Apparently it’s a “tip” that’s been passed around to international students.
That doesn’t surprise me. I’ve seen people suggesting to others, who are NOT in need, to visit their local soup kitchen for free/low-cost meals. I don’t know how they can sleep at night with a clear conscience, but that’s disturbing.
I did a community cleanup in my municipality (East of Toronto) last weekend. I can tell you with 100% certainty that it doesn’t matter how many bins you have, or how state-of-the-art they are, or how accessible they are, because people will purposely throw garbage on the floor because they can.
Enforce littering bylaws, and in addition to a very hefty fine ($10,000+), have them do mandatory community cleanup for at least a year.
… driving 16 hours straight, with only water and a bag of chips in the cab before resting at a pit stop.
No amount of training will “fix” the working conditions these drivers have to face.
The paper cited an aging workforce, demand for higher pay and difficulty attracting youth and women to the profession as the main reasons for the shortage.
“Difficulty attracting” and “demand for higher pay” are linked. Add in the horrific work conditions and there’s no wonder the industry has a problem! They caused it!!
I can see far too many privacy issues with copy and pasting text into a website, and/or registering an account which will keep a history of the text checked....
It does rate on a scale, so it’s not always 100% or 0% (sometimes it is). But it has been very reliable in the tests I’ve done. Apparently, false positives are something like 0.2%.
I recognize this will vary depending on how much you self-host, so I’m curious about the range of experiences from the few self-hosted things to the many self-hosted things....
Very, very little maintenance. If there’s an update for something on docker, a simple click in the container manager, and it’s done. Yes, I can automate, but prefer to manually do these as many of the docker apps I use are in high development and I like to know what’s changing with each version.
Synology packages update easily, and the system updates happen only once in a while. A click and reboot.
I’ve tried to minimize things as much as possible, and to make things easier for me. One day, someone in my family will need to take over, and I don’t want to over-complicate things for them, lest they lose all our family photos, documents, etc.
I probably spend more time keeping the fans on my actual NAS clean of dust, than I do maintain the software end of things. LOL
For context Nova Prime has over 5+ million paying users, and it’s $6 when I check the Play Store.
The dev was just a single guy, who later hired someone to help with support and artwork. But if $30 million in revenue wasn’t good enough, I’m not sure what else you could expect.
For sure, fair point. But we’re still talking millions, and far more than the guy was making at his previous, full-time job. In an interview, he said all he needed was $100 / day in sales to quit his full-time job… obviously, he exceeded that. LOL
A 56-year-old Snohomish man had set his Tesla Model S on Autopilot and was looking at his cellphone on Friday when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in front of him in Monroe, court records show....
In fairness, cruise control is designed for maintaining a speed when you are just going straight for a long time, in a situation where other vehicles are going the same speed (i.e. on a highway). Cruise control isn’t designed to navigate around pedestrians, turn lanes, approach intersections, or do anything else that would put people in danger.
Of course, you still have to know when to stop, but that would be during situations where cruise control would NOT be appropriate.
Tesla wants people to use these features in cities, where you’ve got kids and people walking around. Totally different, and I think they should be held accountable for how they’ve marketed these features.
Self driving also had the benefit of, in the future, completely relieving human drivers.
Yes, and no. The infrastructure would need to be designed for self-driving vehicles, or you get too many unpredictable variables that aren’t properly accounted for. As they are today, they shouldn’t be allowed on public roadways.
We’re talking about features that are intended to two very different purposes.
Cruise control is designed so that a driver doesn’t have to keep their foot pressed on a gas pedal for hours on end (causing physical discomfort or injury) if they are going a constant speed. You are still required to drive, so cruise control was never an alternative to driving.
But these marketed self-driving features are made to replace the act of driving, while still expecting that the person in the vehicle has their full attention and control over it when the car decides to break bad.
There’s a massive different, IMO.
Seems like “assisted-driving” might be a better term, even if it results in fewer sales. 😂
Hey all, I'm trying to be a little more economical and reduce the amount of food I waste, and was wondering if there were any open-source apps that can track the best-before dates of the foods I buy so I can improve my meal-planning....
For me personally, I have a dry-erase board on my fridge and will note expiry/bb dates for items that are only fresh for a short time (i.e. the bread or almond milk I make). That way, everyone in my home can see it.
Pretty much all other food items like spices, flour, pantry ingredients, and frozen food are stocked in quantities that I would be able to use well before they “expire” (or diminish in quality). Some of these foods are fresh for years, so it doesn’t really worry me that they’ll go bad or anything.
