Why “roundabout” is being discussed
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Pretty sure the entire industry around clouding what’s going to end up a local embedded technology is the joke, in a roundabout way.
by DANmode · Sep 20, 2026
> I presume that everyone would agree that this should continue I would not presume this at all. Every brick in the house you live in has been put there by a worker. The food yo…
by serbuvlad · Sep 17, 2026
Nothing forces developers to write a complete specification of the algorithm. You want to have it both ways. If developers keep the spec concise but incomplete, then you say the…
by imtringued · Sep 17, 2026
I live in The Netherlands and roundabouts work just fine. Other European countries seem to have very similar experiences. Is there something unique about American drivers or tra…
by crote · Sep 17, 2026
> when you’re going straight all that centripetal force is annoying to deal with. I have literally never noticed this. Are you perhaps speeding through them, instead of properly…
by crote · Sep 17, 2026
A UK roundabout us not a European traffic circle or a new traffic calming device. The commentary is conflating at least four entirely different things! A UK roundabout has no pl…
by GregDavidson · Sep 16, 2026
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