U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutive decline

Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by godelski on Friday September 02, 2022 @12:55PM (#32693016)

You're assuming a straight line and constant speeds. While this is naive for both situations the error will not average out.

Let me give a direct example. I pulled up google maps and what is a 10 minute car prediction (2.8 mi) is also a 54 minute walking estimation (2.7 mi) and a 17 minute bike estimation (2.8 mi). Also, 33-43 minutes by bus fwiw

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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv... by jjav on Monday September 05, 2022 @01:39AM (#32720935)

> I pulled up google maps and what is a 10 minute car prediction (2.8 mi) is also a 54 minute walking estimation (2.7 mi)

That does change the numbers; 10 minutes by car being 54 minutes on foot sounds a lot more realistic than 5 minutes by car being 2 hours on foot.

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