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Supreme Court Will Rule On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
  • the entire point of the court is to evaluate legislation against our constitution

    That is not the entire point of SCOTUS. That is not even in the constitution; it is a power the court gave itself in Marbury v. Madison.

    Most SCOTUS decisions are judging appeals against federal law (including the constitution). Occasionally they rule a federal law unconstitutional, but not usually.

  • Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters
  • Are you suggesting stones suffer psychological effects?

  • Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters
  • They probably know that if they put corn starch on Stonehenge they'll be in jail for a few days and get community service, but if they put spray paint on a billionaire's yacht, they'd get shot.

  • Sen. John Fetterman got two speeding tickets before Sunday’s crash, Pa. records show
  • Lots of people who have had a stroke and should absolutely not be driving are still driving.

    Because in America telling old people they can't drive is basically telling them to sit at home die sad and lonely. Or worse, move out of their status symbol suburban homes to which they have tied their entire self worth.

  • A fresh install of Signal takes up 410MB, blowing both Firefox and Chromium out of the water
  • There is no reason why the message sync that works from phone to phone could not be implemented on the desktop client as well.

  • Why NY Governor Kathy Hochul Killed Congestion Pricing
  • Because she works for billionaires, not for the people. Vote blue no matter who.

  • Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems
  • I feel for the hundreds of engineers at Microsoft who have been yelling about these security issues since day one, but cannot say "I told you so" because they'd get fired.

  • Hochul Pushes for Congestion Pricing Delay in Last-Minute Reversal
  • Albany control of and intervention in local transportation decisions screws NYC just like it screws small towns with a state highway running through the center.

    This is even worse than Hochul's decision to give a billion dollars of taxpayer money to billionaires to build a head injury stadium.

  • [autosport.com] F1 ready to consider different engines from 2030 in push for more noise
  • The noise is the worst part of race cars. Why do people want more of it?

    Hearing damage is cumulative and permanent.

  • xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
  • To be clear, it is four times that pedestrians have to cross, not four times that drivers are encouraged to not slow down. Drivers are not explicitly encouraged to not slow down, but the point of the diverging diamond is to make drivers not have to slow down.

  • xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
  • This is expensive to address because you have to separate cyclists out to the right before the right car lane splits for right turns before the crossover. And then you have to build a bridge or tunnel for cyclists and pedestrians. On each side.

    Really, any road busy enough to justify a diverging diamond probably already needed separated bike lanes. But in America (motto: "If you aren't in a car, you don't matter"), there almost certainly was not any cycling infrastructure there before.

    There is one of these near me. Their solution for pedestrians is to make them cross the high speed outer lanes four times (where drivers are encouraged to not slow down). Their solution for cyclists is take the lane and pray or get off and do what the pedestrians have to do.

    Edited for clarity: pedestrians cross four times, not drivers are encouraged to not slow down four times.

  • xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
  • Diverging diamonds are great if your only consideration is car throughput.

    If you are considering people walking or riding bicycles, they are shit.

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    Lando Norris sustains facial injury ahead of Miami Grand Prix after Amsterdam party
  • Sainz gets appendicitis, wins next race.

    Norris breaks his nose, wins next race.

  • Ferrari announces multi-year deal with Hewlett-Packard as title sponsor, with team being called "Scuderia Ferrari HP" from the MiamiGP onwards
  • Can I print this black & white document even though I am out of yellow ink?

    We are checking.

  • What is a song that you absolutely despised and now like?
  • Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. I have no idea why I used to hate it so viscerally. I have no idea why I now like it.

  • Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads
  • Get an A/V receiver, a computer monitor or dumb TV, and speakers. Then you can get a Roku streaming player and it cannot show you anything when you do not have its input selected on the receiver.

    Even an inexpensive pair of bookshelf speakers placed on either side of the TV will sound better than built-in TV speakers. Add a center speaker and a subwoofer drastically improved sound.

    Non-4k AV receivers are dirt cheap used.

  • When the Number of Bedrooms in a Home Keeps Parents From Getting Their Kids Back
  • Apparently everybody before 1800 was a bad parent.

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