mondoman712

High top speeds isn't the reason that HS2 is costing so much, there's a lot of overbuilding of things like tunnelling under rural areas to keep certain voters happy. Also, the UK absolutely can afford to finish it, it's a political choice not to.

We have that in the UK, the parties all publish manifestos before elections. I think it helps to get the message across and to be clear about what they are and aren't promising to do. They aren't, however, legally enforceable so parties aren't obliged to actually follow up on their promises.

Musicians pay royalties when they use samples. AI companies don't pay artists for their work.

I use it over other tools, but I haven't used the proprietary tools so I can't provide a comparison.

It looks like a hand coloured photo to me, which were apparently popular in Japan for a while

Timeguessr is very similar to whentaken, but I prefer the former.

I don't see it as ridiculing anyone. It's criticising the system that created this mess.

Blaming cyclists for something a motorist failed to do seems to be a uniquely North American thing.

I can tell you that it's also very much a thing in many parts of Europe.

You don't even need that many people before cars become impractical.

In two years presumably. It's been two years away since 2015.

So we can build things to a somewhat lower capacity sure. That helps, but what exactly does it solve?

Even if we assume everyone can work from home, people still need to go places for other reasons.