yistdaj

@yistdaj@pawb.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australian high-speed rail has barely left the station – some experts say a new US project shows a better way⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I find it interesting how often articles come out about how good projects like Brightline West are before they’re built. There’s still plenty of time for more delays, budget overruns and further compromises. The original Brightline in Florida was meant to be the first high speed rail in the US, but after enough delays and increasing budgets they compromised on its speed. The Brightline model is better than nothing, but I’d hardly call better than nothing a model for us to emulate.

  Some problems are legitimate, but honestly even if the Australian government cancelled the project and restarted following many of these recommendations, it would be even further away from completion, as we would have to wait years again for new plans to be drafted, and it still won’t be built immediately. In my mind, it is better to commit to a slightly flawed plan than to constantly restart because we think of a better way, as we have been doing for years, decades.

  The reason we’re looking at Sydney to Newcastle is that people complained Sydney to Canberra was too expensive/difficult when that was last proposed, and that Sydney to Newcastle is easier and shorter. Grass is always greener on the other side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As you are doing it you never realize⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh, I just got blank CDs yesterday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Weeeeeee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep hearing that Cities Skylines II has constant bugfixes because each fix reveals new bugs. It’s better, but still divisive. More people continue playing the original, according to Steam’s statistics.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨℞osaur⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Mammals are just jealous of the long enlightened reign of the dinosaurs, and want to paint the previous dynasty in a bad light to justify usurping the throne.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Audiologists raise concern over headphone use in young people⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m wondering if the cause and effect are the other way around, people that have trouble with noise (such as people with APD) might want noise cancelling headphones. The rise in cases of APD might indicate otherwise, but with the information provided, it sounds like it might be under-diagnosed anyway.

  The first thing many people used to assume is that if you had any problems with listening, you might be somewhat deaf. APD and other difficulties listening definitely aren’t deafness, but I wonder if there is increased awareness of other reasons why someone might have difficulty understanding speech.