Title is editorializing, there's no mention of the tic tac UFO in the patent. Also Pais has a number of crazy patent applications like this that have yet to see any real world implementation.
They didn't get the chance, just like I didn't get the chance for this and a million other benefits. The trolley ran them over but we can still divert it to prevent harming others.
Most forms of municipal power generation are much lower emission than a piston engine. Hydro, wind, and nuclear especially. Just having the generation take place with a near-constant RPM steam turbine is vastly more efficient than a stop-n-go motor.
A well-run charity is like a force multiplier for money. For example, you give your money to a food bank, and they can buy food in bulk to help far more people than you could on your own.
> 86% of our victims in these untested kits are people of color. You're not going to find too many blond-haired, blue eyed white women ... Because their kits are treated differently, their cases are solved. That's just the way it is in this country. If you're a person of color, if you're a different economic class, then your case across the board, across the board, not just sexual assault — they're treated differently. And that's just the truth. People may not want to admit it, but I've seen it throughout my career and I know it's true
The average American only spends $45 per year on movie tickets (5 movies, $9 per ticket). MoviePass costs $120 per year. On the internet, we disproportionately hear from those in big cities, where tickets cost much higher than average, but that is not what most of country experiences. The viability of MoviePass depends on whether they capture enough people outside of major cities, and that they do not increase their movie viewing significantly.
This is why formal professional culture was invented. You're there to work, not make friends or date. Coworkers are just that; coworkers. The less formal, the more social the environment, and the less inhibited, the more likely lines are to be crossed. Professionalism keeps things under control.