If buildings in Venice are crumbling at the foundation because of the waves from speed boats, why don't they build deep metro below the lagoon to move people and goods within Venice and to and from the mainland and completely ban boats?
>>2059103if all the houses are sinking, what makes you think a open-faced concrete box wouldn't?
Venice is a meme town. It’s just a giant swampy tourist trap with old buildings in it. The only reason it exists is because a thousand years ago or so the locals would save themselves in that swamp from the hordes of invaders or something. Today it’s just a quirky but dangerous museum. People shouldn’t be living there anyway. They should just evacuate anything of value and let the old buildings slowly sink and return to the sea. Keep the boat tours but don’t let people walk there due to danger.
>>2059308>People shouldn’t be living there anywayEvery year the population of Venice (the island portion) drops by 1,000. Within 50 years the permanent population will cease to exist.
>>2059055>I'm not familiar with the specific geology of the area.i don't know a ton but iirc when you have muddy places like that usually there isn't accessible bedrock and the mud is on top of gravel and soft stone>>2059308akshually it exists because a thousand years ago some rich bankers moved there because taxes were low and power projection onto it was minimal so they then started financing mercenaries and making bank basically being Medieval Blackwater
>>2059111What if you start digging into the bedrock using a TBM from the shore towards St. Mark's Square?
What was air travel like before 9-11?
>>2059081Did you see a grown man naked?
Moslums were a mistake.
>>2058936Me too, man. Tha captain was really nice.
>>2058931Not as shitty as today but still shitty. Before then I used to catch rides in the jumpseat but that all ended in 2001.
>>2059136I'm very sorry you got deported, anon, but the law is the law.
I bought an NJS frame. Does anyone want to make ignorant comments assuming that I have never ridden fixed-gear or that I don't know how JIS standards work or what toe overlap is or similar?Yes, I'll be riding it exclusively on the street.
>>2059932Is your fucking seatpost high enough?
>>2059956Quack
This image may be of interest to anyone who has considered an NJS frame but is intending to drill for a brake
>>2060034based lucky horseshoe
>>2059932Based and duckpilled would post my duck but it's on my motorcycle but it's under a tarp which is under almost a foot of snow
What the fuck is wrong with these mongoloid slackers? They completely underschedule longhaul trains everywhere outside the NEC so almost no one can use them for shorter trips and then wonder why ridership is in the shitter. Each route should be minimum 3x a day per direction.
>>1992023americans do "public" transit wrong on purpose to better shill cars and car-centric infrastrucutre
>>2003433>>1995951Bulk freight actually makes money
>>2018351>he thinks the government is debting itself>never heard of the Rothschilds
Please answer:>>>/trv/2844463
>>2042914Thermodynamics ftw
has anybody noticed how east asia completely kills every other place when it comes to urban planning and public transportation? why is this?
>>2059887>they really aren't.They really fucking are, moron.>>2059887>The perspective is skewed because they callIt does not matter what they call anything. Picrel has no borders whatsoever. It's just a population density heat map of China (and the US, which is included only incidentally because I don't feel like making a new one.)
>>2059970NTA; my understanding is that the rural Chinese small farmer is on its way out. The American small farmer died out during the farm crisis of the 80s and 90s, which explains the lack of density in American rural areas.
