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I don’t say trams are bad, but it’s just dumb that OP seems to demonize busses that are totally fine solutions in some contexts. If you plan a new city SimCity style, sure, go for trains first. But real cities are more difficult and have a history, and it rarely makes sense to throw all of that overboard just to have the most efficient (currently) solution
I mean, there are so many particularities in each place, it’s just too simplistic to discard them. What does the existing infrastructure look like and how can we use it best? How expensive would it be to install a different system, where does the money come from, and what else can the city not afford for that?
Another interesting case would be Kyoto, which relies mostly on buses although there are some train routes. But when they built their subways, there were a lot of construction delays because workers found ancient objects, had to call some archaeologists etc. So the city gave up after only 2 lines. Above-ground trains are also relatively rare although they exist. But you would have the same issue, existing buildings and cultural heritage.
It’s just a complex issue. Both can be totally viable solutions, depending on context and implementation. My point is that it’s kind of dumb to start raging against buses now as we have different issues.
Sure, if you only consider that one aspect. But I thought we tried to move past such singular economics, rather than just replacing profit with resource efficiency. It’s much more complex than that of course.
I always thought hot dog speed eating was somewhere up there
Isn’t American football the game where the second half basically consists of the leading team wasting time on purpose until the game ends? So he’s not too wrong
Do we hate buses now?
Given that they set up a new repo from scratch, this is a missed chance to just migrate to codeberg
Help your friends
Yes, guix should be in there. Not sure if it was the crippled gnu at the bottom, but belongs in chad level
Do you have any special sous vide equipment or recommendations? It seems like you can go all in but basically need a new setup for it. I don’t feel like buying a ton of new stuff but I’m also curious about it
Nice, I guess I was born just a few decades too late with my insight
True, although I was at a dollar raise a month. The framing in the story was purposefully “I just ask for sth. very small” so that’s how I read it. Dollar raise per hour is much more meaningful, but quite a significant increase
If you spend hundreds of thousands once, you could instead spend a dollar each on 100 employees for ~80 years. They don’t work that long usually, but just in case
I recently newly “discovered” soups, though, and it’s crazy magic food! If you don’t overuse oil for searing onions or so, they are very low in calories, high in fibers, and with some chicken also high in protein. Basically you can eat as many portions as you can possibly fit in yourself, roll back to your room and snooze for 3 hours before repeating 😄
Seriously though, Japan has the best toilet infrastructure in the world as far as I can tell, in terms of maintenance and quantity. Tourists don’t shit in people’s gardens in other countries as much, or at least it doesn’t get scandalized. I assume it doesn’t happen all that often here either, probably those were 1-2 cases that get hyped up. But toilet infrastructure is really the last thing you have to worry about.
Also, it’s not like all of a sudden 1000 people spawn in the same spot and all have to take a shit within the next 2 minutes. I expect tourists, especially adults, to be able to plan their dumping schedule at least 10 minutes ahead in regular times. If there are a few emergencies, the Japanese toilet infrastructure can accomodate for them. There are not 1000 emergencies at the same time. Just walk for 2 minutes or across the street to the next convenience store and take a shit there.
Other than that, the star architect toilet tour through tokyo is one of my recommendations for friends coming to visit. It’s really an experience!
Buy a bunch of silicon containers or boxes that are both freezer and microwave safe. Take the biggest pot you have and make a massive portion of food. Eat 2-3 times, freeze the rest in individual meal portions. Repeat 1-2 times and you have a massive storage of cheap, healthy, delicious food.
Suitable dishes:
Big upgrade for your nutrition and kind of fun to cook such massive portions, while also allowing you to be lazy 9/10 days
Bro has never been here and thinks he can make a reasonable argument
The post/OP did, that’s why I commented so you commented so I commented so you commented so I commented so you commented and here I am, commenting