SkepticalButOpenMinded

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Study finds that once people use cargo bikes, they like their cars much less (arstechnica.com)
cost of living 86 years ago in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

House sizes have also ballooned. The average home size in 1949 was ~900 sq ft, whereas a new home now is ~2500 sq ft. It was still cheaper, but those homes prices are for a lot less house than people are imagining.

What is your unpopular flim opinion in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The critic rating is better than the audience rating. I’ve never seen a film with a high critic rating that didn’t have something worthwhile about it. But I’ve seen a lot of audience hits that were garbage.

Free relationship souvenir. So kind! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t understand. Can someone explain this to me?

American serial killers in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hard disagree with the idea that our justice system sucks because it’s “too soft”. The US has one of the most punitive systems in the developed world, with literally the most people imprisoned per capita of any country in the world.

But agree that policing is shockingly incompetent.

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Why the health benefits of cycling to work outweigh the risk of injury (www.newscientist.com)
 

The new study, which looked at outcomes over 10 years, shows those fears aren’t unreasonable – commuting by bike is associated with an increased risk of admission to hospital for injury, with 7 per cent of cyclists experiencing such an injury compared to 4.3 per cent of non-cyclists. Squint a bit, and you can turn that into the “50 per cent more likely” figure mentioned above.

But Paul Welsh at the University of Glasgow in the UK, who led the study and who cycles himself, says the risk of death from cycling injury is vanishingly small. In fact, it is far outweighed by the decreased risk of death that comes from the increased physical activity and lower BMI of cyclists. “The data are still very much in favour of cycling for those who are capable of doing so,” says Welsh.

Cyclists have a far lower risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and death compared with people who drive, take public transport or walk to work – a finding supported by this and previous studies. If an extra 1000 people took up cycling for 10 years, we would expect to see 15 fewer cancers, four fewer heart attacks or strokes and three fewer deaths in that group.

Sometimes, people online and in real life ask why I complain about unsafe or lacking bicycle infrastructure but continue to put myself at risk by cycling. Is it worth it? Yes it is. Even from the perspective of self-preservation, cycling is safer than driving. I'd just like it to be even safer, and make it so that more people can benefit.

Vancouver's only unionized Starbucks set to close: Store on Dunbar Street will shut down at end of September due to expiring lease, company says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The workers are apparently offered a transfer to nearby stores. Do they keep the unionized status?

Personal Income Spending Flowchart (Canada) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’m surprised that paying off high interest debt is so low on the flow chart. I personally don’t know if it’s a good idea to follow this chart as it is.

As a 14-year long user, the new Fisher Price UI makes me sad :( What have they done to you, Reddit? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I think Reddit doesn’t realize that what made their UI so appealing was precisely that it felt really functional and bare bones, like Craigslist still does or Google used to. As if it was designed by nerds who just wanted the most functional site. It makes it seem more trustworthy and neutral, less monetized.

This redesign looks painfully corporate.

Android vs. iOS in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Is that true? I thought apple’s business model was to not sell your data but charge more upfront. Do you have a source discussing this that you can point me to?

Edit: I’ve searched online and can’t find even a single article talking about Apple selling your data. I’m an iPhone user so I want to know. The most recent Apple privacy article I can find reports on how they’re closing fingerprinting loopholes in third party apps.

I definitely don’t want to be naive or credulous, but given how aggressively they’ve prevented third parties from gathering data, I’m cautiously optimistic. I don’t think this is a “both sides” situation, unless someone can point me to some information to the contrary.