>>2059971>The American small farmer died out during the farm crisis of the 80s and 90s, which explains the lack of density in American rural areas.This isn't the explanation.First, lower density in the US isn't limited to rural areas. The cities themselves are far less dense than pretty much anywhere else in the world (especially East Asia). NY City is the only truly dense city in the US, and a few others are somewhat dense (Boston metro, San Francisco). Urbanists like to claim the US is "densifying" as they flood 3rd worlders into the country, waging soft war on China's behalf, but it's nothing like Asia.Second, the effect you describe, while true, isn't large enough to really show up on that particular map. Relative to the rest of the world the US has ALWAYS been less dense.The truth is that the US has just, historically, had an enormous amount of valuable and habitable land relative to its population size and technological power level. Americans had plenty of room to spread out everywhere east of the 100th meridian, where the Chinese (along with most of East Asia) did not, with substantial populations crammed into much smaller geographical areas. In 1850, there were some 400+ million people in China already, vs 20-25 million in the United States.The most substantial migrations in the US in the last 100 years have been from the denser Northern cities and the "Rust Belt" into the south and "Sun Belt." Contrast Buffalo, NY with Phoenix, AZ. This was also coupled with growth of suburbs, so some cities proper may have seen stagnant or declining populations even as their metro areas as a whole were booming. Again this is due to the ease of expanding outward in most of the US. Places like Dallas, TX or Atlanta, GA aren't hemmed in by any major geographical features (mountains, oceans, deserts) and can grow in 360 degrees. It's usually easier, cheaper and more desired to build out rather than build up, and it's been that way for a very long time.
>>2059720Nobody did, unless you think that clearing a handful out of thousands of blocks for a few freeways is "bulldozing the city".
>>2059722Almost all of those lines are still in use today except for redundant lines and spurs to random flyover towns anymore.
Why did hydrofoils never take off?
>>2055476They were a nation, though, separate from Russians. When the USSR dissolved they asked for independence and got it, though Russia gerrymandered the final borders to have a sizeable contingent of ethnic Russians inside the borders, hoping to ensure Russian dominance of Ukrainian government. That left a messy situation even before you consider the CIA democracy cult's plan to turn Ukraine into an international money laundering hub.
>>2059590bullshitwell, not entirely, but this is turning a fly into an elephantnation-wise, saying "ukraine was a nation separate from russians" in context of ussr (and russian empire prior to that too) is akin to saying "texas is a separate nation from the united states". they are distinct if you average them out, texas is not california and not wisconsin, but compared to neighboring states like new mexico it's a gradient rather than a hard cutoff, and the same is the case with russia and ukraine. no matter how you cut the jib, you'd end up with texans in new mexico and new mexicans in texas, and that shouldn't have been a problem. at least for as long as it's not regular mexicans in texas.ethnicity-wise, again, you might as well say ethnic americans, same kinda melting pot. for some reason all russians get the same hate nowadays, despite a lot of them not being ethnically slavic in the slightest- be it people from republics that split off like azerbaijan (look at the list of richest people in russia, you'll find a few), people who stayed within russia as distinctly not russians like tatars and chechens, or even numerous misc minorities like jews and koreans. don't diss on russian koreans, korean carrot is the shit.if you meant slavic russians in particular, then potato potato. both them and ukraininans stem from the same kievan rus that expanded, became too big, fell apart, got MONGOL'd, got un-MONGOL'd, reassembled back into the megazord, went to space, returned and fell apart again. like, sure, you might not have liked to be the left leg, but don't pretend you weren't a part of it. and definitely don't go pissing in torso's boots just to spite him, at least not before you actually move out like azerbaijan moved out with turkey, you'll be smelling those boots from the top bunk too.eeeh uhhi wonder why there are no hydrofoiling seaplanes. except for this thing, but it's a silly all-electric investorbait, and seems to be vaporware too
>>2059691Texans don't have a separate language.
>>2059698they just don't consider it a separate language lol, their cowboy yankee yapping is sometimes as undecipherable to an english speaker as the worst cases of scottish accent. for me as an esl, at least. ukrainian is indeed a bit beyond just an accent, but for the most part it's just russian that's trailing a few patches behind. it retained (and added) a bunch of unique words that russian instead nicked from other languages over the last few centuries, and it also kept its sound closer to old russian; but at the same time it also lacks some optimisations that russian lanugage has made to be less of "every rule has a list of exceptions and every exception has its own exception" (and it's still very much that, don't learn those languages, you will suffer). russian and ukrainian speakers can easily understand each other for the most part, and the rest of the meaning can be got out of context. out of all post-soviet republics' languages, only belorussian comes as close.
>>2044074They were foiled.
Why couldn't you just leave the tunnel, you stupid bastard?
