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Comment Re:They have no choice (Score 1) 127

If you enter the circle you are obviously on the outmost lane. And if you are to inexperienced, you just stay there until you exit.
If you get more experienced, you change lane by lane while circling to your exit. First inward, then outward, what is your problem?

If you have time, use google earth, and look on Athens, Greece.
Roundabouts with 7 - 12 lanes. In the center is a park, 2 or 3 soccer fields big.

Drivers negotiating their path with hand signals and eye contact, and yelling: mallakko!

With traffic lights, 80% of the traffic would always be standing.

Comment Re:Australia still in the Dark Ages of Airline abu (Score 1) 75

To hell with KLM. They lose bags and actively lie about it.

In 2017 my ex and I were flying to Stockholm (LAX-AMS-ARN), and one of our bags apparently got lost at AMS. To make things worse, we were getting on a cruise ship the next day.

I pretty much spent four days dealing with KLM, and they consistently lied to me about the status of the missing bag. Until I realized that I had purchased the tickets with American Express. I contacted Amex Global Assist and let them deal with KLM. Four days later, the bag showed up in our stateroom (might have been sooner, except for Russian law). However... as a further example of how f***ed up KLM is, as I'm looking at the bag, I get an email from KLM: "Your bag is in Stockholm, please come get it."

1. I'm in Talinn, on a cruise ship. F*** off.
2. I have the bag in front of me you f***ing liars.

Comment Re:Nation of Origin: Carolina (Score 3, Interesting) 118

In general, I'm skeptical of legislative statutes that name individuals or companies. Even the fig leaf of generalizing it to "social media companies with foreign ownership grossing over umpteen jillion dollars per year" provides some value, in my view.

They have to phrase it that way. By naming an individual or company, it becomes a bill of attainder, at which point it becomes unconstitutional on its face (see Article I, Section 9). Of course, Congress, the Presidency (both parties), and SCOTUS seem to think that the Constitution is a piece of toilet paper these days...

Comment Re:Rancho Cucamonga is another stop on the MetroLi (Score 1) 236

I love the Metrolink (Live a few miles from two different stations, and used to commute to work in downtown LA on it).

Unfortunately, the hours absolutely suck, especially if you're not going during off-peak hours or in the opposite direction of your standard commute. They need to bite the bullet, increase the service levels and more people would be likely to use it instead of driving. I'd love to take it to LA for shows on the weekend, but it's just not really feasible at this point most of the time. But it could be if we'd invest in it some more.

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