What logistics concerns are there? Isn't the US supposed to be one of the best at managing wartime logistics, which is why they have bases all around the world?
They put an alcoholic fox news host in charge of the military and he fired or otherwise forced out a ton of experienced leaders in the name of "the warrior ethos" and "high testosterone soldiers".
In a completely unrelated development the "worlds best logistics organization" is now having trouble with logistics.
Not much of America's traffic infrastructure works well. Every month, combined with poorly trained motorists, it contributes to another 9/11's worth of fatalities. The infrastructure you think works, kills enough people for a thirteenth month at the end of every year.
They have their downsides, but "It doesn't work in America" is more informative of American motorists than roundabouts
Yeah I regularly drive in France which has terrible drivers (road deaths way above EU average in France) but it's nowhere near as bad as the US.
The one thing people should ponder is this: Germany has less than 3x the number of road deaths (no matter how you count it: per 100 K people, per kilometer, etc.) than the US. And yet every time I'm in Germany I happily drive at 125 mph on the highway (including when I drive to Poland, where most autobahns near Dresde have no speed limit at all whatsoever). And at 125 mph, I'll get overtaken by some cars going proper fast.
So, what, 65 to 70 mph max speed limit vs unlimited speed and three times the deaths: what's the problem?
Note that I'm certainly not advocating for US (or France for that matter) highways without speed limits: drivers are way too bad.
Germany is somewhat an exception when it comes to good and safe driving though, I think they're all afraid the government will take Autobahn away from them if they drive too bad.
It's a huge difference passing through France, having near hit collisions every hour on the highway with distracted French families, arriving to start passing through Germany, and suddenly people actually use their blinkers, drive on the right side, seemingly everyone knows defensive driving, and no one is up in your ass if you're at the speed limit.
Love driving in Germany though, countries should look into how they managed to get the car culture they have. Maybe it helps the Germans invented the automobile and all that comes with that. Probably still there is lessons to be learned from them.
Legislators in the US won't cover the actual costs of road maintenance. Most cities issue long term bonds to finance road construction & repair, but in order to repay those bonds, those states & cities need to constantly grow.
Damage to roads is related to the third power of speed and the fourth power of axle weight.
I live in The Netherlands and roundabouts work just fine. Other European countries seem to have very similar experiences.
Is there something unique about American drivers or traffic engineers which makes them incapable of handling the concept of a roundabout that I am unfamiliar with?
Agree to disagree. Layoffs have everything to do with the position which the person was hired for. If your position or department is eliminated, whatever value it was providing to the company is no longer worth it in the balance sheet.
I don't understand this comment. I also slogged through blogs, docs, forums and websites and throughout it all I found it enriching and enjoyable, despite some frustrations along the way. Even if the end result is much faster to get to, I can sit back and think to myself that I learnt a lot and had enjoyable interactions.
Some may think their pursuit of mastery is now wasted, but I find that intriguing especially in a field where mastery cannot really be obtained due to technological progress. I suppose I just don't let others reduce my own experience and what I value?
According to the paper, 6G deployment is planned for 2030 and the "earliest plausible" deployment of 7G is listed as 2039-40. You'll have plenty of time to upgrade.
There are already such "APIs", which can be operated by a combination of textual communication and money. Or by illicit security vulnerabilities. You might notice that LLMs are pretty good at that now.
We're building something that has the capabilities of humans. There is no X for which it's persistently safe to assume humans can X and AI cannot X.
Or just paying them. If they have access to resources, they have access to things of monetary value. Paying people will be vastly more powerful than it is even now when people's options of gainful employment keep dwindling.
Robot army controlled by AI is scary. Even more scary is robot _and_ human army controlled by AI.
Libertarians should try at a small scale first so that others can see the genius of their ideas, and be more encouraged to vote for them. I hear New Hampshire has towns open to this idea.
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