DrunkEngineer

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[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It would also help to provide some type of calculation or explanation for how they even came up with that number. Reading the report, the 5% looks made-up.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry, but it is mainly Biden's policies. The administration has largely ignored white collar crime, especially when it comes to things like price collusion, antitrust, etc.

Case in point: the DOJ lawsuit against RealPage software (which landlords were using to collude on apartment prices). The company was engaged in extremely serious criminal activity, but the DOJ did not file any criminal charges.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and it melts your skin off."

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That $50 billion is over a 10 year period.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Local city government cuts funding for sewer/storm drain repairs, then demands DeSantis pay for it.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Again? When did they give it to them the first time?

When they confirmed Clarence Thomas in 1991.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

It is actually much worse than that. The problem they are having is that street-running LRT trains get stuck in traffic, causing bunching and other scheduling issues. The obvious solution is to get cars completely out of the way of the trains. But despite an official "transit first" policy, the SFMTA won't do that. So instead they will spend >$100 million on a new signal system, which will map train locations in real-time simply to tell dispatchers what they already know -- that the trains are stuck in traffic.

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In California, local government does not get any revenue from speeding tickets. It is one reason there is so little enforcement of traffic laws.