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by roxgib 4y ago
The only reason I can think to keep it secret is they want the data from button presses to inform the cycle times, although surely there are better ways.
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by roxgib 4y ago
> These are called "pedestrian scrambles" Oh cool, thanks for sharing! The ones I've seen in Sydney are hardly marked at all, often just some signs and diagonal green men.
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by roxgib 4y ago
Here in Sydney most cyclists just ride on the sidewalk, despite it being illegal. How does your city keep them on the road? I do think in pedestrian heavy areas (like the city centre) the cars may just have to wait a bit longer, these areas
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by roxgib 4y ago
The current crossing times affect significantly more that 1% of pedestrians. I don't know what the optimal times would be for each intersection, but expecting pedestrians to sprint across so the cars can move a bit faster isn't re
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by roxgib 4y ago
I think they mean that you can't design crossings for the slowest 1% of pedestrians, rather than pedestrians being 1% of road users (obviously they're a lot more than that)
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by roxgib 4y ago
At least in that case they're starting from a stop, so they can't be going all that fast through the intersection. And yeah I can't say I've every seen that happen.
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by roxgib 4y ago
Yeah, overpasses are definitely the right choice in some places, but I'd quickly grow tired of them if I had to cross a few in a row. The USYD overpass on City Rd is a good example - a lot of people opt to use the street crossing rathe
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by roxgib 4y ago
There are some intersections in Sydney that have those, but not many. I guess most of them aren't green long enough to warrant it!
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by roxgib 4y ago
Perhaps it could flash green when it's about to change to red, instead of flashing red?
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by roxgib 4y ago
Fellow Sydneysider here. I'm enjoying reading the other posts on your blog, glad to have discovered it!
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by roxgib 4y ago
But if you don't see the label the default assumption will be 'I need to press this button to cross', so they'll just press it for nothing during the day, which is hardly that bad.
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by roxgib 4y ago
More than you'd think. We're talking about the CBD and inner suburbs, there are a lot of late night venues and people often use public transport around here which involves a bit of walking. And 10pm isn't that late, particula
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by roxgib 4y ago
I grew used to not pressing these during the pandemic, so for a while after this change I often stood there for ages before remembering I now have to push the button. Thankfully I've adjusted now. The comment about the crossing times b
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by roxgib 4y ago
I hear theories like "this parasite has evolved to make it's host want to be eaten by lions" and I instinctually think that's crazy, but then I remember all the way more crazy things that nature does, and it starts to so
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by roxgib 4y ago
> it's treated as a long term issue that can only be addressed with drug use. But that's what it is? Drugs aren't the only treatment, but they are by far the most effective.
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by roxgib 4y ago
This is what I've been told. The idea being that the questions are more like prompts, and you should go ahead and elaborate to show your knowledge? Of course sometimes a questions really is just a question.
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by roxgib 4y ago
Since these presumably work using NFC, is it possible to load the access code onto a programmable NFC fob and use that as a key? Or is there a bit more security that than involved?
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by roxgib 4y ago
When someone is saying 'fraud', I think most people are talking specifically about a criminal offence of some kind.
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by roxgib 4y ago
I've had some bumpy points with Azure, but if I really can't fix something I can pick up the phone and they'll try to help. The idea of having critical business services with a company that you can't actually talk to is
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by roxgib 4y ago
Plack said, "A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it ..." I wish I c
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by roxgib 4y ago
In fairness, apparently the founders were all Rust people
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by roxgib 4y ago
I thought the comparison between the two cases was a bit odd. Sarao was able to assist the FBI significantly, which often results in a more lenient sentence. The total amount of money he earned illegitimately was a few million at most, not
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by roxgib 4y ago
Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you, and it's super frustrating to be put under the same label. Tt seems like there's this compulsion to mention that one is often comorbid with the other, but those numbers are questionable, sin
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by roxgib 4y ago
I assume we start by getting more information from patients about their wishes, and then following them accordingly. A large number of elderly people don't want hopeless and unpleasant medical interventions, but end up having them anyw
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by roxgib 4y ago
Here in Australia to see a specialist your GP has to refer you. To us the idea of going straight to a specialist is odd, if you have a non-emergency medical issue of any kind you just see your GP. Not saying we don't have issues, but I
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by roxgib 4y ago
I'm an instructor at a coding bootcamp, and for my own sanity I've made teaching students to communicate clearly a priority. Honestly most of the time it's just laziness, and I can improve their communication massively by tel
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by roxgib 4y ago
Unfortunately it's not always socially appropriate to do this, no matter how annoying the other person is being.
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by roxgib 4y ago
I take a beta blocker for unrelated reasons, but they do definitely help with this sort of thing and it’s easy to get a prescription, so I’d say there isn’t much harm in giving them a shot. Certainly better than alcohol!
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by roxgib 4y ago
I think what a lot of comments are missing is that they tried to raise this with management, and eventually management responded by asking them to conduct a review and deliver the results, which they did. Maybe they could have played it bet
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by roxgib 4y ago
Right now there's a private equity firm somewhere scheming to buy out PayPal and confiscate everyone's money

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