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mritterhoff commented on In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution e360.yale.edu/digest/new-... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

Maximus9000 · 7 days ago

Isn't times square already pedestrian?

https://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/19/15358234/times-square-snohet...

mritterhoff · 7 days ago

A small section of it is.

> “Bowtie” bounded by Broadway and Seventh Avenue between 42nd and 47th Streets.

mritterhoff commented on Size of Life neal.fun/size-of-life/... · Posted by u/eatonphil

newman8r · 7 days ago

It claims a banana isn't technically living, but a banana has living cells so I'm not sure how accurate that is. I'm not sure when they're all considered 'dead' after harvesting though - maybe some wiggle room there.

mritterhoff · 7 days ago

My understanding is that picked fruits and veg are still alive [1], and often respirating [2]. This is a big component in figuring out how to refrigerate them at the optimal temperatures and atmospheric makeup.

1. https://healthland.time.com/2013/06/21/theyre-alive-harveste... 2. https://agriculture.institute/food-chemistry-and-physiology/...

mritterhoff commented on In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop in pollution e360.yale.edu/digest/new-... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

xvilka · 7 days ago

They should make pedestrian-only streets in most dense places of Manhattan and use these money to improve public transportation. Even just a few blocks of no cars would make a huge difference for livability of the city center.

mritterhoff · 7 days ago

Big agree. Times Square would be a great place to start.

mritterhoff commented on Covid-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/... · Posted by u/bpierre

jibal · 12 days ago

Indeed. A lot of antivaxxers mockingly say "my body, my choice" but they are highlighting their own hypocrisy, not anyone else's. One critical difference between the cases is that pregnancy is not contagious.

mritterhoff · 12 days ago

Agree. Also I don't think any adults were forcibly vaccinated again their will, they just lost out on certain societal privileges.

mritterhoff commented on 'A full-blown crisis': Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs ft.com/content/beec76df-8... · Posted by u/mmarian

JKCalhoun · 16 days ago

You are lucky to have employer-provided health care.

mritterhoff · 16 days ago

Seems 48.6% of US employees had employer-provided health care in 2023. Lower than I would have thought.

https://www.kff.org/state-health-policy-data/state-indicator...

mritterhoff commented on 'A full-blown crisis': Americans brace for a surge in healthcare costs ft.com/content/beec76df-8... · Posted by u/mmarian

robocat · 16 days ago

> true market price

There can be no market clearing price, because healthcare demand is unlimited.

In some countries supply is rationed by using different means such as waiting lists, budgets for funding, or even corruption (I witnessed this in Cuba).

mritterhoff · 16 days ago

> because healthcare demand is unlimited.

How's that? Beyond some level of care I suspect demand drops of a cliff. No one goes to the doctor for the fun of it.

mritterhoff commented on Wealthiest 10% of Americans make up 50% of purchases and consumer spendings morningbrew.com/stories/w... · Posted by u/randycupertino

mritterhoff · 22 days ago

Ignoring the pandemic, the percentage has been north of 45% since 2014 or so, according to Moody's: https://archive.is/AW6rW

mritterhoff commented on In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All wsj.com/us-news/in-a-u-s-... · Posted by u/nairteashop

seneca · 25 days ago

We would be even better off subsidizing parents staying home with their own children. Unfortunately most subsidies have proven ineffective at nudging up birth rates.

mritterhoff · 25 days ago

Why would that be better? I think you'd miss out on economies of scale and end up paying more.

mritterhoff commented on Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed fortune.com/2025/08/23/ne... · Posted by u/danielmorozoff

drdaeman · 4 months ago

I'm not sure whenever it's a good idea to cheer for lack of life-changing technical progress just because it's ran by a company governed by an ethically problematic person. The person is temporary, the progress is permanent.

mritterhoff · 4 months ago

I'm mostly cheering for more competition in the field. No reason for advances in life-changing technical progress to belong solely to that one company.

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