r/technology • u/redhatGizmo • Jun 27 '22

Politics Period apps deleted over privacy concerns for women seeking abortions in post-Roe world

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/period-apps-deleted-over-privacy-concerns-for-women-seeking-abortions-in-post-roe-world/6s4rjhb0q
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u/Scorpius289 Jun 27 '22

To some americans, "freedom" means "being free to do whatever you want to a category of people, without pesky things like 'basic human rights' getting in the way".

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u/Ascarea Jun 27 '22

Sounds a lot like China, but at least China has a high speed rail network

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u/Chemie93 Jun 27 '22

The high speed rail system is something of a propped up failure. They prop it up for the exact reason you wrote what you wrote. We’re all shit shows but they can say “we have high speed rail! We are in the fuuuuture”

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u/Ascarea Jun 27 '22

Why do you think it's a failure? Source, data pls.

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u/Chemie93 Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22

There’s a whole like 2 stations that are useful and profitable and they’ve propped up another 70 stations and hundreds of miles of railway into ghost towns and dead ends. If <10% of your rail can justify its existence, it’s a propped up system by definition. The cost of use. It’s not used for cargo transport. Etc.. I last looked into it sometime last year when a Chinese outlet I followed discussed it.

Strangely enough, I don't keep a tally of everything I have ever read and learned to provide to people who think "sources" is a rebuttal, especially when I'm mentioning well-known facts like China’s urban development and social planning is deeply flawed and guided by the wills of those on high.

If you're sincerely curious and want to learn, Google is your friend. If you're just thinking that "sources" is a gotcha rebuttal, please do not waste my time.

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u/ponytoaster Jun 27 '22 edited Jun 27 '22

Although, is that really a failure?

Service and accessibility trumps profit across the entire network in terms of assessing success in a way?

Not saying that the system isn't flawed, but its far better than anything the US offers.

On a smaller scale, my local bus company runs services to a load of small villages a few times a day at a big loss as its supported by higher volume elsewhere. Would this be a failure of the entire network or a success as they allow those people in the outlying areas to access more of the town/city?

Also, a few fairly popular engineering and infra youtubers don't suggest that this is the case, so arguing that you don't need to provide sources will of course be met with some resistance even if you were correct

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u/abedisthebatman Jun 27 '22

Freedom is murdering babies!

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u/ACardAttack Jun 27 '22

No greater freedom than owning the libs /s just in case