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We're all family

I know this is a typical meme, but to be fair,
In the 6 companies I've worked in so far, I never saw the case of HR pretending to be anyone's friend in order to screw you.

It was always clear HR is there to enforce procedures and legal compliance, occasionally organize trainings, and not much more than that.

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How should roads be designed when micro mobility is the norm?

I'm a fan of the 3-tier system:

  1. Pedestrians
  2. Human powered and human sized vehicles - bikes, scooters ... including battery-assisted ones
  3. Cars and other motor vehicles (including powerful e-bikes)

In the best case there is space for at least 1 lane of each. If not, then some compromise must be made. Pedestrians should never be completely removed, so the conflict is between groups 2. and 3.

What to do should depend on the purpose of the road. Roads meant for long-distance travel prioritize cars, there is no real help there. Although I'd argue there should be a combined pedestrian+bike path alongside even inter-city roads.

On city streets see if there are any parallel corridors that go roughly in the same direction. Then you can divide the traffic onto different streets. One street for 1+3, and the other for 1+2. Or course this only works if you have nearby parallel streets.

The final option is combined low-speed zones where everyone shares the same space. It works great for neighborhood access, it's very inconvenient if you want to go a longer distance in car.
But if you're in a situation where the road is so tight you can't even put 2 proper lanes on it, that road should probably not be used as a thoroughfare.

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What's something you no longer buy due to intrusive, insidious technology being added into it?

Cars. Basically every new model is always online, connected, and streaming who knows what data. Not to mention the awful UX of touchscreens.

Why should a car be connected to the internet? The infotainment is justified but should be controllable. And this includes EVs. Just because your wheels are moved by electric motors it doesn't automatically mean the entire car is "tech" and must be connected to everything and anything.