estimating model parameters. normally people use heuristics because it’s an unreasonable problem for linear dynamical systems without additional assumptions. here, they’re able to produce analytical results and finite sample analysis
I dont know what you are talking about. Arcelik for example produces much better quality appliances than most its US competitors. But this fact does not fit your narrative I guess.
I'm not an American so couldn't care less about the quality of their manufacturers. On the other hand, I do know that Beko,owned by Arcelik, manufacture pretty poor quality products.
I dont really want to hurt people’s feelings but why do we care about this topic so much? I am kind of confused about why people are so passionate about bike lanes. Isn't it better if we focus on improving the subway and the bus lines before anything?
I would like to see an open minded discussion about the pros and cons of this.
Bikes are good/useful in a number of ways. They're a form of individual transport, like walking or driving, with the advantages that that has over public transport -- namely, less waiting, point to point, not beholden to a schedule that might not match your schedule -- and they slot in nicely between walking and driving as a compromise between the strengths and weaknesses of both. Much faster and longer range than walking, more cargo capacity, but still much cheaper than driving, and without most of the issues cars have with things like generating noise, pollution, and danger.
Bikes are also healthy for people, and they're certainly more space-efficient than cars. Oh, and they're vastly less expensive for the city as well; building subways is enormously capital intensive, and buses have high ongoing operating expenses. Good quality bike infrastructure isn't exactly cheap...except that compared to high quality car or transit infrastructure, yeah it is relatively cheap.
So, altogether, replacing car space with bike space makes a ton of sense, especially for a city as dense as NYC. Sure, bus and subways improvements should happen too, but there's so much car space that's wasteful, and bike stuff is so cheap, that it's really low hanging fruit. No good reason not to develop it.
It's easier to get around on bikes than walking. The easier "not using a car in an urban area" is, the better.
Building bike lanes can also be used for scooters and other kinds of non-auto transport.
Finally, mass transit is an order of magnitude more difficult to plan and implement, as effective MT needs to not only coexist with vehicles, but pre-empt them at intersections. Otherwise, they're slow and no one uses them.
Most cities in the US will never have a subway, so the only option is light-rail or protected bus lanes.
I am reminded of this comic, where bike and transit advocates fighting each other for scraps of money and attention as much as physical space: https://i.redd.it/4nf27uf5dri11.jpg
I do think there is overlap in bike lane interest and public transit. TransAlt's mission, for example, "is to reclaim New York City's streets from the automobile and advocate for better bicycling, walking, and public transit for all New Yorkers." I'm pretty sure they were helpers on the 14th St bus way pilot.
Its hilarious when citizens of “western” countries are happy with invading countries blowing up children to pieces and then expect other countries to bare the burden. Lay it off!!!
So, one of the countries which has increased Nazi/Ultra-nationalist votes in the recent years? pick any :D literally. Europe with the very small percentage of refugees taken in, per capita, has already went full on ultra nationalist, even in places like Sweden.
So, we should be more fair to Turkey handling literally, not metaphorically, millions of refugees. It is easy to talk about humanitarian values, when you're outsourcing Turkey to do it for you.
I know right?! These damn European Nazis, giving refugees free food, free housing, free top medical care, free education out of their own taxes. Shame on them! /s
Oh, you mean discrimination? I'm white, Eastern European living in Western Europe and if I'd have a biscuit for every time I have been discriminated here I'd be fat for life. And yet, I don't call everyone who doesn't like me a nazi.
Well, I am white and Eastern Europe too. I don't mind countries refusing to take in refugees. I just don't like the hypocrisy and virtue signaling. Turkey is just being very direct and open, instead of virtue-signaling and keeping face acting "humanitarian". Yet this same country holds most amount of refugees in comparison. Maybe, they know a thing or two about the whole ordeal.
You understand it is bad actors, along with industrial complexes, leading to regulatory capture and bad policy - corruption - regardless of the country's name? It logically makes sense that the US having the strongest military in the world, being the most successful, leading capitalism - will be able to do the most damage by bad actors manipulating towards war and violence.
I didn't say anything about Erdogan - however, "two wrongs don't make a right."
And to add - indeed it's not the fault of the Turkish citizens who are against the tyranny, and those are who we need to align with and help support. Likewise, the US needs support from the world to help counter the bad actors we have here. Or we can all just be angry at "everyone" and rage against innocent people - and watch the whole world burn.
I am progressive as it gets but living in NY and witnessing the current state of MTA plus attitude of other union workers my ideas about unions has changed completely. We have to find better ways to protect our workers without letting them abuse the system.
Has anyone here as part of their job had to work with a union? My interactions have also been... challenging at best, with a lot of red tape. I chalked it up to a one-off bad experience, but wondering now if it's more common.
Since when discussions on a HN thread are limited to the keyword on an article? It seems like you are the one who did not understand the context of the article. My comment is about relevancy of unions in our day. I apologize if everyone else thinks my comment was off topic.
Imagine criticizing coffee shops as a whole because you got bad coffee at a starbucks. Is there something inherent to unions that make them generally bad?
BTW, the issues with the NY subway have little to do with the TWU and more to do with mismanagement by Cuomo.
Your comment is lazy. You saw "pro-union" in the submission title and delivered a canned anti-union reply. It's discouraging that you've misinterpreted my single-sentence comment and inverted its meaning in your reply just now, but I trust that you can persist through the entire article submission and formulate a relevant reply, if you are motivated to do so.
