Depending on your definition, this actually is not peak performance.
Subways are.
Obviously, the tunnels are absurdly expensive, but nothing moves as many people as quickly around a city as a subway.
They’re also extremely reliable, meaning people are even more likely to actually use them, and their above-ground footprint is essentially zero.
Except at that point the Mafia are somehow supposedly the good guys?
The ability to extrapolate what something would taste/feel like from mere looks is a learned one.
Toddlers don’t have it yet, which is why they’re stuffing everything into their mouths.
You might not consciously remember licking a carpet, but the part of you that’s holding up the “dusty”, “textured” and “CRUMBS!!” signs does.
Anyone who hits enter on a dd command without triple-checking it gets exactly what they deserve.
This was actually what got me hooked during university.
Had to plot about 40 txt files of measurement data, was not looking forward to do it one by one with the GUI-based tool I had.
StudyBuddy: “Do you have a Linux on this Laptop”?
Me: “Yeah, set up dual boot a while ago, never really wound up using it.”
StudyBuddy: Boots up Linux, installs gnuplot, types in a one liner.
Computer: Brrrrt. Here’s your 40 plots.
Me: “Okay, I’ve got to start looking into this.”
The problem isn’t straight-out corruption.
It’s wonky incentivation.
Judges that are not measured by how many people they send to jail will always be, on average, less trigger-happy than cops who are.