>>2059137why animals menace the transit so frequent?>>2056988for the love of god montresor
>>2059145Yes, for the love of God
>>2056988Well I was just standing here, and Henry locked himself in the tunnel I asked myself why won't Henry just come out the tunnel? Nobody has no answers, and so I pull out my gun! Tell me why Henry in the tunnel or else I am gonna shoot someone!
*blocks your path*
>>2058180SHIIIEEEET
>>2059872Jaywalking is fake and gay, it's made up.
>>2058180What are you're opinions on having timers on these things?
>>2059952I like these even when I'm driving, it lets me know how long the light is going to stay green.
>>2058180Humiliation ritual
If i take a class that teaches about boat repair at community college.I can afford to repair a boat.
>>2055627>Bicycles have an inverse relationship between utility and priceYeah well what's wrong with that? At least back in 2009 or so, I figured the sweet spot for me was around $500. I got a brand-new picrel with essentials (lights and lock). Was extremely useful for commuting around the city as well as some exercise and recreation. I didn't go off-roading but it was sturdy enough to handle shitty Boston/Cambridge/Brookline streets without ever getting a pinch flat or having an accident. It had straight handles for stable maneuverability and was light enough to be reasonably fun to ride and easy enough to carry up and down staircases. I've since moved away to the interior and a semi-rural area, so don't use it much anymore. But I got a solid 8 years out of that bike. WELL worth the $500. I could have gotten some cheap beater from craigslist but I didn't need to save $300 to roll the dice on getting piece of junk. And I didn't need (or even want) a specialty bike (racing bike, mountain bike, etc). Everyone who had more performance-oriented road bikes seemed to be constantly getting flat tires, and all the extra weight and complexity of a mountain bike would have been a waste on city streets.I did always wonder why it's so rare to find a decent performance-oriented pedal-powered boat. Traditional 2-seater paddleboats are kind of a joke.
>>2054274>boats are actually pretty affordable if you just own a drydockyou don't say
I want a boat
>>2054274Best days of owning a boat are:>Buying the boat>Selling the boat>>2054349Pic related
Boats are probably cooler if your backyard is boatable. If I had a boat i'd get a small boston whaler like this one for 5 grand>>2058711And then venture around a shallow sound where if you do manage to sink your still in warm shallow water.Plus it would be cool to be able to boat into gameland or setting up a camp along the coast.I was dreaming about it and would take like a waterproof power station and 2, 200 watt solar panels to a secluded beach via boat and camp under the stars with my electronic creature comforts.A outboard is nice cause if they break you can just replace the entire motor unit, twins are the most reliable cause if one fails you still have a backup motor.Plus I would get an extended fuel tank so I can go at least 100 miles to any pier to get gas. Then one could boat the intercoastal waterway from the chesapeake to florida.I wonder if people do backpack out of boats around the eastern coast, seems like fun.
Hey guys I love when school busses are repurposed either for USA van lifers or as public transit in other countries like MX, Nica, Guatemala, etc. SO I saw this and took a picture to share with you all I love the green color.
>>2048275The tires are surprisingly dry for how wet that street is
>>2048426mhmm.
>>2048426That's why cults use them to transport their members
>>2051821Isn't that a french mail truck
>>2051793if you drive fast enough you can hydroplane just above the surface of the water
Do you wear a helmet while riding your bicycle?
>>1960158
>>1960161>crashes and lands head first>survive>is rendered a useless vegetable retard on 24/7 life supportshur showed everyone there, Kyle, and everybody clapped how cool you are.
>>2012335>he's on a bicycle riding to work>>this makes the fat cagie in his plastic cuckbox irrationally angry
>>2059174Tbh those multisport type helmets don't have enough ventilation I'd just wear a low profile road helmet in black
>>2059853Other issue with helmets;>shroom head like you're Toad from Mario
>Bike TrainingNot sure if this is better on /fit/ or here but I assume I'll get probably less shittier posts here. How are you handling training in the winter? I've been forcing myself to zwift more and I have no idea how people do races so frequently where they can do 2-3x a week.
