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by wonder_er 2y ago
I cannot get lat/long for the photos. Strava obv stores it bc they render the images with pins showing exactly where the photo was taken. I could only put the photos at like the very beginning of the route or randomly distribute them a
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I always enjoy patio11's writing. I remember feeling what felt like barely constrained rage in his piece where he was proving provenance of a document or a prediction around how COVID could interact with the populations in Japan. 0, 1
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by wonder_er 2y ago
This is a cool project! I tried to do something similar using the Strava API. Never could get precise-enough lat and long to place them nicely on a map. Some of my wild amount of data is visible here: https://joshs-mobility-data-
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I write words for people and machines. When writing for machines, it's usually via Ruby/Rails, and the standard b2b saas app. (You know, which does billions of transactions a day around the world) I like words for machines, but I
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by wonder_er 2y ago
you're describing to me what sounds like "it would be nice to sometimes be taking seriously, be treated gently, and helped in certain ways". Often emotional aid is simply a compassionate and present person who sometimes helps
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I propose that it could be possible to reduce your imposed structure around eating, sleeping, and bathing. Let a kid go a few days without a bath. Don't shame them if/when odors eventually emerge. At least be willing to. But I&#x2
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by wonder_er 2y ago
Even as I read _just_ the title of this post, I felt certain the author and I would strongly agree on some key things. I'm less interested in things that can be found in the DSM-V than it seems most of my english-speaking peers are, bu
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by wonder_er 2y ago
most us cities did have subways (or streetcars), then GM bought 'em all and shut them down. [0] [0] Taken for a Ride - The U.S. History of the Assault on Public Transport in the Last Century: https://www.youtube.com/wat
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I feel like at minimum, the information should all be stored in encrypted, unavailable-to-an-admin way. https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_encryption.html Basically, all the data in the app would be hidden to ever
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by wonder_er 2y ago
bonkers that EVs are known to depend on child labor/slave labor in the DRC to the order of 2kg/5lbs of cobalt PER EV, and people think it's cool to drive them around. When I see them, I think of how broken-hearted I would be
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by wonder_er 2y ago
The books "The Case Against Sugar" and "Tripping over the Truth: How the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Is Overturning One of Medicine's Most Entrenched Paradigms" seems worth plugging. Sugar is not safe, even though it
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I appreciate and approve of this detail applied to many interesting design features of an otherwise banal collection of junctions. I live in Denver, and daily appreciate how much self-harming behavior is built into American road network des
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by wonder_er 2y ago
er, every car driver is a carless driver before they enter and after they exit, their vehicle. everyone in America walks. They simply happen to do most of their walking in parking lots.
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by wonder_er 2y ago
In the greater united states, the first people to get cars were also those who had various forms of power. Those people (moneyed european americans who believed in the myth of industrialization, supremacists) used power to shape the legal r
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by wonder_er 2y ago
mmm this is interesting, so strongly agree, I've felt and seen others feel the real-world cost of wasted effort. I would sometimes get so indignant, witnessing how an institution was allowing the time of the learners to be so poorly sp
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by wonder_er 2y ago
Even with a wand bidet, you don't touch the shit, mostly. Point the stream of the wand along the hand to make a little directable steam, modulate shape and power, etc. Like using a hose at half pressure and your thumb over the end to c
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I have a penis, mid 30s, a few years ago I started exclusively sitting when I pee, and use a wand bidet. A former partner, upon seeing me sit down to pee for the first time, exclaimed 'thats the hottest thing I have seen a man do!&#x
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by wonder_er 2y ago
Perhaps a little fluid that dries and pinches some skin in the end of the penis? When I experience this kind of thing (rarely, less than you) that's usually the vibe.
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I think a french drain to a pit-type depression that can hold a few hundred gallons of water and drains across hours is the way to go. And the french drain can be simply a slight trench. It doesn't need to be underneath anything. This
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by wonder_er 2y ago
Mmmm interesting. Location: Denver, colorado Remote: Open to it. I've worked remotely since long before covid. depends. Willing to relocate: will travel for work, in some situations technologies: - lots of "human api stuff" a
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by wonder_er 2y ago
Yeah this isn't one of the background ones. 'My neighbor Totoro', 'howls moving castle', ponyo, princess calagua
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by wonder_er 2y ago
exactly. Also, there's so much adventure to be experienced, so much beauty to appreciate. It's worth it. Also, the world _does not have to be experienced as constantly dangerous_ and it's important to allow a respite from tha
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by wonder_er 2y ago
strongly agree. I've been loving anything/everything produced by the animation studio "Studio Ghibli". I was introduced via the first few works created by the first director, Hayao Miyazaki, it's absolutely ruined m
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by wonder_er 2y ago
I've been reading the original brother's grimm to kids for _years_ and the stories are always gripping. I don't love the reinforcing motifs of the world as perpetually experienced as dangerous, however. I've been LOVING
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by wonder_er 2y ago
oooh. It was after reading Gwern that I added footnotes and table-of-contents to all of my blog posts. And RSS. All headings have anchor links. https://josh.works/jaywalking or https://josh.works/full-copy-o
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by wonder_er 2y ago
they're adequate (but less fun) in the rain. I have a good thick waterproof poncho in the scooter. Snow, obviously, is not great. Cold is fine, though. I live in Denver, ride the scooter year-round, though obviously don't go out i
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by wonder_er 2y ago
that sounds right. Tire rubber microplastic generation would go way up, though, because of the vehicle weight. I propose small motor scooters (as is common in asia) as the solution. Cars also take up a godawful amount of space, all the time
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by wonder_er 2y ago
also people who care about EVs tend to forget about tire wear and brake dust. Both are emitted in huge quantities, esp. tire microplastics, by EVs.
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by wonder_er 2y ago
fixed most of 'em. Thanks. For sure posted a draft, hadn't expected prime time like this, but turns out someone follows me via rss!
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by wonder_er 2y ago
what a good find, thanks for the link! I opened it up, looked around, imagined the conditions that led to the photo I put in the article!

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