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The cost of maintaining roads is astronomical
  • Economists love toll systems because they’re essentially a use-tax: drive more, pay more.

    Unfortunately, they’re also a regressive tax. Poor people generally drive more because they can’t afford to live near their work/school/etc. So, the additional tax revenue is mostly extracted from the people who are the least capable of changing their behavior and have the least disposable income.

  • Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots
  • 3rd sentence of the article:

    Indicted on three counts involving money laundering and wire fraud, the Charlotte-area man faces a maximum of 20 years per charge.

    If you follow the article to the press release:

    SMITH, 52, of Cornelius, North Carolina, is charged with wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and money laundering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

  • New NFL helmet accessory reduces concussions − but players and fans may not be ready to embrace safety over swag
  • I didn’t realize and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the league is allowing these helmets in-game this year.

    I assumed they’d never allow that since the “crunch” is such a big part of the product.

    Maybe there’s hope for humanity yet.

  • Frost of Second Wind resigns
  • Never heard of this dude before, but I’m getting some serious second-hand-catharsis for the public naming-and-shaming Frost gave him on his way out.

    I’ve left a couple jobs angry, but always bite my tongue.

    It’s soothes my bitter heart to see someone burn the bridge and also take a shit on the ashes.

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