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  • National institutions are going to fail as Trump reclassifies civil servants as political appointments. Only those loyal to trump will remain.

    There will be a substantial brain drain as people with means and motivation leave the US for elsewhere. This will mostly be college educated people who lean center to left of center. There is likely to be an influx of political refugees to New Zealand, western Europe, and the Nordic countries. This means leftists who can’t leave will be stuck here. This will push the US further right, and push the other countries further right because the people leaving aren’t as far left as they think they are.

    Business regulations will be lax, and enforcement will be diminished. OSHAs budget will be cut even further, leaving states to manage workplace safety. Businesses will migrate towards red states where operations are cheaper.

    Blue states will start banding together on their own enforcement systems for everything that the federal government used to manage. We already see this to some extent with manufacturers tending to comply with California regulations for nationwide stuff.












  • I understand the concept of riding a bus being free time to read or use the phone, but my experience for my commute has been standing room only for an hour.

    I would love to be able to use an e bike to get to work, but I don’t like biking next to cars on anything more than a 30 mph road.

    There are lots of infrastructure barriers to other commute options because auto makers dumped so much money into making sure it’s that way.


  • I think this study is good at what it aimed to do - look at how low income people use public transportation and how that increases if there is no fare.

    I’m interested in how do we get middle class folks to take more public transportation. I like to think that I’m progressive, but I’ll admit I currently lean a bit more liberal than leftist. When I look at the value of my time, public transportation doesn’t make sense. The current fare is a fraction of an hour for me, but it’s going to cost me twice as much time to take the bus versus drive a car.

    One option would be a bigger stick instead of more carrots. If the monetary cost of driving my car was greater than the equivalent time value of taking the bus, I would be more inclined to take the bus. If there were other options to decrease the time cost like light rail, I would also be more likely to take public transit instead of drive. Unfortunately, there is a vocal population who has been rallying against light rail where Iive (Vancouver, WA to Portland, OR).



  • I studied engineering after failing high-school algebra, so I was also pretty behind.

    Khan Academy is a great resource for everything from elementary algebra to calculus and linear algebra, all of which you’ll use.

    Symbolab is great for figuring out tough homework problems.

    YouTube is good for certain topics, and some may be able to explain how something applies to comp Sci.

    Once you’re in, use office hours. Some places have free peer tutoring. Everywhere has tutors you can pay for.