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Here’s some emphasis for you. “Give them money” is a part of the solution, but it can only go so far when they lack access to places to spend that money.

Places to spend it are pointless until they have money to spend. But if they have money to spend, people are going to come and try to get it, and they will be bringing the infrastructure with them. You don't have to build it; it will build itself once the people have money to spend.

Geometric construction plays a role in there as well: the 180 degrees between the boiling point and the freezing point of water was not accidental.

Every time a heat wave brings 100F, the news starts reporting about old people dying. Every time the temperatures reach zero, same thing.

Personally, I can handle the cold much easier than the heat. I get stupid-brain working more than 30 minutes at 95F. Another 15 minutes and I can't catch my breath, lose fine motor control, and start feeling faint. Drenching myself in water - the colder the better - every 20 minutes or so is the only way I've found to be productive above 100F. I feel like 100F is actively trying to kill me.

0F is where it starts getting difficult for me to stay warm without an additional heat source.

Dude told me to go out in the woods and buy electricity. That would be a relevant argument if people in the woods were poor. But the overwhelming majority of impoverished people live in urban environments, not the woods. Yeah, it's hard to get grid power run out to East Bumfuck Nowhere, but nobody living in East Bumfuck Nowhere wants to be connected to the grid. They all moved out there to dig a bomb shelter and wait for the apocalypse.

There is no shortage of electricity or Internet access in poor urban areas. The reason poor people might not have electricity or Internet access isn't because there is no Internet or electric infrastructure. The reason is because they can't fucking afford it.

I agree, public investment in infrastructure is important, but it is entirely irrelevant to the issue of poverty. The only point I would make about UBI and infrastructure is that if a large group of people have need for a "something", and they happen to have some money, someone is going to step in and try to exchange a "something" for their money.

The "public infrastructure" that most needs investment isn't all the shit that the people want. The most vital piece of "public infrastructure" is the people themselves. Give them the money and get out of their way.

Exactly. Fahrenheit is just metric weather.

Check out theboxotruth.com. They've tested all sorts of ammunition against all sorts of barriers.

Rifle bullets are relatively small, lightweight, and fast. When they impact building materials, they tend to shatter. They're dangerous on the other side of the first wall, but they'll lose a lot more energy a lot faster.

Pistol bullets, buckshot, slugs, etc are relatively large, heavy, and slow. They tend to remain intact and carry more energy through multiple walls.

A lot of law enforcement agencies switched their long guns from pistol-caliber carbines to 5.56 rifles specifically because they over penetrate less.

We do cooking temps in Fahrenheit, weather in Celsius.

Fahrenheit: let's use "really cold weather" as zero and "really hot weather" as 100.

Celsius: let's use "freezing water" as zero, and "boiling water" as 100.

Canucks:

it CAN NOT be worse. it would literally just be the same.

So, if Candidate Y wins, we're going to kick you in the nuts and give you a puppy. If candidate Z wins, we're going to kick you in the nuts and stab a puppy in front of you.

I don't know about you, but I'm going to buy a cup and vote for Y.

everyone that parks like a normal person hates it and you.

Is it really "everyone" who hates me, or is it "just you"?

Because I gotta tell ya, I'm OK with 'just you" hating me.

You still need a receive to access Starlink.

You need some sort of device to access any internet service. Internet is not telepathically delivered.

Starlink has portable transceivers designed for RVs, and the service is available to latitudes below (and slightly above) 53° north. The receivers are not significantly different than cellular-based home internet modems.

Based on your comments, I don't think you actually understand what Starlink is.

It is truly amazing how a little "money" makes all of these poverty-related problems disappear.

Oh, I forgot: your argument that 42 million Americans don't have access to broadband does not imply that 42 million Americans lack access to the internet, Amazon, or other online retailers. Broadband != Internet. Broadband is defined as 25mbps download and 3mbps upload. Amazon is perfectly usable on a tiny fraction of that.

Well, that's a lie.

Starlink meets the definition of broadband, and is available to all of the US but the northernmost areas of Alaska. Since the population of that area is far less than 42 million, I'm calling bullshit.

Ok. Yet another problem that can be solved when the individual has a little money.

Despite this, I reject the premise of your argument: the predominant reason an impoverished person wouldn't have access to Internet isn't due to a lack of infrastructure. It is due to an inability to pay for it. The predominant reason an impoverished person wouldn't have access to electricity isn't due to a lack of infrastructure. It is due to a lack of ability to pay for it.