SomeoneSomewhere

@SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz

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SomeoneSomewhere,

They really need to correct for income, otherwise they’re just finding that poorer areas have worse health outcomes - which is pretty well known.

SomeoneSomewhere,

Has it occurred to you that sometimes there’s actual evidence backing up the things you ridicule?

You can go measure the acidity of rain in your back yard if you want.

The sunlight in NZ is far, far harsher than if you go a few thousand kilometres towards the equator, where it should be hotter. We have some of the world’s highest rates of skin cancer. Are you implying that crisis actors are faking having skin cancer?

SomeoneSomewhere,

There is some argument for e-scooters (the kind that you could theoretically move by kicking the ground) being used in a bike lane.

I agree that a full-size motorbike, electric or not, should not be in a bike lane.

The primary reason for bike lanes is arguably being safely overtaken by cars, due to the speed difference. Motorbikes can keep up with traffic, and will want to overtake cyclists.

SomeoneSomewhere,

I’m talking about the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorized_scooter#/media/File:E-scooters_in_Christchurch.jpg - the speeds and power levels are comparable to or lower than e-bikes, but how you use them is different.

Mopeds/vespas shouldn’t be in a bike lane.

SomeoneSomewhere,

I expect they are talking about the ‘irrevocably’ part, as one of the core tenets of GDPR is that consent can be withdrawn.

I couldn’t say whether or not that applies here.

SomeoneSomewhere,

I use it for turning off the screen when the screen is locked, allowing background tasks to continue.

It’s also useful to run things like backups when the system is more likely to be idle.

SomeoneSomewhere, (edited )

What I want is not (just) that the screen turns off when the lock timer times out, but that I can push ‘lock’ or a key combination and have the system lock and the screen turn off immediately.

The new ‘when locked, turn off screen’ setting should help with this, but setting it too low will presumably make it hard to unlock.

For running backups, ‘after a period of inactivity’ could help.

It still seems like the removal of a useful feature.

SomeoneSomewhere,

The screen turning off when it automatically locks is an added bonus; the priority is to be able to command the system to simultaneously lock and turn off the screen. You’re correct that the setting at zero seconds safely achieves that.

I’ve had other, more stupid uses for running commands, though I don’t think any are actively in use.

Taking actions on network reconfiguration, charge completion, and SMART failure are all things that spring to mind. It’s nice to be able to set those kinds of things in a GUI rather than putting them in /etc/something.d

SomeoneSomewhere,

We’d call that a sack barrow on NZ, usually. I’d think of a dolly as being four wheels.

SomeoneSomewhere,

As ‘colony breadbaskets’, with lots of land and small populations, both NZ and Aus used to export lots of meat and other primary industry products to the UK.

I believe the UK’s entry into the EEC and deprioritisation of the commonwealth led to those exports reducing and instead heading to Asia and the US.

Regardless, expecting to export beef to the other side of the world, a country with four times the cattle and a better reputation for food production, is just daft.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen any UK-sourced food in NZ other than high-value small stuff like Worcester sauce, and expat reminder-of-home products.

SomeoneSomewhere,

‘Changing gender’ to become a queen implies a non-female initial gender.

SomeoneSomewhere,

Aggregate bandwidth now rivals or slightly exceeds gigabit wired connections.

Where that aggregate bandwidth is shared amongst large numbers of users, bandwidth per user can suffer dramatically.

Low density areas may be fine, but cube farms are an issue especially when staff are doing data intensive or latency sensitive tasks.

If you’re giving employees docking stations for their laptops, running ethernet to those docking stations is a no-brainer.

Moving most of the traffic to wired connections frees up spectrum/bandwidth for situations that do need to be wireless.

SomeoneSomewhere,

Swifts and Mirages can be under 900kg.

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@fuck_cars Something I wish Australia would change is laws prohibiting any vehicles between a 200W ebike and a full motorcycle. I'd get a lot of value from a 60kmph limited 1kW ebike. But currently to sell such a thing it would have to comply with all motorcycle requirements, and things like ABS on both wheels is really not required for such a device.a

SomeoneSomewhere,

Sounds like it depends on your state. Most states let you drive a moped (petrol or electric) on a car license.

…com.au/do-i-need-a-licence-for-a-scooter-or-mope…

Generally they’re limited to 50km/h and 50CC/4kW to be a moped, rather than a motorcycle.

If you’re doing 60km/h you need proper brake lights and ABS.

SomeoneSomewhere,

Push bikes have a power limit because humans are pretty power limited, which results in speeds of not much more that 30-40km/h unless you find a really big hill.

E-bikes are supposed to be both power and speed limited to about 400W and 30km/h IIRC.

SomeoneSomewhere, (edited )

Going from four classes (pushbike/e-bike, moped, LAMS motorcycle, full motorcycle) to five seems thoroughly excessive.

Mopeds (electric or petrol) are cheap and relatively low-skill and low-risk due to the limited speeds. Write to your politicians asking them to allow them to be used on car licenses like other states and NZ allow.

I also question whether you’re going to get any significant use out of a moped with a higher top speed but not much more power. The 4kW limit appears to be tailored to allow a moped to generally climb a moderate hill while in 50km/h traffic, rather than pull to the side and need a separate lane like pushbikes.

SomeoneSomewhere,

A series of such massacres against one people approaches genocide.

SomeoneSomewhere,

Things might be different in the US, but here in NZ the first meter or two off the road is usually road reserve, which is council property. That’s where footpaths/sidewalks, street trees, and utilities are run.

The bit of your driveway that is actually yours doesn’t start until about where your front fence is, if you have one.

SomeoneSomewhere,

In some places, rents are quoted weekly…

SomeoneSomewhere,

The Smart proved that small cars can stand up remarkably well in crashes.

New Zealand begins sentencing of those involved in White Island volcanic eruption (www.reuters.com)

WELLINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Sentencing for the tour booking agents and managers of an island in New Zealand where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people, mostly tourists, in 2019 began on Monday, with the prosecutor warning those sentenced may not be able to pay a fine....

SomeoneSomewhere,

The actual eruption happened in 2019. It was big news locally when it happened, and there has been a slow trickle of further reports like this one.

It wasn’t a particularly big eruption; the fact that people were on the rather small volcanic island when it erupted is what led to the deaths.

The efforts towards a prosecution have been long and slow because it’s probably going to be a real mess:

  • Adventure tourism including visiting active volcanoes is inherently dangerous.
  • Did the scientists get the volcano risk levels wrong?
  • Which entities should get criminal blame? Island owner, tour providers, tour transport providers (boats), and/or the various regulators?

It sounds like that’s all sorted and they’re into sentencing on those that were found guilty.

SomeoneSomewhere,

Does Spock have a boob here?

SomeoneSomewhere,

You’re assuming everything scales linearly, which is not necessarily accurate. The square-cube law rains on many people’s parades.

SomeoneSomewhere,

I think the ‘ever’ implies a ‘best’. You need both or neither.

SomeoneSomewhere,

2020-2100 seems like a very questionable date range.

Wikipedia suggests it started in the 60s to 80s (Blade Runner is obviously classic cyberpunk) and gained a lot of traction in the 2010s.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk

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