LOL. Actually, same ethylene, one more chlorine.

Are you thinking of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)? TCE was safe enough (on an acute basis) to be usable as an anesthetic prior to faster acting drugs like halothane (it did also have the interesting side effect of decomposing into phosgene, a WW1 poison gas, under the right/wrong circumstances).

He may be thinking of carbon tet/tetrachloromethane, which is in fact vile stuff, especially when combined with alcohol consumption.

I live in a city; seldom take a taxi. I'd rather walk, bike (on my own bike) or take transit.

I'd rather take a train ... at least I can get up and walk around, use the bathroom, even eat something given a properly equipped train. Not to mention that talking to strangers can actually be fun. Why is everyone so damn asocial since COVID?

There's also the toxic idea that "disrupting" an industry that creates jobs is somehow always a good thing. "Improve lives, increase happiness" should be the motto, not "move fast and break things" and "disrupt." The latter sounds like a Dalek.

No; they want to replace public transit.

Save our trains!

Because they're fearful loners in their dark little hearts.

Pazuzu forbid that they may have to make small talk with a STRANGER. Ewwwwww.

Same idea with them wanting to replace public transit. Just terrible to have to look at strangers or sit across from them.

I'd be fine with Yudkowsky's idea of regulation of large compute clusters in a similar way to nerve gas or nuclear arms. BTW - you don't have to be a state-level actor to pursue WMD production. Case in point, Aum Shinrikyo.

Being able to deduct costs of maintenance actually encourages proper maintenance. I'm basically fine with taxing net income, not gross.

About what you expect from a "culture" where the mottos are "disrupt" and "move fast and break things."

How about "improve lives?"

Yep, service cuts on public transport = bad. Save our trains!

The problem is that a return to WFH *will* lead to de-urbanization and cuts to public transport, even without the other thing. And that's not a good thing. I'm a train geek -- I'd sooner live in a country with clean, functional electric trains than own 100 self-driving Teslas.

Apparently $10 for state. Filling out the forms by hand and postage are basically $2. But I may try it for Federal since it's free.

We have successfully crippled certain kinds of technological progress, and it's a good thing. Nuclear non-proliferation, bans on precursors to things like nerve gases and certain drugs. Restrictions on human genetic engineering. Restrictions on GMO foods in the EU. Not all progress is positive or desirable, and progress should in fact be regulated for the sake of socioeconomic stability.