>>2059247tfw no pics of finnbert rape cave
>>2059206I mean if you live in southern spain or california then it can make sense but if most of your ride is spent making sure not to slide out on a patch of black ice or whatever then it's garbage miles sure
>>2059173ride until you can't ride ride anymore (consider winter bike and/or studded tires.) Then ski. You know how whenever you see those lists of how hard different cardios work your body or whatever nordic skiing is way up at the top? And it's bretty fun
>>2059173Live in the South where it never snows and the lowest winter temp is like 30, feels good man
I run smart trainer + rouvy. Get a big fan for cooling else you die. that's about it really, just find enough time to hammer in some sweet training sessions.
Why is /n/ in general so much more friendly and cordial than other boards?
>>2047059Find all threads containing the terms "cager" or "Fred ".
>>2056605the guy who used to spam those urbanism threads has chilled out a lot in the last few months or maybe he got range banned, we can only hope
>>2047065I spread seething hatred in the plane and urbanism threads against child raping car brained (R)etard subhumans while posting normally in bike threadsWhere is your god now?
I have a pretty strong hatred for cagies, I'm not going to lie. Car centricity is modern day Satanism and debt slavery in one go. I hate how ignorant and humble smug the average cagie is too.>"Oh you're gong on the bus? Stay safe...">"Are you sure? I can just drive you there..">So when are you buying a car?"They make every day 20% more insufferable since their so invested in their financially illiterate satanic cult theirs literally can't function imagining walking for 20 minutes, but no. It's the governments fault you're living paycheck to paycheck and unable to save and everyone else are just inferior because they don't worship 1920s credit propaganda. In fact, what we need to do is frack MORE for cheaper gas so you can keep paying hundreds a month on a deprecating asset. That will lift people out of poverty for sure.So yeah. I'm a proud cagie hater. Esp that includes my own family, country and community.
>>2047065The last few posts confirm the truth of this post
HOLY FUCK
>>2059320See my nuts, AA191 was done in by the left wings slats/flaps retracting, UPS2976 was done in by the #2 engine compressor stalling, if not failing entirely. Notice how the NTSB notably says nothing about the #2 motor, because they're duking it out internally on how to deal with the problem. Neither root cause is the pylon, stop watching tikslop.
>>2059363Standard engine startup procedure for all jets I'm aware of is to crank engine #1 from the APU, then bleed air to engine #2, #3, etc. to start them. I wonder if there's some defect with the starter.
>>2059601Not quite, unless there's a specific aircraft/operator I haven't heard of, if the APU is fully functional, you'll start all motors off the APU bleed. The APUs are always turning 100% RPM for the generator frequency and max bleed pressure, where most engines have to increase above idle power to provide enough crossbleed to start another motor. Compounding this is that jet engines at idle always burn more fuel than the APU, jetblast risks of standing up a thrust lever on the ground, and the difficulty and risk of a crossbleed start while taxiing with an engine stuck at partial thrust, as opposed to just running the bleed from the APU.idk how a potential starter defect would be relevant, but UPS MD11 procedure is to always reach max motoring speed before introducing fuel. I'd guess max motoring for them is something like Boeings, which is less than 1% N2 rise in 5 seconds.
>>2057916>engine probably fell offIs that typical?
>>2059743Well there were a lot of these planes flying around the world all the time and very seldom does anything like this happen.
The end of ebike terrorism is in sight. Let's not count our chickens before they hatch, but I'm tentatively feeling hopefully about this. During the time that the last thread was up, hundreds of people were killed by ebike fires. We need to put a stop to this. I just hope they make sure to add prison time for people caught with unlicensed ebikes.
>>2057476If we end up having to get sidewalk licenses because ebike "people" can't control their electric motorcycles, it will be your fault
>>2057476There is an inviolable human right to travel peaceably in publicTHE human way to travel peaceably is walkingEvery technological improvement on walking is not your God given way to travel, so can be meaningfully restricted into a privilege. Walking cannot be restricted this way.
>>2031427Their greed was their undoing. I hope they learned their lesson.
>>2031427this is why normal bike shops won't even let those things through the front door
>>2059699>source: my ass
