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There's a pretty easy way to fix most of the problem with getting merked on the railroad tracks: take your loving earbuds out when you're doing something dangerous like walking on railroad tracks. Won't save you from a detached ghost car, but I figure there's a lower probability of encountering one of those than an actual loud as gently caress Amtrak that you couldn't hear because you were listening to your loving anime openings playlist on full-bore.
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Feb 12, 2019 18:18
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Welp: https://apnews.com/783b336c787a42fd9148986786ee73cfquote:California governor pulls plug on LA-SF high-speed train  High speed rail, killed by *check notes* the Democratic governor of California.
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Feb 12, 2019 20:59
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ah yes, let me take high speed rail to loving bakersfield
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Feb 12, 2019 21:47
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not a hot day for private passenger rail either https://twitter.com/rjwile/status/1095412734844436480
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Feb 12, 2019 22:06
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donoteat posted:not a hot day for private passenger rail either It's not surprising really because it doesn't really go anywhere currently. If you make it to Miami there are at least modest ways to get around like the MetroMover and Metrorail but Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm don't have anything like that. So you get off the train and welp I guess I need a car, may as well have driven. The Orlando plan was at least worthwhile because you can get to Disney and stuff from the airport which I think it would have used. I'm not sure if they still plan on making that but I wouldn't surprised if it gets shelved.
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Warmachine posted:There's a pretty easy way to fix most of the problem with getting merked on the railroad tracks: take your loving earbuds out when you're doing something dangerous like walking on railroad tracks. Yeah but if you get hit by a ghost car listening to anime songs you get reincarnated in a fantasy world with magic powers
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Feb 13, 2019 02:50
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Danann posted:Welp: https://apnews.com/783b336c787a42fd9148986786ee73cf it is a sad day... for trains e: I guess now we can fantasize about the project being restarted in the future as a maglev that might actually make the trip to SF shorter than the flight?
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Feb 13, 2019 03:32
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Danann posted:Welp: https://apnews.com/783b336c787a42fd9148986786ee73cf this rail road was always a stupid rear end idea. build an actual rail network first and have the state operate it instead of the insane publicly-owned privately-operated poo poo that's common place in California
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Feb 13, 2019 03:32
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net work error posted:It's not surprising really because it doesn't really go anywhere currently. If you make it to Miami there are at least modest ways to get around like the MetroMover and Metrorail but Ft. Lauderdale and West Palm don't have anything like that. So you get off the train and welp I guess I need a car, may as well have driven. Yeah I took the bright line to Ft. Lauderdale expecting to save time and or money. Then I had to Uber to the airport. I would have been better off doing almost anything else to get to the airport.
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Feb 13, 2019 05:11
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Looks like Gavin Newsom is backpedaling a bit on the whole CHSR-killing thing. Still sounds committed to keeping the central valley as part of the gig, perhaps this new environmental study he's talking about can get rid of some of the other dumb stuff i.e. connecting it to Palmdale/Merced/Gilroy
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Feb 13, 2019 15:19
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https://twitter.com/KateAronoff/status/1096508595028537350
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Feb 15, 2019 23:13
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Amtrak is having a BOGO Valentines Day sale so I got curious and looked up trips and was just saddened. Trips out of Florida to New Jersey are about 28 hours each way. A trip to New Orleans (which is closer to Florida than New Jersey) is over 50 hours because of transfers required. Same with a trip to Detroit which would take about 60 hours. Also all of the tickets would cost more than a flight. Meanwhile when I went to Japan I was able to take the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka which is a decent size trip (almost the distance out of Florida I think) in a few hours, much faster than driving and cheaper than a flight. I'm curious if the train options were better out of Florida around the time of Henry Flagler but I also don't care enough to look it up. Point is, TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS
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Feb 16, 2019 00:09
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yeah the US really got the short end of the stick after WWII all the countries that lost and were poor for a while ended up with really great public transportation because nobody could afford cars florida is extra stupid because it didn't really get any substantial population until after a/c and cars were invented and everyone was huffing some broadacres farts so aside from like three neighborhoods in miami the whole state has no density
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Feb 16, 2019 00:17
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*picture of a busy but well-run urban transit hub* density's child
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Feb 16, 2019 00:20
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Guess we should've been owned during WWII so we could have better transit.
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Feb 16, 2019 02:50
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I think the current moment shows, if anything, we'd just rather let the poor do without.
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net work error posted:Guess we should've been owned during WWII so we could have better transit. hey, it's never too late!
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Feb 16, 2019 20:36
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Depending on your definition of We,
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Feb 16, 2019 20:42
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Train or trains?
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Feb 19, 2019 22:07
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net work error posted:Train or trains? I am a train. You are a train. He is a train. She is a train. It is a train. They are a train. We are trains. They are trains.
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Feb 19, 2019 22:14
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trainx
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Feb 19, 2019 23:14
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when do we get more videos
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Feb 19, 2019 23:28
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donoteat when do we get a Bernie Sanders 2020 endorsement video
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Feb 19, 2019 23:29
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How much of my $1 do you actually get?
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Feb 19, 2019 23:37
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i think patreon takes like 20%?
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Feb 20, 2019 07:22
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ScrubLeague posted:i think patreon takes like 20%? isn't it 5%?
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Feb 20, 2019 07:37
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Also think it's five If it's 20, I will just send donoteat small, unmarked bills instead of the patreon thing
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Feb 20, 2019 14:33
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Didn't the head of patreon just say that their model was "unsustainable" and they'd need to increase their take even though all they do is collect rent and run some servers?
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Feb 20, 2019 14:43
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That is an accurate recount of that BS, yes.
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Feb 20, 2019 14:53
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Retromancer posted:Didn't the head of patreon just say that their model was "unsustainable" and they'd need to increase their take even though all they do is collect rent and run some servers? patreon has a sustainable business model to make money and provide a service; they can basically operate as-is indefinitely however, they took venture capital so if the ROI isn’t 700% quarter to quarter, they have failed
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Feb 20, 2019 14:54
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We had to liquidate the business in order to save it.
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Feb 20, 2019 15:09
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Phone posted:patreon has a sustainable business model to make money and provide a service; they can basically operate as-is indefinitely  
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Feb 21, 2019 10:06
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I don't know where this goes, but some of you may enjoy: https://mobile.twitter.com/annafifield/status/1098542102898790405
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Feb 21, 2019 13:48
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Phone posted:patreon has a sustainable business model to make money and provide a service; they can basically operate as-is indefinitely Just hear me out though. What if we kill the goose and get all the gold from inside it
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Not empty quoting.
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Feb 22, 2019 05:54
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Corky Romanovsky posted:I don't know where this goes, but some of you may enjoy: finally, the swamp maoist getup I've been waiting for
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Feb 22, 2019 05:55
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Corky Romanovsky posted:I don't know where this goes, but some of you may enjoy: lmao of course she wrote a fuckin book 
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Taintrunner posted:finally, the swamp maoist getup I've been waiting for If you don't kill your landlord its stolen valor.
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