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Basically whenever you are acting as a custodian e.g., a bank. Then you have to be super careful.

No one cares if you’re mortgage calculator is off by a penny

Exactly at the equator the sun is directly overhead (90 degrees) at a single time point (close to 12 on depending on where you are within the time zone) every single day

The only thing that varies over the year is the path it takes to get there. At the solstices (summer/winter) the path curvature is maximal while t the equinoxes (spring/fall) it is a straight line.

The argument is that on a hard money standard, the US government would simply not be able to spend as much as it has, because it would not ne able to print money as it has been doing.

. Caltrain has a bullet train that takes an hour for ~20-30 miles.

San Jose Didrion to SFO (4th and Townsend} is 48 miles highway distance.

You will not beat the bullet train during rush hour. It would like take you an hour and a half if lucky, probably closer to 2 hours driving

Rail lines in the US were not great examples of this. Many towns refused to grant right of way to the rail unless a stop was added which basically forced passengers to change trains. As a result, there’s were so many changes it took two to three days to get from say, Chicago to NYC when it should have taken no longer than a day

The transit times seem long, but often beat driving times especially during rush hour

Thw CalTrain being “one line” makes perfect sense because it runs parallel to the Valley

No the system is not perfect, but it is still one of the best in the country, except for NYC and maybe Boston

Chemical weapons weren’t banned because they were indiscriminate. They were banned because often they didn’t kill, but would maim. To the state, that is far worse than having their soldiers killed because it means they have a bunch of soldiers who cant work because of severe disability. Which creates a whole heap of social and/or economic problems down the line. It’s much better to the state if they can just write a check for 10k quid or whatever to the next of kin