ignormies

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by ignormies 11mo ago
> Omnilert later admitted the incident was a “false positive” but claimed the system “functioned as intended,” saying its purpose is to “prioritize safety and awareness through rapid human verification.” This exact scenario is discussed
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by ignormies 11mo ago
Not always - https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-ki... - https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2018/10/... - https:/&#x
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by ignormies 1y ago
I'll echo what some of the other commenters have stated: I'm not vegan nor vegetarian, but I definitely align with many of the reasons that one would choose to be so. There are environmental and animal welfare concerns with the me
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by ignormies 1y ago
This is a super cool visual demonstration of RTOS/scheduling! I love the region-based critical sections! I took a real-time operating systems course in university as an elective. One of the hardest courses I took the whole four years,
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by ignormies 1y ago
The comment you're replying to is referring to the difficulty to repurpose these buildings without complete replacement. Recycling raw materials is important, but ideally we shouldn't be constructing buildings that are single-tena
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by ignormies 2y ago
Yeah the "mixed" navigation option sometimes provides it, but with many caveats: - it never suggests bike+bus, only bike+train - it will only ever try to put the biking on one end of the train ride, never both. I guess it assumes
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by ignormies 2y ago
I currently commute by train _and_ bike, but this only lets me filter by one or another, unfortunately. This seems to be a common problem with navigation systems in general. It's easy to get walking+transit directions, but nigh impossi
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by ignormies 2y ago
The spire in Scottsdale is also a big pointy object that was completed (but long after he died). Looks like it was originally meant to be at the state capital, so perhaps it's the same one you're referring to? https://m
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by ignormies 2y ago
Note that diesel is taxed nearly 40% higher than gasoline per gallon in the US. And shipping trucks use a lot more gallons of gas (total and per mile). Should the rate be higher? Perhaps. But it's already a bit slanted towards vehicle
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by ignormies 2y ago
Oftentimes "ingredients" will be an incredibly long list. As someone that needs to pay attention to ingredients on food for a severe tree nut allergy, it's so so so much easier to quickly parse a two-item "contains"
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by ignormies 2y ago
Even if we assume smartcar--pedestrian collisions are just as dangerous for pedestrians as pickup--pedestrian collisions, a smartcar--smartcar collision is going to be a lot less dangerous for the occupants than a smartcar--pickup or pickup
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by ignormies 2y ago
> This new sense appears to stem from a mistaken belief that the first three letters of nonplus are there to indicate that someone is something other than “plussed” (although what being plussed would entail here remains a mystery) This i
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by ignormies 2y ago
Stumbled upon 'Fulcrum' yesterday near Liverpool Station in London without knowing anything about it. Incredibly impressive piece of art that made me stop and admire it for a few minutes. Watching the relatively minuscule people s
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by ignormies 3y ago
"The future of the car is self-driving, but the future of transportation is not the car"
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by ignormies 3y ago
Not in Amsterdam where - there are more bicycles than people [1] - only 27% of trips are done via car [2] - people travel half as many miles per day than the US [3] Unlike most cities, especially in the US but also elsewhere in Europe, othe
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by ignormies 3y ago
That's kind of the point. Part of the design of Dutch cities is to make the fastest, most direct, most convenient form of transportation _not_ the car. You use a car when you _have_ to, not simply as a default. If it takes longer to ge
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by ignormies 3y ago
I'd argue that _both_ should necessitate policy changes. The argument that there shouldn't be changes for one if there aren't changes for another is a flawed one.
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by ignormies 3y ago
As an extension of the argument the comment you're replying to was making: Many (most?) intersections in the Netherlands have early detection systems that change the light _before_ the car reaches it. But they didn't just do this
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by ignormies 3y ago
One works for the individual, the other against the individual. One works for the collective, the other against the collective. As a "citizen" who is pretty firmly anti-car within urban areas, my views on who is working for and ag
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by ignormies 3y ago
Sounds like the price of a ticket should be made dependent on how many other tickets were received. Repeat offenders should have to pay more per incident.
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by ignormies 3y ago
I frequently see people on their laptops on BART, and I've done it myself. It's certainly lower than other commuter rail (it's a metro after all), and especially lower than Caltrain, but definitely not out of the question.
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by ignormies 3y ago
Editorialized title does not match what's in the article: > According to Bankrate, just 65% of American adults always tip their servers at sit-down restaurants "65% always" is _very_ different than "35% never"
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by ignormies 3y ago
Cool project! How much time have you spent sitting in your car with a laptop, or did you excise the headunit from the car?
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by ignormies 3y ago
China's primary goal here isn't to make money -- it's political and economic leverage in emerging economies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative
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by ignormies 3y ago
I disagree. While I personally probably wouldn't patronize a cafe like this, there's definitely a niche target market that would love it. Even if the business isn't appealing to 95% of the public, as long as you find a passio
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by ignormies 3y ago
Where was there any mention of "seizing"? > Neumann urges government officials to support solar-friendly policies and incentives that reduce the time and money it takes for companies to go solar.
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by ignormies 3y ago
> Families and anyone who wants to do anything with loads larger than a suitcase would move out That's where carshare (like Zipcar) comes into play. Carshare allows residents to be able to access a full vehicle when they need to &qu
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by ignormies 3y ago
In the 1920s, LA had the most extensive streetcar network in the entire world [1]. Now it's ruled by cars. Being a "traditional city" is not what makes or breaks designing a city around private automobiles -- it's entire
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by ignormies 3y ago
Yep definitely agree. I grew up in Phoenix and moved to the Bay Area after I graduated. I've come to absolutely adore the density (as paltry as it may be compared to other places) and abhor the environment where I came from. I can fina
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by ignormies 3y ago
Firstly, social media is as much push, as it is pull. Far more people consume content then create it and do not care about being seen. But even still, for people that do post, social media has many forms. I personally use it to interact wit

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