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Comment Re:Economics is highly successful (Score 4, Insightful) 302

There's no way that the average house size today in the US is 6,295 sq ft. Did you make a typo? If it's 1,295, then there isn't much difference from 983. Maybe it's 2,295, which would make some sense in light of your comment. It's certainly not 3,295 sq ft. We live in a house just under 4,000 sq ft and it's fairly large for our area. There are plenty that are larger, but also many more that are smaller.

Comment Re:What are the use of Super Computer ? (Score 1) 13

Nuclear blast-wave simulations and other gasdynamics and fluid dynamics... Even simulating all of the turbulent fluctuations on an aircraft in high-lift configuration is beyond the computational power we currently have. Then add all of the complexities of modeling the gas flow through the gas turbine engine.

Comment Re: CDC is also fucking retarded (Score 1) 282

Since the vaccine is widely available to all over the age of 16, why exactly to we need to be careful about spreading the virus to others? If they refuse to be vaccinated, then it's on them if they get sick. I'm about finished limiting my activities (and wearing a mask) to protect those who refuse the vaccine.

Comment Re:Has Rust Cleaned up its libery collections? (Score 1, Funny) 270

Dude... Sorry to sound so picky, but I can always tell a post is written by jellomizer just based on the number of gratuitous commas. It's actually kind of funny. I started reading this post not knowing who wrote it. Then, after seeing so many unneeded commas, I looked to see who the author was. It wasn't a surprise.

Comment Re:Great start (Score 1) 143

Interesting that you say that. We lived in Colorado Springs from 2012 to 2017, and built a house there. Colorado has a state law, and Colorado Springs has a city ordinance, that makes it illegal for an HOA to put a minimum requirement on irrigated lawn. That didn't stop our HOA from doing so. We were required to submit a landscape plan, which I did, but it included mostly xeriscape plants. The HOA refused to approve the plan because it didn't have enough grass. I complained but they refused to budge. So I finally just went ahead and did it anyway without their approval.

Comment Re:Of course, drivers have no responsibility. (Score 1) 306

I'll state up front that I'm a commuter cyclist. I've been riding on the roads to/from work for a few decades. The reality is that cyclists are not pedestrians, nor are they motorized vehicles. It's stupid to expect cyclists to obey all motorized vehicle laws, just as it would be stupid to expect them to obey all the pedestrian laws. When I ride, I try to maximize a bicycle's advantages, while minimizing its disadvantages, and be as safe as reasonable. Sometimes it doesn't make sense for me to sit at the traffic light at 6:00 AM when nobody else is there. Why should I wait? Why should I make a complete stop at the stop sign when it's clear to proceed? What safety advantage would there be? I also try to be courteous -- I don't want to pass all the vehicles at a stop light because then the drivers will be angry at me and possibly do something stupid that could put my life in danger when they pass me again. But then again, if the line at the light is so long that I won't make it through on this cycle, then, sure, I might go around the cars to get ahead. How many times have you, as a vehicle driver, passed a cyclist without giving them the entire lane? How many times have you passed with a double-yellow line? How many times have you passed a cyclist on a blind hill or corner? If you want cyclists to obey all traffic laws, then you'd better treat them as motorized vehicle traffic as well. That's not always reasonable, though. Many times I don't want to take the lane, because traffic will pile up behind me. I'd rather ride in the gutter than cause someone to pass too close to me (but they do it anyway...). Bottom line is that if I do something stupid and get hit by a car, who's going to wind up in the hospital or mortuary? The driver of the car, or me? Of course I'm going to be watching out for my own skin. But within that constraint, I'm going to try to maximize my own advantage as much as I can.

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