It's simple, there are too many stops, and a train that holds more passengers has to spend longer times at stations so those extra passengers can get on/off the train.

This is the same issue the famous (infamous?) CA "Bullet Train" has. The train can go very fast, but the plan to connect SF to LA added a significant number of miles (25% or more greater distance than a straight shot down the coastline) to the route and added pointless stops along the way, preventing the train from actually spending any real time at "bullet train speeds." The proposed CA bullet train is not much faster than an airplane ride between SF and LA, even after you factor in getting to/from the airport.

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When Roe v Wade was overturned the abortion debate was delegated to the 50 states, exactly where it should be... If you want to change that, if you want to amend the constitution go for it! But fair warning, it's non-trivial.

Abortion is not mentioned in the Constitution, it's not a Constitutional right.

Take a look at the 10th Amendment - anything not listed (enumerated) in the federal constitution is a state issue.

Why do you imagine a corporation can lie and escape liability because of Citizens United?

A corporation is comprised of people, the corporation should have the same, not fewer rights as a person does.

It simply lets PRIVATE corporations do the same things as labor unions can - should unions be kept out of politics? If you say yes, I'll consider repealing citizens united for PRIVATE corporations.

(Public corporations are not covered by CU)

Remind me, did Kamala voluntarily limit her spending to enjoy all that wonderful free government money?

Oh wait, I remember, she pissed thru $1.5BN in 107 days and STILL managed to end her campaign $20M in debt, which the DNC just agreed to pay off for her, so no, she didn't agree to the limits either - odd you forgot to mention that.

As a person paying to use their service, what's wrong with the term? Renting something doesn't make you a peasant, rich people rent things all the time.

You're just trying really, really hard to make a perfectly logical business decision (until you prove your identity, you can only send 100 emails/day) into some nefarious policy.

If your business rents a storefront to conduct business, your business is a "tenant". If you rent virtual space online to conduct business, why is it insulting to be referred to as a "tenant"?

As I read this, when someone signs up for email service they are only able to send 100 emails/day until they verify their identity.

WTF is wrong with that?

From TFS:

Do customers STAY on "Microsoft.com" domain for any length of time?

Prove who you are, get a proper domain, send out all the emails you want... Again, I ask, WTF is wrong with that?

Do people really want to stay on the onmicrosoft.com domain for their email, or do they want their own domain?

It's just a case of MS Derangement Syndrome, a close relative of AMZ Derangement Syndrome, where the sufferer becomes uncontrollably upset at the mention of MS or AMZ.

Wow, they list me half-way into the second paragraph:

The satellites we are discussing are going to be "planned and built over the coming decades", WTF does that have to do with a hurricane heading toward the U.S. coastline THIS WEEK?

The reporter is acting like DJT ran out to the launch pad and started ripping sensors off the weather satellites as they were ready to launch - these things are just specifications and goals written down to secure federal funding.

As best as I can figure, these satellites won't be built under the Trump admin, the Vance Admin (8 years), the admin after that, or maybe even the admin after THAT, and I suspect that if these sensors are really as important as the reporter wants us to think they are, someone, in the next three administrations, might just add them back.

I bought an EV last December, I like it, but despite living in a single-family home I do not have an in-home charger for my car.

The economics of it don't add-up.

It can cost up to $5,000 to require a house/garage to add a permanent wall charger, while electricity at Tesla superchargers sells for 34/19 cents/KWh, the cheaper rate is only available after 11:00 PM until sometime before the start of morning commute hours (5 AM?)

I'm a night owl, and I don't mind charging after 11 PM to save a few bucks, but that's me, and not everybody is like me.

The practical answer is to get the "240v dryer circuit" charger and let the car slowly charge overnight (if the car isn't moving for 8-12 hours, what's the benefit of charging up in under an hour?).

I'm about 9 months into EV ownership, I'll probably get the dryer circuit charger, but really just as a backup.

Microsoft will not share windows source code with a third party, that just won't happen.

And what would be their motivation? To allow people to keep using 10 year-old software instead of updating (for free, if they have a retail copy of Windows 7, 8/8.1, or 10) if their system supports it?

This EOL date for windows 10 has been covered in the mainstream press for FOUR YEARS, people have to stop pretending they weren't aware of this...

If AT&T had their way, you would never own your telephone, you'd lease it from them.

I can tell you were born well after the breakup of AT&T.

How much longer does MS need to support your 8 year-old systems? Windows 10 was released back in July, 2015 - it's time to move on.

Your systems have been fully depreciated, move on... your systems are from 2017 - more modern system might pay for themselves with lower electric bills.

The mainstream press has been running stories about the end of windows 10 support in Oct 2025, no responsible person can possibly be unaware of this eventuality at this point.

Also, how does ending support make software users at GREATER RISK? Once the software goes off support, every risk, every exposure, every issue remains in place, constantly, for ever - the software doesn't change (that's the definition of ending support), so how do users wind up being at greater risk?

Gaggle is a tool to monitor activity on SCHOOL DISTRICT provided social media applications, she used a school device to access a school social media app and made her comment that was picked up by gaggle.

I think schools offer their own social apps to 'protect' the children from predators, and the district monitors their own app for abuses.

The reaction was over the top, the oversight was appropriate.