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This oughta work (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 41 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Germany is on the "just one more lane" side.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago

    And firmly so. I think we do have lots of very smart science people analyzing traffic and coming up with solutions, as implied by the meme. It's just that if (!) politicians read their conclusions they just raise an eyebrow and order the one more lane.

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    • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    China also has 25-lane highways tho.

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    • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Singapore’s solution is similar to the Chinese one. There’s a limited number of car permits, and you can’t buy or import a car unless you have one. They change hands for more than the price of a car. One side effect, though, is that having a car in itself has become a status symbol.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Singapore's leadership is so based

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Except their criminal system involves punishments like caning and executions, the latter applying to drug mules. It's barbaric.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Singapore is effectively a one-party state, with a nominally democratic system expertly managed to prevent opposition parties from getting anywhere near power. If you ignore the question of Marxist-Leninist iconography, it’s more similar to China than a lot of people would admit (though is connected to the open internet).

    William Gibson famously called it “Disneyland with the death penalty” in a WIRED article in the 90s.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Personally I prefer them to be canned after the execution, like sure some people prefer the freshness but I think it's just inhumane, like it's no different than killing a crab by boiling it.

    They wonder why the world doesnt want them, it's because they keep adulterating the supply with drug mules. If they just stopped adding mules to the mix it would probably taste much better.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    Welp, they don't have it all figured out. In context I am impressed with how rapidly Suharto massively boosted and stabilised the country from the mess it was left to him in. It was brutal, but effective, and I can't fault that. And then his successors have largely kept Suharto's ethos of development, while reestablishing rights and freedoms to everyone Suharto made illegal. While there are many injustices I'm not aware of, it seems the leadership is dedicated to making a lot of positive choices.

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    • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I think the expensive licence plates are only for ICE cars and not for EVs? It's to combat pollution. Many Chinese cities also have good public transit

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 1 month ago

    Yes, electric cars are exempt from the registration games. But with China's huge population, even if 80% of the city takes public transportation, that 20% who choose to drive still have enough cars to jam up the roads so they come up with these kinds of schemes to reduce traffic.

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    • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    What is the German solution here supposed to be symbolising?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago*

    It's from a YouTube video (linked by the other reply) which discusses the mathematics of traffic flow modelled with linear differential equations using Newtonian physics and the optimal way to program AI drivers to reduce congestion. The video was made by a German.

    It is intended to symbolise an excessively over-engineered solution to a problem, which is a common stereotype of German engineering.

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    • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Is serpentza (the guy on the left of the third image) credible? I used to watch the guy but he seems to be radically anti-PRC, to an extent that I really felt like I'm watching some crude American propaganda.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    If he's anti-ccp I don't see anything wrong with that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I don't trust anyone with black and white worldview, I understand that China has it's severe problems and that everything that gets out of it is heavily curated by the party. In a way I'm even scared of the Chinese world hegemony that I believe may soon come.

    That being said, his perception is always radically negative to an extent that he attempted to disgrace the Chinese people multiple times by painting them as extreme racists and xenophobes.

    I'm interested in what China really is and I doubt he's a good source of insight.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I found the channel ADV China some time ago and as a Westerner it felt very approachable. Two guys riding bikes around China, explaining and exploring things. I didn't get the anti-PRC vibe, but maybe I completely missed it - whoosh over my head.

    Can you recommend any other series that might be worth watching?

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