My bet is on that there will be some kind of interaction of the metal catenary in the environment and maybe causing friction in the cables and shorts, which no one thought of since 1890 when they chose wood due for its insulating properties.

Then they will have to replace the metal with some fancy plastic one, because you can’t just admit the wood was better after all, but the plastic will also be unsuitable and degrade quickly which will ultimately end up with going back to wood in another 10 years. But that wood will then only last a fraction of the original wood, because we do not have old growth wood anymore and all the pine plantation wood won’t last a similar 130+ years.

So after about $3 billion dollars in costs and another $5 billion in economic and lifestyle impact after 20 years, they’ll declare it all a wonderful success, even though the wooden catenaries will live on as art or interior decor for another 200 years.

If we’re lucky, the death toll will even be low.

I foresee a "oh we can't replace the plastic one it with wood now because that would be a new material and we don't have data to prove it conforms with some rule we made up so the only solution is to pay some engineering firm who knows people on beacon hill a ton of money to say that pine is fine" situation before they go back to wood.

And as bad as the MBTA is... Keolis is worse (arguably).

Or maybe if they do trade, their trades have to be on a month long delay. The transparency should take out any corruption on the duration and it will incentivize their investment on long term gains and allow the public to also participate and make their insider knowledge.

The current lag timed reporting requirement is a decent start, but fact of the matter is that it still allows Reps to take advantage of insider knowledge to profit and thereby basically be bribed in circuitous ways not really all that different than a mobster/teamster accidentally leaving behind a suitcase of cash after they dinner party the politician invited him to, just even more obfuscated and structured.

It depends on your perspective on value. MS stock and lobbying, money bags, and government/corporate capture have provided unfathomable value.

Model 3 is lighter than BMW 3 series ICE.

It seems to be a reasonable comparison since that is the primary/differentiating characteristic of the model. It’s really common to also and seemingly only ever see the comparison of closed weight/proprietary models in a way that seems to act as if all of the non-American and open weight models don’t even exist.

I also think most people do not consider open weights as OSS.

You are mistaken to think that zealots can be reasoned with. They have been conditioned to react upon anything “Russia” like a Pavlovian cue, a command of the trained animal. They are a herd that moves as a herd, based on cues of lead animals. No amount of proof or evidence will ever dissuade them from a position that the herd is moving in. They cannot reason on their own and lack the courage to separate, let alone say something that the herd disapproves of, lest they be expelled from the herd and ganged up on.

Have you ever considered providing feedback in a constructive and supportive manner?

I am just being a substantiative counterweight so that everyone gets the full picture whilst being objective at the same time.

The following headlines look more like spam rather than factual breaking news.

You’re not crazy and don’t let your wife say that to you, since it’s clearly ignorance or possibly rationalization to justify her positions during that time. People will rationalize immensely just to avoid having to admit they were wrong in general or also possibly that they contributed to their own consequences.

Don't worry, we know each other well enough at this stage. From her point of view I think she's tired of me relating every issue to covid (which is mostly correct).

But you're right, people can get caught in their own filter bubble, build walls and be defensive, rather than open their ears to a second opinion.

Which really puts a massive spotlight on you.