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ccp was so fucked up even in simple road infrastructure back in 1990. one night i picked up a visiting exchange professor-scholar from beijing at sfo then and had to drive him to stanford to start his exchange program there. along 101 he remarked that u.s. was so “advanced” that even the lanes were lit up with tiny lights as lane dividers to help drivers stay in lane. he was so excited as he surmised that the entire freeway had power running below each lane. i calmly and cautiously replied that the tiny “lights” on the freeway were not powered but mere reflectors or mirrors reflecting light from the car’s headlights. i carefully explained that with such a simple and cheap part like a reflector being glued to the road entire freeways spanning thousands of miles in a huge cuntry like amerika or tiongcock transport authorities did not need electrical lines and power under freeways to lit them up saving billions of dollars. he remained silent thereafter until we reached stanford.
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