n2burns

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[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Highway interchanges aren't good places for pedestrians or cyclists at the best of times. Just take a look at the current intersection.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Taxis existed before Uber and Lyft. What's being touted is that AVs will be cheaper and more available than ridesharing, the same way ridingsharing was to taxis.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

As the video points out, what you're describing is very similar to what was said about Uber & Lyft. At first glance, a cheaper, more available taxi service seems like it should reduce road usage. However, that assumes car trips are replaced by rideshare trips. In actuality, when Uber & Lyft have entered a market, it has resulted in increased road usage. This is because of induced demand, and if rideshares are replacing another form of transportation, it's usually public transit, walking, or biking, not driving.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 21 points 6 days ago
[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but it was also written at a time when the most advanced armaments available were bolt-action rifles.

Actually, according to Wikipedia, "The first bolt-action rifle was produced in 1824" so that's decades after the second amendment was ratified.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He’s not wrong, exactly. The second amendment doesn’t say “keep and bear some kinds of arms”, it just says “keep and bear arms”.

It's kind of vague though. If a kid asks, "Can I have ice cream," and their parents say, "Yes, you can have ice cream," it doesn't mean the kid can have whatever ice cream them want and in whatever quantities they want.

As a non-American, I always find it funny how some people revere the framers as having future vision and somehow infallible.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

While the party make-up and views were pretty similar, Harper ruled the party with a pretty firm hand. Even though many of the religious-right wanted socially conservative policies, he generally didn't let them question things like abortion. I'm not sure Poilievre has the same control over the party.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

People from rural areas don't drive to Toronto very often. It's the drivers from the suburbs that you're thinking of.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is definitely wrong. For example, I know Canada has reactors under construction: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002543/ontario-breaks-ground-on-world-leading-small-modular-reactor

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago

That's not what the polls said at all.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

I support this move, but a change.org petition isn't the way to go. Get an MP to submit an official petition to www.ourcommons.ca

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago

It's a feature of TikTok where you can put your video side-by-side with some else's video. This seems like a decent explanation.

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