for this panic to be over, so I can go outside without a mask. Not wearing one bc I am paranoid, but bc I can be fined if I don’t, which is hilarious as they are impossible to find in any stores right now. They seemed ok with the bandana I tied around my face to go to the store yesterday thankfully, its…

My best advice- open second account if you can, and keep your cards separate. Additionally, that is what an emergency cash is for, always have some.

Agree with the main thrust of this article and think it is good advice......but basically none of the things that are listed in this are actually “emotional labor”, which is defined as “the process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill th emotional requirements of a job. More specifically, workers are…

I’ve always been of the opinion that well over 90% of thank you cards are just a waste of resources and money. If the person giving the gift was there, a sincere thank you when it was given is more than sufficient. If you want extra credit, something my daughter does(not because of parent prompting, but on her own) is…