I was just jokingly rederiving a train instead. I think automated cars is mostly really silly

The safety systems would work perfectly if the cars could communicate, or more robustly if they could be mechanically linked together for the “easy” (highway) portion of the drive. Imagine a lane with nose to tail cars all doing exactly the same thing. At exits (predefined stops) you could get off to change or stay on the same one. Put a little station there with bathrooms and food.

Maybe we could even replace that highway lane with steel tracks and the tires with steel wheels for lower friction.

Damn you just always re-derive the train

Woman is based as fuck

US ex pat living in Europe: 100% agree. I’ve actually not had a single person be mean or negative about where I’m from. Either jokes about how it’s going or more likely, curiosity about how things actually are.

It’s just like if you meet a Russian who left. I would hope you’d have the nuance to think “oh, they escaped, fantastic for them and I’m so sorry about their country” not “oh they must love Putin”

It’s good! Really good. Fucking hard sometimes. I’m lucky enough to do it with a lovely partner but you can feel so much more alone than you ever have imo. But it’s very rewarding and lovely. It’s nice to be able to choose a little of cultural and political stuff that you really identify with rather than whatever you got originally

Yeah, of course there’s a lot of opinions about it. I’ve even met a guy who has never left Continental Europe who is pro Trump. but for the most part it’s people deciding to not vacation there anymore.

People from all over are very welcoming of us. I’m always prepared for some pushback of “fucking Americans” and it just never comes.

Tak! Der er virkelig dejlig at være her :) vi elsker Danmark og kan rigtig godt lide vores anderledes livsstil her

US ex pat who lives in Denmark (before this absolutely dumpster fire of an administration).

That’s how I see the news here too, generally a bit tired of the US’ shit and pretty keenly aware of some of the consequences.

Everyone I know tries to go there and buy from there as little as possible, which is a nice effect

I agree with your take on this. I think 1M is way too low. But 1 Billion… It’s a bit easier to imagine the “you can’t or the dictatorship will seize something” idea.

The reality is that the wealthiest people usually influence the most

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