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moira

@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net

She/her :blobcatheartlesbian: ex-software dev now writing words for money, fun, and/or survival. I like new people but may be too busy to follow back.

Republicans have campaigned on killing me and mine my whole life, so "Democrats are just as bad" crap gets a fuck off and an unfollow.

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moira, to cycling
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RELEASE CANDIDATE TIME

Revision 1.1, Dataset 1.1 rev 4, Greater Northshore Bike Connector Map.

This version adds heatmap-sourced non-bike-infrastructure routes that people use anyway as a new class, in Seattle-style green. Think of them as demand paths.

I think they're worth adding because they tell people: yes, people use these fragments of infrastructure; this is how they connect together. This is where people actually go.

Also more dirt trails, a little more road-level infrastructure - minor stuff - and an improved legend.

The attached is at reduced resolution because that's what Mastodon does. But it's okay.

Feedback desired.

_L1vY_, to random
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Complete my "collection"?

The hell have I been looking at to get this ad? 😂

moira,
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@_L1vY_ I don't know

but I want to go to your parties

moira, to MountainBiking
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city of kenmore says the 68th ave ne bike lanes go all the way up to the county border (via 203rd or whatever it is), google keeps insisting they do not

got news google

just went there

they fucken DO :D

my map is right

your “2024” maps are liiiiiies

AGAIN

:D

moira, to MountainBiking
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dataset 1.0 vs. 1.1. The demand paths make a difference, particularly in explaining how the full infrastructure areas fit together.

moira, to cycling
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I fucked up the assembly order lol but it still looks okay

CactuarJoe, to random
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Every time I see someone talk about an electric bike I'm like, "Oo, I want one. They've got to have come down in price, right?"

But no, of course not.

moira,
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@trixter @CactuarJoe I do note that there are conversion kits. They can be torque or RPM keyed, and I cannot recommend torque keying more strongly, even if it does cost a bit more because it requires changing the pedal hub too.

I haven't used one but I've eyed them, we still have a couple of old bikes we don't use that make me go, like, "full cargo conversion? full cargo conversion?"

moira, to random
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i hate the way nhk world dumps an entire weekend of all at once on youtube

i mean i'm glad they do it at all but it's like "whelp guess I'm not getting caught up" because getting caught up would absolutely be too many sumo

so i'm just all the way back on day six and that's all there is for it

anyway the oshoma / takarafuji match was fun, i liked that

moira,
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WOAH churanoumi / roga day 6 was amazing :D

moira,
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day six is highly entertaining ... and an injury. goddammit.

this is a good day for showing how the first moments can decide a match

wow crowd is there for onosho xD

moira,
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dang hiradoumi had a plan

AND IT SURE WORKED

990000, to architecture
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Ugh. If the new bus terminal is going to look anything like that wavy glass Chang Feng building they did, I'm going to be sad. It looks like a tacky design from a Star Wars prequel.

https://www.fosterandpartners.com/news/designs-for-changfeng-mixed-use-development-revealed

https://www.archdaily.com/1013205/foster-plus-partners-reveal-updated-designs-for-manhattans-port-authority-bus-terminal

#Architecture

Ugly shiny building with lots of big rounded corners and wavy glass

moira,
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@990000 DUDE WOW Foster and Partners said BRING BACK STREAMLINE and ngl I'm kinda into it!

Every city should have some ugly buildings as long as they're ugly in interesting ways. And this one? These are interesting ways. I am into it. :D

moira, to random
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Tucker Carlson is denying any deal to launch a TV show in Russia.

He's much more useful to them operating from the outside.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/05/21/tucker-carlson-team-says-reports-of-russian-tv-show-are-pure-nonsense/

moira, to random
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there is a strenuous debate today amongst the crows

i do not know the topic, but it is emphatic

#crows #corvids

moira,
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it is both mobile and ongoing, so it is not a matter of territory

moira,
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they are walking and squawking across the property

and now further on to the southwest

moira,
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although i suppose there is more flying than walking

of course

moira,
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@pelielios appropriate ^_^

moira,
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@GeoWend It had not yet when they moved on. Still civil, just... strenuous and emphatic.

cheribaker, to random
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Hey people. If you have suggestions for tropes or squares for this week's Bingo Card, feel free to chime in. What do you hope to see in SON OF GODZILLA? 👇

moira,
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@cheribaker I’m just happy we’re gonna see some good old fucking off into the sea. (Presumably.) :D

moira, to random
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I'm not normally a "put boots in faces" person but

the boots

and the faces

they call to me here

https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1cwtscl/alcohol_prices_at_edc_2024_were_revealed/#lightbox

moira, to cycling
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having this assembled in a big block object makes it SO much easier to attach holy crow

screwed down about bit less than a cm

moira,
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okay so what've we learned

1: the swivel wheel works! and pretty well. It's DEFINITELY VERY NOISY, but not comedically so.

2: the bungee cord solution is both quieter and handles over any weight this thing should be carrying anyway, BUT!

3: if we're in a situation where we need to cargo something actually kinda heavy (like over 40kg/90lbs, which is more than the thing was built to carry anyway), then it's worth having the wheel. Maybe build a reinforcement plate to stick in that'll firm up the cargo bed a bit, since it's just plastic.

But in all other cases, using a bungee cord to transition some of the load to the far side of the cargo structure is a clear winner.

moira,
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(I found basically this model, and it's rated for up to 40 moving human child pounds, which is to say in more general terms 40 dynamic pounds. You can go a lot higher if the weight involved is static, which this of course would be. 80 static pounds is a guess, but it's not terrible either. Plus, I can obviously can run the safety limits tighter because it's not a child.)

moira,
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So yeah basically I think that's a wrap for this project? I have a bike cargo carrier now, the best I can do for the time being. It can carry a pretty good load - more than we ever get just stopping by the grocery, and from that first trial we know it's more than enough to use for dedicated grocery runs.

With the either bungee solution or the wheel solution, I'm not putting any visible (and therefore any meaningful) torsion on the frame, which means my hitch adapter works and is safe to use, so I can be pretty confident I'm not doing any harm to my bike with it.

Which was, of course, by far the most important question.

moira,
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So yeah, I guess it's finished! I've put the third wheel into the bike accessories drawer, I've put the cargo cover I sewed onto the higher-accessibility accessories shelf (first order retrieval is my friend), and ...

yeah! I guess we're done!

(Well... other than maybe sewing a reflector onto the cargo cover. It's pretty damn visible with that safety orange cover, but... just to be sure. xD )

Took me long enough, but hey, I got there. :D

moira,
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@pokeypoke I do! There are multiple sellers of such things on eBay and Amazon! This one in particular (which is fine so far, I mean, it's just bungee cord) I got with credit union rewards points here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DFSG5SU

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