@enobacon I'm kinda surprised that state DOTs are standardizing on a heavily-signalized intersection to prevent left-turn crashes when they could simply build dogbone or big roundabout interchanges.
RT @ianwalker As somebody who sees a lot of chat about intelligent speed assistance in cars, it's just struck me I've seen loads of "What if the car reads the wrong sign and I have to drive slower than the limit" but never "What if the car reads the wrong sign and I accidentally drive faster"
US DOT: The Native Village of Shaktoolik is a remote community in Alaska facing a severe threat of climate change-fueled storms, erosion, and sea level rise.
ME: That is horrible, and that's why we need to stop building more roads!
Americans sneer at Germany because they're upset that some things that are legal in the US are not legal here, like Holocaust denial, at-will employment, or beating a trans or nonbinary teen to death.
@Alon Yes, American views on censorship are becoming more in line with German views on the acceptability of Nazis.
That's why your first toot in this thread really felt wrong, and why I'm pushing back on it. It feels at odds with the current American zeitgeist: https://mastodon.social/@Alon/112265618812651321
I don't know any American who denies the Holocaust, or who approves of beating trans kids. They don't sneer at Germany for those reasons. (At-will employment is still contentious.)
The people I know who do sneer at Germany do so because of its treatment of Palestinian advocates (incorrectly), because Germany shut down nuclear power plants and expanded coal power, and because Germany is the source of BMWs.
2nd day at #ConnectingEuropeDays talking “urban nodes” (aka cities) and their connections to the EU Trans European Networks. It’s a jargon soup at the start.
@jon Based on the size of the word cloud, I think at least two people submitted France. Why is France an obstacle? Asking for an American. #ConnectingEuropeDays
Should I write an FAQ for why people who support Ukraine should support Israel, without ever supporting Bibi of course? Topics to cover include the Hamas atrocities of 7.10, the rejectionism of both sides re a ceasefire, the role of the Israeli opposition and how it differs from that of Navalnyites in Russia, and ultimately why Ukrainians and Israelis support each other.
(The answer is no, I'm overcommitted and need to plan my actual work and write the report on high-speed rail.)
@Alon If you wanted to narrow the scope significantly, just "why Ukranians and Israelis support each other" might be educational — but if it requires all the lead-up, it's still probably too long for someone who's overcommitted.
@Alon@nyrath At that point, you might as well just build the train with rollercoaster-style bogies that grip the rail from multiple directions, to ensure that the train doesn't fly off the tracks t speed.
Or build a maglev, since dust is an issue for moving parts.
Or, since rocket and meteorite activity means there'll always be a "snowfall" of dust: make the "track" a tube, use the tube as a linear induction motor stator, and let the train run at whatever cant its speed necessitates.
You should read some of the papers published by the Stanford Group and Gerard O'Neill in the 1970s. They describe how artificial gravity can be achieved using spin gravity.
@enobacon The lack of first-party solution is explained by the existence of Google's paid cloud backup plans. It looks like adb backup no longer exists.
If you want, you can try a third-party app.
other than market #enshitification or bias toward absence of real hills and cargo, why are there no #eBikes with both crank+hub drive motors combined?
Hub motors give smooth power and regen braking but can't gear down for steep slopes. Getting started with the crank drive gets the hub up to an effective speed without putting so much force through the chain (and human-scaled cassette) while the hub bridges the shifting gaps. Regen braking greatly reduces brake pad maintenance & extends range.
Somebody needs to give me a reason why the clean and well-lit glass-top stove in the kitchen with a range hood exhaust is not the ideal hobbyist electronics soldering station. I feel like this is going to be a tough debate with the spouse but can't think of a logical argument against it.
Implementing the urbanist agenda requires solutions tailored to the particular locality. @nerd4cities has been pairing with local orgs, but in the end it's up to locals like @transitcolumbus and @mattcaff to guide people.
If approved by voters on Nov. 5, 2024, the “Citizens Not Politicians Amendment” will bar current and former politicians, party officials and lobbyists from serving on a new redistricting commission composed of five persons identified as Democrats, five identified as Republicans and five identified as independents. - from...
Basically, it takes district-drawing power away from elected officials, giving it to a panel of 15 people screened by a bipartisan panel of retired judges. Then there's a whole lot of detail on how to draw maps and ensure that it's valid.
RT @ozzyaussieotty Why do American urbanists talk almost solely about inner-city metros and not high-frequency suburban rail systems that serve both inner city and suburban residents, and would do far more to ease car dependence in sprawled-out cities?
@capntransit@ozzyaussieotty With certain exceptions, in most cases the suburban population is not densely clustered enough to benefit from a suburban rail system, unless they have a functioning bus system or park-and-ride system. Inner-city residents have no reason to use the train ti visit a park-and-ride. We just don't have the systems in place to benefit from suburban rail.
WMATA's Silver Line is a good counterexample: Virginia upzoned near the stations to facilitate TOD.
convection is neat and conduction or radiation works too, but have you tried cooking with superheated vegetable oil vapor in an oxygen-free environment?
If somebody happened to roll a boulder across the street at a marked crosswalk, and a speeding driver was going too fast to stop in time, who had the right of way?
A new chance to further de-fuck Ohio in November (www.cleveland.com)
If approved by voters on Nov. 5, 2024, the “Citizens Not Politicians Amendment” will bar current and former politicians, party officials and lobbyists from serving on a new redistricting commission composed of five persons identified as Democrats, five identified as Republicans and five identified as independents. - from...