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[–] regul@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Lebron's aura was the only thing keeping AD from falling apart.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing. Sorry. I was unclear. They've extended their ban on new buildings taller than 50'.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Same city that recently extended their 50' building height limit (despite already having several apartment buildings taller than that).

[–] regul@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago

he had posted gleeful pictures of himself bulldozing Palestinian homes so it's very cool that we got some fascist on fascist murder

[–] regul@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

It sounds like Tim Sweeney is making decisions motivated by money, not necessarily out of childishness. I think there's a difference. I probably agree that they're shitty decisions for consumers, but it's pretty clear what his motives are.

Also, Sam Lake is not the CEO of Remedy. I had to go look it up. It's someone named Tero Virtala who I've never heard of.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 23 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Epic paid them a bunch of money for the exclusivity. Money they needed to produce the game. Remedy needs the money upfront. And Epic takes less of a cut than Steam.

I feel like you're mad at the wrong people?

[–] regul@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

More than twice as long as walking is impressive.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 55 points 1 month ago (8 children)

walking around without shoes on in a Five Guys that's a 🚩

[–] regul@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.

- Gustavo Petro, current president of Colombia, former mayor of Bogota

[–] regul@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

I think it highlights the money-grubbing absurdity of Formula 1 that Zandvoort is going to be allowed to drop off the calendar while Max is still racing.

Think about how much they must be charging tracks to host events for it not to be worth it to host a home race for a driver with one of the most rabid fanbases I've ever seen.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

This is right next to Central Park. He could ride his bike (or his e-bike) through what is widely considered one of the most beautiful urban parks in the world without having to worry about cars or red lights.

The subway is also fine. It's by no means a public toilet on rails. The platforms are a bit grungy, but inside the cars it's comparable to London or Paris.

In addition to the subway, there are no less than 4 bus routes along Madison & 5th Avenues.

 

I honestly thought it was going to be Adams, but I definitely knew it wasn't going to happen.

 

Whomst among us

 

Some great displays of carbrain in this article.

DeSeta also likened one of the groups advocating for the open street, Transportation Alternatives, to the National Rifle Association.

“TA is a multi-million-dollar not-for-profit lobbying organization. And you know what non-profit lobbyists could be? NRA is a not-for-profit, so, ya know, not-for-profit is a loosey-goosey term,” she said.

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Like DeSeta, Herb Alter, who lives at 103rd Street and West End Avenue, objected, as many opponents typically do, to the "process" by which decisions were made when he was otherwise engaged. During the pandemic, he said, he and his ill wife decamped to their East Hampton second home — and the first he had heard about the open street was at the local dog run upon his return to the city last year.

Basically, a bunch of 70 year-old rich white people who live in a neighborhood where 73% of people do not own cars are trying to get rid of some intense traffic calming the city did during Covid because they lost 13 parking spaces.

It boggles the mind that there are people who live in Manhattan and choose to own cars without a dedicated place to keep them.

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