TIL there's a bridge in Lisbon (25 de Abril Bridge) that looks a lot like the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.
John D. Cook
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John D. Cook
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Consultant in applied math and data privacy
- Has their ever been a rail project in the US that was completed for anywhere near its original budget?Austin's Project Connect is the most disastrous transportation plan in America. All you need to know: - In 2020, Austin asked voters to permanently raise everyone's property taxes for a train. - The pitch: $7.1 billion, 20 miles of light rail, 26 stops, a downtown tunnel, a
- There's a post going around showing how little time Ian Fleming spent writing each day. Authors are remembered because they wrote books people wanted to read, not because they spent lots of time writing.
- Saw a headline "Mitch McConnell's Six-Week Absence Sparks Health Questions". Ya think?!
- Claude: "Looking at the script, there are two bugs — one of which is exactly what's breaking things, and another latent one that would bite you next." Oh brave new world!