Unless you’ve got a warehouse of food with moderate shelf life, I think there might be an easier way to do things without using an app, which I find just overcomplicates things. But even a simple spreadsheet, as already suggested, might be an easy option. Just my 2 cents.
Please, do phones! Not only are far too many millions of phones being discarded every year, but it’s such a large consumer base (literally everyone) and the current offerings really offer nothing sustainable. It’s also a product category that’s perfect for modularity!
Yes, ok, Fairphone. They don’t sell them anywhere outside of Europe.
Other products like printers, tablets, monitors, TVs, etc. just have too long of a product life cycle to consider them as their next project. I can’t see a huge customer base of people wanting to repair their monitor or printer (no real upgrade path for Framework to offer here).
That’s a third party who installs their own version of android on Fairphones and then sells them.
I’m in Canada, and they don’t ship here. If I place an order as an American, all versions and variants are on backorder and there’s no mention of parts availability.
So, no. They don’t officially sell or support the North American market.
Anyone here have experience with radar devices like this?
I have the Varia RTL515, and it’s been amazing. There are some cars that you simply will not hear behind you, and this thing catches them (and any cars behind them) without missing a beat! It also helps catch e-bikes or e-scooters or faster riders approaching from behind on trails.
It integrates nicely with my Garmin bike computer.
One thing it helps with is it avoids you having to constantly look behind you, especially in areas that have potholes and other road hazards. It also allows you to pace lane changes depending on how many (or few) vehicles you see on the radar.
As a rear light, it will flash depending on how close an upcoming vehicle gets, so it draws their attention more than a static or simple flashing light. I’ve had another rider with a radar comment that motorists have praised this feature when they see it in action.
Yes, so on my bike computer the radar will put dots (along with an audio queue) for each vehicle it detects. So, if there are four of them, you’ll see four dots at their respective distance from you.
Not only that, but with a third-party app that I can install on my Garmin bike computer, the radar can capture speed data of those passing cars! It’s some very cool techn.
Granted, if you are riding with someone on an e-bike, it can just repeatedly detect them through your ride.
The way mine works is that it will only notify you when a vehicle is moving at a speed that can overtake you. If an ebike (or any vehicle) is moving behind you at the same speed, you won’t be constantly alerted, but the “dot” representing them on your screen will show up so you know they are behind you.
You will be notified when a vehicle is no longer behind/beside you.
But yes, if you are riding with people behind you, and they are constantly fluctuating their speed, you will be alerted multiple times. Not a bad thing (you can mute the alerts), but it can be annoying if you ride in crowded city bike paths. A radar won’t add much value in that context, so I would just keep it on to act as a rear taillight.
Canadian food banks are on the brink: ‘This is not a sustainable situation’ | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
A recent spring food drive in Barrie, Ont. fell $100,000 short on their financial goal. It’s part of a growing trend across Canada.
Toronto unveils new sidewalk litter bins, to install 1,000 by end of year | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Makeshift slaughterhouse in a residential garage points to growing concerns about illicit meat sales | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
New truckers in Canada aren't being trained well enough. How do we fix that? (www.cbc.ca)
Are there any privacy-friendly (including offline) AI detectors?
I can see far too many privacy issues with copy and pasting text into a website, and/or registering an account which will keep a history of the text checked....
How much maintenance do you find your self-hosting involves?
I recognize this will vary depending on how much you self-host, so I’m curious about the range of experiences from the few self-hosted things to the many self-hosted things....
PSA: Nova Launcher has been owned by analytics company Branch since 2022 (www.androidpolice.com)
Since a few folks seem unaware of this, I’m posting anew for visibility.
Tesla driver was using Autopilot before fatal Monroe crash, police say (www.seattletimes.com)
A 56-year-old Snohomish man had set his Tesla Model S on Autopilot and was looking at his cellphone on Friday when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in front of him in Monroe, court records show....
Open Source apps to monitor the best-before dates of foods? (supermeter.social)
Hey all, I'm trying to be a little more economical and reduce the amount of food I waste, and was wondering if there were any open-source apps that can track the best-before dates of the foods I buy so I can improve my meal-planning....
Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)
It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.
Millionaire who made himself homeless and broke on purpose to prove he could make $1MILLION in 12 months for YouTube clicks QUITS his bizarre social experiment over health concerns (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Caged Cruelty: Hidden-Camera Footage Shows Hens Suffering in Tiny Cages (www.youtube.com)
Trek takes the fight to Garmin with new CarBack Radar rear light (www.cyclingnews.com)
Brand promises 'best in class experience compared to Garmin Varia and other competitors'