Steltek

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by Steltek 8y ago
What about an inflatable airbag that rests on top of the cargo? That could keep the cargo from shifting and would be very quick to setup at the end of loading the ship, as there would be no messing with plates or tie downs.
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by Steltek 8y ago
As trucks account for a high (90%ish) amount of road wear, they actually probably should pay a high fee. Accurate costs might also make the rail freight industry more cost competitive, leading to better market diversity.
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by Steltek 8y ago
That's not how I read that comment at all. RcouF1uZ4gsC is saying that companies are cowards. Speaking out only when it's safe or beneficial for them to do so. "Heartfelt beliefs" as marketing tools.
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by Steltek 8y ago
I'd argue that even that's insufficient. Educational campaigns are hugely important as no one ever retakes a driver's test. There are frequent confrontations over entirely legal traffic movements because some people just do
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by Steltek 8y ago
If they ask simple questions, that might be a warning for you as well that they're in over their heads. It also seems to me that in this scenario, you'd be the subject matter expert and would need to set the right expectations so
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by Steltek 8y ago
But in this discussion, we're readily avoiding the daily mayhem and death that cars actually perpetrate. A new perspective is seriously in order. Which is most prevalent and presents the greatest risk in an urban environment? Should
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by Steltek 8y ago
You're proving his point. It's so rare that it makes national news (or international, when you're an idiot with no brakes). Cars kill dozens of people in the US a day. Bikes kill far less than one person a year.
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by Steltek 8y ago
We have quite a few of those in Boston. I'm often hesitant to use them as intended because I'm pretty sure it'll just piss some ignoramus off. It's just not worth the chance. And in other cases, the lead car is alread
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by Steltek 8y ago
Drivers act "like spooked horses" when a cop is pulling people over because they're taught that they'll never be caught breaking the law. Your summary is indicative of a vastly more serious problem: Drivers break the la
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by Steltek 8y ago
Emergency stops for trains can also "flatten" the wheels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_spot
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by Steltek 8y ago
Is this in New England? Are you talking about Selectmen's meetings? At least in Massachusetts, Town Meeting is a once-a-year thing unless something critical comes up, then a Special Town Meeting is called. TM is expensive both in mo
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by Steltek 8y ago
That's quite a long article without actually describing a modern New England Town Meeting. They still exist and no, it's not even remotely like a national "town hall". Make no mistake, they're still as boring as di
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by Steltek 8y ago
I'm sure they exist but could you name some civil rights movements that did not feature violence from one or both sides? Your point seems to be that "all things end" but that's true of anything. It took hundreds of year
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by Steltek 8y ago
Slightly unpalatable solution: Removing anonymity solves the illegal content problem because the police know exactly who to prosecute. Not great for those living in authoritarian countries but also has the possible upside of solving the &q
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by Steltek 8y ago
Put the serial number under a scratch off. Once the serial number is registered by a customer via an online database, future verification would show other purchases as counterfeit. It has some drawbacks: - You need a significant number of
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by Steltek 8y ago
It's intriguing to see rich people feeling just as out of control as the rest of the planet's population. I wonder what that really says about the current state of society? It seems like wealth inequality really benefits no one
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by Steltek 8y ago
Should modern countries stop making improvements until the developing ones catch up? We still consume far more than those countries, meaning how we manage resources can cause large swings.
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by Steltek 8y ago
> In Germany a court just ruled that a three year old can go alone to the bath room and their parents don't have to check on them. The child set the bath room under water and someone wanted the parents to be liable. Seems like the a
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by Steltek 8y ago
More than a few paragraphs in there read like a marketing spiel but some of it might just be an author in the field using terms of art and other verbage that wanders across their desk. Reads naturally to them but totally alien to muggles.
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by Steltek 8y ago
On Android, you have plenty of options and they all work. Specifically, my Neo key works with NFC and my YK4 works with USB OTG (both original flavor and USB-C). Apple limits the capabilities of Yubikeys so much that it's best to summ
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by Steltek 8y ago
At a guess, it's the layout of Ctrl and Alt on Mac keyboards. They're small and crammed right next to each other. It's physically painful to use Mac keyboards for Linux-y tasks and I don't understand people's love
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by Steltek 8y ago
Manhattan burned to the ground so they got a do-over on their street grid. Any East Coast city that wasn't centrally planned (e.g. DC) or burned to the ground will resemble Boston. Boston also more than tripled in size due to land rec
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by Steltek 8y ago
> Proper turning/bike lane design and prioritized space for cyclists takes good care of this. In lighted intersections, stagger the lights so bikes have priority. At the one intersection I'm most familiar with, a separate bike
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by Steltek 8y ago
You'll probably saturate the market before you run out of parking. One car space converted to bike racks would hold 20 bikes and if bike share is truly that popular, it's an entirely viable option.
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by Steltek 8y ago
It's been tried and it's really not that easy. - Cars will make turns that cross your protected bike path and with parking in the way, a bike's already minimal visible cross section is reduced even more. - Bikes need to make
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by Steltek 8y ago
In my experience, those VMs were used briefly then left to rot. Consuming a large reserve of resources while doing nothing. Serverless should at least reduce the overhead of orphaned projects out there.
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by Steltek 8y ago
This article could use some work so I thought I'd chime in with my complaints about Docker... * Patching security vulnerabilities in container images (aka "the next Heartbleed problem") and auditing for the same. * docker-com
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by Steltek 8y ago
In Boston, everything is expensive so only the rich can afford them. Boston resident preferences might be explained by culture more than looking up through the glass ceiling of home prices. I think we might also be reaching a tipping point
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by Steltek 8y ago
From that perspective, it highly depends on your point of view. I'd rather read the news and sip coffee on the bus than white knuckle it through stressful, cut-throat gridlock.
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by Steltek 8y ago
I can't find any reference to that with Google. Mind sharing a link?

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