The difference everyone always ignores is that most of Chinese infrastructure is new. For the US they’d need to buy people out of their land, build new tunnels and bridges, and disrupt so many things to implement high speed rail.

You can’t just leverage the existing rail network because they have curves and grades that are incompatible with high speed rail (northeast corridor has 30-40mph limits on some curves).

In addition you’re competing with airplanes which are already proven and support current travel demands. And even if you could get the rail implemented there isn’t any guarantee it’ll be any cheaper than flight (meaning low usage). As it stands today going from major hub on Amtrak can be more expensive and takes an equal amount of time (when accounting for security/etc.)

I feel like people forget how much infrastructure is required to keep high speed rail running. Not only do you need the stations, but the tracks (bridges, tunnels, etc.) all need to be maintained. Additionally, when doing maintenance you can’t run the line, so you either need extra capacity so you don’t disrupt service or you end up with times you have to shut lines down.

In comparison, planes just need a strip of flat land at takeoff and landing (you technically don’t even need an airport). You’re primary bottleneck is how fast you can get planes on/off the tarmac.

One of the other big issues in rail vs plane is that high speed rail only works at certain grade levels and turn radiuses. So for example, I believe you couldn’t convert the existing northeast corridor in the US to 300mph rail from end to end simply due to the geography. You’d need to create a new route. Looking it up there are speed limits around 30-40mph for Amtrak around Baltimore and Wilmington.

You make it sound like blockades are not common events during a war. Just cause the US is blockading the strait right now doesn’t negate their desire for free passage in the future.

Additionally, if people didn’t think Iran was justified in closing the strait (due to a war) then they probably wouldn’t be negotiating with them for access.

This is what happens during war, both sides look for ways to create pressure on the other to force them to the table. Iran is fighting an uphill battle so needs to turn people against the US by limiting oil shipments, but that doesn’t mean the US is just going to let them keep selling their oil.

Im surprised by the comments here, this was an obvious outcome of Iran dictating that only Iranian interests could use the strait. The only real move for the US is to block all traffic (or at least all traffic heading to Iran). Why would the US allow Iran to continue to sell oil while Iran is destroying other ships.

I’m sure the GCC have no issue with this policy, and it doesn’t really change the situation for most other US aligned countries as they weren’t buying Iranian oil for the most part anyways. No one wants Iran to be able to charge for access to the Strait and this would put pressure on the to find a more agreeable end to the conflict.

Not supporting either side, just stating that this is a reasonable strategic move for the US.

Is there any evidence of that or is the thought that since decriminalization generally improves conditions it would also improve the situation around child trafficking?

Cause I could see it making it more common as the barrier/risk is lowered. Doesn’t take much to make a fake ID.

I could see an argument that it might follow a similar trajectory as underage pot use, but those aren’t exactly similar situations.

I was personally surprised myself, as generally Looney Tunes is considered superior to mickey mouse (in regards to older animation). However the country focused ones are worth giving a shot (especially Tokyo, Paris, and the Indian one [can’t remember which city]). If you like those, then you might like the rest.

You’re probably aware, but updating the model periodically is probably a good idea just because things do change overtime.

A model from two years ago was trained on data from at least two years ago. Meaning any technology, code, world event changes wouldn’t be reflected in the model.

The way Infinity Train was treated by HBO is so sad.

Also, I feel like Symbiotic Titan is hard to recommend as it was canceled after one season leaving the story very unfinished.

Ooh, I was thinking of some more modern stuff, but that’s a really good call-out. You can still see a lot of influences from that era today, not to mention that they’re still enjoyed today.

The newer Mickey Mouse series felt like a modernized take on that era. If you haven’t watched it I would give it a shot. The country-based episodes are all really well done and show how little dialouge is needed to tell interesting and compelling stories.

Or space!

I feel like that’s the reason people have been talking about space data centers. Once it’s up there it’s kinda hard to get access to it.

Because it’s a simple e-reader, people should still be able to add books and use the device regardless of store support. They also warn you’ll brick the device if you do a factory reset.

I thought you could manually add books to kindle, but maybe that isn’t the case based on the article.

Yeah, I don’t think she has good odds in a primary, assuming the democrats actually have one this time around.

Yeah, the reporting on all of this has been terrible. Iran released an inconsistent (different demands on the English terms) list of demands to end the war, but everyone is acting like the US accepted the list by agreeing to a temporary ceasefire.

We already know she was giving contracts and deals to family /herself - https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group

I can look past the sex dungeon, but peanut M&Ms?!

You disgust me.

Even if it did spit out the average value, it would be the average of the training data. I don’t think people/opinions are evenly distributed in LLM training data.

Just look into how racist computer vision models can be.

Yeah, but I think if his cabinet turns on him that means something serious is going on. I think some senators and congress people would be inclined to vote against Trump if article 25 was used against him.

No, you should get a switch emulator and use Nintendo online to emulate Pokémon Stadium so you can emulate the Gen 1 games.

Although I suspect the switch N64 emulator doesn’t support the Gameboy adapter.

I thought the same, but they still make the 20 Oz bottles. Looks like the vending machine company is either cheating people or forgot to update the placards - https://www.target.com/p/pepsi-cola-soda-20-fl-oz-bottle/-/A-12979694

So I had to look it up, but Pokémon Stadium actually used an emulator to run the Gameboy games source 1 and source 2.

So while that method is probably Nintendo approved, I think it’s probably easier (and more accurate emulation) to use a modern emulator.