You mean you stated a personal opinion in good faith without arguing, misrepresenting, or just making things up? How dare you?

Like higher infant mortality? Poor education?

Yeah, I definitely worry how much I spoiled my kids, how that they’re college age and heading out into the world. We were never wealthy, nor spend ostentatiously, but I do earn quite a bit over average and they’re used to getting essentially anything they want.

Sure, there are some states that let you mag dump through your front door if someone rings the doorbell

It seems like Waymo would have a profit interest to pursue this type of issue vigorously.

Pshh, you need a good driver with a gun, then I’m sure everything will be resolved peacefully

Russia is spending its future, both economically and demographically, and can’t avoid the consequences. But will those consequences hit them in time to help Ukraine?

Even if they are able to grind down Ukraine, can they really be hoping the Ukrainian economy will help Russia rebuild, after its bombed to hell and back?

Unfortunately that’s the same threshold I’ve read for the US. Right now we’re way overproducing at the cost of the environment but I suppose it holds prices lower than otherwise. However US oil is generally more expensive processes, especially fracking, and supposedly not profitable when oil is under $60/bbl

It’s unfortunate that Ukraine can’t afford to take a little time to let Russians surrender peacefully. I expect they’d get a lot more

There’s probably not mucb overlap between those conscripted and those who read and write Western languages.

… or maybe, do they have access to the internet? Sure, educated people do, Muscovites do, but what about people who have been conscripted from?

As an American who just wants things organized clearly, I find it annoying too

Le français était à un moment donné, hein

Your reply may have come between my original wording and an edit that I thought was “quick enough”

Exactly. Passing a tax on empty homes will disproportionately hurt people who can’t sell for homes that can’t solve the problem

Not really, no. Experience in one won’t count the same as experience in the other. Public school pay more attention to credentials and continuing development, whereas private not. It’s not so easy to jump between the two

Yes, private sector too.

• the vast majority of teachers are public sector
• some percentage of private sector are parochial, who get paid less
• most private schools are charter, where teachers are paid less
• the remaining private school teachers may get paid more but are a small percentage, not representative of the market, nor accessible to most teachers

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/pay-salary/private-teacher-salary

Private school teachers, generally, earn less than their public school counterparts

Driving through rural areas and seeing all the unlivable homes. Seeing home listings in the rural area I grew up how long they can be on the market even when houses sell here their first day

I don’t see actual stats, but the internet has l plenty of anecdotes like

• https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2551198/selling-a-home-in-a-rural-area-someday

Edit: data is mostly by state, but does show rural states have th highest percentage of vacant homes. Looks like about 7.5 million “permanently vacant” homes in the US, or 5% of the market, and some percentage of those just won’t sell

• https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-vacant-homes-are-there-in-the-us/#:~:text=In 2022%2C the states with,of the past 12 years.

However,Alasaka is a great example, listed as one of the highest percentage of vacant homes - but not one of the highest rates of homelessness

if you struggle to make the ends meet with a college degree it’s on you.

Counter example: teachers

Tax vacant homes.

I know this is a popular idea on Lemmy, but intentionally vacant homes are a very small minority next to homes that are not livable or not sellable. It’s mostly going to hurt people who can least afford it

Sure, but making them with the same socket, so they fit in the same place, despite having different beam shape and reflector requirements, is entirely wrong.

My car has LED headlights and they fantastic. They also have a very sharp cutoff meant to keep it from blinding others, assuming correct alignment. It also claims to have the hardware for active matrix and will turn that on as soon as they get approval

My older car that I keep for my team has noticeably dimmer lights. I’d really like to convert to LEDs and I know there are some that fit and are sold as replacements. But I know they’re not. Those manufacturers need to be fined for every kit sold like that