Exactly. I was on an empty flight red eye PDX to Boston. Didn’t get cancelled, but what sucked that they didn’t have first class, so I still had to be crammed into those tiny seats. Couldn’t sleep as always.
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Peck@lemmy.worldto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•This was a real thing and it "makes smoking easy"212·24 days agoWhatever this is is not charming.
Peck@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost birthsEnglish11·2 months agoSo they get compensated about quarter of their yearly expenses with this btw bill. If they had an equivalent of this in us I’d get about 6k yearly from gvmt for each child. Not too shabby in my book.
Peck@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost birthsEnglish1·2 months agoThis article talks about cost “relative to its GDP per capita.” In the proposal they give flat sum of money. So we are comparing Apple to oranges. Not saying you’re wrong, but I still would like to know how much is daycare per month in China. I know in us I pay 2k per month. I doubt it’s the same there.
Peck@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost birthsEnglish71·2 months agoIn US I assume. How much does childcare cost in China?
Peck@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.zip•Intel reveals it’ll shed 24,000 employees this year and retreat in Germany, Poland, and Costa RicaEnglish2·2 months agoThe problem with Intel is itself. No amount of laying people off has helped them in the past. Nothing suggests that it will this time either. Pumping money into this thing without major changes will lead to more money hemorrhaging with no significant benefit.
The place is a classic definition of toxic work environment.
Hot take. Fireworks are stupid and disruptive.
Peck@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Portland Spent $1.3 Billion to Improve the Lives and Safety of Its Homeless People. Then Deaths Quadrupled.1·3 months agoManny of them don’t want to live there. Those micro homes are just for show. Always have been.
Peck@lemmy.worldto /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chat•ICE acting director "demanding" Americans stop criticizing ICE. "It's time to remember these are real people with real families" said without ironyEnglish31·3 months agoSuch a total bad ass. Can’t wait to see… What is it exactly you are going to do?
Peck@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Warns Trump Admin If They ‘Lay a Finger’ on Members of Congress ‘We Are Going To Have a Problem’17·4 months agoThat’s a good threat, but what happens when nobody backs it up? You just know that establishment Dems will sit it out and people are not going to do anything. So what then?
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I do get a feeling that you mean walking for pleasure. Although that’s important, it’s much more important doing chores and going to work. That means that your destination is predetermined and your ability to avoid unpleasant and dangerous sections is limited.
Funnily enough I’ve lived in all 3 categories of these places.
Rural: no sidewalks and large distances. Walking is usually impractical because of distances and lack of sidewalks. Your house is most likely right on the side of the local road. To get anywhere your real option is biking, but cars go fast on these road. You better not be caught at night or on heavy rain, because some grandma is going to take you out. Many times people were shouting at me from cars passing by, one time threw an empty can, couple times some wrappers and stuff.
Suburban: walking most likely is an option as is biking. If you are lucky, there are sidewalks, but I’m my case there were large portions of the road without sidewalks. Even worse sometimes short route takes you through intersections that aren’t easily navigable by pedestrians. No lights, slip lanes etc. it’s very uncomfortable walking or biking on such roads for long time. Your best option is to try to find circuitous route through neighborhoods and only cross major roads when needed. That increases travel time by a lot at expense of higher safety and keeping your hearing. Fewer shouts from the car, but they happen still.
Urban: that’s the most walkable setup. The only one I really recommend. I’ve lived in what considered a very bad part of town and managed to walk to store and gym with no problem. But I’m a guy and was young then, so your milage might vary.
Lol what? Actually it just so happens that I am walking/biking a lot, but only because I currently have safe routes available to me. I’ve chosen my location very carefully with this requirement in mind. Until recently though I have lived in your average American town where you wouldn’t catch me walking unless there’s was no other option. Insults out of the cars alone would deter most people, but being in constant danger of being run over is where I draw the line.
It’s not about how long it is. It’s about how unpleasant and dangerous it is to walk around 90% of America.
Peck@lemmy.worldto linuxmemes@lemmy.world•They'll cast you back to the Windows realm with all their toxic might6·6 months agoOpenSuse does all of this or almost all of this.
So kind of off topic. Like 15 years ago emacs vs vim split in engineering was like 50-50. Now I see more like like 90-10 with vim winning. What happened? I always assumed they are equivalent more or less.
Useless advice from naive individual. What is there to discuss.
Although I agree with the sentiment, I would NEVER expect anybody to entertain my kids. I would just pack them up and gone home. My kids are my burden to bear.