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True except it's a little different than equity investments because of the ease of leverage. No one is going to loan me a half million dollars to invest in the S&P500 but they'll have no problem giving me a house to rent out (if I can prove income).

At the risk of sounding like propaganda myself... Just because you don't witness poverty and crime doesn't mean it is propaganda. US has a major homeless and drug epidemic that is getting worse. It is easy for those with money to put it out of sight and ignore it.

I'm visiting China for the first time right now for 2 weeks and I must say I'm very impressed with how clean the cities are and the lack of homeless and drug addicts.

In the US my old house in OKC has been broken into twice by homeless and my parent's house in Miami twice as well, and their car stolen twice. Walking to work in Brooklyn, people are literally sleeping on the sidewalks under trash bags every night as everyone walks past like they aren't there.

Even in my my home town in Vermont, population under 10,000, there are always homeless people out in the cold begging and sleeping in tents in the woods. These people have given up on life, or given bad luck, or addicted to drugs.

I haven't seen any of that in China so far. Sure there are some areas outside the city centers that are more depressing looking, lack much personality, and have run down buildings but at least everyone has a home, a job, and is taken care of. People here seem to have more respect for themselves and for others. It is part of the culture here.

Everyone I talk to here says it is incredibly safe. In fact, today I saw my first 2 police cars on the highway for the first time a week into my trip. And we've been driving an average of 3 hours per day everywhere between Shenzhen and ChengDu (visiting factories ). There are many cameras everywhere but there isn't a need for hundreds of police to patrol the streets non-stop like in every city in the US. I haven't heard a single siren the entire trip either - in cities of 20 million. You won't find that in NYC which has half the population. Just some thoughts I wanted to share, thanks for reading.

Right, they seem like the gateway car to ride people over until a full EV and the charging networks are more competitive. I would love an EV but they just aren't convenient enough for my work travel schedule. A plug-in hybrid would solve that concern and allow for my non-work driving around town to be electric.

Everybody is born without a belief in god. It should require extraordinary evidence to prove such an extraordinary claim. People just accept it because it's comforting.

The last mile problem is more like the last 15-30 mile problem for most Americans.

Good luck installing train stations and other public transport within 1 mile of all rural and urban sprawl. It sounds perfect for big cities but it quickly falls apart when you see how the rest of the country lives outside cities.

Additionally, most commercial vehicles that require delivering tools and equipment on-site will never be public transport based and will still be crowding streets.

Of course we need better public transport, but cars aren't going away any time soon so let's make them more efficient with smart coordinated movement.

Sounds like a use case for SOLAR FREAKING ROADWAYS!

Would this affect any other watches that use optical blood oxygen sensors? Are they just starting with Apple because they're the largest or did Apple just do things the Masimo way?

Right, because they're not evil, but it is still a club organized by a group that is recognized as an organized religion by the US government and has all the protections that come with it. The school will have to choose between allowing all religious groups into schools or none.

I'm just pointing that out since other commenters are insisting that they will have to ban all after school activities as a result which isn't true

Looks fun but unfortunately I can't install it on my updated Pixel 7 Pro with the latest Android 14, Dec 5th update. Any ideas?

The Satanic temple is a non-theistic religious group, that's the entire point. They use religious groups' own tactics against them. If the school allows the Christian church to host a club, then they must allow the Satanic temple to host a club. TST doesn't have anything against after-school clubs and the school could simply choose to ban activities funded by religions.

Yeah, and if someone receives the diagnosis too late then there may not be time to go to court and still perform the procedure before it's too late. This woman was lucky to have lawyers working on her behalf.

Now the Republicans will always point to the few examples such as this one to claim their system is merciful and fair. It's such BS though, as if a judge's opinion on a medical issue matters one bit against those of doctors.