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by bkor 7y ago
> Like I said I’m not heavily invested in this argument but separated lanes aren’t a panacea As mentioned, separated bike lines are way safer. Pedestrians won't suddenly step on bike lanes if you actually mark them properly and cons
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by bkor 7y ago
> Lately I've been avoiding them, too, because pedestrians - especially kids - have a habit of stepping into them without warning. Paint bicycle paths in red consistently, plus ensure there's a height difference (a step down fr
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by bkor 7y ago
> Usually they get put there because of it; a quiet residential street doesn't need nearly as much intervention to be good for cycling, so they don't really bother with it. In my view (I'm Dutch), every road and intersecti
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by bkor 7y ago
This article is about a Ring camera and something installed on a door. These things are static and do not move around. That is what I was referring to. You could read this as something else, but IMO it was pretty obvious what I was referrin
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by bkor 7y ago
I understand that it's US and per law, but "no reasonable expectation of privacy" is more of a judgement. It should always mention that it's due to the law. The statement probably is entirely reasonable if you're bo
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by bkor 7y ago
> Devices installed for security purposes cannot trigger wiretapping charges since there's no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place These ring devices are also installed outside of the US. The law is entirely different
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by bkor 7y ago
> The burden of evidence for publishing a hit piece is much lower than that for making an actual business decision. That's not reflecting reality at all. In a big enough company you don't really decide, you do both. Alternative
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by bkor 7y ago
The suggested failure/problem was in the software side.
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SpaceX still put satellites in orbit. From what I understood, SpaceX tests the entire software where they simulate launches. Something such as different timers should've been caught already. Anyway, I do not care too much about pointin
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by bkor 7y ago
> I don't know how to feel about the meme that governments should target big corporation rather than small consumers. That's not what was stated. The objection is that hardly anything is done regarding big corporations. E.g. on
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by bkor 7y ago
I completely disagree with this. McKinsey is often used to sell an existing idea. Plus for really boring MS office work. They don't bring in any new ideas. The company I worked for had various McKinsey consultants; this is pretty much
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by bkor 7y ago
> Junior staff often don't understand this As people move up they either still know the business or they don't. Not trusting the people whom are running the actual business is IMO terrible. The COO at the company I work for (re
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by bkor 7y ago
I've worked with various from McKinsey. The work is not that impressive. It's like having an MS Office expert, especially Excel and Powerpoint. The person is able to work long days, so after a workshop they spend a huge time to ma
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by bkor 7y ago
> And I would tell you Singapore is very well integrated with western values [..] > I've not known a self-declared Left that could stand staying in Singapore for more than a week Weird combination of statements. It gives the imp
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by bkor 7y ago
> Safest in the world, hands down. Any figures to back that up? It's said that nothing gets stolen in Singapore, until you speak to Singaporeans. Bikes still get stolen for instance. The city seems super clean, but mainly because lo
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by bkor 7y ago
> This person is dead. We can thus deduce the reward is death. You're mixing reward with outcome. The outcome is that the person was murdered. That's something entirely different from a reward.
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by bkor 7y ago
The distribution I use uses a much newer version of systemd. There still isn't any issue not using things mentioned like e.g. networkd and so on.
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At the time of the Debian debate around systemd it was already very clear that systemd was not just an init system. The systemd website at that time already mentioned it to be "basic building block for Linux". People just pretendi
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> many of the larger DEs use logind because it is good at what it does and consolekit at that time was not really active anymore. More that ConsoleKit developers and logind/systemd overlapped. For GNOME, logind seemed better and use
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by bkor 7y ago
> Needless to say, I refused to stay there and Airbnb gave a full refund. I don't think that's good enough. You were relying on that accommodation. Now the worst for AirBNB is that they won't make money. So there's no
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by bkor 7y ago
Via the stories from "talesfromthefrontdesk" I learned that hotels will pay a room for you in another hotel in case they cannot accommodate you (e.g. overbooking). IMO AirBNB should by law have a similar rule. This as (as you say)
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by bkor 7y ago
Not that impressed with this article. It states as it might be a fact that the "right is suppressed" and "left" is "in favor". Then it never really explains why censorship might be bad or not. It doesn't g
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by bkor 7y ago
In Belgium the (ex-)employee needs to be compensated for limiting the employment options. IMO same should apply here. The person is restricted in their employment. AWS/Amazon should pay to keep it restricted.
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by bkor 7y ago
4.7% percent with structural cracks seems awfully high. I thought planes were regularly and thoroughly inspected. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation#Str...
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by bkor 7y ago
See https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/10/22/dramatically-red... More work is planned to reduce the energy usage for scrolling and full screen video. Though I guess for your example you don't watch th
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by bkor 7y ago
IMO the problem is not the car, nor the bike. The problem is that they're sharing the same infrastructure. For new infrastructure I'd suggest also thinking about mopeds and quick electric bikes.
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by bkor 7y ago
I'm not understanding why you'd not design infrastructure better? So not entirely made for one means (e.g. car). It'll always be a combination. Some parts will be able to be like the Netherlands. You're saying the US is
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Not flat? Use an electric bike There's various reasons not to use a bike, e.g. the mentioned way too humid/hot weather. However, the high usage is not due to "flat". Netherlands used to have a very high car usage and pre
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by bkor 7y ago
I once made a mistake on my bike, I didn't watch properly and overlooked a car. Fortunately the car watched out and stopped. What's entirely strange is to blame one person and blame all the fault on the other. Accidents happen. Wh
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by bkor 7y ago
> As a walker I hate walking in Belgium or Berlin, where you have to share the sidewalks with bikes that usually go high speed > Bikes should share roads with cars, they have wheels, they are not pedestrian friends. Biking is its own

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