I said "their traditions".
Even if some of them have chosen to drop their traditions, that is still a part of the history of their religion. Christians have their share of history and varied degrees of practice too.
So do you embrace and protect historical traditions, or do you force them to change? And if you're forcing them to change to conform to your views what's one tradition vs another?
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With two to four years between "seasons" of six to ten 42-55 minute episodes, it's hard to keep an audience interested in.
At least it used to be that most American shows had 20 or more episodes per year, year on year for the run of the show. TNG had something like 36 episodes per year. Crazy schedule for the cast and crew. Simpsons has put out 20+ episodes per year for 30 years.
In the UK things have always been different. One full series is usually a lot fewer episodes (many of the most popular shows had only about 6 shows per year) and sometimes more than a year between series. Maybe the scale of viewship is just different, but even old shows are still very popular today in syndication.
It used to be 26 episodes per season, with each episode airing twice during the year.
And before that, there were even more. Man From U.N.C.L.E., for instance, ran 30 episodes per season. I Love Lucy ran 35.
TV has changed a lot, many times.
Ban on tobacco products.
Yeah, let's make cigarettes cool again!
If everything moved an hour later, what's the point of DST in the first place then? The original point was that permanent DST means parents were dropping kids off in the dark since sunrise was an hour later. Moving everything one hour later is then the same thing as standard time. So just keep standard time.
My only experience with induction is at the house of a family member, but I've never noticed any sound like that coming from their range. I used to be able to hear CRTs, but perhaps I've lost that part of my hearing in middle age. Not sure; haven't been around CRTs in a long time. But I have a really annoying USB wall adapter that I can hear whining.
While technically true, the odds of any fires started by induction ranges is orders of magnitude smaller than even conventional electric ranges. In fact in terms of general family safety and being burned by the stove when it is turned off, induction ranges are the only way to go.
That said, I have a gas range presently and have no plans to replace it anytime soon.
A white one, which means surrender.
Ever since Florida legalized medicinal marijuana, some people absolutely reek of it. To the point of just being near them makes me gag.
This just adds more variety...
The smell of tobacco is just as disgusting, but it's been legal for a lot longer. Smokers regardless of what they smoke usually tend to be oblivious to how badly they stink.
There are also lots of other unpleasant smells on public transport, and even if you set out clean in the morning by the time you're travelling home on a hot overcrowded train you're going to be sweating.
Florida has also become increasingly homophobic, and my partner and I really wouldn't feel safe on public transportation. Recent political events have only made the situation worse. There's no way we'd give up our cars.
How would they even know that you're gay? Even if you travel together noone has any reason to think you're not friends/colleagues/relatives/etc travelling together unless you advertise otherwise.
But yes your point about public transport being an unpleasant environment stand.
Most of the assholes that give people grief are not actually homophobic or racist, they just use whatever slurs they think will provoke a reaction. The same "racist homophobes" will still happily harass a straight white male if the situation arises.
No it's generally not...
Trains are heavy and require a lot of energy to move them, and in most cases don't take you directly where you need to go so you might have to take an indirect (ie longer) route, and will usually have to travel to/from the station at either end.
In order to get close to the claimed energy efficiency benefits over cars, trains are often packed well over their design capacity - that means no comfortable seats, you will be standing with other passengers right in your face.
Those trains which are sufficiently quiet that you actually get to sit in a comfortable seat are nowhere near the claimed level of energy efficiency.
Trying to force more and more people into overcrowded trains and buses might increase energy efficiency, but it is very unpleasant for those doing it. A much better solution is to simply reduce people's need to travel, which covid proved does work.
This means remote working when the job allows for it, and for jobs that are unsuitable for remote work designing cities so that employees can live closer (ie within walking distance) of their workplaces.
If you eliminate most of this unnecessary daily commuting you'll easily exceed the 3% target.
China just teaches their kids how to mass produce drone swarms so they don't have to give their babies guns.
This is just modernisation. Drones are now a more important war fighting tool than guns.
Can we have ice skates with LEDs powered by current from the pressure differential across the blade?
If you don't have time to do it right, where are you going to find the time to do it over?
