Zamboniman

Adding lots of missing bicycle paths, lanes, and designated routes in my area as well as all of the missing buildings. And fixing all kinds of little mistakes.

That’s an interesting perspective! Care to share some data?

Well, of course the data on what our actions (much of which are due to and based upon capitalism) are doing to are environment and climate, and inevitably must lead to given the implicit but incorrect assumption of infinite resources of that system, is everywhere and basically impossible to ignore these days, isn't it? And, almost as easy to find is the data on other cultures killing themselves off (in the, at the time, limited scope of their part of the planet) due to their actions, such as Easter Island.

Sure, there's no argument about the benefits for many (me and you included, as demonstrated by the fact we can have the resources and time to post this here) of that system. And it's true that it works better than many other systems we've tried. Absolutely! That does not change the fact that it is by its nature combined with human nature, demonstrably inevitably self-destructive for all. Ignoring that (which, of course, so many folks are very motivated to do) is at our peril. We literally won't have to worry about what system is better or worse for much longer if this continues.

So, it seems quite clear that arguing that it's better than the others, for many, for now, is not a useful, rational, or coherent approach, since it is inevitably fatal for all. That is a bit like arguing that it's 'better' to wear small amounts of lead (and other poisonous substances) in cosmetics to attract folks we want to have around us socially (as the elite did, of course, in our history) resulting in the inevitable mid and long term sickness and death of those people instead of finding other solutions.

Instead, it seems far more rational to work really hard to figure out what can work better!

Unfortunately, your reply ignores the increasing, and increasingly destructive and fatal (for all), short, mid, and long term consequences of doing this. Yes indeed, for an unfortunately small overall percentage of all of humanity, we've never been wealthier, healthier, and happier. Very true! And for those of us, me included, that are enjoying the fruits of that (middle class and above in the world's wealthier countries, which is also the demographic that is far more likely to be reading and commenting here) it is really easy to ignore, deny, and pretend those consequences are not rearing their heads both now and in the future. However, for the sake of our species we cannot ignore this.

Well I mean it’s unclear to me that we’re much worse than previous points in history.

That's interesting, because to me it's very clear. After all, small isolated pockets of people ruining their economy and the environment they depend on is quite a bit different from all of humanity everywhere doing this.

Because the unintended consequences of capitalism, due to human psychology, are the destruction of the substrate it relies upon and that humans require for survival (as is so very demonstrable right now), and (again, due to human psychology and our tribal and hierarchical nature) the increasing imbalance of wealth (and therefore power) to a select few (who are generally making the former issue far worse).

It's almost certainly hiding vents or pipes that needed to be routed there. As for the carpeting, somebody no doubt thought it would be cool, or else if for sound dampening.

You can still have your new separate gmail account for the new device, and add the gmail account that purchased OSMAnd+ on your new device at the same time. Then, simply open the play store, change accounts in the top right corner, and install the paid for app.

Yup, that's the same one I use as well.

I think it simply makes sense to leave it up to users to block this if they don't like it. This approach allows for folks to achieve what they want without forcing this decision onto others.

A Russian commander with an apparent habit of posting his running routes on social media has been shot dead while jogging in the city of Krasnodar.

Excellent OpSec, those Russians have!

I like the increased proliferation of patios in bars and restaurants. It makes the streetscape much more social and lively. Much more interesting. However, of course there's a downside. There's always a downside. First, attention must be given to how to deal with pedestrians, especially in terms of accessibility for all, if the patios are taking up what is formerly the sidewalk area. Second, nobody wants to be seated next to tons of fast, loud and smelly traffic.

The solution many areas are adopting? Widen the sidewalk and narrow the traffic lanes, remove parking on the street, or remove the private vehicle traffic entirely in certain areas.

Once again, everything has a downside. If you remove private vehicle traffic and/or parking, then folks reliant on their vehicles (due to all manner of reasons from city design to distance to lack of other options for transportation) cannot get there to enjoy the patios, or, if they do, they can't find a place to park. Of course, there's plenty of potential and active solutions for this too, but we're not there yet. And yet, oddly enough, the 'if you build it, they will come' effect seems to be true in places where these various strategies have been attempted.