Yep, exactly. Getting stuck in traffic for another 30 mins isn't even the problem some people think it is. It just means I have more time to listen to my audiobook or podcast.

Sometimes I think people forget how big North America is. I live in a fairly large city (350k population) next to another large city (200k population) and there is no train or bus service from my house to the office. The nearest bus stop is 6km away and from there, it's at least 3 different buses to my office.

So, I could spend 3 hours hopping from bus to bus or I can drive from my house to the office in 45 mins.

Yes, infrastructure spending is the likely culprit but peopel are struggling to buy groceries with inflation and ever increasing taxes. Having the government dump another $100B into a decent train service would be a great way to destroy the livelihood of millions of people.

I'm so used to not watching commercials that when I accidentally watched some cable TV, the sheer number of adverts was a jarring experience.

that explain why this is a bad idea

Is that a joke or did it really happen? If it's real, it's kinda hilarious that when a financial company does the same thing, there's no widepsread outrage. I must have received at lesat 3 offers of credit monitoring in the past 5 years because some company has messed up and got hacked. It's reassuring the Gov't is using the same playbook.

Terrifying or reassuring. Pick one.

I haven't RTFM....So... did the CIA do it?

I realize this is a perfect use case for AI but.... it's a nice thought that a bunch of people are looking through a port hole, watching fish, and then letting an operator know so they can open a valve somewhere. Horribly inefficient but so wonderfully human.

Can this be attributed in whole or in part to DOGE?

I realize DOGE is a hot topic for many sides but if the Pentagon feared the "eye of sauron" would be upon on them at some point and started killing wasteful contracts, I think we can all agree that's a good thing.

I'm gonna be honest. These are mental gymnastics far beyond my capability.

By that logic, if you called Ghandi a Nazi and people came out and said you can't just call everyone a Nazi then ... anyone who had an issue with calling Ghandi a Nazi is... a Nazi?

ufff .. people .. you don't have to get so worked up. So you like buttons and engine noises. Great.
But you also understand that someone people don't like buttons and prefer silence right? Let them be.
The number of people who have the, "this person doesn't like the things I like so they must be the dumbz" mentality is way too high

How many people do you think drive daily between Toronto and Quebec City? By that logic, there should be a train track between Los Angeles and Tokyo.

Gotta get that pork spending in quickly to grease a lot of palms before he's out of office so he can have something cushy lined up.

It's OK, you can say his name. He's not Voldemoort.

I don't even think it's because of the President, I think they just couldn't switch to EV mode. They're too stuck/invested in ICE