So youâ(TM)re just going to âoeno true Scotsmanâ anything that doesnâ(TM)t fit the urban design that you want, stick your head in the sand, and crap on everyone who finds practical solutions to real needs?

Individual/small-group on-demand transit is a valuable ingredient in an overall urban recipe, especially when these cities (and, yes, theyâ(TM)re cities) were started before mass transit was a foreseeable reality. Robotaxis en masse actually represent a mechanism that could satisfy an incredibly wide range of transit modalities, since they could form up into virtual trains if such an approach was called for. As it stands, when electrically powered, they present a very effective bridge from where we are to many versions of where we might want to be. Making a city less passable to *force* it to be walkable is just about the best way to kill the city outright. Iâ(TM)ll invite folks to witness Valencia st in San Francisco. Public policy canâ(TM)t just be idealistically wished upon the public. Theyâ(TM)ll just walk (or drive) somewhere else.

An NSA report pushing forward adoption of a language without formal specification that relies on toolchain magic? I love rust, but now I'm going to wonder if the NSA is working supply chain compiler backdoors into our codebases...

Source: basically the entire history of the NSA...

I'm starting to feel like The Onion was just a newspaper from 20 years in the future....

Whatever. She made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs...

Heâ(TM)s not your bra, bubâ¦.

YouTube is headquartered (with a big site) in San Bruno. Lots of companies have stuff down on Matilda, so they may have some offices down there. I think the big concentration is still in San Bruno, however.

Ahem... Possessive plural would be:

pedants'

Just sayin'

If hacked self-driving subterranean cars full of cash in Las Vegas from every casino at the same time doesn't sound like the plot of an Ocean's movie, well...

To those who claim the race riots etc are the result of the president, notice how employment has gone up for those typically considered disenfranchised.

Notice how as a % of support the current president has a much higher number. And all of this for a guy that reminds people of my generation of Clint Eastwoodâ(TM)s companion orangutan Clyde.

All these fools need to man up (or the pc version of that for whatever they identify as) and realize that the president does not have the kind of power they think he does and we all have a chance to express our political opinion. Itâ(TM)s called voting. Rioters in the streets are not viable. Terrorist organizations are not viable and should be treated as such (terrorist organizations meaning any non government group [sadly this means the bureau of land management is not a bunch of terrorists, but they try hard to look it] which uses or threatens the use of violence against any one in an effort to induce political or civil change).

It is simple as the 4 liberty boxes:
"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."

Ammo should only be used to defend active aggression when all other measures have failed and you are willing to pay the price for it, your own life, in defense of another's

Actually he has done quite a bit, he has gotten nationâ(TM)s top talk together (Israel and Saudi, N/S Korea), rolled back regulations, and made it so that the DEA is not sending out live letters for importing meds. That last one was packaged with the ability to treat your condition as you and your physician see fit even if it is not even a phase 1 trial.

One may not like the language or manner he achieved it, but he has done more, for minorities and alternative lifestyles than any recent president.

Sigh... Straw man.

I make my own coffee at home. It's still not five cents per cup. If I used Folgers, it would still not be five cents per cup.

Nice attempt to weasel out of your bullshit assertion, but, no. Not five cents. Businesses have costs. The $5 cup? Probably some margin there. $1? Maaaaybe, but probably not. Mcdonalds is probably loss leading in most locations.

5 cents per cup assumes no capital expenditure (coffee maker), no operating expenses (housing, energy), no per unit or batch amortized costs (cups, filters, energy), no labor costs (okay with me if you want to zero-value your labor as a reasonable approximation...)

Folks dismissive of retail costs by factoring in only one element of total cost of production are the ones who bitch about products that are "overpriced rip-offs", even when those products are loss-leaders...

A 5 cent cup of coffee in 2020 is quite a feat.

It's because they're bald with small penises and want someone/something to blame. The other people who might believe in this stuff are too busy having awesome sex with lots of people because of their great heads of hair...

Hey everyone! I found a guy who has never been thrown out of a track day!